Hey everyone. Hope there is someone out there that may be able to calm my nerves a little here.
My 2 kittens just had their 1st set of vaccinations on Monday. My vet told me to expect some behavioral changes, loss of appetite (for a couple of day), possible vomiting...etc. They were both a little out of it the next day, slept a lot which seems normal. One of my kittens did throw up a few times on Wed or Thurs, but none after that. They have been rambunctious as ever since...and are doing their typical bouncing off furniture and doing their thing...LOL My concern is that all this week, their appetite has really changed. At first, I thought it was just one the kittens, but I noticed in the last 2 days that my other kitten isn't eating as much either. They keep meowing for food when they are hungry like they always do, and I give them their regular food from before (wet), they go to the bowl, nibble a little and then walk away. It's been like this for days. I called my vet and they said to possibly warm up the food. I did that. They also suggested to give them this baby food broth that they had at the vet, so we bought the same ones. They seem to be eating that now, but it's just weird that they are not interested in the wet food we gave them before. It worries me, because they're only like 2 lbs each and they have a lot of growing to still do. Hubby is picking up some new foods for them to try after work today, as well as some back up baby food. The vet gave us these little hard treats as samples, and they seem to love that, so maybe we'll get some dry kitten food for them as well. We've never had kittens before, so I really don't know what's considered normal. They are scheduled to go back to the vet on Sept 15th for another set of shots, and prior to Monday's shots, they've been to the vet at least 2 times before that, (urinary tract infection & bloodwork, stool samples) so you can imagine what our vet bills have been just for the month of July and Aug alone...I'm just an over protective new mommy, and I don't want to take them if it's not urgent.
Thanks in advance fellow cat-lovers!
My 2 kittens just had their 1st set of vaccinations on Monday. My vet told me to expect some behavioral changes, loss of appetite (for a couple of day), possible vomiting...etc. They were both a little out of it the next day, slept a lot which seems normal. One of my kittens did throw up a few times on Wed or Thurs, but none after that. They have been rambunctious as ever since...and are doing their typical bouncing off furniture and doing their thing...LOL My concern is that all this week, their appetite has really changed. At first, I thought it was just one the kittens, but I noticed in the last 2 days that my other kitten isn't eating as much either. They keep meowing for food when they are hungry like they always do, and I give them their regular food from before (wet), they go to the bowl, nibble a little and then walk away. It's been like this for days. I called my vet and they said to possibly warm up the food. I did that. They also suggested to give them this baby food broth that they had at the vet, so we bought the same ones. They seem to be eating that now, but it's just weird that they are not interested in the wet food we gave them before. It worries me, because they're only like 2 lbs each and they have a lot of growing to still do. Hubby is picking up some new foods for them to try after work today, as well as some back up baby food. The vet gave us these little hard treats as samples, and they seem to love that, so maybe we'll get some dry kitten food for them as well. We've never had kittens before, so I really don't know what's considered normal. They are scheduled to go back to the vet on Sept 15th for another set of shots, and prior to Monday's shots, they've been to the vet at least 2 times before that, (urinary tract infection & bloodwork, stool samples) so you can imagine what our vet bills have been just for the month of July and Aug alone...I'm just an over protective new mommy, and I don't want to take them if it's not urgent.
Thanks in advance fellow cat-lovers!
