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Good afternoon all.
We are fostering a trio of kittens who lost their mommy. They were about 4 - 5 weeks old. The one kitten went into fading kitten syndrome on the 3rd day with us. We immediately took her to the vet (as we thought that the right thing to do, but looking back not so much). They administered a subcutaneous bolus. It's worth noting that when we recieved her back from the vet a few minutes later, she was very wet on her back. Before we got her home, she became completely limp, eyes half open, not blinking, no sounds. We thought she has died. We noticed very slight breathing and decided to check what we could do. It was suggested online to try sugar solution on the gums strictly every 3 minutes. We did this from 10:30pm to 5:00am every 3 minutes exactly. Miraculously, she came to life at around 5:00am after about 6 and a half hours of repeating the sugar solution every 3 minutes. The next few days she seems to be recovering very nicely. We then noticed that she seems to be wet all the time on her back. We eventually noticed a "tear" in her skin on her back which we presumed was from the subcutaneous injection she received a few days earlier. We took her to a different vet who told us that the skin looked torn. And the liquid from the injection was seeping out. She disinfected and bandaged and prescribed some oral antibiotics. A few days later the bandage was removed and the gash was worse. It was cleaned again and rebandaged. Today back to the vet and it's even worse. It's not a huge gapping hole in the skin. As per the photo. We are desperate to know if anyone can advise us on what we can do to heal this. We have become so attached to her and we just want her to be well. Any thoughts on the cause or how we can fix it. Note that the current vet has recommended that we bandage it and continue with antibiotics and then perhaps leave it open with a cone if it still doesn't heal.
Thank you for any help.
We are fostering a trio of kittens who lost their mommy. They were about 4 - 5 weeks old. The one kitten went into fading kitten syndrome on the 3rd day with us. We immediately took her to the vet (as we thought that the right thing to do, but looking back not so much). They administered a subcutaneous bolus. It's worth noting that when we recieved her back from the vet a few minutes later, she was very wet on her back. Before we got her home, she became completely limp, eyes half open, not blinking, no sounds. We thought she has died. We noticed very slight breathing and decided to check what we could do. It was suggested online to try sugar solution on the gums strictly every 3 minutes. We did this from 10:30pm to 5:00am every 3 minutes exactly. Miraculously, she came to life at around 5:00am after about 6 and a half hours of repeating the sugar solution every 3 minutes. The next few days she seems to be recovering very nicely. We then noticed that she seems to be wet all the time on her back. We eventually noticed a "tear" in her skin on her back which we presumed was from the subcutaneous injection she received a few days earlier. We took her to a different vet who told us that the skin looked torn. And the liquid from the injection was seeping out. She disinfected and bandaged and prescribed some oral antibiotics. A few days later the bandage was removed and the gash was worse. It was cleaned again and rebandaged. Today back to the vet and it's even worse. It's not a huge gapping hole in the skin. As per the photo. We are desperate to know if anyone can advise us on what we can do to heal this. We have become so attached to her and we just want her to be well. Any thoughts on the cause or how we can fix it. Note that the current vet has recommended that we bandage it and continue with antibiotics and then perhaps leave it open with a cone if it still doesn't heal.
Thank you for any help.
