Hello all,
I’m new here! Our new kitten has been with us for a week today. He’s 8 weeks old and very tiny (800g!)
On his 3rd day with us he developed bad diarrhoea and we’ve had many vet chats since! We’ve seen one irl vet and had video vet consultations every day since Wednesday (it’s now Saturday)! He is now on a diet of boiled chicken while we wait for some special GI kitten food to arrive and is having pro-kolin. He was a little dehydrated on Wednesday so had a fluid injection at the vets too.
He hasn’t had a bowel movement since 5pm yesterday which I’m taking as positive because they were up to 7 times a day and basically liquid! Hoping for a solid one before the end of the day and that I haven’t sent him the other way…
I mostly wanted some advice on being a less anxious cat parent! He’s also been breathing very quickly in his sleep (again, I’ve asked vets who agree but say to just keep an eye on him if he is otherwise ok). The trouble is, I can’t stand him sleeping because I think he’ll never wake up.. or is this lethargy?! He’s not been drinking since the chicken but I’m putting lots of water IN his food so I’m hoping he isn’t going to get dehydrated again.
We have another irl vet appointment on Tuesday and I’m just a bag of nerves, barely sleeping and very worried! Driving my partner insane (and probably the cat too!)
Any experiences or advice would be gladly heard. Also, if you have a horror story about a kitten - I’ve probably heard it so please no more!
Thank you!!
I’m new here! Our new kitten has been with us for a week today. He’s 8 weeks old and very tiny (800g!)
On his 3rd day with us he developed bad diarrhoea and we’ve had many vet chats since! We’ve seen one irl vet and had video vet consultations every day since Wednesday (it’s now Saturday)! He is now on a diet of boiled chicken while we wait for some special GI kitten food to arrive and is having pro-kolin. He was a little dehydrated on Wednesday so had a fluid injection at the vets too.
He hasn’t had a bowel movement since 5pm yesterday which I’m taking as positive because they were up to 7 times a day and basically liquid! Hoping for a solid one before the end of the day and that I haven’t sent him the other way…
I mostly wanted some advice on being a less anxious cat parent! He’s also been breathing very quickly in his sleep (again, I’ve asked vets who agree but say to just keep an eye on him if he is otherwise ok). The trouble is, I can’t stand him sleeping because I think he’ll never wake up.. or is this lethargy?! He’s not been drinking since the chicken but I’m putting lots of water IN his food so I’m hoping he isn’t going to get dehydrated again.
We have another irl vet appointment on Tuesday and I’m just a bag of nerves, barely sleeping and very worried! Driving my partner insane (and probably the cat too!)
Any experiences or advice would be gladly heard. Also, if you have a horror story about a kitten - I’ve probably heard it so please no more!
Thank you!!