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Hi everyone. I just made my account today so if im not following basic guidelines for the site let me know.
First of all.... please let me explain my situation a bit. I am 20 years old, and never in my life have i ever had a cat. But 7 weeks ago, a stray cat gave birth to 5 dead babies, and one living baby. The mother died before she could even turn her head to welcome her kitty to the world. I immediattly ran inside with the kitten, cleaned her up, and tried to extract any fluid from her lungs (thank you youtube). And she seemed very healthy. I bottlefed her every two hours, and took care of peeing and pooping with her. Call me crazy... but the bond that i have with this kitten is insane. I take her everywhere and she loves attention.
But when she turned 5 weeks old, she started having diarrhea. I tried EVERYTHING to stop it. But there was a 2 month waiting period for the vet. So i tried switching foods, giving her yogurt, making homemade food and nothing worked. It was very stressful. For the record... she started her diarrhea while on kmr. I took her off of that at 5 and a half weeks.
I couldnt be sure wht was causing her diarrhea, but based on her weightloss while still having a healthy appetite and still waning to play... i assumed they were tape worms.
So yesterday i called around to 7 vets. The ones that could see her within a week, said that it was my states law that they wouldnt deworm her until she had her rabies vaccination, and they wouldnt give her that until she was 12 weeks old. So i went to a holistic petstore and bought proziquantel for kittens.
First of all... she was constipated for 12 hours... then.... when she finally pooped, she pooped in two sittings. The first one was just a dark brown diarrhea. But the second one, was just worms that looked like rice pudding. But i found it extremely strange because there was no trace whatsoever of poop in the worms. Just about a golf ball sized pile of live, wriggling worms in a clear fluid. Is that normal??
This now leads me to my main question. Now that im only feeding my kitten, and not the worms inside her belly, is it normal that her belly isnt becoming rock hard after she eats now? And is it also normal that she will still eat, but not as much? Im very confused because im not used to feeding her without the worms.
Last question now..... please dont assume that im starving her... but she will be 8 weeks old on monday and she only weighs 1 and a quarter pounds. I know thats underweiggt and i CAN feel her spine, but keep in mind.... she was born as 58 grams. Should i be worried? Im considering buying a high calorie gel that i mix with her food. What do you think?
First of all.... please let me explain my situation a bit. I am 20 years old, and never in my life have i ever had a cat. But 7 weeks ago, a stray cat gave birth to 5 dead babies, and one living baby. The mother died before she could even turn her head to welcome her kitty to the world. I immediattly ran inside with the kitten, cleaned her up, and tried to extract any fluid from her lungs (thank you youtube). And she seemed very healthy. I bottlefed her every two hours, and took care of peeing and pooping with her. Call me crazy... but the bond that i have with this kitten is insane. I take her everywhere and she loves attention.
But when she turned 5 weeks old, she started having diarrhea. I tried EVERYTHING to stop it. But there was a 2 month waiting period for the vet. So i tried switching foods, giving her yogurt, making homemade food and nothing worked. It was very stressful. For the record... she started her diarrhea while on kmr. I took her off of that at 5 and a half weeks.
I couldnt be sure wht was causing her diarrhea, but based on her weightloss while still having a healthy appetite and still waning to play... i assumed they were tape worms.
So yesterday i called around to 7 vets. The ones that could see her within a week, said that it was my states law that they wouldnt deworm her until she had her rabies vaccination, and they wouldnt give her that until she was 12 weeks old. So i went to a holistic petstore and bought proziquantel for kittens.
First of all... she was constipated for 12 hours... then.... when she finally pooped, she pooped in two sittings. The first one was just a dark brown diarrhea. But the second one, was just worms that looked like rice pudding. But i found it extremely strange because there was no trace whatsoever of poop in the worms. Just about a golf ball sized pile of live, wriggling worms in a clear fluid. Is that normal??
This now leads me to my main question. Now that im only feeding my kitten, and not the worms inside her belly, is it normal that her belly isnt becoming rock hard after she eats now? And is it also normal that she will still eat, but not as much? Im very confused because im not used to feeding her without the worms.
Last question now..... please dont assume that im starving her... but she will be 8 weeks old on monday and she only weighs 1 and a quarter pounds. I know thats underweiggt and i CAN feel her spine, but keep in mind.... she was born as 58 grams. Should i be worried? Im considering buying a high calorie gel that i mix with her food. What do you think?