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For those of you who don't follow us on facebook, several days ago we took Jake to another vet to get his opinion on him since he is a little weirdo. He agreed that he is very odd, albeit adorable. He agrees that the eyes are cataracts and as of right now he obviously isn't a good candidate for the surgery, he said that he does appear to have some vision because he appears to react to movements close to his face so the optic nerve seems to still be in tact. He said he seems to have a LOT of congenital defects... his cataracts, his size, his weird feet, his front legs are also shorter than his back so he walks a little hunch backed. It is hard to know what else is physically wrong with him... he said maybe a spinal deformity but we would need to do an xray, hernias, any kind of organ deformities are also likely, though his heart sounds great. He said it is likely that his lifespan will be significantly shorted. We decided that he wouldn't make a good candidate for adoption and decided to make him a sanctuary kitten and keep him here with us.
He has had diarrhea since we switched him from plain goats milk to the goats milk mixed with canned food. I was giving a bit of time for him to adjust, then we also gave him wormer and I had been mixing probiotics in with his food but it didn't subside so I started him on Albon. He has been gaining good... almost 8oz!
Then yesterday morning everything changed.
I woke up to him crying which is not abnormal. I got up and went to warm up his food. When I sat down to feed him I found him laying cold and stiff in his crate. He was crashing, hard. I started to break down but started crash protocol and got him on a heating pad, and got karo syrup on his gums and started giving him fluids. Within the hour he perked up a tiny bit and crawled over and snuggled into my hand. Within three hours he was consistently holding his head up and moving a bit more and he took a little bit of food. I monitored him all day and fed him a little bit of food (3-6mls) every hourish. I gave him toltrazuril because I figured if his diarrhea was coming from coccidia it would react much quicker to that. He still has diarrhea but his last two poops last night were much more formed. I had to work tonight which I hate, but Kyle will wake up every two hours and check on him and feed him. I worry about a rebound crash. I am not sure if it was a blood sugar drop... or I wasn't hydrating enough with his diarrhea... or anything that may be abnormal because we don't know a lot about him.... its hard to say.
He was much more energetic and looking so much better last night though... I am hopeful. Ugh.
He has had diarrhea since we switched him from plain goats milk to the goats milk mixed with canned food. I was giving a bit of time for him to adjust, then we also gave him wormer and I had been mixing probiotics in with his food but it didn't subside so I started him on Albon. He has been gaining good... almost 8oz!
Then yesterday morning everything changed.
I woke up to him crying which is not abnormal. I got up and went to warm up his food. When I sat down to feed him I found him laying cold and stiff in his crate. He was crashing, hard. I started to break down but started crash protocol and got him on a heating pad, and got karo syrup on his gums and started giving him fluids. Within the hour he perked up a tiny bit and crawled over and snuggled into my hand. Within three hours he was consistently holding his head up and moving a bit more and he took a little bit of food. I monitored him all day and fed him a little bit of food (3-6mls) every hourish. I gave him toltrazuril because I figured if his diarrhea was coming from coccidia it would react much quicker to that. He still has diarrhea but his last two poops last night were much more formed. I had to work tonight which I hate, but Kyle will wake up every two hours and check on him and feed him. I worry about a rebound crash. I am not sure if it was a blood sugar drop... or I wasn't hydrating enough with his diarrhea... or anything that may be abnormal because we don't know a lot about him.... its hard to say.
He was much more energetic and looking so much better last night though... I am hopeful. Ugh.