Hello!
I have another cat in my care... this time it is what my husbands job has decided will be the "Office Cat".
Her history is a little concerning, she belonged to someone at my husbands work, and from what I gather they were just feeding her dog food. I don't know why, because they have other cats? I just don't get it, but whatever, she is in our care now and I've moved on from raging at the owners. Because of the poor treatment, despite being younger then would be preferred, we will not be allowing her to go back to the litter/mom/in that humans care.
I do think she is too young to be apart from her mother, at most 8 weeks. But given the situation she was in, I don't think she should go back and - in the end it is not truly my decision. The people that were caring for her before did not do vaccines, worming, or any sort of vetting, and fed her dog food - I do not know if that's all she got, but it sounded so. She has been brought home for me to care for her because... apparently my husband thinks I'm the best option.
She had diarrhea almost immediately, which I at first attributed to actually getting cat food, but it has persisted and gotten worse.
Before the vet visit, I had given my husband a regimen to try which was - wet kitten food, with 1/4 a cap of s. bouralli (I'm spelling that wrong) 2x a day, 1/2 cap of slippery elm 1x a day, 1 gram of Probios a day, a teaspoon of pumpkin. The very next day, she had a formed, solid poop.
Then the next day, she had vaccines (11/12). She had a dose of Revolution Plus on Saturday (12/12) - she was covered in fleas (vet gave her). They also gave her Safeguard to be given 1ml for 5 days. The fecal samples were negative for worms/parasites, but we know those can be wrong, and she looked a little bloated in her belly, so it was precautionary. They also gave some more gel probiotics to give.
Well, she hasn't had a solid poop since that vet visit, and her 3rd eyelid has been showing. It got so bad that it scared everyone and they took her back to the vet Monday (14/12). She also wasn't really eating that day, and sleeping a lot. The photo below is at the vets office, where she should have been wide awake and alert, and her eyes were still funny. This was the worst day, and it's not been this bad since, except after she first wakes up for a few seconds. But it's still there.
At the vet they gave her a dexamethasone injection, and gave amoxicillin to give 0.5ml x2 a day for 7 days. She also tested negative for FeLV and FIV/HW. The vet said he rarely sees this (eyes) in cats/kittens, and doesn't really know what is wrong with her.
After the steroid injection as I expected her appetite came back. I have been giving her a mixture of KMR/Goats milk/Water mixed into her wet food, because it entices her to eat all the powders/gels/is a lot of liquid for her/she loves it. As a note, the poop is no better or worse since introducing the milks.
Otherwise she mostly seems alright. Some days she doesn't want to eat a whole lot, but usually will at least nibble some dry and at least 2/3 a can of wet, and she'll drink all of the kitten milk. Other days she eats a bunch. Kind of how my kitten Winnie was. She plays a lot, explores, and wants to be pet. The main issue is the eyes, and the poop. She is going about 3-5x a day, and it is mostly mushy/liquid everytime. She steps in it a lot, and we think her butt is sore because she really hates it being wiped (which is has to have done every time). She has never not made it to the box however.
Today, my husband told me the co-worker said all of her brothers and sisters seem to have this eye thing going on, but not the poop...
Any ideas or advice?
I have another cat in my care... this time it is what my husbands job has decided will be the "Office Cat".
Her history is a little concerning, she belonged to someone at my husbands work, and from what I gather they were just feeding her dog food. I don't know why, because they have other cats? I just don't get it, but whatever, she is in our care now and I've moved on from raging at the owners. Because of the poor treatment, despite being younger then would be preferred, we will not be allowing her to go back to the litter/mom/in that humans care.
I do think she is too young to be apart from her mother, at most 8 weeks. But given the situation she was in, I don't think she should go back and - in the end it is not truly my decision. The people that were caring for her before did not do vaccines, worming, or any sort of vetting, and fed her dog food - I do not know if that's all she got, but it sounded so. She has been brought home for me to care for her because... apparently my husband thinks I'm the best option.
She had diarrhea almost immediately, which I at first attributed to actually getting cat food, but it has persisted and gotten worse.
Before the vet visit, I had given my husband a regimen to try which was - wet kitten food, with 1/4 a cap of s. bouralli (I'm spelling that wrong) 2x a day, 1/2 cap of slippery elm 1x a day, 1 gram of Probios a day, a teaspoon of pumpkin. The very next day, she had a formed, solid poop.
Then the next day, she had vaccines (11/12). She had a dose of Revolution Plus on Saturday (12/12) - she was covered in fleas (vet gave her). They also gave her Safeguard to be given 1ml for 5 days. The fecal samples were negative for worms/parasites, but we know those can be wrong, and she looked a little bloated in her belly, so it was precautionary. They also gave some more gel probiotics to give.
Well, she hasn't had a solid poop since that vet visit, and her 3rd eyelid has been showing. It got so bad that it scared everyone and they took her back to the vet Monday (14/12). She also wasn't really eating that day, and sleeping a lot. The photo below is at the vets office, where she should have been wide awake and alert, and her eyes were still funny. This was the worst day, and it's not been this bad since, except after she first wakes up for a few seconds. But it's still there.
At the vet they gave her a dexamethasone injection, and gave amoxicillin to give 0.5ml x2 a day for 7 days. She also tested negative for FeLV and FIV/HW. The vet said he rarely sees this (eyes) in cats/kittens, and doesn't really know what is wrong with her.
After the steroid injection as I expected her appetite came back. I have been giving her a mixture of KMR/Goats milk/Water mixed into her wet food, because it entices her to eat all the powders/gels/is a lot of liquid for her/she loves it. As a note, the poop is no better or worse since introducing the milks.
Otherwise she mostly seems alright. Some days she doesn't want to eat a whole lot, but usually will at least nibble some dry and at least 2/3 a can of wet, and she'll drink all of the kitten milk. Other days she eats a bunch. Kind of how my kitten Winnie was. She plays a lot, explores, and wants to be pet. The main issue is the eyes, and the poop. She is going about 3-5x a day, and it is mostly mushy/liquid everytime. She steps in it a lot, and we think her butt is sore because she really hates it being wiped (which is has to have done every time). She has never not made it to the box however.
Today, my husband told me the co-worker said all of her brothers and sisters seem to have this eye thing going on, but not the poop...
Any ideas or advice?
She hates the stuff.
