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I have a 4 week old bottle kitten that weighs only 8.4 oz. She came to me at 1.5 weeks and 4.2 oz, so she's gained, but she's tiny. Her 3 siblings are healthy and in the 14oz range now.
She has had bloody stool for several days. When she first presented with it I started her on Ponazuril and Albon. The symptoms didn't improve. I took a fecal to the shelter (she's a foster) and they couldn't find coccidia, worm eggs, or anything else suspicious in her sample (but she had been on Ponazuril for 3 days by that point.) They told me to take her off of the medicines since there wasn't anything in her stool.
Since taking her off of her medicine her stool stayed bad. And her last 2 feedings she has acted hungry, but won't eat. She had just gotten past a rough patch (she lost 1/2 an oz and took a few days to reverse the weight loss). She is only 8.4 oz now (after the 2 non-hungry feedings). She was as much as 8.9 yesterday. She bites the bottle and claws it like she is hungry, and cries like she's either hungry or colicky, but she won't suckle. I got her to take a bit of canned wet food, but not enough to sustain her. She's still playing with siblings a little, but has noticably lower energy, and her stool is very liquid and has blood in it.
None of her siblings have runny stools or any other sign of coccidia. She was wormed Wednesday of last week, and had been wormed prior to that as well.
I put her back on the Ponazuril as of this evening when she had the loss of appetite. Having seen no improvement, I was more worried about doing nothing than about doing it wrong. At her nighttime feeding she was the same though - aggressive with the bottle, but wouldn't suckle, and still had liquid stools. (She had 2 bloody and liquid stools in the 4 hours between feedings.)
I'm at a bit of a loss and the vet tech won't be back at the shelter until Wednesday. Should I continue with the Ponazuril? The Albon? The blood and loss of appetite are what are scaring me. I don't mind soft stools as long as the kitten is active and gaining weight, but she's not doing either very well right now. Your advice would be much appreciated.
She has had bloody stool for several days. When she first presented with it I started her on Ponazuril and Albon. The symptoms didn't improve. I took a fecal to the shelter (she's a foster) and they couldn't find coccidia, worm eggs, or anything else suspicious in her sample (but she had been on Ponazuril for 3 days by that point.) They told me to take her off of the medicines since there wasn't anything in her stool.
Since taking her off of her medicine her stool stayed bad. And her last 2 feedings she has acted hungry, but won't eat. She had just gotten past a rough patch (she lost 1/2 an oz and took a few days to reverse the weight loss). She is only 8.4 oz now (after the 2 non-hungry feedings). She was as much as 8.9 yesterday. She bites the bottle and claws it like she is hungry, and cries like she's either hungry or colicky, but she won't suckle. I got her to take a bit of canned wet food, but not enough to sustain her. She's still playing with siblings a little, but has noticably lower energy, and her stool is very liquid and has blood in it.
None of her siblings have runny stools or any other sign of coccidia. She was wormed Wednesday of last week, and had been wormed prior to that as well.
I put her back on the Ponazuril as of this evening when she had the loss of appetite. Having seen no improvement, I was more worried about doing nothing than about doing it wrong. At her nighttime feeding she was the same though - aggressive with the bottle, but wouldn't suckle, and still had liquid stools. (She had 2 bloody and liquid stools in the 4 hours between feedings.)
I'm at a bit of a loss and the vet tech won't be back at the shelter until Wednesday. Should I continue with the Ponazuril? The Albon? The blood and loss of appetite are what are scaring me. I don't mind soft stools as long as the kitten is active and gaining weight, but she's not doing either very well right now. Your advice would be much appreciated.