This will be probably rather long, as I feel it is a good idea to give as much detail about this that I can, even if it might seem like it does not relate to what is happening, you never know.
It started with a neighbors cat gave birth to five kittens. However she was moving them around. So we did not know the true amount at first. I discovered the first two when I heard little meows under my porches and looked under to find two kittens about a month old. Enough to be able to survive without the mother as long as soft cat food was the food.
Next day, the person that we pay to mow our yard, was mowing by our fence, which on the other side an vacated house was as the owners were literally kicked out because of how disgusting things were and a few other things were. Well anyways, he was mowing there, and all of a sudden, ANOTHER kitten comes around the corner following him and we got him and placed him under the porch with the other siblings.
Next day, we come out to check on them...uh oh, one is missing and no mother still to be found. So I went on a mission...find missing kitten and mother. Turns out it was the neighbors across from us had the mother and the other kitten we found had been moved back over there, but not the two very first ones we found, idk maybe the mother was in the process of doing it when I came looking. Not sure.
Well I gathered up the three of them when I found out they were old enough to not need nursing anymore. We moved all five inside our house.
Sadly, three of the kittens died from a very bad virus that is similiar to parvo in dogs, I did everything to give them a fighting chance but it was just too much for them. One of the kittens that died was from when we first found the two under the porches. The other was one who came from near the fence and the other was at the neighbors.
So for a while I watched these two like a hawk to catch it as early as possible if it was going to effect them too.
The one that was under the porch who survived has had some rather strange things happening. And I am uncertain if it is medical or what. I have been ruling out everything I could but am still very unsure and hope someone might know what is with this stuff.
The first thing, was he had a very bad eye infection, and no not the type where the eye just gets crusty, this was much worse as it had formed an abscress around the side of his eyelid and a bit above it. Well after a week or two, with me treating him every day, cleaning his eyes and checking the abcess and if it was able to drain some, clearing that up and gently pressing if it would drain more, without having to cause pain to him. So we thought ok, it was probably just an allergy like some cats do. But had came infected as well with the abcess.
The second thing I noticed was a little while after that, He had a complete bald spot on his back/side. So bad that you could see all the skin. We thought it may have been our dog. He is usually cat friendly unless they attempt to take his food. And once before we had a pregnant cat in here and he bit her fur and pulled some out and had it in his mouth. But it was not a large amount, and did not cause baldness. So I do not think he did it, also do not think so because in other places his fur is kinda uh..odd? Like around his neck, it is pretty thin and stretched out. Well the bald spot on the back/side cleared up. His neck though is the same as was.
Third thing, Some how he had managed to hurt his eye somehow. No idea what from but it was injured to the point that all around the outer eyes he was leaking blood. This is pretty much cleared now.
Next thing, He ended up having a bowel moment, and somehow he had got hold of a worm and not sure where it came from, nor how long he has had it. But It was only one, never happened before and has not again as I check to make sure.
And now the last thing. One day I was watching him, and noticed that something was on his back paw dangling. At first I thought maybe he had stepped on feces in the litter box by accident, cause it does happen. So I was going to clean him... Well when I went to clean, I found out more different and ended up cringing. It ended up being a piece of his paw padding.
He has 3 pads at the front of the paws, and then 2 in a straight line below those at the back.
It was the back ones messed up. On one foot it was still there but the very bottom one was torn off and just dangling. So I checked his other paw, same thing. Except the bottom one has already been torn off completely. And I can't for my life figured out what happened.
I ruled out alot of things by common sense. One being maybe he bit himself? But usually in those kind of injuried on paws it just punctures it, not completely rips it off.
Second ruled out was maybe he stepped on something and did it that way. But there is not anything around that could of done that.
And last thing I ruled out was, both my kittens has been going through that climbing everything phase, and they both would climb on the outside railing of a stationary fan, and thought maybe during that he got too far in and sliced up his pads with the fan... but I went to the extent to get a ruler, turn the fan off and measure the railing to the fan, then used that and then measured his paws... Could not be this, if this was the case it would have been atleast an inch if not more up, and on the front paws cause it is spaced enough to not allow a back padding to reach that far and it would be his front paws with the issue if it was that.
So now, I am searching for an answer as this is very worrying. Is it something medical or what? Maybe someone hear knows a better answer, cause I don't.
It started with a neighbors cat gave birth to five kittens. However she was moving them around. So we did not know the true amount at first. I discovered the first two when I heard little meows under my porches and looked under to find two kittens about a month old. Enough to be able to survive without the mother as long as soft cat food was the food.
Next day, the person that we pay to mow our yard, was mowing by our fence, which on the other side an vacated house was as the owners were literally kicked out because of how disgusting things were and a few other things were. Well anyways, he was mowing there, and all of a sudden, ANOTHER kitten comes around the corner following him and we got him and placed him under the porch with the other siblings.
Next day, we come out to check on them...uh oh, one is missing and no mother still to be found. So I went on a mission...find missing kitten and mother. Turns out it was the neighbors across from us had the mother and the other kitten we found had been moved back over there, but not the two very first ones we found, idk maybe the mother was in the process of doing it when I came looking. Not sure.
Well I gathered up the three of them when I found out they were old enough to not need nursing anymore. We moved all five inside our house.
Sadly, three of the kittens died from a very bad virus that is similiar to parvo in dogs, I did everything to give them a fighting chance but it was just too much for them. One of the kittens that died was from when we first found the two under the porches. The other was one who came from near the fence and the other was at the neighbors.
So for a while I watched these two like a hawk to catch it as early as possible if it was going to effect them too.
The one that was under the porch who survived has had some rather strange things happening. And I am uncertain if it is medical or what. I have been ruling out everything I could but am still very unsure and hope someone might know what is with this stuff.
The first thing, was he had a very bad eye infection, and no not the type where the eye just gets crusty, this was much worse as it had formed an abscress around the side of his eyelid and a bit above it. Well after a week or two, with me treating him every day, cleaning his eyes and checking the abcess and if it was able to drain some, clearing that up and gently pressing if it would drain more, without having to cause pain to him. So we thought ok, it was probably just an allergy like some cats do. But had came infected as well with the abcess.
The second thing I noticed was a little while after that, He had a complete bald spot on his back/side. So bad that you could see all the skin. We thought it may have been our dog. He is usually cat friendly unless they attempt to take his food. And once before we had a pregnant cat in here and he bit her fur and pulled some out and had it in his mouth. But it was not a large amount, and did not cause baldness. So I do not think he did it, also do not think so because in other places his fur is kinda uh..odd? Like around his neck, it is pretty thin and stretched out. Well the bald spot on the back/side cleared up. His neck though is the same as was.
Third thing, Some how he had managed to hurt his eye somehow. No idea what from but it was injured to the point that all around the outer eyes he was leaking blood. This is pretty much cleared now.
Next thing, He ended up having a bowel moment, and somehow he had got hold of a worm and not sure where it came from, nor how long he has had it. But It was only one, never happened before and has not again as I check to make sure.
And now the last thing. One day I was watching him, and noticed that something was on his back paw dangling. At first I thought maybe he had stepped on feces in the litter box by accident, cause it does happen. So I was going to clean him... Well when I went to clean, I found out more different and ended up cringing. It ended up being a piece of his paw padding.
He has 3 pads at the front of the paws, and then 2 in a straight line below those at the back.
It was the back ones messed up. On one foot it was still there but the very bottom one was torn off and just dangling. So I checked his other paw, same thing. Except the bottom one has already been torn off completely. And I can't for my life figured out what happened.
I ruled out alot of things by common sense. One being maybe he bit himself? But usually in those kind of injuried on paws it just punctures it, not completely rips it off.
Second ruled out was maybe he stepped on something and did it that way. But there is not anything around that could of done that.
And last thing I ruled out was, both my kittens has been going through that climbing everything phase, and they both would climb on the outside railing of a stationary fan, and thought maybe during that he got too far in and sliced up his pads with the fan... but I went to the extent to get a ruler, turn the fan off and measure the railing to the fan, then used that and then measured his paws... Could not be this, if this was the case it would have been atleast an inch if not more up, and on the front paws cause it is spaced enough to not allow a back padding to reach that far and it would be his front paws with the issue if it was that.
So now, I am searching for an answer as this is very worrying. Is it something medical or what? Maybe someone hear knows a better answer, cause I don't.
Welcome to TCS and bless you for rescuing that kitten! First - do you have access to a veterinarian? Basic home care is to keep him hydrated so giving him unflavored pedialyte is a good idea- if his skin snaps back right away, then 50/50 blend of pedialyte/water is okay but if it takes more than 2 seconds, give full strength for a day or 2 and keep checking (it's the same gentle pinch test that you use for humans). If you cannot buy pedialyte, then you can use the homemade recipe at 
