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Hello everyone,
I'm new to the community, this is my first thread and I apologize in advance for any mistakes, since english is not my first language. And also excuse the very long post.
I live in Angola, and being africa and all there is a general believe that cats do the dirty work of witches, and so its very regular for kittens and cats to be chased and killed or even put in the trash alive to starve and die.
There was this lady who found a pregnant cat on the trash and brought her home. She took care of the cat to the best of her abilities (I have the impression she couldn't have afforded a vet).
When I heard about the kittens I decided to adopt two. But her being not very well informed wanted to give the cats very early (at around 4 weeks, because her children were starting to get attached, and was also feeding them whole cows milk from the bottle).
The day I brought them home I immediately realized my little girl Khaleesy was the runt of that litter, but my other girl Arya was looking fine. (Yes, im the geekiest, naming my cats after game of thrones characters ahahaha).
Anyways, the next day I took them to the vet clinic. It was the same clinic I always go to, but unfortunately my vet of choice, the one i trust unconditionally was on vacation in portugal (we spoke through WhatsApp but as she explained its very hard to analyze things with descriptions and photos). Anyways, the other vet told me that they were about four to five weeks old (this was on the 2nd of jan), because their mother was found in the trash she wanted me to deworm them right away but they didn't have the product so she sent me to another clinic. She also told me that since they were already eating canned food they didn't need KMR.
The trip to the other clinic was another ordeal where I suspect they overdosed my runt a little bit, she threw up four times and didn't want to eat but like a runt champion after a few hours she was fine.
Fast forward to this monday, I change their food to one of those dry food that you're suppose to put water in and let soak. After a few hours the bigger one, Arya gets diarrhea. The same day I weigh them and realize the runt has lost about 15 gr she went to being 280 something grams to 270. The next day I take them to the vet. The guy barely looks at them, tells me to give them vitamin B. I mention the KMR and he tells me its gonna make Arya's diarrhea worse. At this point I'm getting a hang on things and starting to realize my runt doesn't play not because she is lazy but because she is weak. Although she runs after me sometimes and eats alright, my suspicion is she probably fills her stomach too much (since its so tiny) but isn't getting enough nutrients, she needs KMR! So yesterday I go back to the vet to buy some cans of wet food and I talk to an older vet and she tells me try the KMR see if it works. I buy it, and in just two little servings I see such a difference in them. They are more playful and energetic. Especially my little runt. She also told me to give them Metronidazole, just in case some bacteria is trying to get the best of them.
The problem is that first thursday they went to the vet they had to wait for four hours, and that with the time to get them there and back home, amounted to five hours. I know im the one to blame for not bringing them food, but I thought they get to shy when they're outside their comfort zone they probably won't want to eat.
When they got home they ate like never before, they even fought over food for the first time. The result of that was very swollen bellies. But the thing is, even though it did get a little better, they still have kind of big bellies, they look a little like lightbulbs. Today, Aryas diarrhea is progressing from a completely liquid to soft poop and sometimes even the right consistency. But khaleesy, my runt, is a little constipated. At five am she went to the box and had a little poop so so hard that she wanted to leave the box with it hanging off her butt, I helped her by massaging and with some pushes she released it, but with a little bright blood that I only assume was from her sore bum. A few hours later she had a poo that was the right consistency but I could see it hurt her a little bit to expel it. After lunch time she had a really really swollen tummy, so my dad tried stimulating her but she only cried, her butthole came out but nothing else. Because we were suspecting a sore butthole we put a little anesthetic paste on the butthole and 10 minutes later she made a poo, although I still helped her by massaging, it was perfect consistency.
So this is not really a question kind of thread and to more of and advice thread on all the challenges I've been facing with these two.
Also, I've been weighing them multiple times a day, and Khaleesy, the runt presented a gain of 30 gr in two days, but I don't know if I should celebrate it because she has a swollen belly so it could be just those contents, but even in her difficulty to poo, she's managed to go three times today, so I don't know if I should worry too much about that.
Also Im a little lost in terms of amount of food to give them. I think they might be swollen because I overfeed them. Im doing both milk and wet food, I put some milk on the wet food but I also give them some on the plate to drink since they really enjoy it.
Once again so so sorry for the long thread.
Thank you so much for your patience if you got to this point reading it
I inserted a photo of my Khaleesy (the runt) and a photo of her belly. Their bellies look similar so theres no use putting the other one up as well.
Ps. as mentioned they have been dewormed, about a week ago, and I've been checking their poo and didn't find anything suspicious in it
I'm new to the community, this is my first thread and I apologize in advance for any mistakes, since english is not my first language. And also excuse the very long post.
I live in Angola, and being africa and all there is a general believe that cats do the dirty work of witches, and so its very regular for kittens and cats to be chased and killed or even put in the trash alive to starve and die.
There was this lady who found a pregnant cat on the trash and brought her home. She took care of the cat to the best of her abilities (I have the impression she couldn't have afforded a vet).
When I heard about the kittens I decided to adopt two. But her being not very well informed wanted to give the cats very early (at around 4 weeks, because her children were starting to get attached, and was also feeding them whole cows milk from the bottle).
The day I brought them home I immediately realized my little girl Khaleesy was the runt of that litter, but my other girl Arya was looking fine. (Yes, im the geekiest, naming my cats after game of thrones characters ahahaha).
Anyways, the next day I took them to the vet clinic. It was the same clinic I always go to, but unfortunately my vet of choice, the one i trust unconditionally was on vacation in portugal (we spoke through WhatsApp but as she explained its very hard to analyze things with descriptions and photos). Anyways, the other vet told me that they were about four to five weeks old (this was on the 2nd of jan), because their mother was found in the trash she wanted me to deworm them right away but they didn't have the product so she sent me to another clinic. She also told me that since they were already eating canned food they didn't need KMR.
The trip to the other clinic was another ordeal where I suspect they overdosed my runt a little bit, she threw up four times and didn't want to eat but like a runt champion after a few hours she was fine.
Fast forward to this monday, I change their food to one of those dry food that you're suppose to put water in and let soak. After a few hours the bigger one, Arya gets diarrhea. The same day I weigh them and realize the runt has lost about 15 gr she went to being 280 something grams to 270. The next day I take them to the vet. The guy barely looks at them, tells me to give them vitamin B. I mention the KMR and he tells me its gonna make Arya's diarrhea worse. At this point I'm getting a hang on things and starting to realize my runt doesn't play not because she is lazy but because she is weak. Although she runs after me sometimes and eats alright, my suspicion is she probably fills her stomach too much (since its so tiny) but isn't getting enough nutrients, she needs KMR! So yesterday I go back to the vet to buy some cans of wet food and I talk to an older vet and she tells me try the KMR see if it works. I buy it, and in just two little servings I see such a difference in them. They are more playful and energetic. Especially my little runt. She also told me to give them Metronidazole, just in case some bacteria is trying to get the best of them.
The problem is that first thursday they went to the vet they had to wait for four hours, and that with the time to get them there and back home, amounted to five hours. I know im the one to blame for not bringing them food, but I thought they get to shy when they're outside their comfort zone they probably won't want to eat.
When they got home they ate like never before, they even fought over food for the first time. The result of that was very swollen bellies. But the thing is, even though it did get a little better, they still have kind of big bellies, they look a little like lightbulbs. Today, Aryas diarrhea is progressing from a completely liquid to soft poop and sometimes even the right consistency. But khaleesy, my runt, is a little constipated. At five am she went to the box and had a little poop so so hard that she wanted to leave the box with it hanging off her butt, I helped her by massaging and with some pushes she released it, but with a little bright blood that I only assume was from her sore bum. A few hours later she had a poo that was the right consistency but I could see it hurt her a little bit to expel it. After lunch time she had a really really swollen tummy, so my dad tried stimulating her but she only cried, her butthole came out but nothing else. Because we were suspecting a sore butthole we put a little anesthetic paste on the butthole and 10 minutes later she made a poo, although I still helped her by massaging, it was perfect consistency.
So this is not really a question kind of thread and to more of and advice thread on all the challenges I've been facing with these two.
Also, I've been weighing them multiple times a day, and Khaleesy, the runt presented a gain of 30 gr in two days, but I don't know if I should celebrate it because she has a swollen belly so it could be just those contents, but even in her difficulty to poo, she's managed to go three times today, so I don't know if I should worry too much about that.
Also Im a little lost in terms of amount of food to give them. I think they might be swollen because I overfeed them. Im doing both milk and wet food, I put some milk on the wet food but I also give them some on the plate to drink since they really enjoy it.
Once again so so sorry for the long thread.
Thank you so much for your patience if you got to this point reading it
I inserted a photo of my Khaleesy (the runt) and a photo of her belly. Their bellies look similar so theres no use putting the other one up as well.
Ps. as mentioned they have been dewormed, about a week ago, and I've been checking their poo and didn't find anything suspicious in it
