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On July 16 we found a tiny little kitten in the yard, ran & hid when we came close. Left a can of kitten food out all day, never saw her; at 10 that night we checked one more time & she was on our back step, trembling. Had another can of kitten food (just in case :-) and she licked a little bit off my fingers. She was jerky/head bobbing when trying to eat off a plate. We could feel every bone in her body. We wrapped her in a blanket and kept watch all night; she just slept.
Next day was Sunday so did our best to give her food and water and comfort; she was still jerky, kind of like hiccups.
On Monday I was unable to find a vet in a 50 mile radius who would see her before Aug 10! We were able to find a vet in a town about 40 miles away; they aren't a high tech clinic; just an older couple, he's a vet she's an assistant who truly love animals. They deemed her female, about 5-6 weeks old, no ear mites, no fleas, no broken bones or skin problems, gave her a dose of dewormer and she weighed in at .8 lb. Said to feed her canned food mixed with water in small amounts frequently, gave us a can of nursing milk to mix in and suggested we leave some dry kitten food out. She wasn't quite so jerky but vet thought her hind quarters were a bit week. No charge for canned milk, gave us a $15 cat toy (ball in a round tray with scratching board in center) that they give to all new patients. Charged $75 and said there would not be any more office call charges.
She did well for a few days, but then started hiding and got very twitchy and then started having seizures......Temp 104 at vet, gave her ammoxicillan thinking it was an infection. After a few days still having seizures, back to vet & they put her on a different medication, once a day for 10 days, see them in 5 days. Seizures stopped but continuing jerky/hiccup/twitches.
She plays, she purrs, she eats well, she uses litter box-looks normal-she can be very spooky, runs backwards if approached too quickly but also cuddles and likes to be petted, comes to us when we call for her. We checked temp yesterday 100.3, weight 1.6.
We are concerned about the jerking thing, wonder if caused by whatever happened to her before she found us and perhaps she'll always be our "special needs" girl.
Any advice is welcome........we can't afford to go to a high tech vet right now and even if we could we can't get an appointment. :-(
Next day was Sunday so did our best to give her food and water and comfort; she was still jerky, kind of like hiccups.
On Monday I was unable to find a vet in a 50 mile radius who would see her before Aug 10! We were able to find a vet in a town about 40 miles away; they aren't a high tech clinic; just an older couple, he's a vet she's an assistant who truly love animals. They deemed her female, about 5-6 weeks old, no ear mites, no fleas, no broken bones or skin problems, gave her a dose of dewormer and she weighed in at .8 lb. Said to feed her canned food mixed with water in small amounts frequently, gave us a can of nursing milk to mix in and suggested we leave some dry kitten food out. She wasn't quite so jerky but vet thought her hind quarters were a bit week. No charge for canned milk, gave us a $15 cat toy (ball in a round tray with scratching board in center) that they give to all new patients. Charged $75 and said there would not be any more office call charges.
She did well for a few days, but then started hiding and got very twitchy and then started having seizures......Temp 104 at vet, gave her ammoxicillan thinking it was an infection. After a few days still having seizures, back to vet & they put her on a different medication, once a day for 10 days, see them in 5 days. Seizures stopped but continuing jerky/hiccup/twitches.
She plays, she purrs, she eats well, she uses litter box-looks normal-she can be very spooky, runs backwards if approached too quickly but also cuddles and likes to be petted, comes to us when we call for her. We checked temp yesterday 100.3, weight 1.6.
We are concerned about the jerking thing, wonder if caused by whatever happened to her before she found us and perhaps she'll always be our "special needs" girl.
Any advice is welcome........we can't afford to go to a high tech vet right now and even if we could we can't get an appointment. :-(