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Hi everyone,
I just want to start by saying that I really care about this kitten. But I am getting to a point where I am just exhausted and don't know what to do. I know I won't give up on him bc I just could not. I am currently fostering him bc I will not be able to keep him as my apartment is not big enough for both him and my dog. Luckily, I think I've found him a potential home. But he is not ready yet and I want him to be healthy when he finally makes it there.
I found this kitten abandoned near my apartments about 4 weeks ago, so I decided to take him in bc the poor thing was on the brink of death. He was severely malnourished, flea infested, and full of worms. Luckily, I was able to take him to the vet that same day and they treated him for the fleas and roundworms.
However, later that day I found out he had tapeworms as well so I took him to the vet again a few days later, but they weren't able to treat him due to his size and age. So I waited 3 weeks to finally get him treated. The entire time he was quarantined in my bathroom. It was very crazy I won't lie. Id never cared for a kitten before so it was all a learning experience.
Anyways , this entire time I've been cleaning up after him, and making sure I clean any tapeworm segments I saw, and cleaning his litter box several times a day (especially his poop , bc it would have live worms in it ).
Anyways, about 3 days ago (after he had a vet checkup and was treated for tapeworms), he was finally able to roam the apartment for the first time and so he's been hanging out everywhere. Only to find out today, that I believe he has ringworm (not sure yet but I'm pretty sure that's what he has). And it just irritates me bc I told the vet on his most recent trip that he was having some hair loss on his upper eye. But he said oh that's looks normal so I didn't think more of it, until today. It looks like it's getting worse. He has some redness on the skin above his eye, and some hairloss as well. He also has some scaly red skin on his front legs. And he seems to be very itchy, i can't tell if it's ringworm or not but I'm thinking it is. And now I will probably need to disinfect everything, and unfortunately hes been licked and sniffed a lot by my dog , so I will probably need to have her checked out too. And it doesn't help that I didn't have good experiences with the 2 vets I saw. And I'd like to take him to another, but at this point I can't afford to pay another vet once again for a third exam.
It's just very exhausting and I feel like I'm running out of energy. I feel awful now bc I will need to quarantine him again, and he's gonna cry and cry. And I feel like I'm a horrible person. It was so nice to have him out and about. And now it's back to square one. But now I've gotta deal with a potential roundworm infection that might spread to my dog (or me and my family, hopefully not). Hes a pretty chill kitten. And I don't want to keep pushing him away (that's what it feel like when I put him in the bathroom, and bc I feel like I can't touch him too much). Anyways, sorry for the long rant. I would just like some advice. Thank you.
I just want to start by saying that I really care about this kitten. But I am getting to a point where I am just exhausted and don't know what to do. I know I won't give up on him bc I just could not. I am currently fostering him bc I will not be able to keep him as my apartment is not big enough for both him and my dog. Luckily, I think I've found him a potential home. But he is not ready yet and I want him to be healthy when he finally makes it there.
I found this kitten abandoned near my apartments about 4 weeks ago, so I decided to take him in bc the poor thing was on the brink of death. He was severely malnourished, flea infested, and full of worms. Luckily, I was able to take him to the vet that same day and they treated him for the fleas and roundworms.
However, later that day I found out he had tapeworms as well so I took him to the vet again a few days later, but they weren't able to treat him due to his size and age. So I waited 3 weeks to finally get him treated. The entire time he was quarantined in my bathroom. It was very crazy I won't lie. Id never cared for a kitten before so it was all a learning experience.
Anyways , this entire time I've been cleaning up after him, and making sure I clean any tapeworm segments I saw, and cleaning his litter box several times a day (especially his poop , bc it would have live worms in it ).
Anyways, about 3 days ago (after he had a vet checkup and was treated for tapeworms), he was finally able to roam the apartment for the first time and so he's been hanging out everywhere. Only to find out today, that I believe he has ringworm (not sure yet but I'm pretty sure that's what he has). And it just irritates me bc I told the vet on his most recent trip that he was having some hair loss on his upper eye. But he said oh that's looks normal so I didn't think more of it, until today. It looks like it's getting worse. He has some redness on the skin above his eye, and some hairloss as well. He also has some scaly red skin on his front legs. And he seems to be very itchy, i can't tell if it's ringworm or not but I'm thinking it is. And now I will probably need to disinfect everything, and unfortunately hes been licked and sniffed a lot by my dog , so I will probably need to have her checked out too. And it doesn't help that I didn't have good experiences with the 2 vets I saw. And I'd like to take him to another, but at this point I can't afford to pay another vet once again for a third exam.
It's just very exhausting and I feel like I'm running out of energy. I feel awful now bc I will need to quarantine him again, and he's gonna cry and cry. And I feel like I'm a horrible person. It was so nice to have him out and about. And now it's back to square one. But now I've gotta deal with a potential roundworm infection that might spread to my dog (or me and my family, hopefully not). Hes a pretty chill kitten. And I don't want to keep pushing him away (that's what it feel like when I put him in the bathroom, and bc I feel like I can't touch him too much). Anyways, sorry for the long rant. I would just like some advice. Thank you.