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I acquired a litter of 3 kittens around 2 weeks old two weeks ago. Their mother had been found deceased--the property owner suspected accidental death. The kittens were in a compost barn on a poultry farm. If you're not familiar - it's a really dirty environment.
One was weak and with an eye infection. The other two seemed fine. Within days one of the healthy ones came down with white diarrhea, I took her to the vet the following day. Her brother, the other healthy one, developed it the day of the vet visit.
The vet gave me lactated ringers to give injections, and Albon to clear up infections. The first to grow ill lost her appetite and died in my hands two days later. Her brother, who had been the strongest of the 3, slowed eating, but then seemed to improve, then took a sudden nosedive and died as well.
The last one, the one that had been the weakest, and with an eye infection, now has bright yellow diarrhea tinged with blood. (but the eye infection is cleared up) I'm still in the course of the Albon, and I'm not seeing any change. He's been on it for four days. There are no emergency vet services within 200 miles of here, so my next chance to see a vet will be tomorrow. He is eating well at the moment, but so was his brother before he nosedived. I don't know how long it should take for the Albon to show a change in his stool, or if maybe there's something other than bacterial or Coccidia going on.
If you know how soon I should see change, or have any insight I would be glad to have it. I lost my 14 year old cat back in February, and had planned to keep these 3 (bottle-feeding makes you get attached) so losing them was really hard. I really don't want to lose this last one, but when the other two nosedived it was so fast and sudden that I'm a nervous wreck.
I would be grateful to know anything that could be suggested. Kitten is now approximately 3.5 weeks old. 6.5 oz, eating milk replacer well, using litter box (so he has some control & ability to predict and hold) but it is bright yellow with tinges of red blood (not dark - bright) and very soft --it looks like mustard with thin streaks of ketchup. I've seen no change in the time he's been on the Albon. Is this normal? Is it too soon? I ask mainly because the Albon didn't save the other two, and I wonder if it was too late, or the wrong med.
One was weak and with an eye infection. The other two seemed fine. Within days one of the healthy ones came down with white diarrhea, I took her to the vet the following day. Her brother, the other healthy one, developed it the day of the vet visit.
The vet gave me lactated ringers to give injections, and Albon to clear up infections. The first to grow ill lost her appetite and died in my hands two days later. Her brother, who had been the strongest of the 3, slowed eating, but then seemed to improve, then took a sudden nosedive and died as well.
The last one, the one that had been the weakest, and with an eye infection, now has bright yellow diarrhea tinged with blood. (but the eye infection is cleared up) I'm still in the course of the Albon, and I'm not seeing any change. He's been on it for four days. There are no emergency vet services within 200 miles of here, so my next chance to see a vet will be tomorrow. He is eating well at the moment, but so was his brother before he nosedived. I don't know how long it should take for the Albon to show a change in his stool, or if maybe there's something other than bacterial or Coccidia going on.
If you know how soon I should see change, or have any insight I would be glad to have it. I lost my 14 year old cat back in February, and had planned to keep these 3 (bottle-feeding makes you get attached) so losing them was really hard. I really don't want to lose this last one, but when the other two nosedived it was so fast and sudden that I'm a nervous wreck.
I would be grateful to know anything that could be suggested. Kitten is now approximately 3.5 weeks old. 6.5 oz, eating milk replacer well, using litter box (so he has some control & ability to predict and hold) but it is bright yellow with tinges of red blood (not dark - bright) and very soft --it looks like mustard with thin streaks of ketchup. I've seen no change in the time he's been on the Albon. Is this normal? Is it too soon? I ask mainly because the Albon didn't save the other two, and I wonder if it was too late, or the wrong med.