Hello again, I cannot tell you how much it means to have friends and mentors like all of you! I cannot tell you how happy I am to have taken these kittens to rasie as my own as opposed to certain death. Here comes my second post and question.
One of my kittens continues to have a light brown yellow gel-like stool which has small traces of bright red blood (the vet attributed the blood to the dewormer). To refresh, yesterday morning he was given de-wormer (Nemex), he is on Albon (as of yesterday afternoon), and I have given him small amounts of kaopectin twice a day (As of today). He used to have more diarrhea (not quite like the gel stuff but still loose) which was uncontrollable. For the past 2 days he has warned me and gives me time to take him to his box in order to eliminate. He has a bowel movement every 4-5 hours and urinates very regularly with no assistance (although I’ve tried).
He is about 14 ounces, and looks to be 4 weeks old. He has no sign of dehydration. In fact, the opposite! He is extremely thirsty all of the time that he is awake, and cries or suckles his sister if I don’t get in soon enough. I use half water and half KMR because otherwise he’d go above the recommended amount of KMR.
He acts happy. Runs around (although not as much as sis), initiates wrestling bouts often, and purrs the second you pick him up and does so for minutes
Am I ok to let him drink to his little hearts content? I assume it could help with the diarrhea.
Any other suggestions? All are appreciated!
PS: The kaopectin has done nothing
P.S.S: Anyone with experience with this? Do you think he’ll be ok?
One of my kittens continues to have a light brown yellow gel-like stool which has small traces of bright red blood (the vet attributed the blood to the dewormer). To refresh, yesterday morning he was given de-wormer (Nemex), he is on Albon (as of yesterday afternoon), and I have given him small amounts of kaopectin twice a day (As of today). He used to have more diarrhea (not quite like the gel stuff but still loose) which was uncontrollable. For the past 2 days he has warned me and gives me time to take him to his box in order to eliminate. He has a bowel movement every 4-5 hours and urinates very regularly with no assistance (although I’ve tried).
He is about 14 ounces, and looks to be 4 weeks old. He has no sign of dehydration. In fact, the opposite! He is extremely thirsty all of the time that he is awake, and cries or suckles his sister if I don’t get in soon enough. I use half water and half KMR because otherwise he’d go above the recommended amount of KMR.
He acts happy. Runs around (although not as much as sis), initiates wrestling bouts often, and purrs the second you pick him up and does so for minutes
Am I ok to let him drink to his little hearts content? I assume it could help with the diarrhea.
Any other suggestions? All are appreciated!
PS: The kaopectin has done nothing
P.S.S: Anyone with experience with this? Do you think he’ll be ok?