I'm currently fostering a kitten who's recovering from anaemia, and I was wondering if anybody has any experience with this? What does a normal recovery timeline look like? Weeks? Months?
He had an illness that caused the anaemia, which he's now completed treatment for, plus a lot of fleas (still trying to get the last one or two little buggers). He's probably around 3 or 4 months old, but he was severely underweight when he came to me - you could feel every bone.
He's eating high quality food and gaining weight well, and I can see his energy has increased. He's gone from hobbling like a 30 year old cat to trotting and even occasionally running short distances. My concern is he still sleeps/rests 90% of the time and has almost no interest in playing.
But I have no idea how long recovery from anaemia should take. My last litter of foster skeletons were playing and climbing even when they were ill (no anaemia though). So is this normal?
Btw he saw the vet on Thursday for his last dose of medicine and she wants to see him again tomorrow for a blood test. I'm just looking to ease my worrywort brain in the meantime.
He had an illness that caused the anaemia, which he's now completed treatment for, plus a lot of fleas (still trying to get the last one or two little buggers). He's probably around 3 or 4 months old, but he was severely underweight when he came to me - you could feel every bone.
He's eating high quality food and gaining weight well, and I can see his energy has increased. He's gone from hobbling like a 30 year old cat to trotting and even occasionally running short distances. My concern is he still sleeps/rests 90% of the time and has almost no interest in playing.
But I have no idea how long recovery from anaemia should take. My last litter of foster skeletons were playing and climbing even when they were ill (no anaemia though). So is this normal?
Btw he saw the vet on Thursday for his last dose of medicine and she wants to see him again tomorrow for a blood test. I'm just looking to ease my worrywort brain in the meantime.