She's about 3-4 weeks old at most and her eyes were completely gunked shut. She had flea dirt aplenty and wouldn't eat dry food mixed with cow's milk. No sneezing or sniffling.
After warning them against the cow's milk and getting her to successfully eat what seemed to be her weight in watered down wet felidae (which I gave them two cans of..13.2oz), I cleaned her eyes with a wet washcloth, bathed and fleacombed her, and looked at her gums.
She has a full set of kitten teeth. One of the upper canines has a broken tip, and her gums were glowing white. I put a bit of karo(sp) syrup under her tongue an a little color has returned to them, but not much.
I don't know if she will be able to potty on her own, but I gave them a little makeshift litterpan of litter (they have another cat, but were out at the moment) and told them what to do (stimulation) if she didn't use it, and to keep an eye on her to make sure she wasn't ingesting any.
Unfortunately, they can't afford to take her to the vet and don't have enough room to keep her away from their toddler or their other cat, but they want to care for her. What can be done to help her? I'm afraid that with the anemia alone she may be a short-timer.
edit: Thought this ws the SOS forum. Please move this thread.
After warning them against the cow's milk and getting her to successfully eat what seemed to be her weight in watered down wet felidae (which I gave them two cans of..13.2oz), I cleaned her eyes with a wet washcloth, bathed and fleacombed her, and looked at her gums.
She has a full set of kitten teeth. One of the upper canines has a broken tip, and her gums were glowing white. I put a bit of karo(sp) syrup under her tongue an a little color has returned to them, but not much.
I don't know if she will be able to potty on her own, but I gave them a little makeshift litterpan of litter (they have another cat, but were out at the moment) and told them what to do (stimulation) if she didn't use it, and to keep an eye on her to make sure she wasn't ingesting any.
Unfortunately, they can't afford to take her to the vet and don't have enough room to keep her away from their toddler or their other cat, but they want to care for her. What can be done to help her? I'm afraid that with the anemia alone she may be a short-timer.
edit: Thought this ws the SOS forum. Please move this thread.