A friend's grandparents don't spay/neuter. All their cats always look soo sorry and sick. They have 2 litters right now. The mom cat to the younger litter disappeared. Hasn't been back. The two young girls were trying to bottle feed, but I suspect that spending time with their friends and what not took precidence and the kitties were close to starving.
I took the younger of the two litters. One of them already died last night (it was absolutely terrible, no ER vets to put it to sleep.) We're going back to get the older one if we can get it.
The kitten that died was bleeding from his rectum. SEVERELY dehydrated. At least one kitten is having loose stools with some blood tinged mucus. They seem to have good appetites. I'm syringe feeding them every 3-4 hours during the day with kitten formula. They do eat some canned food, but not much. They have lice, but luckily not that severe of a infestation. I did a quick wash when I got them last night just to get some of the grease and dirt off of them. I washed them more thoroughly in baby shampoo today but their coats are still just so sorry looking. And of course I'll still need some special shampoo for the lice.
Their eyes had been mattery and some were closed shut. I have eye ointment and now I have some antibiotics for a possible URI? I haven't seen them sneezing or excessive discharge though.. just the eyes were bad. Better safe than sorry though.
I'm most concerned about the bloody diarrhea. Vet didn't have time this morning, but I did take in a fecal sample. They are soo tiny and I even wonder if it would be safe to deworm them?
I took the younger of the two litters. One of them already died last night (it was absolutely terrible, no ER vets to put it to sleep.) We're going back to get the older one if we can get it.
The kitten that died was bleeding from his rectum. SEVERELY dehydrated. At least one kitten is having loose stools with some blood tinged mucus. They seem to have good appetites. I'm syringe feeding them every 3-4 hours during the day with kitten formula. They do eat some canned food, but not much. They have lice, but luckily not that severe of a infestation. I did a quick wash when I got them last night just to get some of the grease and dirt off of them. I washed them more thoroughly in baby shampoo today but their coats are still just so sorry looking. And of course I'll still need some special shampoo for the lice.
Their eyes had been mattery and some were closed shut. I have eye ointment and now I have some antibiotics for a possible URI? I haven't seen them sneezing or excessive discharge though.. just the eyes were bad. Better safe than sorry though.
I'm most concerned about the bloody diarrhea. Vet didn't have time this morning, but I did take in a fecal sample. They are soo tiny and I even wonder if it would be safe to deworm them?