I got my daughter a kitten for her birthday from a shelter about an hour from us. The kitten was pictured on Pet Finder and we fell in love with him immediately. When I arrived at the shelter & she handed the kitten to me, I thought he seemed awfully small, but granted it's been about 16 years since I've had a little kitten. She assured me he was weaned by Mama (mama delivered the litter at the shelter) and was eating Kitten Chow. I asked..specifically, in hopes of avoiding tummy issues.
We brought him home and he's had the most water, pugnent diarrhea. We brought him home Tuesday, and I took him to the vet on Wednesday because I was concerned he was getting dehydrated. He also refused to eat the Kitten Chow, so I purchased another kitten brand that he also refused. The vet gave me some Science Diet and he refused it as well. I chalked it up to his upset tummy. Yesterday he was crying so much that I decided to go buy milk replacement for kittens...as soon as I opened it he nearly took my hand off trying to get to it. The poor baby was STARVING..however, he still isn't eating as much as I think he should be, but again..he is less than 1lb. While at the vet, she expressed concern that he was awfully small...estimating his age at 3-4 weeks, not the 6 that the shelter had "assured" that he was. He also seems to not have a clue what solid food is so we believe he was still nursing from Mama Cat before adoption. This breaks my heart.
His stool sample tested negative for all worms, Feline Leukemia and other tests were all okay...The vet suggested a 10-day course of Albon. She gave him a big dose mixed with someone else there, and then we are to do the other doses at home via syringe.
The night I took him to the vet, I covered my floor and bed in my bedroom with old sheets and towels. We went through them like crazy..I took 4 showers the first 2 days and ran out of clean tshirts to wear...he's one leaky little guy! He fell asleep and woke up DRENCHED with a big wet circle under him where he leaked out..it's so watery and stinky.
It is now Friday afternoon, and the diarrhea is the same...it just leaks out of him constantly whether awake or asleep. I'm frustrated. I borrowed a cage from a neighbor, and he screams and cries the entire time he's in it. I've tried warm towels, stuffed animals, etc..but he WANTS someone to hold him. I have to wrap his lower body (which is almost all of him because of his tiny size) in a towel and carry him around while I try to do things around the house. We can't let him run loose in the house because of his seeping issues, obviously. The entire house STINKS to high heaven....
I don't know what to do. I know kittens can sometimes have nervous tummy issues when they first get home, but this is so watery and uncontrollable. I hate making him stay in a cage, and he just breaks my heart with his crying.
Does anyone have any further suggestions??
We brought him home and he's had the most water, pugnent diarrhea. We brought him home Tuesday, and I took him to the vet on Wednesday because I was concerned he was getting dehydrated. He also refused to eat the Kitten Chow, so I purchased another kitten brand that he also refused. The vet gave me some Science Diet and he refused it as well. I chalked it up to his upset tummy. Yesterday he was crying so much that I decided to go buy milk replacement for kittens...as soon as I opened it he nearly took my hand off trying to get to it. The poor baby was STARVING..however, he still isn't eating as much as I think he should be, but again..he is less than 1lb. While at the vet, she expressed concern that he was awfully small...estimating his age at 3-4 weeks, not the 6 that the shelter had "assured" that he was. He also seems to not have a clue what solid food is so we believe he was still nursing from Mama Cat before adoption. This breaks my heart.
His stool sample tested negative for all worms, Feline Leukemia and other tests were all okay...The vet suggested a 10-day course of Albon. She gave him a big dose mixed with someone else there, and then we are to do the other doses at home via syringe.
The night I took him to the vet, I covered my floor and bed in my bedroom with old sheets and towels. We went through them like crazy..I took 4 showers the first 2 days and ran out of clean tshirts to wear...he's one leaky little guy! He fell asleep and woke up DRENCHED with a big wet circle under him where he leaked out..it's so watery and stinky.
It is now Friday afternoon, and the diarrhea is the same...it just leaks out of him constantly whether awake or asleep. I'm frustrated. I borrowed a cage from a neighbor, and he screams and cries the entire time he's in it. I've tried warm towels, stuffed animals, etc..but he WANTS someone to hold him. I have to wrap his lower body (which is almost all of him because of his tiny size) in a towel and carry him around while I try to do things around the house. We can't let him run loose in the house because of his seeping issues, obviously. The entire house STINKS to high heaven....
I don't know what to do. I know kittens can sometimes have nervous tummy issues when they first get home, but this is so watery and uncontrollable. I hate making him stay in a cage, and he just breaks my heart with his crying.
Does anyone have any further suggestions??