Hello!
I found a kitten about a block away from my house a few weeks ago. He just bounded right up to us and said "HELLO!!! I LIKE YOU!" He was very sweet and not feral, but a little flea bitten.
So we ended up adopting him. I took him to the vet and got all his vaccinations started, as well as got him tested. He came out negative for FIV and Feline Leukemia. They all talked about how healthy he was and in what great shape and how kind he is for being a stray kitten. I had forgotten the stool sample, so the doc hadn't tested that yet. (I am scheduled to bring it at his 2nd distemper vac).
Anyway, starting last night, Edward (that's his name) vomited up his food. My Almost-Husband said there wasn't anything weird in it, just food. And ever since then he's been really sluggish. He looks like he wants to get up and play, but he just lays around. I have been carrying him over to his food bowl to convince him to eat (he's eating a little now) I mashed up food with some water and some treats in it because I thought he'd like it. At first he would only eat if scooped the food out with a fork little bits at a time and put it in front of him on the floor.
I took him to the vet, (I still didn't have a stool sample because Edward hasn't gone since last night before Almost-Husband cleaned out the box) and they couldn't find anything wrong with him. They didn't do bloodwork, but they took his temperature. The vet gave him fluids (IV) and said to monitor his progress...
He might just have a viral infection/stomach bug or something, but I'm really nervous. Any recommendations? I just got him to eat food out of his bowl about 10 minutes ago, so I feel like that is progress, but I still am carrying him around and wherever I leave him, he just lays there.
I found a kitten about a block away from my house a few weeks ago. He just bounded right up to us and said "HELLO!!! I LIKE YOU!" He was very sweet and not feral, but a little flea bitten.
So we ended up adopting him. I took him to the vet and got all his vaccinations started, as well as got him tested. He came out negative for FIV and Feline Leukemia. They all talked about how healthy he was and in what great shape and how kind he is for being a stray kitten. I had forgotten the stool sample, so the doc hadn't tested that yet. (I am scheduled to bring it at his 2nd distemper vac).
Anyway, starting last night, Edward (that's his name) vomited up his food. My Almost-Husband said there wasn't anything weird in it, just food. And ever since then he's been really sluggish. He looks like he wants to get up and play, but he just lays around. I have been carrying him over to his food bowl to convince him to eat (he's eating a little now) I mashed up food with some water and some treats in it because I thought he'd like it. At first he would only eat if scooped the food out with a fork little bits at a time and put it in front of him on the floor.
I took him to the vet, (I still didn't have a stool sample because Edward hasn't gone since last night before Almost-Husband cleaned out the box) and they couldn't find anything wrong with him. They didn't do bloodwork, but they took his temperature. The vet gave him fluids (IV) and said to monitor his progress...
He might just have a viral infection/stomach bug or something, but I'm really nervous. Any recommendations? I just got him to eat food out of his bowl about 10 minutes ago, so I feel like that is progress, but I still am carrying him around and wherever I leave him, he just lays there.