A friend of mine recently took in a small kitten estimated to be around now, 8 weeks. A normal bouncy kitten, until yesterday he became very lethargic suddenly. For various reasons she can't afford the vets right now so I had her bring him to my vets and I'll deal with that side of things.
He's full of round worms (likely from his Mum, the vet says says), so we got him wormed but his fever is at 104.3. Luckily he is eating, drinking, pooping and peeing just fine so that is in his favour, his only behaviour change is the lethargy as of now. When I saw him, his eyes are a little sunken and he does curl and puff up in that sickly cat way, much like my lil Arnie did when he had FIP
The vet has put him on 2 weeks of antibiotics (Clavamox 15 ML twice a day) She's told me in a case like this they call it a case of 'fever of unknown origin' If hes not starting to bounce back by Thursday to take him back and they will test for feline leukemia. She said whilst his full of fever, no to vaccines right now.
So my questions are: Fever of unknown origin .. never dealt with that before .. anyone out there that has .. what are likely suspects that can cause that in a young cat?
Feline leukemia .. give me the skinny on it .. be honest please, if things do progress to this I need to be knowledgeable when talking to my friend and the vet with regards to treatment options and such. Is it treatable? How likely is that for such a young cat .. would he have been born with it?
Fingers crossed the antibiotics do the trick for little Theo and he bounces back and is his normal self in a couple days.
He's full of round worms (likely from his Mum, the vet says says), so we got him wormed but his fever is at 104.3. Luckily he is eating, drinking, pooping and peeing just fine so that is in his favour, his only behaviour change is the lethargy as of now. When I saw him, his eyes are a little sunken and he does curl and puff up in that sickly cat way, much like my lil Arnie did when he had FIP
The vet has put him on 2 weeks of antibiotics (Clavamox 15 ML twice a day) She's told me in a case like this they call it a case of 'fever of unknown origin' If hes not starting to bounce back by Thursday to take him back and they will test for feline leukemia. She said whilst his full of fever, no to vaccines right now.
So my questions are: Fever of unknown origin .. never dealt with that before .. anyone out there that has .. what are likely suspects that can cause that in a young cat?
Feline leukemia .. give me the skinny on it .. be honest please, if things do progress to this I need to be knowledgeable when talking to my friend and the vet with regards to treatment options and such. Is it treatable? How likely is that for such a young cat .. would he have been born with it?
Fingers crossed the antibiotics do the trick for little Theo and he bounces back and is his normal self in a couple days.
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