My kitten has been very sick for the past couple days. He has had very runny diarrhea and has vomited a couple times. He has become extremely lethargic and I have to hand feed him to get him to eat, although he is still drinking water at least. I took him to the vet yesterday and she gave me some parasite medication and told me to give him rice water to help with the diarrhea and to call her back today (I haven't got hold of her yet though). But later on yesterday I took in a stool sample which tested negative for parasites and worms although I am supposed to keep him on his medication. She mentioned it could be distemper but he has no fever so it seems unlikely. I'm so worried about him I don't know what to do he has gotten so thin in just a couple days and we don't know what it is
Has anyone experienced anything similar with a kitten or have any other ideas of what it could be? One thing is I did feed him a little cheese the morning he got sick, which I though was causing the diarrhea but it is now the third morning and he still has it, can food intolerances last this long? He is the runt of his litter and had runny stools since I got him but not so lethargic and diarrhea this extreme until Sunday morning. If anyone has any ideas, or experience with this (hopefully positive experience I am worrying myself sick here) please share.
Has anyone experienced anything similar with a kitten or have any other ideas of what it could be? One thing is I did feed him a little cheese the morning he got sick, which I though was causing the diarrhea but it is now the third morning and he still has it, can food intolerances last this long? He is the runt of his litter and had runny stools since I got him but not so lethargic and diarrhea this extreme until Sunday morning. If anyone has any ideas, or experience with this (hopefully positive experience I am worrying myself sick here) please share.