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My sister adopted a kitten from some lady online and was told that he was 10 weeks old. The next day, she found him in hypoglycemic shock. They brought him to the emergency vet and they got the kitten stable enough to go home with formula and wet food and medicine for parasites.
That same night, it happened again. They got him stable and sent me home with more meds for parasites and stuff to stop the diarrhea. Well, he was getting better all today, lethargic most of the day, but reacted to me talking and even started walking on his own around noon (not for long periods, but he'd walk around and sit places and stretch out). Well, i check on him on the hour like i always do and he was limp. I gave him the Karo syrup they recommended, but his body heat was low About 97.2 degrees Fahrenheit. He's now on my chest bare chest, under my sweater with a warm rice sock next to him. I"m trying to get him to warm up. He's still reactive, but when he tries to walk, he falls over. I don't know what i did to this baby, but i'm not sure what to do. How can i get him back on the path he was? He's not allowed to go into hypoglycemic shock again, he's been on the syrup and the formula / wet food and has been eating it every hour (force feeding him). Why did his temperature drop so suddenly? I turned down his heating pad just a little about an hour earlier, but i can't imagine it dropping that drastically because of it.
Sorry, forgot to mention he's acutally only 4 weeks old based on what the vet says.
That same night, it happened again. They got him stable and sent me home with more meds for parasites and stuff to stop the diarrhea. Well, he was getting better all today, lethargic most of the day, but reacted to me talking and even started walking on his own around noon (not for long periods, but he'd walk around and sit places and stretch out). Well, i check on him on the hour like i always do and he was limp. I gave him the Karo syrup they recommended, but his body heat was low About 97.2 degrees Fahrenheit. He's now on my chest bare chest, under my sweater with a warm rice sock next to him. I"m trying to get him to warm up. He's still reactive, but when he tries to walk, he falls over. I don't know what i did to this baby, but i'm not sure what to do. How can i get him back on the path he was? He's not allowed to go into hypoglycemic shock again, he's been on the syrup and the formula / wet food and has been eating it every hour (force feeding him). Why did his temperature drop so suddenly? I turned down his heating pad just a little about an hour earlier, but i can't imagine it dropping that drastically because of it.
Sorry, forgot to mention he's acutally only 4 weeks old based on what the vet says.
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