Hello!
I have been fostering a momma cat and her 7 kittens for about 12 days now. Momma came to me with some sneezing, and within a few days was a congested mess. She ran a fever, sneezed and had clear drainage from her eyes. My vet put her on Clavamox and after several days she greatly improved.
Unfortunately all the kittens caught what seems to be a uri from mom. I’ve had three pass away in the past few days despite my best efforts to save them . I currently have one extremely sick kitten that I’m honestly surprised is still alive. I was hoping for some advice.
This kitten did have a lot of drainage from his nose, though that seems to have cleared up. Currently his breathing is quite labored and he refuses to nurse at all from mom. He moves around a decent amount still, but is crying most of the time. I have been trying to syringe feed, but even when I get milk into his mouth, he refuses to swallow it and just spits it back out. I don’t know that he gets any of it down. I have been putting heated bags of water for him to lay on to keep him warm and a humidifier running. I know this may be futile, but he has always seemed to be such a fighter and continues to hang on even though he hasn’t nursed in at least 4 days. Any tips for how I can get him to swallow the milk? Or any other advice to help him?
Thank you so much in advance!
I have been fostering a momma cat and her 7 kittens for about 12 days now. Momma came to me with some sneezing, and within a few days was a congested mess. She ran a fever, sneezed and had clear drainage from her eyes. My vet put her on Clavamox and after several days she greatly improved.
Unfortunately all the kittens caught what seems to be a uri from mom. I’ve had three pass away in the past few days despite my best efforts to save them . I currently have one extremely sick kitten that I’m honestly surprised is still alive. I was hoping for some advice.
This kitten did have a lot of drainage from his nose, though that seems to have cleared up. Currently his breathing is quite labored and he refuses to nurse at all from mom. He moves around a decent amount still, but is crying most of the time. I have been trying to syringe feed, but even when I get milk into his mouth, he refuses to swallow it and just spits it back out. I don’t know that he gets any of it down. I have been putting heated bags of water for him to lay on to keep him warm and a humidifier running. I know this may be futile, but he has always seemed to be such a fighter and continues to hang on even though he hasn’t nursed in at least 4 days. Any tips for how I can get him to swallow the milk? Or any other advice to help him?
Thank you so much in advance!