My parents are fostering a stray mama cat and her five kittens, and I've been going over there to help (and love on the kittens.) Unfortunately it looks like someone dumped them, and I have not been able to find a rescue that can help with vet care.
All the kittens are fat, fluffy, and playful, eating wet food and drinking water. Mama cat looks to be in rough shape. No visible injuries, but her coat is dirty and dull and she is very skinny. She seems to have some sort of seizures (?) wherein she suddenly topples over and can't move well. When this happens, she is able to get back up in a few minutes, but she walks with her back hunched over for a while. This has happened twice in the last four days or so. When she's not being affected by it, she seems perfectly normal: eats voraciously, drinks water, uses the cat box (solid stools), and is sweet and asks for attention. She doesn't seem to ever be in pain (never cries, "loafs," etc). She has not vomited and seems to be putting on weight. Her and the kittens go through three to four cans of wet food a day.
With my Goblin at home, I've been careful to leave my shoes outside for bleaching, wash/sanitize my hands, and change my clothes after handling the kittens. However, I didn't realize that things such as panleuk were so resistant to sanitation and now I'm freaking out that I have subjected Goblin to something.
I looked up his vet records, and the last vaccination he had was rabies and FVRCP three years ago. I can't for the life of me remember if those are the only shots he's ever had, or if he had a kitten series. I'm going to call the vet that neutered him tomorrow and hope that they still have records from six years ago.
Does mama cat sound contagious? Would one set of vaccines three years ago likely still provide enough protection? Help!
All the kittens are fat, fluffy, and playful, eating wet food and drinking water. Mama cat looks to be in rough shape. No visible injuries, but her coat is dirty and dull and she is very skinny. She seems to have some sort of seizures (?) wherein she suddenly topples over and can't move well. When this happens, she is able to get back up in a few minutes, but she walks with her back hunched over for a while. This has happened twice in the last four days or so. When she's not being affected by it, she seems perfectly normal: eats voraciously, drinks water, uses the cat box (solid stools), and is sweet and asks for attention. She doesn't seem to ever be in pain (never cries, "loafs," etc). She has not vomited and seems to be putting on weight. Her and the kittens go through three to four cans of wet food a day.
With my Goblin at home, I've been careful to leave my shoes outside for bleaching, wash/sanitize my hands, and change my clothes after handling the kittens. However, I didn't realize that things such as panleuk were so resistant to sanitation and now I'm freaking out that I have subjected Goblin to something.
I looked up his vet records, and the last vaccination he had was rabies and FVRCP three years ago. I can't for the life of me remember if those are the only shots he's ever had, or if he had a kitten series. I'm going to call the vet that neutered him tomorrow and hope that they still have records from six years ago.
Does mama cat sound contagious? Would one set of vaccines three years ago likely still provide enough protection? Help!
