Hello, a few weeks ago I brought a 4 month old rescue kitten into my home that had possible/probable contact with distemper shortly after she was vaccinated (I did not know this at the time) she was infested with fleas and it’s VERY cold where I live so instead of giving her a bath straight away I rubbed her down with my usual flea spray. 20 minutes later she started puking and didn’t stop for a day and a half until I took her to the vet. They kept her over night but she didn’t make it. They said that she COULD have had a birth defect that was sped along by the flea medication, but even though they did blood tests they really didn’t know what happened. I also had 3 6 week old feral kittens in a separate room, they were on antibiotics for a uri but were coming along great. They had worms but I wanted to finish their antibiotics before I dewormed them. 5 days after the first one died the smallest one started throwing up and stopped eating, and died within 24 hours. Then the 2nd. Then the 3rd. However first one got sick after he got dewormed with pyrantel and threw up a TON of worms. So now I’m going crazy trying to figure out what is going on in my house. Was it worm anemia that could have killed them that fast or is it the dreaded parvovirus. I have so much guilt over this and do NOT want to go through this again. But I also don’t want to stop helping kittens in need and tnvr season is soon and sometimes I have to hold them until they can be released.
so my question is, does this sound like distemper and how do I clean my house now? Before I knew they were sick I had these babies in my bed, and they threw up on my carpet. The first kitten puked on my couch. I can’t seem to find a list of specific cleaning products online other than rescue and bleach. I’m not sure if either are safe for my carpet or furniture. Where do I even begin here?! I just want to make it safe for future rescues without having to wait an entire year without being able to bring them inside. I do plan at the very least to stay away from small kittens and only bring cats inside that have been vaccinated. But will one vaccination work and how long will it take to be effective. I’ve already begun bleaching and throwing out as much as I can but I feel like I will never get everything clean. If you have been here before please share your story and how you over came this!!
so my question is, does this sound like distemper and how do I clean my house now? Before I knew they were sick I had these babies in my bed, and they threw up on my carpet. The first kitten puked on my couch. I can’t seem to find a list of specific cleaning products online other than rescue and bleach. I’m not sure if either are safe for my carpet or furniture. Where do I even begin here?! I just want to make it safe for future rescues without having to wait an entire year without being able to bring them inside. I do plan at the very least to stay away from small kittens and only bring cats inside that have been vaccinated. But will one vaccination work and how long will it take to be effective. I’ve already begun bleaching and throwing out as much as I can but I feel like I will never get everything clean. If you have been here before please share your story and how you over came this!!
