So i had a thread last week detailing my struggles with a kitten suddenly falling ill and passing away due to distemper (or so as the vet said) and now i was worried this virus could pass on to my other feral/semiferals, and I believe it did.
Negro, a black shorthair who is turning 2 in August, was completely fine all yesterday afternoon, purring, rolling around in my carpet and eating when i let him into the house, until he disappeared after 2:30 pm. I didn't go outside till 8pm and that's whenever i call all my cats to show up. He didn't show up at all yesterday night and i was worried and the same feelings of grief and frustration and the thoughts "is this even worth it" and "i should really let go and not care anymore" come over me.
Note: every other cat right now is fine, even the other 2 cats that were literally next to the kitten carrying "distemper" are currently appearing healthy. Also every other cat right now is playing around normal, nobody is sick.
Negro appeared this morning briefly, his red collar was gone which is really really surprising.. he must've gotten stuck by the neck somewhere since it looked pretty tight and despite it being a breakaway collar, it wouldn't come off easily. i pet him and his tail rises when i scratched his back where his tails at (sorry if it's confusing) and he accepted my petting temporarily, then he disappeared. I was desperate to find him but i had to go to work.
After my class presentation i come back outside and he appears again, accepting my petting and was about to be on his hind legs when i was about to pet his head.. but he was still not looking well. He had some burs on his neck and other parts of his body and I believe he was sneezing a bit and was making "mouth sounds" (like you could hear saliva when he was briefly opening and closing his mouth). and as i go to pet him again he retreats to under my shack and is currently there hiding from me... he seems not interested in eating nor my attention. Since my kitten passed away Saturday supposedly from that panleukopenia virus, i worry that he could too, if that's what he's sick from. Here are my possibilities:
-sick from distemper or panleukopenia (HE HAS BEEN VACCINATED WITH FVRCP AND rabies and other vaccines, I will post what his records say on here)
-sick from something that happened in my neighbor's backyard - he's a frequent visitor even though i don't want them there anymore (they put a makeshift barrier in the fence). He might've been poisoned with something there since my 'redneck neighbor has a little garden there
I really really don't want him to be the 3rd cat i've lost this month. I want to take him to a 24/7 animal hospital but since he's not Nana (the friendly kitten), he's avoiding me right now.
What should I do?
also, i feel that typing these threads about my problems takes a lot of time.. i wash i can post videos detailing what's going on, that way i can express myself easier and introduce you to my ferals. If i started a vlog on Instagram, would y'all follow me? I would detail my progress with these cat struggles i have, ask for advice, and once i get everything together, i'll hope to rescue animals around my neighborhood
Negro, a black shorthair who is turning 2 in August, was completely fine all yesterday afternoon, purring, rolling around in my carpet and eating when i let him into the house, until he disappeared after 2:30 pm. I didn't go outside till 8pm and that's whenever i call all my cats to show up. He didn't show up at all yesterday night and i was worried and the same feelings of grief and frustration and the thoughts "is this even worth it" and "i should really let go and not care anymore" come over me.
Note: every other cat right now is fine, even the other 2 cats that were literally next to the kitten carrying "distemper" are currently appearing healthy. Also every other cat right now is playing around normal, nobody is sick.
Negro appeared this morning briefly, his red collar was gone which is really really surprising.. he must've gotten stuck by the neck somewhere since it looked pretty tight and despite it being a breakaway collar, it wouldn't come off easily. i pet him and his tail rises when i scratched his back where his tails at (sorry if it's confusing) and he accepted my petting temporarily, then he disappeared. I was desperate to find him but i had to go to work.
After my class presentation i come back outside and he appears again, accepting my petting and was about to be on his hind legs when i was about to pet his head.. but he was still not looking well. He had some burs on his neck and other parts of his body and I believe he was sneezing a bit and was making "mouth sounds" (like you could hear saliva when he was briefly opening and closing his mouth). and as i go to pet him again he retreats to under my shack and is currently there hiding from me... he seems not interested in eating nor my attention. Since my kitten passed away Saturday supposedly from that panleukopenia virus, i worry that he could too, if that's what he's sick from. Here are my possibilities:
-sick from distemper or panleukopenia (HE HAS BEEN VACCINATED WITH FVRCP AND rabies and other vaccines, I will post what his records say on here)
-sick from something that happened in my neighbor's backyard - he's a frequent visitor even though i don't want them there anymore (they put a makeshift barrier in the fence). He might've been poisoned with something there since my 'redneck neighbor has a little garden there
I really really don't want him to be the 3rd cat i've lost this month. I want to take him to a 24/7 animal hospital but since he's not Nana (the friendly kitten), he's avoiding me right now.
What should I do?
also, i feel that typing these threads about my problems takes a lot of time.. i wash i can post videos detailing what's going on, that way i can express myself easier and introduce you to my ferals. If i started a vlog on Instagram, would y'all follow me? I would detail my progress with these cat struggles i have, ask for advice, and once i get everything together, i'll hope to rescue animals around my neighborhood
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