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    Kitten sometimes holds one eye partially closed, but no other symptoms?

    No pawing at her eye, nor do I see the third eyelid. She mostly sleeps on one of the cat trees, sometimes on a blanket. We use a very gentle laundry detergent (I think it’s called something like Free & Clear), no nasty perfumes or dyes. We have had some air quality alerts recently due to the...
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    Kitten sometimes holds one eye partially closed, but no other symptoms?

    I’ve noticed over the past few weeks that sometimes, often upon waking up from a nap, our 6-month-old female kitten holds her left eye partially closed. It doesn’t last very long; both eyes are fully open soon enough. There is also NO visible redness or other abnormalities (pupils are the same)...
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    Mild kitten acne - leave it alone or treat it?

    So I definitely won’t be using witch hazel on her again in the future. I wiped her chin with alcohol-free witch hazel that included a bit of organic aloe vera. This morning she vomited twice for the first time in her life. Called two emergency clinics and they said it’s possible if she managed...
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    Mild kitten acne - leave it alone or treat it?

    My 6-month-old kitten was diagnosed with “mild acne” in the surgeon’s words, as it was discovered at her spay appointment and noted in her post-op paperwork. Our vet had never mentioned it at her previous 4 appointments where she got a general checkup and then received her vaccine series. So it...
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    Limping and lethargic 4-5 days after distemper shot?

    He’s doing much much better now. Mind you he is still getting a daily steroid dose. But he’s eating, drinking, and terrorizing everyone in the house. Shot #2 is later this month though so I am nervous. Will chat with vet.
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    Limping and lethargic 4-5 days after distemper shot?

    Do I need to be concerned he’ll get this ill after the second and third shots? I wish this was a one and done but it’s a series of three.
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    Limping and lethargic 4-5 days after distemper shot?

    He’s feeling a little better this morning although clearly still sore. Not out of the woods yet. But he purred when I pet him, batted at a toy, scratched his post, and followed his sister around before going back to bed. Also ate a little bit of wet food but not as much as I’d like. I gave him...
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    Limping and lethargic 4-5 days after distemper shot?

    I got him to eat one packet of Tiki Baby Thrive, which is a wet paste for kittens who are failing to thrive/need a high calorie boost. He wouldn’t touch the chicken baby food the vet recommended buying. Hasn’t had any water yet but he did receive IV fluids at the vet, and I just gave him his...
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    Limping and lethargic 4-5 days after distemper shot?

    That would be beyond terrible luck since he received his FVRCP vaccine at that appointment! Which of course is for the calici virus in addition to the other two. Definitely watching his sister. She’s absolutely bananas with energy today so zero concerns yet. Also eating normally unlike him.
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    Limping and lethargic 4-5 days after distemper shot?

    He went in to the vet at 10AM today. He had a fever of 104 and was dehydrated. Ugh!!! So stressful. The vet gave him fluids, an antibiotic shot, and steroids to be given for 12 days total. Waiting for bloodwork results. She felt given that it was 4.5 to 5 days after the vaccine it was unlikely...
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    Limping and lethargic 4-5 days after distemper shot?

    I have a kitten around 8-9 weeks old that received his first distemper shot on the afternoon of 1/24. Previously he had been given a clean bill of health (save for mild roundworms) at his very first appointment - he received the shot a few weeks after his initial checkup. This morning I noticed...
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    Introducing kittens to resident teenage cats - eek, the hissing! Am I doing this right?

    The kittens haven’t gotten the house at all yet actually, just the master bathroom (quite large) and the carpeted closet hallway. The gate is at the end of said hallway. So the resident cats still reign supreme and do have full access to their normal sleeping spots. Their overall routine and...
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    Introducing kittens to resident teenage cats - eek, the hissing! Am I doing this right?

    Well this just broke my heart. The two year old male, Bean, threw up (he NEVER throws up) after watching the kittens for a minute or two. Poor guy.
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    Introducing kittens to resident teenage cats - eek, the hissing! Am I doing this right?

    Next step: spider flavored ice-cream! 😱😂
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    Introducing kittens to resident teenage cats - eek, the hissing! Am I doing this right?

    Thanks for the reassurances! I think I tried feeding them too close together too soon. Guessing it was a case of each one feeling insecure and wanting the other to know this tasty stuff belonged to them. I get that. God knows when I order a pizza I don’t want to share. LOL! Here’s hoping after...
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    Introducing kittens to resident teenage cats - eek, the hissing! Am I doing this right?

    I‘m not really sure how well the introduction of two new kittens (8 weeks) to our resident cats (both almost 2 years old) is going. This is the first time we’ve ever had young kittens. The kittens have been placed in our spacious master bathroom with a mini cat tree and blankets + toys galore...
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    Is anyone else’s cat intolerant to probiotics?

    I was debating switching my two-year-old cats to an Orijen brand food. However, it seems they all have the below pre/probiotics: Dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product. This...
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    Anyone else have a waxy-eared kitty?

    Oh, I’m always looking. The other closest vet isn’t taking new patients or adding to their waitlist, and the third closest one switched to treating farm animals only. So it’s either this vet or dragging my screaming, trembling cats 30+ minutes away. At that point I’d rather pay the higher price...
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    Anyone else have a waxy-eared kitty?

    I have. How do I put this politely… They are a very profits-focused office. Friendly and thorough, but everything costs an arm and a leg ($50 just for a nail trim) and they frequently encourage expensive options. She started talking about doing an exam under anesthesia and whatnot. And I’m...
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    Anyone else have a waxy-eared kitty?

    I have two cats who spent their first two months of their lives as barn kittens. They both had ear mites and then mild secondary yeast infections caused by the mites. I think they might have had worms too, can’t recall. All treated - those gross bugs are long gone. Thing is, they’re still fairly...
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