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Hi All,
So on the 8th of this month my mother and I welcomed two new kittens into our family after grieving the tragic loss of our 2 year old cat last July (Atlas.). My mom is a little misinformed about cats and thinks that they can heal themselves and never need vet care. I on the otherside know when it's a minor issue and when it's a medical emergency. We got the two cats within 20 minutes of me returning from college after 4 months. I was unable to go to the persons house and see how they were cared for. All I knew about them was that they were apparently "pure bred" ragdoll kittens and that they lived in a barn. There was a few red flags at this point. One being the fact that they said they would have their shots and be dewormed when we got them, yet they couldn't give us papers. I hounded her and asked her if they were actually purebreds. She kept telling me all this stuff saying that the mom was a pure bred and the dad was half. I asked her how old they were and she told us 8 weeks. Which was contradictory since she messaged my mom on facebook on the night of April 4th saying that the mom was in labor.
So with that being said, I figured they were JUST over 4 weeks. I was NOT impressed. I went out and bought them soft food and KMR. I had originally gave them just hard food to see how they did. Luna, the female calico, choked and vomited about 20 minutes later. The white/gray male, Dean, was okay. I then just gave them a slurry mix of canned food and KMR. That friday I brought the cats to the vet since I realized they were sick. Dean was sneezing, coughing and wheezing. He would wake up with his eye crusted shut and I would have to press a warm cotton bud to his eye and clean it about 3 times a day. Luna was fine, other than the fact that she felt very skinny.
When I brought them to the vet, I was told that Dean and Luna both had a mild case of Upper Respiratory Infections that could have been caused from being in a cold barn and from being around sick cats. He then did a physical and said based on their weight and size they were at LEAST 8 weeks old. So that raised another red flag against that woman. He gave them their distemper shots and dewormed them and sent me home with two cans of A/D medical emergency high calorie food and told me to feed them a tablespoon each three times a day so they can gain weight. He had me bring in a stool sample and sent it out to be checked and on Monday they both came back Positive for worms. I scheduled another vet visit for the 2nd of June for their boosters and to see how they were doing.
A week after I got them, I got called into work for three months since someone quit. I am now living in a different town about an hour away and my mom is taking care of the kittens. She sends me pictures and updates when she can and lets me know how his eye is doing. Today she messaged me because he, Dean, came out of my room and had both his eyes crusted and mewing until she cleaned them. She said his eyes were dripping yellow material and that the whites of his eyes were irritated. I told her to put him in the bathroom and steam the bathroom. She put his sister Luna in there with him and when she checked in on them about 20 minutes later, Luna was cleaning his face and licking around his eyes cleaning them.
I plan on calling the vet when I get a chance tomorrow but I need peace of mind. The vet said he wasn't prescribing meds because the infection seemed to be under control with my constant care (cleaning eyes, nose, dripping water in his mouth.)
Luna also sneezes but is VERY active. Dean is active but likes to go back to my room and sleep after a little bit. They both have normal stools right now and are transitioning (slowly.) to hard food. They don't drink from the water bowl so my mom mixes the wet food with extra water. They both eat very well.. if anything they just dont stop eating lol
Should I schedule an appointment for tomorrow and have them checked out or just wait until the already scheduled one?
Also if this matters:
Dean weighed 1lb 11 ounces
Luna weighed 1lb 06 ounces
So on the 8th of this month my mother and I welcomed two new kittens into our family after grieving the tragic loss of our 2 year old cat last July (Atlas.). My mom is a little misinformed about cats and thinks that they can heal themselves and never need vet care. I on the otherside know when it's a minor issue and when it's a medical emergency. We got the two cats within 20 minutes of me returning from college after 4 months. I was unable to go to the persons house and see how they were cared for. All I knew about them was that they were apparently "pure bred" ragdoll kittens and that they lived in a barn. There was a few red flags at this point. One being the fact that they said they would have their shots and be dewormed when we got them, yet they couldn't give us papers. I hounded her and asked her if they were actually purebreds. She kept telling me all this stuff saying that the mom was a pure bred and the dad was half. I asked her how old they were and she told us 8 weeks. Which was contradictory since she messaged my mom on facebook on the night of April 4th saying that the mom was in labor.
So with that being said, I figured they were JUST over 4 weeks. I was NOT impressed. I went out and bought them soft food and KMR. I had originally gave them just hard food to see how they did. Luna, the female calico, choked and vomited about 20 minutes later. The white/gray male, Dean, was okay. I then just gave them a slurry mix of canned food and KMR. That friday I brought the cats to the vet since I realized they were sick. Dean was sneezing, coughing and wheezing. He would wake up with his eye crusted shut and I would have to press a warm cotton bud to his eye and clean it about 3 times a day. Luna was fine, other than the fact that she felt very skinny.
When I brought them to the vet, I was told that Dean and Luna both had a mild case of Upper Respiratory Infections that could have been caused from being in a cold barn and from being around sick cats. He then did a physical and said based on their weight and size they were at LEAST 8 weeks old. So that raised another red flag against that woman. He gave them their distemper shots and dewormed them and sent me home with two cans of A/D medical emergency high calorie food and told me to feed them a tablespoon each three times a day so they can gain weight. He had me bring in a stool sample and sent it out to be checked and on Monday they both came back Positive for worms. I scheduled another vet visit for the 2nd of June for their boosters and to see how they were doing.
A week after I got them, I got called into work for three months since someone quit. I am now living in a different town about an hour away and my mom is taking care of the kittens. She sends me pictures and updates when she can and lets me know how his eye is doing. Today she messaged me because he, Dean, came out of my room and had both his eyes crusted and mewing until she cleaned them. She said his eyes were dripping yellow material and that the whites of his eyes were irritated. I told her to put him in the bathroom and steam the bathroom. She put his sister Luna in there with him and when she checked in on them about 20 minutes later, Luna was cleaning his face and licking around his eyes cleaning them.
I plan on calling the vet when I get a chance tomorrow but I need peace of mind. The vet said he wasn't prescribing meds because the infection seemed to be under control with my constant care (cleaning eyes, nose, dripping water in his mouth.)
Luna also sneezes but is VERY active. Dean is active but likes to go back to my room and sleep after a little bit. They both have normal stools right now and are transitioning (slowly.) to hard food. They don't drink from the water bowl so my mom mixes the wet food with extra water. They both eat very well.. if anything they just dont stop eating lol
Should I schedule an appointment for tomorrow and have them checked out or just wait until the already scheduled one?
Also if this matters:
Dean weighed 1lb 11 ounces
Luna weighed 1lb 06 ounces