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Hello, my kitten is 6-months old and I feel completely helpless when it comes to saving him or making him feel better. I just need opinions on what could be going wrong here.
So it started with a bloated tummy. I thought he was getting fat. Then diarrhea, so I thought it was worms. But he also stopped eating as much so that worried me. Brought him to the vet and he had 105.1 fever, 106 being the point where they start to take organ damage. They were worried he has FIP. We tested for worms, no worms. They put him on antibiotics.
That night and the next day he got worse. So bad I wanted to take him to an ER. Completely lifeless, not eating or drinking, bloated as anything. Took him to a different vet the next day. They pulled the fluid from his stomach, it didn't look like typical FIP fluid, it looked like and had the consistency of urine. So they squeezed his bladder to force him to pee to see the comparison. It wasn't urine. So he took a sample and is sending it to get tested for FIP, I'll have the results in a couple days. He gave him a shot to make him pass the fluid.
I've talked to a lot of people and read a lot online. There's been stories of kittens being sick for months on end but then making full recoveries and living 12-13 years. There's been a lot of misdiagnoses that led to euthanasia.
So as of right now, he seems to be slowly improving although rapidly losing weight because he stopped eating and drinking. He's drinking again, he will randomly have an appetite. I'm giving him a nutrition supplement formula by syringe every 2-3 hours, antibiotics twice a day, vitamins once a day, handfeeding him water whenever I get the chance. I bought canned food that's very light with low sodium so it won't make him bloat more and I try to get him to eat that. He gets into random moods where he's himself again, begs for his hard food (which he no longer throws up). It's honestly just a waiting game where I keep doing everything I can and hope for the best but it's not looking good.
Everyone says the small signs of progress, like his fever being gone and moving around more and drinking water and wanting food in the mornings, all mean he's going to be okay. But that's my child and I'm going to be terrified he's about to die any second until he makes a full recovery, if he does. His lethargy and loss of appetite scare me, it's like he's not even the same kitten.
So it started with a bloated tummy. I thought he was getting fat. Then diarrhea, so I thought it was worms. But he also stopped eating as much so that worried me. Brought him to the vet and he had 105.1 fever, 106 being the point where they start to take organ damage. They were worried he has FIP. We tested for worms, no worms. They put him on antibiotics.
That night and the next day he got worse. So bad I wanted to take him to an ER. Completely lifeless, not eating or drinking, bloated as anything. Took him to a different vet the next day. They pulled the fluid from his stomach, it didn't look like typical FIP fluid, it looked like and had the consistency of urine. So they squeezed his bladder to force him to pee to see the comparison. It wasn't urine. So he took a sample and is sending it to get tested for FIP, I'll have the results in a couple days. He gave him a shot to make him pass the fluid.
I've talked to a lot of people and read a lot online. There's been stories of kittens being sick for months on end but then making full recoveries and living 12-13 years. There's been a lot of misdiagnoses that led to euthanasia.
So as of right now, he seems to be slowly improving although rapidly losing weight because he stopped eating and drinking. He's drinking again, he will randomly have an appetite. I'm giving him a nutrition supplement formula by syringe every 2-3 hours, antibiotics twice a day, vitamins once a day, handfeeding him water whenever I get the chance. I bought canned food that's very light with low sodium so it won't make him bloat more and I try to get him to eat that. He gets into random moods where he's himself again, begs for his hard food (which he no longer throws up). It's honestly just a waiting game where I keep doing everything I can and hope for the best but it's not looking good.
Everyone says the small signs of progress, like his fever being gone and moving around more and drinking water and wanting food in the mornings, all mean he's going to be okay. But that's my child and I'm going to be terrified he's about to die any second until he makes a full recovery, if he does. His lethargy and loss of appetite scare me, it's like he's not even the same kitten.
, I'll post an update when I have one.
