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I am fostering a pair of bottle kittens that have been with me since they were about 12 hours old. One is normal sized. The other was only 64 grams when I picked them up. In the first week they did well. Both gained weight. The tiny one put on 54 more grams.
This week has been challenging though. Both have cried a lot, as though they were colicky or uncomfortable. They developed yellow diarhea. They've become incontinent. The large male has continued to grow in spite of this, putting on 70 grams this past week. He does make a big fuss when I help him urinate - like it is possibly painful.
I'm more worried about the tiny female. She was 118 grams Sunday of last week, and is only 126 grams today. She only gained 8 grams all week. (At one point she actually weighed in at 114 grams - so she dropped, then gained a bit back.) Her droppings have solid chunks in them, but they're pale yellow, and the chunks are almost like curdled cheese.
The shelter put them on a 3 day panacur regimine, and 9 days of albon. We're on the 6th day of Albon, but still horrible yellow curdled looking diarhea.
The tiny kitten is taking 6 ml per meal, every 4 hours. I've started to give her a small "booster" meal halfway between feedings - just about 3 ccs of KMR. That has seemed to help her energy level a little and she eats it eagerly. She would probably take more if I offered it.
The last litter of fosters I had did test positive for coccidia. But I wouldn't have expected that to show up in 8 day old babies even if they were exposed. (I have kept these in a different area, and tried to clean everything with bleach.)
What does the catsite community think? What do I need to do next? The vet is not at the shelter again until Wednesday and I'd really like to get this pattern reversed before then.
This week has been challenging though. Both have cried a lot, as though they were colicky or uncomfortable. They developed yellow diarhea. They've become incontinent. The large male has continued to grow in spite of this, putting on 70 grams this past week. He does make a big fuss when I help him urinate - like it is possibly painful.
I'm more worried about the tiny female. She was 118 grams Sunday of last week, and is only 126 grams today. She only gained 8 grams all week. (At one point she actually weighed in at 114 grams - so she dropped, then gained a bit back.) Her droppings have solid chunks in them, but they're pale yellow, and the chunks are almost like curdled cheese.
The shelter put them on a 3 day panacur regimine, and 9 days of albon. We're on the 6th day of Albon, but still horrible yellow curdled looking diarhea.
The tiny kitten is taking 6 ml per meal, every 4 hours. I've started to give her a small "booster" meal halfway between feedings - just about 3 ccs of KMR. That has seemed to help her energy level a little and she eats it eagerly. She would probably take more if I offered it.
The last litter of fosters I had did test positive for coccidia. But I wouldn't have expected that to show up in 8 day old babies even if they were exposed. (I have kept these in a different area, and tried to clean everything with bleach.)
What does the catsite community think? What do I need to do next? The vet is not at the shelter again until Wednesday and I'd really like to get this pattern reversed before then.
