Two of our stray kittens have been diagnosed with giardia and coccidia. One's fecal showed nothing, the other's the vet thought she may have seen both giardia and coccidia and felt that with their symptoms, it's best to treat them for both.
My problem is how rapidly they've deteriorated. They went to the vet on sat. Tuxedo had a fever, and Dot was in the high normal range. They both had started throwing up and having watery/loose stool. He did a fecal for worms (and i didn't think to ask for checking out other possibilities) and they showed negative. He wormed the one with the high normal temp. and gave the other an antibiotic shot. Both are perscribed .25 ml of amoxicilian twice a day.
After that, they pretty much stopped eating (that I could see, I leave iams kitten kibble out all the time) except when I tempt them with KMR, or baby food. I've seen them lap at water, but I don't think they're drinking enough.
They've been throwing up about 50% of what I give them.
I took them in again this morning, and got the diagnosis above. They're now also to take .25 ml of Albon once a day and 1/8 a tablet of metronidazole once a day.
They received subq fluids at the vet. two big syringe fulls each. (didn't catch the amount). The also both received a shot of Regdi (sp? can't read dr's handwriting), I believe to help settle their stomachs.
I would like to know if anyone knows of a food or liquid that won't be too upseting for their stomachs. Tuna fish water has been working today except for the last feeding which both seem to have thrown up. One about 20 min afterwards, the other about 3 to 4 hours.
They've been using the litter box today, I suspect because of the extra fluids they've received. I just don't know what I can feed them that they won't throw right back up. They're down to a little over a pound. I'm going to scrape together enough money to get them hydrated again, but after that, I'm broke. I've used up what I've saved for our own animals and our emergency fund.
And I can't tell if I'm over reacting to how they look. Half the time they sit together on their towel with their rice sock and just look sad, but then they'll walk over to me and just whine up at me and generally seem a little perkier. They both put up huge fits at the vets over any kind of treatment.
I may be getting upset prematurely as they've only had their first day of treatment, but I know that they need to eat and drink more than they are. It also doesn't help that one of them throws up pretty immediatly after he's given something, which means he's not always getting his medicine.
So, does anyone know of any soothing foods or have any other advice?
I feel like a fool for not having the vet test for these things on Sat. and getting them some extra fluids then.
Sorry for the rambling, I'm trying to stay up late to make up for the work I missed this morning.
Oh, Tuxedo is a boy, Dot's a girl and they're both just over 10 weeks old. Not speutered yet, due to their health and weight. THey've also been separated from mom and other kittens to minimize the chance of reinfecting with either of the two "bugs".
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
My problem is how rapidly they've deteriorated. They went to the vet on sat. Tuxedo had a fever, and Dot was in the high normal range. They both had started throwing up and having watery/loose stool. He did a fecal for worms (and i didn't think to ask for checking out other possibilities) and they showed negative. He wormed the one with the high normal temp. and gave the other an antibiotic shot. Both are perscribed .25 ml of amoxicilian twice a day.
After that, they pretty much stopped eating (that I could see, I leave iams kitten kibble out all the time) except when I tempt them with KMR, or baby food. I've seen them lap at water, but I don't think they're drinking enough.
They've been throwing up about 50% of what I give them.
I took them in again this morning, and got the diagnosis above. They're now also to take .25 ml of Albon once a day and 1/8 a tablet of metronidazole once a day.
They received subq fluids at the vet. two big syringe fulls each. (didn't catch the amount). The also both received a shot of Regdi (sp? can't read dr's handwriting), I believe to help settle their stomachs.
I would like to know if anyone knows of a food or liquid that won't be too upseting for their stomachs. Tuna fish water has been working today except for the last feeding which both seem to have thrown up. One about 20 min afterwards, the other about 3 to 4 hours.
They've been using the litter box today, I suspect because of the extra fluids they've received. I just don't know what I can feed them that they won't throw right back up. They're down to a little over a pound. I'm going to scrape together enough money to get them hydrated again, but after that, I'm broke. I've used up what I've saved for our own animals and our emergency fund.
And I can't tell if I'm over reacting to how they look. Half the time they sit together on their towel with their rice sock and just look sad, but then they'll walk over to me and just whine up at me and generally seem a little perkier. They both put up huge fits at the vets over any kind of treatment.
I may be getting upset prematurely as they've only had their first day of treatment, but I know that they need to eat and drink more than they are. It also doesn't help that one of them throws up pretty immediatly after he's given something, which means he's not always getting his medicine.
So, does anyone know of any soothing foods or have any other advice?
I feel like a fool for not having the vet test for these things on Sat. and getting them some extra fluids then.
Sorry for the rambling, I'm trying to stay up late to make up for the work I missed this morning.
Oh, Tuxedo is a boy, Dot's a girl and they're both just over 10 weeks old. Not speutered yet, due to their health and weight. THey've also been separated from mom and other kittens to minimize the chance of reinfecting with either of the two "bugs".
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.