Long story short, i rescued her at 5 weeks of age, she is now 8 weeks and weighs 1.6lb
In the past 3 weeks, she has had a nasty URI (still sneezes and make piggy sounds from her nose and she has had 2 shots of antibiotics and eye drops and twice daily steam sessions...) was heavily infested with roundworms (Strongid and fenbendazole, and metrodanizole seperately), had fleas (Revolution...), and was force fed by me for the first 10 days. Then she ate half a can of qulity canned food (Purrfect Bistro, 10% protein, 5% fat) and some good quality kibble overnight.
She is having her last dose of fenbendazole today, stil takes lysine twice a day, and probiotics.
She has been eating well and playing lots the past 2 weeks, and i have been looking forward to having her shots given and putting her on raw cause thats what my dogs were fed and i believe in raw firmly.
But yesterday and today she has not been eating well, and the vet just diagnosed an ear infection. It was unclear via microscope if it is yeast or bacterial, so she now has Canaural drops twice a day.
I want to get her on real food ASAP cause something tells me her immune system will improve. But she is too vulnerable to eat raw yet.
The vet suggested home cooked with Hilary's blend supplements. Saw basic recipes that looks like (example), chicken, liver, blueberries, fish oil, flax seeds and the supplements.
But is that much better than good quality canned food?
I already ordered taurine, raw glandular, vit E, salmon oils from IHerb as suggested here with a raw diet. Bone meal will be bought locally soon too.
What the heck should i do? Feed her the vet's recipe with Hilary's blend, or the boneless recipe shown here with suggested supplements, but cooked instead of raw?
This kitten is driving me crazy, and im afraid to lose her after all this. It freaks me out she still gets infections with all the meds she's had so far, and lots of the best canned food i could find, a good comfortable quiet home, and lots of TLC.
Help!
In the past 3 weeks, she has had a nasty URI (still sneezes and make piggy sounds from her nose and she has had 2 shots of antibiotics and eye drops and twice daily steam sessions...) was heavily infested with roundworms (Strongid and fenbendazole, and metrodanizole seperately), had fleas (Revolution...), and was force fed by me for the first 10 days. Then she ate half a can of qulity canned food (Purrfect Bistro, 10% protein, 5% fat) and some good quality kibble overnight.
She is having her last dose of fenbendazole today, stil takes lysine twice a day, and probiotics.
She has been eating well and playing lots the past 2 weeks, and i have been looking forward to having her shots given and putting her on raw cause thats what my dogs were fed and i believe in raw firmly.
But yesterday and today she has not been eating well, and the vet just diagnosed an ear infection. It was unclear via microscope if it is yeast or bacterial, so she now has Canaural drops twice a day.
I want to get her on real food ASAP cause something tells me her immune system will improve. But she is too vulnerable to eat raw yet.
The vet suggested home cooked with Hilary's blend supplements. Saw basic recipes that looks like (example), chicken, liver, blueberries, fish oil, flax seeds and the supplements.
But is that much better than good quality canned food?
I already ordered taurine, raw glandular, vit E, salmon oils from IHerb as suggested here with a raw diet. Bone meal will be bought locally soon too.
What the heck should i do? Feed her the vet's recipe with Hilary's blend, or the boneless recipe shown here with suggested supplements, but cooked instead of raw?
This kitten is driving me crazy, and im afraid to lose her after all this. It freaks me out she still gets infections with all the meds she's had so far, and lots of the best canned food i could find, a good comfortable quiet home, and lots of TLC.
Help!