My husband and I adopted our two babies 9 days ago and we have had some serious problems! The girl, duchess is 9 weeks and our boy is 12 weeks. Both neutered/spayed.
Our first issue:
First our little boy was diagnosed a few days ago with URI, he is currently on clavamox, eye drops because one eye had discharge and he winks, and we have been putting fortiflora in their food. We were also were given a few cans of urgent care rich cat food because he wasn’t eating very much because we found out he had ulcers at the top of his mouth (our poor baby). The vet said to give both kittens the clavamox and prescribed a lysine powder (which we stopped using because we did research and found that it’s not really prescribed anymore and it’s not helping the good bacteria in the stomach so we have been using the fortiflora packets which we were given each kitten from the first vet we saw before he was diagnosed with URI. We are also going back to the first vet)
Both kittens have been getting the fortiflora and the clavamox for 3 days now and their poop has been terribly runny and straight smelling awful...we are giving them a mix of the vet food and their original food (whole hearted wet food) to make sure we didn’t drastically change their diet and to keep them hydrated since they have been having a ton of wet poop.
My question for this is, for anyone who has had kittens with URIs how long did it last? It’s been three days and he is still winking his eye, the brown discharge I removed from his nose has come back, he sneezed once today that I saw, and I’m worried it isn’t helping. If you did have a kitten with a similar issue or If they were on similar meds, how long did the poop issues last? Any advice to help our babies so they can have more firm and comfortable poops? We were hoping using the fortiflora would help combat the symptoms I found on the internet about clavamox causing cat diarrhea but they are still pooping mostly diarrhea with a straight poop in there too...Our boy had diarrhea before but we found that a lot of it was him being so sick and I’m just worried he isn’t getting better..
Issue two:
The past two days I have notice my little girl now has the red area that looks raw on the top of her lip. They have ceramic bowls, a large water dish and aside from also eating the urgent care wet food (which the doctor recommended) and taking meds her diet hasn’t changed. I have been googling it and I don’t think it’s the rodent ulcer but she’s so small I can’t really tell.
My question for this is, has anyone seen this or dealt with something similar and is this something we should be concerned about?
Their behaviors, moods, attitudes, etc haven’t changed expect for the boy who went from unplayful and sitting to extremely playful after starting the meds. I’m just so worried about them idk what to do! They have had their poop tested and it came back negative for parasites and things like that less than a week ago so I’m not sure what’s going on. They are both indoor cats and are getting another round of shots next Wednesday. They have not had their rabies yet.
Our first issue:
First our little boy was diagnosed a few days ago with URI, he is currently on clavamox, eye drops because one eye had discharge and he winks, and we have been putting fortiflora in their food. We were also were given a few cans of urgent care rich cat food because he wasn’t eating very much because we found out he had ulcers at the top of his mouth (our poor baby). The vet said to give both kittens the clavamox and prescribed a lysine powder (which we stopped using because we did research and found that it’s not really prescribed anymore and it’s not helping the good bacteria in the stomach so we have been using the fortiflora packets which we were given each kitten from the first vet we saw before he was diagnosed with URI. We are also going back to the first vet)
Both kittens have been getting the fortiflora and the clavamox for 3 days now and their poop has been terribly runny and straight smelling awful...we are giving them a mix of the vet food and their original food (whole hearted wet food) to make sure we didn’t drastically change their diet and to keep them hydrated since they have been having a ton of wet poop.
My question for this is, for anyone who has had kittens with URIs how long did it last? It’s been three days and he is still winking his eye, the brown discharge I removed from his nose has come back, he sneezed once today that I saw, and I’m worried it isn’t helping. If you did have a kitten with a similar issue or If they were on similar meds, how long did the poop issues last? Any advice to help our babies so they can have more firm and comfortable poops? We were hoping using the fortiflora would help combat the symptoms I found on the internet about clavamox causing cat diarrhea but they are still pooping mostly diarrhea with a straight poop in there too...Our boy had diarrhea before but we found that a lot of it was him being so sick and I’m just worried he isn’t getting better..
Issue two:
The past two days I have notice my little girl now has the red area that looks raw on the top of her lip. They have ceramic bowls, a large water dish and aside from also eating the urgent care wet food (which the doctor recommended) and taking meds her diet hasn’t changed. I have been googling it and I don’t think it’s the rodent ulcer but she’s so small I can’t really tell.
My question for this is, has anyone seen this or dealt with something similar and is this something we should be concerned about?
Their behaviors, moods, attitudes, etc haven’t changed expect for the boy who went from unplayful and sitting to extremely playful after starting the meds. I’m just so worried about them idk what to do! They have had their poop tested and it came back negative for parasites and things like that less than a week ago so I’m not sure what’s going on. They are both indoor cats and are getting another round of shots next Wednesday. They have not had their rabies yet.
I will keep everyone updated! Thank you all again!!!
