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Hi everyone -
I'm new to this site and generally new to cats - I've only fostered a couple cats before and don't own any, but just two days ago I was hit with an emergency situation.
Long story short(er): The local shelter recently took in a litter of kittens. All were in foster homes but the two smallest, a boy and a girl. My neighbor, a very active foster, took in both, but the boy kitten continued to vomit and have diarrhea frequently, so they went to the emergency vet and the he was diagnosed with intussusception of the intestine. Shortly afterward, the boy kitten tested positive for Panleukopenia (I'm sure all of you know that this news is as bad as it gets when it comes to fostering kittens). Since he was so tiny and small, plus with the virus, he couldn't have surgery and therefore had to be put down.
We've been so busy with her that we haven't come up with a name for her yet, so any name ideas would also be appreciated.
She's pretty sick, vomiting and having yellow-white diarrhea - symptoms of the virus - every couple hours - we're just HOPING it's unrelated and just kitten complications.
She's generally very lethargic and not playful as a kitten should be, and sleeps for most of the day. She also has a nasty URI from being at the shelter, which is being treated with prescribed meds, but she still sneezes and has pus-like discharge from her nose. Like her previous foster mom, I'm feeding her mostly KMR with some Nature's Variety Instincts (it's for all life stages) canned food without the peas or carrots. She's eating bits at a time and drinks water pretty normally. She just has a really hard time keeping it down. And then there's the possible chance that she has a bit of the virus, but she's not showing symptoms (huge knock on wood..)
I'm especially worried because the diarrhea is whitish yellow. Could it be coccidia? I'm checking her in to the vet in about an hour to see. She's drinking water normally, but I have Pedialyte just in case. Should I dilute it in the water 50/50 now or should I wait?
I'm just so scared for this itty bitty. On a scale from 0 to 10, I'm feeling at around a 5-7 right now. Yesterday I was at around a 9.
Any additional advice and support would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you so, so much.
I'm new to this site and generally new to cats - I've only fostered a couple cats before and don't own any, but just two days ago I was hit with an emergency situation.
Long story short(er): The local shelter recently took in a litter of kittens. All were in foster homes but the two smallest, a boy and a girl. My neighbor, a very active foster, took in both, but the boy kitten continued to vomit and have diarrhea frequently, so they went to the emergency vet and the he was diagnosed with intussusception of the intestine. Shortly afterward, the boy kitten tested positive for Panleukopenia (I'm sure all of you know that this news is as bad as it gets when it comes to fostering kittens). Since he was so tiny and small, plus with the virus, he couldn't have surgery and therefore had to be put down.
We've been so busy with her that we haven't come up with a name for her yet, so any name ideas would also be appreciated.
She's pretty sick, vomiting and having yellow-white diarrhea - symptoms of the virus - every couple hours - we're just HOPING it's unrelated and just kitten complications.
I'm especially worried because the diarrhea is whitish yellow. Could it be coccidia? I'm checking her in to the vet in about an hour to see. She's drinking water normally, but I have Pedialyte just in case. Should I dilute it in the water 50/50 now or should I wait?
I'm just so scared for this itty bitty. On a scale from 0 to 10, I'm feeling at around a 5-7 right now. Yesterday I was at around a 9.
Any additional advice and support would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you so, so much.