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So a little backstory, a man was selling week old kittens (5 of them) for money to random people (which is illegal) and I was able to get ahold of the last 2. Unfortunately Landis passed away last Tuesday but her sister, Elizabeth, is still alive.
We’re estimating she is about 2 and a half weeks old. Her eyes opened a few days ago and she’s been crawling since we first got her. She is able to see us as she crawls to us and starts to purr when we give her attention.
We took Elizabeth into the vet Thursday night because she was having bloody diarrhea and that’s what Landis had before she passed away. The vet tested her for a certain disease (I forget the name) and her results were negative, though the vet said there is a chance it could be negative because the disease hasn’t spread enough yet.
Elizabeth was (and still is) bloated. They gave me two different medications, one twice a day and one once a day. They’re supposed to tackle worms and coccidia as well as reducing diarrhea (she still has it a good bit but since the treatment it hasn’t been nearly as bloody at all).
However after feeding her tonight we put her back so she could sleep and when we checked on her a few minutes later there was yellow stool on the heated penguin we give her. It was still runny but more solid than her diarrhea.
From what I’ve read, this could indicate coccidia or possibly giardia, which the vet said was highly possible.
I want to call the vet in the morning to ask for advice. I’m just curious as to if anyone had any advice to give currently, as I’m very concerned for this kitten.
We’re estimating she is about 2 and a half weeks old. Her eyes opened a few days ago and she’s been crawling since we first got her. She is able to see us as she crawls to us and starts to purr when we give her attention.
We took Elizabeth into the vet Thursday night because she was having bloody diarrhea and that’s what Landis had before she passed away. The vet tested her for a certain disease (I forget the name) and her results were negative, though the vet said there is a chance it could be negative because the disease hasn’t spread enough yet.
Elizabeth was (and still is) bloated. They gave me two different medications, one twice a day and one once a day. They’re supposed to tackle worms and coccidia as well as reducing diarrhea (she still has it a good bit but since the treatment it hasn’t been nearly as bloody at all).
However after feeding her tonight we put her back so she could sleep and when we checked on her a few minutes later there was yellow stool on the heated penguin we give her. It was still runny but more solid than her diarrhea.
From what I’ve read, this could indicate coccidia or possibly giardia, which the vet said was highly possible.
I want to call the vet in the morning to ask for advice. I’m just curious as to if anyone had any advice to give currently, as I’m very concerned for this kitten.