Its 11pm here and I am beside myself with worry.
My little princess Olivia who was running about everywhere yesterday, posing for pictures and eating and drinking loads is a completely different cat tonight
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This afternoon I noticed her third eyelid exposed. I called the vet and he said to rinse her eye area with saline water pads..that it could be a 'bit of dust'. If it didn't clear up to bring her in on Saturday morning. I did the rinse thing and it seemed to help, I thought.
I had to go out to run some errands and by the time I got back early evening, I noticed Olivia was not her normal self. She was sleepy, refusing food, not drinking, not interacting with the other kittens. I observed her for another 2 hours just in case she was tired or not hungry. But she stayed in the same spot, not taking food nor water. An hour ago she produced diahrrea....its not yellow though...its brown and there doesn't seem to be any blood.
After seeing that, I called the vet again and he said I need to bring her in tomorrow morning (or pay 4 times the usual consultaion fee and have an emergency night time appointment) as "kittens go downhill quick" (to quote him). He told me to use a syringe to ensure that she has a bit of water in her and I have done this.
If it were up to me, we'd be at the vet right now...for me, my babies are worth so much more than money. But hubby is insisting that its too late and to go first thing tommorow morning 'like normal people' (to quote him)...he's being insistent and vocal about this and I don't want an argument. I don't think he realises how my cats are a huge part of my life. I don't drive and its late here for woman alone to be travelling 15 miles to the emergency vet in a taxi!
I have learned many things from this forum and one important one is that a kitten's health is so fragile and you need to get to a vet asap.
Olivia is on my lap, she has lost weight. The little beauty queen pictured in the 'fur pictures thread' recently is not the same. In just one day she has gone downhill. She was given the all clear by a vet when I first got her. I've no idea what is wrong...the more I read on the internet about distemper and leukeamia, the more I feel sick.
Would you guys wait until first thing tommorrow to see the vet? Am I over-reacting and being paranoid by wanting to see an emergency vet tonight? In your experiences (I know that all kittens are different and you guys are not vets), when a kitten is showing signs of illness, have your kittens survived if you have waited say 12-24 hours before seeing a vet?
Please pray that all is ok. Can anyone suggest anything I can do in the meantime? Is there anything I can put in the water to give her a bit of energy?
My little princess Olivia who was running about everywhere yesterday, posing for pictures and eating and drinking loads is a completely different cat tonight
This afternoon I noticed her third eyelid exposed. I called the vet and he said to rinse her eye area with saline water pads..that it could be a 'bit of dust'. If it didn't clear up to bring her in on Saturday morning. I did the rinse thing and it seemed to help, I thought.
I had to go out to run some errands and by the time I got back early evening, I noticed Olivia was not her normal self. She was sleepy, refusing food, not drinking, not interacting with the other kittens. I observed her for another 2 hours just in case she was tired or not hungry. But she stayed in the same spot, not taking food nor water. An hour ago she produced diahrrea....its not yellow though...its brown and there doesn't seem to be any blood.
After seeing that, I called the vet again and he said I need to bring her in tomorrow morning (or pay 4 times the usual consultaion fee and have an emergency night time appointment) as "kittens go downhill quick" (to quote him). He told me to use a syringe to ensure that she has a bit of water in her and I have done this.
If it were up to me, we'd be at the vet right now...for me, my babies are worth so much more than money. But hubby is insisting that its too late and to go first thing tommorow morning 'like normal people' (to quote him)...he's being insistent and vocal about this and I don't want an argument. I don't think he realises how my cats are a huge part of my life. I don't drive and its late here for woman alone to be travelling 15 miles to the emergency vet in a taxi!
I have learned many things from this forum and one important one is that a kitten's health is so fragile and you need to get to a vet asap.
Olivia is on my lap, she has lost weight. The little beauty queen pictured in the 'fur pictures thread' recently is not the same. In just one day she has gone downhill. She was given the all clear by a vet when I first got her. I've no idea what is wrong...the more I read on the internet about distemper and leukeamia, the more I feel sick.
Would you guys wait until first thing tommorrow to see the vet? Am I over-reacting and being paranoid by wanting to see an emergency vet tonight? In your experiences (I know that all kittens are different and you guys are not vets), when a kitten is showing signs of illness, have your kittens survived if you have waited say 12-24 hours before seeing a vet?
Please pray that all is ok. Can anyone suggest anything I can do in the meantime? Is there anything I can put in the water to give her a bit of energy?