Before we begin, let me just say that yes, I have been to the vet! We have been seen and received medication for our issue, but I am just reaching out to see if anybody else has had this experience with your little ones!
Hello, there! My name is Paige and I am new here. I came here to specifically ask about this.
This is River!
River is about 3 and a half weeks old and was abandoned in the parking lot of my workplace on Saturday August 22, 2020! I was called in to take her and was not aware how "little" they said she was. She has been absolutely thriving and has such a wonderful personality. I have never taken care of a kitten this young, so I was so worried she wouldn't make it without a mother. I reached out to my local shelter to see if they had any nursing mothers, but I didn't have any luck. Along with my mother and friends, I have been bottle feeding her! She came to me with an upper respiratory infection which was quickly taken care of with antibiotics and eye ointment. She started re-opening her eyes quickly!
Once her eyes opened fully and cleared up, we noticed a little white spot in her right eye (which was also the worst when the infection was present). We gave it another couple days with the eye ointment before we decided to go back to the vet today to get it checked out.
The vet said it was an eye abscess but did not specify what exactly. I googled some stuff because who doesn't? I found a few things but nothing really that looked exactly like what River has. We received some eye drops (ofloxacin) with directions to instill a drop every 4 to 6 hours. I was instructed to give the vet a call back on Friday to let him know of River's progress!
I am here to ask if anybody has ever had a baby with this issue? I've never experienced an issue like this with any of my other kids, especially not one this young. She scares me so much because she's so small, so I'm just trying to gather as much information as possible.
It's very nice to meet you all! I hope you're all doing well and your babies are happy and healthy!
Thank you in advance!
Hello, there! My name is Paige and I am new here. I came here to specifically ask about this.
This is River!
River is about 3 and a half weeks old and was abandoned in the parking lot of my workplace on Saturday August 22, 2020! I was called in to take her and was not aware how "little" they said she was. She has been absolutely thriving and has such a wonderful personality. I have never taken care of a kitten this young, so I was so worried she wouldn't make it without a mother. I reached out to my local shelter to see if they had any nursing mothers, but I didn't have any luck. Along with my mother and friends, I have been bottle feeding her! She came to me with an upper respiratory infection which was quickly taken care of with antibiotics and eye ointment. She started re-opening her eyes quickly!
Once her eyes opened fully and cleared up, we noticed a little white spot in her right eye (which was also the worst when the infection was present). We gave it another couple days with the eye ointment before we decided to go back to the vet today to get it checked out.
The vet said it was an eye abscess but did not specify what exactly. I googled some stuff because who doesn't? I found a few things but nothing really that looked exactly like what River has. We received some eye drops (ofloxacin) with directions to instill a drop every 4 to 6 hours. I was instructed to give the vet a call back on Friday to let him know of River's progress!
I am here to ask if anybody has ever had a baby with this issue? I've never experienced an issue like this with any of my other kids, especially not one this young. She scares me so much because she's so small, so I'm just trying to gather as much information as possible.
It's very nice to meet you all! I hope you're all doing well and your babies are happy and healthy!
Thank you in advance!