At the moment I'm taking care of 5 7-week old kittens, plus the mom. 2 are actually from another litter, but cousins. They all feed from the mother cat of the 3 kittens. The one kitten has been acting dehydrated and lethargic for a few days now. This is one of the mother's actual kittens. She feeds from the mom, though I've noticed the mom does avoid them at least half the day(I assume this is typical at this age?).
The dehydrated kitten has also been eating some canned pate, drinks from the dish a little. It's basically doing everything its siblings are doing, but less of it. Her gums do look pale, but not the palest I've seen on a kitten. The shelter had us put them all on antibiotic recently, as one had an upper respiratory infection. Day 10 was yesterday and the last of the antibiotic. Other than a slightly runny eye a couple days ago, this kitten hasn't shown any symptoms of having an upper respiratory infection. This kitten has been on Albon for close to 2 weeks now. I think I've seen one liquid poo in the past few days, but I honestly thought it belonged to one of the adults(it was next to a much larger poo). All other stuff in the litter box has been thicker than soft serve ice cream(sorry for the descriptors). I've been forcing her to drink a few mls of KMR a couple times a day in hoping to jump start her appetite, but with no luck. It's not as if she isn't eating/drinking either, just not enough.
Also I don't believe any of them ever had fleas(the lady they came from gives the adults flea treatment every month). I'll probably put some mineral oil on her ear later to rule out ear mites. I'm really at a loss though on what could be causing this. I can take her to the shelter and if she's dehydrated enough, they will give her fluids. But I don't know if they'll be able to pinpoint the underlying cause. Is there something I'm missing? Is there any side effects that I should be worried about from them being on the Albon so long? The other kittens all seem perfectly healthy. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
The dehydrated kitten has also been eating some canned pate, drinks from the dish a little. It's basically doing everything its siblings are doing, but less of it. Her gums do look pale, but not the palest I've seen on a kitten. The shelter had us put them all on antibiotic recently, as one had an upper respiratory infection. Day 10 was yesterday and the last of the antibiotic. Other than a slightly runny eye a couple days ago, this kitten hasn't shown any symptoms of having an upper respiratory infection. This kitten has been on Albon for close to 2 weeks now. I think I've seen one liquid poo in the past few days, but I honestly thought it belonged to one of the adults(it was next to a much larger poo). All other stuff in the litter box has been thicker than soft serve ice cream(sorry for the descriptors). I've been forcing her to drink a few mls of KMR a couple times a day in hoping to jump start her appetite, but with no luck. It's not as if she isn't eating/drinking either, just not enough.
Also I don't believe any of them ever had fleas(the lady they came from gives the adults flea treatment every month). I'll probably put some mineral oil on her ear later to rule out ear mites. I'm really at a loss though on what could be causing this. I can take her to the shelter and if she's dehydrated enough, they will give her fluids. But I don't know if they'll be able to pinpoint the underlying cause. Is there something I'm missing? Is there any side effects that I should be worried about from them being on the Albon so long? The other kittens all seem perfectly healthy. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.