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So we adpoted a pair of tokinese kittens about 4 months ago who were rescued and very young (about 5-6 weeks) The first cat passed due to kitten distemper around 8 weeks old. his brother is now almost 6 months old but has been sick on and off never being well for more then a month at a time. Usually he would snap out of it after a week and starting eating and drinking again but not this time. The dr beleives him to have distemper as well
He has now been sick for almost 3 weeks now but we have been giving him water and food thru a syringe and feeding it to him which he seems to accept in small amounts. I know he has distemper but I dont udnerstand why some days he is more energetic then others. He has eaten a couple times on his own but has not drank water by himself for weeks now. We decided that we will have to put him to sleep but thought we may wait for him to get worse before doing so because as much as he doesnt eat or drink by himself he is atleast letting us give him food and although he is sleepy most of the time he still does wander around the house and has no problems jumping up on counters and is not stumbling around. We dont want to give up but see no other option as there does not seem to be anything else the dr can do. He does not appear to be suffering which is another reason why we figured we would wait until he gets sicker. Anyone have a similar experience or can offer some advice?
He has now been sick for almost 3 weeks now but we have been giving him water and food thru a syringe and feeding it to him which he seems to accept in small amounts. I know he has distemper but I dont udnerstand why some days he is more energetic then others. He has eaten a couple times on his own but has not drank water by himself for weeks now. We decided that we will have to put him to sleep but thought we may wait for him to get worse before doing so because as much as he doesnt eat or drink by himself he is atleast letting us give him food and although he is sleepy most of the time he still does wander around the house and has no problems jumping up on counters and is not stumbling around. We dont want to give up but see no other option as there does not seem to be anything else the dr can do. He does not appear to be suffering which is another reason why we figured we would wait until he gets sicker. Anyone have a similar experience or can offer some advice?