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Hi, I'm brand new here, but I'm so unsure of what to do I joined just so I could ask for advice. And this will probably be a long post. Sorry.
First off, until 3 weeks ago I had 2 cats. Felix is nearing 15 and is treated daily for inflammatory bowel disorder, but when all his meds are working right he has the energy and zest of a much younger cat. Leroy is 8ish and overweight. (We are trying to work in that but he stays stubbornly fat.) So needless to say I watch their health very closely.
Almost three weeks ago I adopted a new kitten. Leroy terrorized him for half a week and then they were fast friends. Felix got very, VERY stressed. He stopped eating which meant he wasn't getting his meds, wouldn't drink water, just lay on my bed all day. I thought at one point I might lose him. Made a vet appointment as soon as I could. By the time we got in he was eating a little. They gave him fluids and did blood work and everything came back good. He was just seriously depressed and throwing a fit.
He gradually started eating, was getting used to the little guy by the time we hit the 2 week mark and I was starting to think we were okay.
My new little guy came slightly shorter fur around his eyes, which were sometimes a little runny. The adoption place said he was found as a baby with very infected eyes but the vet had cleared him and they just might always be a little runny. I was worried, not wanting to bring anything home to my others, but he also needed a home so... Anyway we were settling in, had all been together and getting used to interacting, when I got a call from the adoption place. Their vet had called and Ollie had tested positive for ringworm.
I took them all to my vet that same say. He only acted semi-worried but everything on the internet makes it seem like the apocalypse. The two older cats aren't showing any signs of it. Ollie has no new sores or really any that I've seen since I got him. Just the healed fur that was almost all grown back when I got him.
Ollie is isolated and getting ointment and baths. The older two are isolated together and getting baths. And everyone was give a supplement for their food to help their skin and fur. And I've been trying to clean like mad but everything is going wrong.
So here are all my questions and furstrations because I don't know what to do.
No one is doing well. Ollie has cried so much he made himself sick and we went back to the vet for a shot for an upper respiratory infection. He's so sad and lonely. Leroy is depressed. And Felix has stopped eating and drinking again. No one will eat the supplement from the vet, Felix isn't getting his meds for IBD or drinking enough. I've tried tempting with everything under the sun but no.
I'm trying so hard to clean, but my vacuum just broke. I'm also a music teacher and we are starting out musical right now. I'm at school from 7 am until 9 at night, then trying to bath and medicate 3 cats who all have to be fed separately for a disease I can't even see any signs off but is apparently all over my house. Then I try to clean until I drop at about 1 am. Everyone's health seems to be declining instead of getting better, and I'm so worried about Felix again. So what is worse? Ringworm and trying to stop it, or pets who won't eat, are sinking into depression, and me only getting 3 hours of sleep a night as I try to wash and sanitize everything and still do my job at school?
I can't do this. And they just aren't coping with the isolation stress. What do I do?
Please help!
Farmgirl
First off, until 3 weeks ago I had 2 cats. Felix is nearing 15 and is treated daily for inflammatory bowel disorder, but when all his meds are working right he has the energy and zest of a much younger cat. Leroy is 8ish and overweight. (We are trying to work in that but he stays stubbornly fat.) So needless to say I watch their health very closely.
Almost three weeks ago I adopted a new kitten. Leroy terrorized him for half a week and then they were fast friends. Felix got very, VERY stressed. He stopped eating which meant he wasn't getting his meds, wouldn't drink water, just lay on my bed all day. I thought at one point I might lose him. Made a vet appointment as soon as I could. By the time we got in he was eating a little. They gave him fluids and did blood work and everything came back good. He was just seriously depressed and throwing a fit.
He gradually started eating, was getting used to the little guy by the time we hit the 2 week mark and I was starting to think we were okay.
My new little guy came slightly shorter fur around his eyes, which were sometimes a little runny. The adoption place said he was found as a baby with very infected eyes but the vet had cleared him and they just might always be a little runny. I was worried, not wanting to bring anything home to my others, but he also needed a home so... Anyway we were settling in, had all been together and getting used to interacting, when I got a call from the adoption place. Their vet had called and Ollie had tested positive for ringworm.
I took them all to my vet that same say. He only acted semi-worried but everything on the internet makes it seem like the apocalypse. The two older cats aren't showing any signs of it. Ollie has no new sores or really any that I've seen since I got him. Just the healed fur that was almost all grown back when I got him.
Ollie is isolated and getting ointment and baths. The older two are isolated together and getting baths. And everyone was give a supplement for their food to help their skin and fur. And I've been trying to clean like mad but everything is going wrong.
So here are all my questions and furstrations because I don't know what to do.
No one is doing well. Ollie has cried so much he made himself sick and we went back to the vet for a shot for an upper respiratory infection. He's so sad and lonely. Leroy is depressed. And Felix has stopped eating and drinking again. No one will eat the supplement from the vet, Felix isn't getting his meds for IBD or drinking enough. I've tried tempting with everything under the sun but no.
I'm trying so hard to clean, but my vacuum just broke. I'm also a music teacher and we are starting out musical right now. I'm at school from 7 am until 9 at night, then trying to bath and medicate 3 cats who all have to be fed separately for a disease I can't even see any signs off but is apparently all over my house. Then I try to clean until I drop at about 1 am. Everyone's health seems to be declining instead of getting better, and I'm so worried about Felix again. So what is worse? Ringworm and trying to stop it, or pets who won't eat, are sinking into depression, and me only getting 3 hours of sleep a night as I try to wash and sanitize everything and still do my job at school?
I can't do this. And they just aren't coping with the isolation stress. What do I do?
Please help!
Farmgirl