Our Kitten suddenly fell ill a week after we picked him up at 8 weeks old. We took him to the vets the next morning and he was diagnosed with FCKs, as well as being serverly underweight and covered in fleas. He was given a dose of flea treatment, steroids and antibiotics to last him through the weekend before having another check-up. Since then he's been feeding on a combination of Hills A/D, KMR and more recently a mixture of A/D and kitten food and occasional treats. After the first two weeks of him recovering and being in antibiotics with constant attention and very regular feeds he seemed to have a new lease of life, playing occasionally and acting more like a normal kitten.
From 10 weeks till now he's been like a completely normal kitten, playing very often without getting tired (he occasionally takes himself to a quiet spot for a breather). To us and the vet it seemed like he has been learning to cope with his condition and his breathing well, he's still slightly underweight for his age and his ribs have remained the same shape.
The only worrying periods within this time were two days at the start of his 10th week where he was ill, breathless and lethargic. He would sleep a lot and have times where he would sit by our door before lying down with his mouth open for a few minutes or so, which looks like he could be collapsing. After these two days he was back to complete normal, playing more than ever and rarely had any difficulties with his breathing and had begun to think he had completely recovered until yesterday, where after a normal and active morning he started having problems again acting like he did during the two day period.
He's due to visit the vet tomorrow for his vaccinations and a general check-up and has had regular check-ups since the onset of his condition.
We have both read through what we could find on the internet to do with FCKs and luckily my girlfriend and I are able to give our full attention to caring for him. We both know that it's always been a guarded decision to whether he would recover or not. Obviously we want to and are willing to do everything we can but we don't want to see him have episodes where he is having troubles and in pain. We're just looking for any opinions or advice that anyone could give.
From 10 weeks till now he's been like a completely normal kitten, playing very often without getting tired (he occasionally takes himself to a quiet spot for a breather). To us and the vet it seemed like he has been learning to cope with his condition and his breathing well, he's still slightly underweight for his age and his ribs have remained the same shape.
The only worrying periods within this time were two days at the start of his 10th week where he was ill, breathless and lethargic. He would sleep a lot and have times where he would sit by our door before lying down with his mouth open for a few minutes or so, which looks like he could be collapsing. After these two days he was back to complete normal, playing more than ever and rarely had any difficulties with his breathing and had begun to think he had completely recovered until yesterday, where after a normal and active morning he started having problems again acting like he did during the two day period.
He's due to visit the vet tomorrow for his vaccinations and a general check-up and has had regular check-ups since the onset of his condition.
We have both read through what we could find on the internet to do with FCKs and luckily my girlfriend and I are able to give our full attention to caring for him. We both know that it's always been a guarded decision to whether he would recover or not. Obviously we want to and are willing to do everything we can but we don't want to see him have episodes where he is having troubles and in pain. We're just looking for any opinions or advice that anyone could give.