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Hi, my name is Jeanne.
I am here to get a bit of help with a 20 day old rescue kitten. I do have kitten formula and bottles, and all the various things I have read that I will need to raise this little guy, but he also has a health issue that I am unsure of what to do. The little guy has a vet appt. for next Tuesday.
First, he seems to hate the nipples on the bottle, will he get better with it given some time? I even bought 3 different available type of nipples thinking he might not have liked the first.
He also sneezes, and has a mildly runny nose, and his eyes were all gunked up so they could not even open. He was a mess. I cleaned him up with a damp warm rag, his eyes can now open for him to see, but he still has a nasty discharge from his eyes, I want to say like pink eye, but worse, it periodically oozes out from his eye lids. They are also swollen a bit.
When I called my vet, who ever answered the phone tried to tell me it was perfectly normal for kittens to be sick. I even went into explaining just how sick this guy is and told her about his eyes. All she said was, "thats normal, all kittens are sick before they get vaccinations". Somehow, I find this very very hard to believe, seeing as though I have seen plenty of other litters of kittens that were not sick like this little guy. I find it a bit frustrating that my own vet office receptionist thinks this is no big deal.
I have terramycin eye ointment, can I use this to help his eyes till he can see a vet? Is there anything I can do for him till the vet can see him?
I am here to get a bit of help with a 20 day old rescue kitten. I do have kitten formula and bottles, and all the various things I have read that I will need to raise this little guy, but he also has a health issue that I am unsure of what to do. The little guy has a vet appt. for next Tuesday.
First, he seems to hate the nipples on the bottle, will he get better with it given some time? I even bought 3 different available type of nipples thinking he might not have liked the first.
He also sneezes, and has a mildly runny nose, and his eyes were all gunked up so they could not even open. He was a mess. I cleaned him up with a damp warm rag, his eyes can now open for him to see, but he still has a nasty discharge from his eyes, I want to say like pink eye, but worse, it periodically oozes out from his eye lids. They are also swollen a bit.
When I called my vet, who ever answered the phone tried to tell me it was perfectly normal for kittens to be sick. I even went into explaining just how sick this guy is and told her about his eyes. All she said was, "thats normal, all kittens are sick before they get vaccinations". Somehow, I find this very very hard to believe, seeing as though I have seen plenty of other litters of kittens that were not sick like this little guy. I find it a bit frustrating that my own vet office receptionist thinks this is no big deal.
I have terramycin eye ointment, can I use this to help his eyes till he can see a vet? Is there anything I can do for him till the vet can see him?