My kitten is about 7 or 8 weeks old. We got him at about 4 weeks old and he seemed really healthy for the first 2 weeks we had him, aside from some really smelly poop.
Out of the blue he started to become lethargic with diarrhea. He started to constantly cry for food even after we just fed him. The diarrhea got so bad that it would leak from his butt. We took him to the vet and he was given antibiotics for an excess of bad bacteria in his poop (I'm uncertain of what the bacteria was). The leaky diarrhea still continued after giving the antibiotics. He stopped playing and now only sleeps all day. He seems to drink plenty of water and we feed him wet food.
Today we took him to a different vet and found out he has fleas. He was given a topical flea medication and another medication for his diarrhea. So far his poop is still liquid.
I haven't seen any signs of worms, though I feel like the vet should have given him a dewormer after finding fleas. I'm an American currently living in Japan which makes it more difficult to understand what the vet is saying since I have a very basic understanding of the language and my friends who translate speak basic English.
I feel like both vets were unconcerned but it seems pretty serious to me. He hasn't wanted to play in over a week, and only cries and sleeps and mopes around. He looks and acts extremely sick. He's really dirty because he keeps pooping on himself and we don't feel like we should bathe him too often. He weighed a pound about a week ago but he’s lost weight since then. I'm really worried about him and I'm not sure what else there is to do.
Has this ever happened to your kitten? I'm looking for any advice I can get!
Out of the blue he started to become lethargic with diarrhea. He started to constantly cry for food even after we just fed him. The diarrhea got so bad that it would leak from his butt. We took him to the vet and he was given antibiotics for an excess of bad bacteria in his poop (I'm uncertain of what the bacteria was). The leaky diarrhea still continued after giving the antibiotics. He stopped playing and now only sleeps all day. He seems to drink plenty of water and we feed him wet food.
Today we took him to a different vet and found out he has fleas. He was given a topical flea medication and another medication for his diarrhea. So far his poop is still liquid.
I haven't seen any signs of worms, though I feel like the vet should have given him a dewormer after finding fleas. I'm an American currently living in Japan which makes it more difficult to understand what the vet is saying since I have a very basic understanding of the language and my friends who translate speak basic English.
I feel like both vets were unconcerned but it seems pretty serious to me. He hasn't wanted to play in over a week, and only cries and sleeps and mopes around. He looks and acts extremely sick. He's really dirty because he keeps pooping on himself and we don't feel like we should bathe him too often. He weighed a pound about a week ago but he’s lost weight since then. I'm really worried about him and I'm not sure what else there is to do.
Has this ever happened to your kitten? I'm looking for any advice I can get!