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Hi everybody!
I am the lucky foster for 10 kittens that came from the county shelter and one was put down last Thursday based on positive test for distemper.
The rest of the kittens looked fine and the gave them back to me.
Previously to that all the kittens had URI which I successfully treated but just that one kitten failed to get better. A private vet diagnosed him with pneumonia but after administering Baytril for 4 days there was no improvement and he started vomiting...
Well.. It is of course an obvious nightmare for anybody.
My question is: was it truly distemper?..
Why out of both litters (came together with two moms from the same household, so no cross-contamination) only one kitten got sick and the rest are fine?..
I have them for over a MONTH!... They were all weakened by URI, so how could they have been harboring panleuk for that long?...
Today I noticed one kitten was not eating and was slightly fatigued and had heavy eyes like he was so tired. Slight dehydration.
They ate about 6 weeks + and had their first FVRCP last Thursday...
The sick kitten was sick for quite a while and the only place we took him to was a very clean vet's office. Prior to that he was at the shelter clinic June 10th. And put down June 26... He was very weak and it appeared that he had uri complications like pneumonia and eye infection.
Why would it take SO LONG?...
They were all together and why the others seemed fine all this time?..
Now they have the following symptoms affecting nearly all of them that started after we came back from the shelter on the 26th
1. Feline acne - really rapidly progressing on all kittens but particularly on two of them.
2. Some have watery eyes with pink inflamed eyelids and some dark brown collections of something that looks like dirt all around the inner eyelid.
3. Discharge from the nose as in URI and mild sneezing here and there.
They are all gaining weight. They eat. They play and run around.
Only one kitten is not eating today and strangely enough that kitten was one of the strongest and didn't have much of the respiratory problems before.
My suspicion:
Ear mites
Flea allergy
Recurrent uri
Allergic reaction to bubble gum pink amoxicillin they gave me at the shelter which is totally useless but has this nasty pink dye in it...
Before I had them on Clavamox for almost a month. Going back to it.
And the worst of all is of course distemper... I hope the shelter lied to me because they just didnt want to treat he sick kitten but what if not?...
Please any advice?..
I am the lucky foster for 10 kittens that came from the county shelter and one was put down last Thursday based on positive test for distemper.
The rest of the kittens looked fine and the gave them back to me.
Previously to that all the kittens had URI which I successfully treated but just that one kitten failed to get better. A private vet diagnosed him with pneumonia but after administering Baytril for 4 days there was no improvement and he started vomiting...
Well.. It is of course an obvious nightmare for anybody.
My question is: was it truly distemper?..
Why out of both litters (came together with two moms from the same household, so no cross-contamination) only one kitten got sick and the rest are fine?..
I have them for over a MONTH!... They were all weakened by URI, so how could they have been harboring panleuk for that long?...
Today I noticed one kitten was not eating and was slightly fatigued and had heavy eyes like he was so tired. Slight dehydration.
They ate about 6 weeks + and had their first FVRCP last Thursday...
The sick kitten was sick for quite a while and the only place we took him to was a very clean vet's office. Prior to that he was at the shelter clinic June 10th. And put down June 26... He was very weak and it appeared that he had uri complications like pneumonia and eye infection.
Why would it take SO LONG?...
They were all together and why the others seemed fine all this time?..
Now they have the following symptoms affecting nearly all of them that started after we came back from the shelter on the 26th
1. Feline acne - really rapidly progressing on all kittens but particularly on two of them.
2. Some have watery eyes with pink inflamed eyelids and some dark brown collections of something that looks like dirt all around the inner eyelid.
3. Discharge from the nose as in URI and mild sneezing here and there.
They are all gaining weight. They eat. They play and run around.
Only one kitten is not eating today and strangely enough that kitten was one of the strongest and didn't have much of the respiratory problems before.
My suspicion:
Ear mites
Flea allergy
Recurrent uri
Allergic reaction to bubble gum pink amoxicillin they gave me at the shelter which is totally useless but has this nasty pink dye in it...
Before I had them on Clavamox for almost a month. Going back to it.
And the worst of all is of course distemper... I hope the shelter lied to me because they just didnt want to treat he sick kitten but what if not?...
Please any advice?..