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We took in a sick 3-4 wk old kitten this past Saturday. She was covered in fleas--belly was completely black, eyes matted shut, nose crusted over from snot, dehydrated, weak. Just in bad shape. I've been syringe feeding her goat milk & gatorade every 2-3 hours as well as giving her a little karo syrup a couple times a day & doctoring her eyes with Neomycin ointment. I took her to the vet this morning & he dewormed her & gave her an antibiotic shot. She seems to be a tad perkier now than she did Saturday but she's still so weak & dehydrated. Her gums are real pale & her tongue is a little discolored. It's real white and sort of greenish blue but that could be from the gatorade maybe?
Is there anything else I can do for her? We've got her in a small wire crate our living room & the thermometer we put in there reads about 75ish. We only have window a/cs so it's never real cool in our house & mid to high 70s is about average during the day. Sometimes she breathes sort of fast and she makes the most pitiful weak whines. But she does seem to know when things happen around her.
Also, would it be better to give her powder KMR or is the goat milk ok? She's a real fussy eater & hates the syringe but she has to be fed that way. We fed goat's milk to the other 2 kittens we recently weaned & they did great on it but I'm wondering if the KMR might be better for her given her current condition? What do you guys think? The first picture below is one I took of her today. We don't have one of her when we first got her because our main concern was getting her cleaned up.
Also, we've named her Pumpkin
Is there anything else I can do for her? We've got her in a small wire crate our living room & the thermometer we put in there reads about 75ish. We only have window a/cs so it's never real cool in our house & mid to high 70s is about average during the day. Sometimes she breathes sort of fast and she makes the most pitiful weak whines. But she does seem to know when things happen around her.
Also, would it be better to give her powder KMR or is the goat milk ok? She's a real fussy eater & hates the syringe but she has to be fed that way. We fed goat's milk to the other 2 kittens we recently weaned & they did great on it but I'm wondering if the KMR might be better for her given her current condition? What do you guys think? The first picture below is one I took of her today. We don't have one of her when we first got her because our main concern was getting her cleaned up.
Also, we've named her Pumpkin