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Last week I posted about the 3 kittens we are fostering asking about when was the right time to handle them to their forever home. Thanks to your advice, they are still with us and are waiting for mom to wean them.
I took them to the vet last week (8 weeks old) for their identification. They were perfectly healthy. Back home, something like 2 days later, I noticed less food was eaten then they were playing less. I first thought they had reached a stage where they needed less food but when they started to be less active, I started to be worried. Another 2 days and 2 of the 3 kittens are back to normal, playing and running all around the place. The third one still seems unwell but the following day he is back eating which is generally a good sign, the days after he is even the fisrt one to eat when I bring fresh food in.
But yesterday, we noticed something was not right with this kitten. He can no longer walk and expresses pain when trying to stand up. Poor thing. I will take him to the vet fisrt thing tomorrow when the clininc re-opens (today is Sunday and no clininc is my area is open).
I don't know if he fell and hurt himself or if he caught some bug last week. Thinking about it he has been bloated for 3 or 4 weeks but some kittens are bloated and that's what the vet told me last week.
We lost a foster kitten to FIP last year and this kitten's behavior reminds me of the little angel we had to put down. But the kitten who had FIP last year never showed any sign of pain.
Our little guy spends his day in the same place. His brother and sister visit him and even sleep with him. Mom checks on him as well, she cleans him. I think they even bring food and toys to him as every time I check on hims there is some food or toys I didn't place there -which I find utterly cute. He is happy to eat the food I bring to
him.
What do you think?
I took them to the vet last week (8 weeks old) for their identification. They were perfectly healthy. Back home, something like 2 days later, I noticed less food was eaten then they were playing less. I first thought they had reached a stage where they needed less food but when they started to be less active, I started to be worried. Another 2 days and 2 of the 3 kittens are back to normal, playing and running all around the place. The third one still seems unwell but the following day he is back eating which is generally a good sign, the days after he is even the fisrt one to eat when I bring fresh food in.
But yesterday, we noticed something was not right with this kitten. He can no longer walk and expresses pain when trying to stand up. Poor thing. I will take him to the vet fisrt thing tomorrow when the clininc re-opens (today is Sunday and no clininc is my area is open).
I don't know if he fell and hurt himself or if he caught some bug last week. Thinking about it he has been bloated for 3 or 4 weeks but some kittens are bloated and that's what the vet told me last week.
We lost a foster kitten to FIP last year and this kitten's behavior reminds me of the little angel we had to put down. But the kitten who had FIP last year never showed any sign of pain.
Our little guy spends his day in the same place. His brother and sister visit him and even sleep with him. Mom checks on him as well, she cleans him. I think they even bring food and toys to him as every time I check on hims there is some food or toys I didn't place there -which I find utterly cute. He is happy to eat the food I bring to
him.
What do you think?