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Let me start by saying that I have quite a bit of experience with animals in general. I've worked with them in many settings, including as a vet assistant for a couple of years. I have fostered and homed hundreds of bottle kittens, and have only ever lost one, because she was too far gone by the time she was brought to me.
I'm afraid I might have to add another soul to the losses after tonight
I received an email earlier today asking if I had room to take in a young bottle kitten that was found in some bushes a couple of days ago. Long story short, I now have the baby and he is in BAD shape.
He was fed cow milk with raw egg mixed in since he was found, which was two days ago, so he has terrible diarrhea and is very dehydrated. He also has a bad upper respiratory infection and can't breathe out of his nose, so he gasps for air whenever he takes a breath. Both eyes are terribly infected, worse than i have EVER seen. I managed to get one eye pried open and cleaned out pretty well, but the other is extremely swollen and covered in thick white puss. At least, I think it is puss, but it might actually be his eye. I tried to examine it carefully, but the kitty tried to bite me when i touched it, and I don't want to stress him any more than he already is.
I have cleaned the feces off of him which was covering his back end and legs when I picked him up - his whole back end is raw. I got a little bit of warm formula into him, but I don't want to push too much since he is having a hard time breathing. He smells terrible from the respiratory infection.
He is a fighter, and even though he can't see, he tries to walk around and explore a little. That alone is what makes me think he might have a chance. He hasn't given up, and that gives me hope.
I have some Terramycin which I was thinking of mixing in with his formula, just to get some antibiotics started. I will pick up some ophthalmic cream for his eyes tomorrow. I have bought the premixed kitten formula, not the powder. He is on a heating pad set on low, with a couple layers of towels in between and room to move away if he wants to.
Is there anything that I can do to ease his discomfort? I will take him to the vet, but they won't open again until Friday and I can't afford the emergency vet, which is an automatic $200 just for the office visit.
Any ideas about how to make him feel a little better? Anything that I haven't thought of that I can do for him? Any advice would be very appreciated. He looks to be around 3-4 weeks old.
I'm afraid I might have to add another soul to the losses after tonight
I received an email earlier today asking if I had room to take in a young bottle kitten that was found in some bushes a couple of days ago. Long story short, I now have the baby and he is in BAD shape.
He was fed cow milk with raw egg mixed in since he was found, which was two days ago, so he has terrible diarrhea and is very dehydrated. He also has a bad upper respiratory infection and can't breathe out of his nose, so he gasps for air whenever he takes a breath. Both eyes are terribly infected, worse than i have EVER seen. I managed to get one eye pried open and cleaned out pretty well, but the other is extremely swollen and covered in thick white puss. At least, I think it is puss, but it might actually be his eye. I tried to examine it carefully, but the kitty tried to bite me when i touched it, and I don't want to stress him any more than he already is.
I have cleaned the feces off of him which was covering his back end and legs when I picked him up - his whole back end is raw. I got a little bit of warm formula into him, but I don't want to push too much since he is having a hard time breathing. He smells terrible from the respiratory infection.
He is a fighter, and even though he can't see, he tries to walk around and explore a little. That alone is what makes me think he might have a chance. He hasn't given up, and that gives me hope.
I have some Terramycin which I was thinking of mixing in with his formula, just to get some antibiotics started. I will pick up some ophthalmic cream for his eyes tomorrow. I have bought the premixed kitten formula, not the powder. He is on a heating pad set on low, with a couple layers of towels in between and room to move away if he wants to.
Is there anything that I can do to ease his discomfort? I will take him to the vet, but they won't open again until Friday and I can't afford the emergency vet, which is an automatic $200 just for the office visit.
Any ideas about how to make him feel a little better? Anything that I haven't thought of that I can do for him? Any advice would be very appreciated. He looks to be around 3-4 weeks old.