Hi, I recently adopted a 6 week old kitten. I was bottle feeding her and she chewed off the entire rubber nipple. She eats wet food, but I will bottle feed from time to time for comfort reasons, she was a stray and never had her mother.
I took her to the vet immediately and they attempted to make her throw up three times with no luck. they did an X-ray and can see the nipple in her stomach.
They said they could do surgery, but that would cost $2,000. I'm not willing to pay that much. It already cost me $550 for them to induce vomiting and i'm not willing to spend $2,550 on vet bills, or go into debt, for a kitten I got less than a week ago.
Please give me some advice on what I can do at home to give this little angel the best chance of survival.
Also, she is doing amazing physically, learning to run around, sleeping, purring tons, eating plenty, pooping great etc.
Thanks in advance!
I took her to the vet immediately and they attempted to make her throw up three times with no luck. they did an X-ray and can see the nipple in her stomach.
They said they could do surgery, but that would cost $2,000. I'm not willing to pay that much. It already cost me $550 for them to induce vomiting and i'm not willing to spend $2,550 on vet bills, or go into debt, for a kitten I got less than a week ago.
Please give me some advice on what I can do at home to give this little angel the best chance of survival.
Also, she is doing amazing physically, learning to run around, sleeping, purring tons, eating plenty, pooping great etc.
Thanks in advance!