I posted about my new siamese kitten, now named Mo, a couple of weeks ago. She has seen the vet since then, he performed a fecal smear and she came back clean, no worms, no nothing. He thinks her tiny size is due to the fact that she was the runt in a litter of 8 and wasn't big or strong enough to fight for a nipple even when the mother cat wasn't refusing to nurse, and therefore she missed out on alot of essential nutrition. He said she's not too thin by any means (she's turned into kind of a porker, actually) and he can't see anything else wrong with her. She's healthy, just small. He said I shouldn't worry about her size, that she'll catch up, just to keep an eye on her for anything unusual and keep giving her the KMR for as long as I see fit.
A few days ago, I was contacted by a woman who purchased another kitten from Mo's litter. I had gotten to take my kitten home early because the breeder was worried about her size, but everyone else had to wait until the 22nd to pick their kittens up, as originally specified. This woman, Amanda, named her kitten Xiao Mei. The first couple of days Xiao Mei was playful and energetic. Then suddenly on Thursday night, she became ill. Within an hour and a half, she went from wrecking havoc all over the house to lethargic, and then became totally unresponsive. Amanda rushed her to the E-vet while her daughter, who rode with them, rubbed maple syrup (the real stuff) on Xiao Mei's gums and squeezed tiny portions of it down her throat with a syringe. They had heard that you must keep the animal's blood sugar up, most people use corn syrup but that's all they had handy. Xiao Mei spent 24 hours at the E-vet. They ran numerous tests, blood tests, fecal smears, x-rays, scans and found nothing out of the ordinary, nothing that would explain why she was there fighting for her life. By the end of the 24 hours Xiao Mei was her bubbly self again. No one knows what happened. Amanda had the files from the E-vet sent to her usual vet, and he too is stumped. It was completely inexplicable. I have been in touch with Amanda regularly and Xiao Mei is still doing well. The vet is concerned about her size, but like Mo seems completely healthy.
Now I'm terrified that something like this might happen to Mo. I've been so paranoid, afraid to leave her side in case I miss something. And because no one knows what happened to Xiao Mei, if Mo exhibits similar symptoms I can't even tell my vet "This happened to another kitten in her litter, and it turned out to be fill in the blank." I'm thinking I should take Mo back in for more extensive testing but is that pointless? Has anyone had anything like this happen? I can't stop worrying. The only time I've ever had a cat act like Xiao Mei did, he died of liver failure. They never figured out what made him sick in the first place but whatever it was, his liver shut down because of it and that killed him. I don't want to go through that again. Am I being a little too paranoid, or do I have reason to worry?
A few days ago, I was contacted by a woman who purchased another kitten from Mo's litter. I had gotten to take my kitten home early because the breeder was worried about her size, but everyone else had to wait until the 22nd to pick their kittens up, as originally specified. This woman, Amanda, named her kitten Xiao Mei. The first couple of days Xiao Mei was playful and energetic. Then suddenly on Thursday night, she became ill. Within an hour and a half, she went from wrecking havoc all over the house to lethargic, and then became totally unresponsive. Amanda rushed her to the E-vet while her daughter, who rode with them, rubbed maple syrup (the real stuff) on Xiao Mei's gums and squeezed tiny portions of it down her throat with a syringe. They had heard that you must keep the animal's blood sugar up, most people use corn syrup but that's all they had handy. Xiao Mei spent 24 hours at the E-vet. They ran numerous tests, blood tests, fecal smears, x-rays, scans and found nothing out of the ordinary, nothing that would explain why she was there fighting for her life. By the end of the 24 hours Xiao Mei was her bubbly self again. No one knows what happened. Amanda had the files from the E-vet sent to her usual vet, and he too is stumped. It was completely inexplicable. I have been in touch with Amanda regularly and Xiao Mei is still doing well. The vet is concerned about her size, but like Mo seems completely healthy.
Now I'm terrified that something like this might happen to Mo. I've been so paranoid, afraid to leave her side in case I miss something. And because no one knows what happened to Xiao Mei, if Mo exhibits similar symptoms I can't even tell my vet "This happened to another kitten in her litter, and it turned out to be fill in the blank." I'm thinking I should take Mo back in for more extensive testing but is that pointless? Has anyone had anything like this happen? I can't stop worrying. The only time I've ever had a cat act like Xiao Mei did, he died of liver failure. They never figured out what made him sick in the first place but whatever it was, his liver shut down because of it and that killed him. I don't want to go through that again. Am I being a little too paranoid, or do I have reason to worry?