How do I administer saline nasal drops for kitten?
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Comments (39)Here's an update-I was able to sleep last night-not the whole time through, but no gasping for air in the middle of the night!! Felt good, even though I had to get up early for a doc appt. Now if I could somehow cut off the left side of my face (sinus pain) I'd feel great!! lol How do boxers survive getting punched in the face so much??? Audrey-that's a good idea! Yesterday I had to get my mom and DH call my primary doc and OB to tell them what the ENT had prescribed and make sure everyone knew everything-and thought it was safe. What a pain!...See MoreHow to figure out where blood came from
Comments (9)Both cats have been fixed. Both seem to be using the litter as normal but I have considered switching to a litter that will change colour if it detects a UTI. Sneezing seems to come and go but never really troubling. I'll hear them sneeze 2 or 3 times in the evening or morning but then the rest of the day/week nothing. I have an air filter in my room which I turned off because it makes the apartment cold but I turned it back on. Dustin sneezed more often when there was renovations down stairs but they are finished now. The kitten had a wet sneeze when she first came home but hasn't had any since then. The blood actually looks bigger than one drop, probably 2-3 but its just in one single spot. I have found some that did look like jam and had me confused thinking maybe it was bloody poop. The spot on the window sill is where my cats like to sit and there it was smeared and you could see the red. The others were darker but I assumed it was because it was dry. I think its an abscess because I find blood so infrequently with none on their regular sleeping areas and their eating/eliminating habits haven't changed (though they can be very subtle in these areas). Usually any growling or meow noises during wrestling comes from Muffin the kitten but I've caught Dustin doing it a couple times this week and I think she was too rough and bit him. I broke it up and checked Dustin and coddled him while telling Muffin she should be more gentle. I'm not sure how to teach her not to bite. I've seen her try to bite his hind legs during wrestling but I assumed it was part of playing and they don't bite hard. Is there an effective way to stop her biting while not discouraging them from wrestling? I will not discount a UTI. I might move the litter out where I can see it and monitor them and get that litter that does point out UTIs. Is it bad to empty the old litter and put in a different type? They are using clay based right now and I believe if you do change them over you should taper them onto the new litter but would mixing the UTI litter with the clay litter make the UTI stuff not work properly? Is there a better type of litter for cats that is not terribly expensive?...See MoreMy kitten is sick possible FIP, opinions needed please!
Comments (20)We only had her from mid-Sept until late Dec 2003. She was born towards the end of July (though our vet's office insisted she was at least a few weeks younger than she probably was in actuality because she was so small when we adopted her). She was fine when we got her, active, playful, eating well. If I'm remembering correctly, she threw up one evening (shortly after we returned from the vet for a dose of wormer) and then acted "sick"--not eating, sleeping a lot or just a general lack of activity. We took her to the vet, she got fluids, we coaxed her to eat and just nursed her back to health, tried to get her to play, and she finally became her perky little self again. This same pattern repeated itself throughout the few short months she was with us, each time it was more difficult to get her to come around to her former self, and she was definitely more lethargic than she had been, even after she started eating with a decent appetite. It seemed she'd be fine for a short period of time, and then not. In November we got another kitten (so they could grow up together). For a few short days, it was great. They played together really well. Their first weekend together, they spent the morning wrestling and chasing each other, but by early afternoon our first kitten just pooped out. I don't think she ever did regain her full energy level after that. We might have had a brief boost at one point or another, but I think that was really the beginning of the end. She spent more time sleeping or huddled in front of the vent at the bottom of the refrigerator or baseboard in the bathroom, and wasn't interested in playing with our other kitten (who adored her and shadowed her every move). The last week or so that we had her, she was running a fluctuating fever (non-responsive to antibiotics or prednisone?), and we were syringe feeding her and trying to tempt her with roast chicken. The dr at AMC was pretty much convinced that she had FIP based on her history and her symptoms. I think the dr just drew the fluid from her belly to give us something more "definitive." She showed us the syringe before she tested the protein level (which, if I recall, was high), so we saw that it was straw-colored. Needless to say, I hope they are able to eradicate this awful disease someday soon.... I will keep my fingers crossed that your little one does not have FIP, and that whatever she does have, is easily curable....See MoreGee thanks! Neighbors just brought us a sick stray baby kitten!
Comments (17)It is possible it has the herpes virus which would not be uncommon for a emaciated stray kitten. I've had many come my way. My Bonnie came to me with both eyes glued shut from infection, every bone in her little body protruding and barely able to walk. I nursed her back to health and she too unfortunately lost partial site in one eye. If you can, you should get that baby to a vet to determine what exactly is wrong with the eye. I rescued a grown cat after Katrina who was blind in one eye due to an injury as determined by the vet. I consulted with a feline opthamologist asking if removal of the eye was the best course of treatment and she informed me that when a cat keeps a eye that it has lost sight in due to injury, a lot of times, they can develop cancer in that eye. So I took her advice and had the eye removed. My Cocoa hasn't missed a step and is living the good life now. I'm glad the baby is feeling better....See Morecalliope
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