Hello there,
This is a cross post from another forum, I'm hoping someone has some suggestions for a friend of mine
My kitten Squirt has an upper respiratory infection. He's been on amoxicillin twice a day since Friday, and his cough is much better. I'm concerned though because the past day or 2 he's been pretty lethargic. Not playing much, not wanting to eat that I've seen, and not urinating in the litter box. He'll poop in it, but urinates on the linoleum in different areas. I took his temp, it's at 101.5. We guesstimate his age to be about 5 weeks. He was adopted at Petsmart from the ***** Animal Shelter and the guy knew nothing about him. He was infested with fleas and had worms really bad. He's been wormed, and has been bathed twice. I haven't seen anymore fleas on him, but have seen what looks like flea dirt. His gums look pretty white, even though he's been wormed. I weighed him, and he's at 1 lb. He was at 1.3 lbs. I would think he would be gaining weight, not losing it. All he wants to do is sleep. The most he moves is to go pee or find a new spot to sleep. The vet is closed, and I don't think he's in any immediate danger of dieing during the night. I syringe fed him some beef and broth gerbers baby food with a dose of bene-bac powder (he ate about 2 tsp of baby food from the syringe), and then he ate a little bit out of the bowl. I'm getting worried. Anyone have any ideas? I'm planning on calling the vet first thing in the morning.
This is a cross post from another forum, I'm hoping someone has some suggestions for a friend of mine
My kitten Squirt has an upper respiratory infection. He's been on amoxicillin twice a day since Friday, and his cough is much better. I'm concerned though because the past day or 2 he's been pretty lethargic. Not playing much, not wanting to eat that I've seen, and not urinating in the litter box. He'll poop in it, but urinates on the linoleum in different areas. I took his temp, it's at 101.5. We guesstimate his age to be about 5 weeks. He was adopted at Petsmart from the ***** Animal Shelter and the guy knew nothing about him. He was infested with fleas and had worms really bad. He's been wormed, and has been bathed twice. I haven't seen anymore fleas on him, but have seen what looks like flea dirt. His gums look pretty white, even though he's been wormed. I weighed him, and he's at 1 lb. He was at 1.3 lbs. I would think he would be gaining weight, not losing it. All he wants to do is sleep. The most he moves is to go pee or find a new spot to sleep. The vet is closed, and I don't think he's in any immediate danger of dieing during the night. I syringe fed him some beef and broth gerbers baby food with a dose of bene-bac powder (he ate about 2 tsp of baby food from the syringe), and then he ate a little bit out of the bowl. I'm getting worried. Anyone have any ideas? I'm planning on calling the vet first thing in the morning.
