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Hi,
I have had my 6.5 month old American Wirehair kitten for 5 weeks. She has had bad (I mean drop a MOOSE bad) breath from the start and I orignally thought it was from eating canned food, so I switched her to kibble. No luck. I also gave her a few week's worth of probiotics as she had been a c-section kitten and her mom had taken lots of antibiotics. No luck.
I took her into the vet's today and he had a look and found very inflamed gums along with the runny nose, eyes, etc. He immediately suspected FIV or leukemia and tested for that (it was unlikely as the kitten came from a well respected breeder/ACFA judge). That was negative. He concluded that she has a chronic respiratory infection and gave her clavamox. He's a little stumped by the red gums, tho, as a young kitten shouldn't have those.
I like to treat things holistically if at all possible. I gave the kitten some powdered bovine colostrum when we got home and plan to continue that. I will also continue the probiotics, especially since she's now on a course of antibiotics. I was thinking of using colloidal silver swabbed on the gums. The kitten is spayed, btw.
Has anyone else dealt with this kind of chronic problem, or inflamed gums in a kitten? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Cally
I have had my 6.5 month old American Wirehair kitten for 5 weeks. She has had bad (I mean drop a MOOSE bad) breath from the start and I orignally thought it was from eating canned food, so I switched her to kibble. No luck. I also gave her a few week's worth of probiotics as she had been a c-section kitten and her mom had taken lots of antibiotics. No luck.
I took her into the vet's today and he had a look and found very inflamed gums along with the runny nose, eyes, etc. He immediately suspected FIV or leukemia and tested for that (it was unlikely as the kitten came from a well respected breeder/ACFA judge). That was negative. He concluded that she has a chronic respiratory infection and gave her clavamox. He's a little stumped by the red gums, tho, as a young kitten shouldn't have those.
I like to treat things holistically if at all possible. I gave the kitten some powdered bovine colostrum when we got home and plan to continue that. I will also continue the probiotics, especially since she's now on a course of antibiotics. I was thinking of using colloidal silver swabbed on the gums. The kitten is spayed, btw.
Has anyone else dealt with this kind of chronic problem, or inflamed gums in a kitten? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Cally