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How about just Lucky! Hope? Star (for I am sure that it wished on one for someone as caring as you to find it and to help it get better)…
I am crossing my fingers!!! Hope that it gets better!!!
One of my prize discus fish had died, but somehow I managed to resuscitate him from the dead… I named him Zombie!
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My art: featherdust.comNambroth wrote:One of my prize discus fish had died, but somehow I managed to resuscitate him from the dead… I named him Zombie!
😆 That is crazy! What did you do? Give it mouth to mouth?! 😆
Haha, no… if you ‘swim’ the fish back and forth in good oxygenated water in a way so that it moves the water through their gills over and over, it moves the dissolved air through their gills also (in the water) and is essentially doing CPR on them!
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My art: featherdust.comI’m so glad the kitten is better, Ski! Lazarus sounds like a great name. Hopefully a little food, heat, and some TLC was all he needed and he will continue to get better 🙂
It’s possible the kitten was suffering from hypoglycemia, ski. If kittens don’t eat often enough their blood sugar can drop too low and they can have seizures and breathe funny. They also tend to get chilled. If the blood sugar stays too low for too long they do die. But warming them up and giving them milk can turn a kitten around.
All good suggestions previously. KMR or kitten milk replacer is much better than cow’s milk – you are running the risk of vomiting or diarrhea with the cow’s milk. If you have a pet store by you they might have weaning food for kittens which would also be good. Or if your vet has a/d diet – it’s highly digestible and high calorie.
If he does ok have the vet check his stool for parasites – even if it is negative the kitten should probably be dewormed to be on the safe side.
Good luck.
Thanks DDVM. My mom thinks it was in shock. I dont know what caused the stiffness… that was just toooo weird. It was kinda frozen, too, so im sure that didnt help. Poor thing, laying on its moms body trying to stay warm. I feel so sorry for it. 🙁
So how many animals do you have now? It must be quite a zoo! 😆
But joking aside, it’s great that you gave it a chance, so many people would just have left it there to die.
I to would be willing to donate money for the vet bills on the little kitten. I jsut hope it gets OK. As you may remember I am the “animal lover” that just spent over $6,000 to save her 12 year old chow chow. By the way he is doing great and I can’t think of a better use for that money ever though some of my friends thought I was nuts.
Hypoglycemia can definitely cause seizures; if it was the cause of seizures, then this little one shouldn’t seize so long as she (? looks slightly calico 😕 ) has plenty to eat. And being chilled is also really rough on them. She might need a little help staying warm; if you have a heating pad, you can set it on LOW (no higher) and put it under a layer of towel, or under half of her box. Not under the entire box, though; if she gets too warm, she needs to be able to get away from the heat. The pad shouldn’t get wet, and we also need to make sure she doesn’t chew on it.
Definitely look for kitten formula; if you can’t find it, don’t use cow’s milk. If she has any teeth at all, you’re better off using canned kitten food softened in water. Lots of water, for a few days, which means she’ll have to eat more. And there may very well be diarrhea. Best to assume she’s loaded with parasites; wash your hands every time you handle her or her box! Some cat parasites are contagious to humans. 🙁
There is an FIV (kitty AIDS) vaccine, but it’s not perfect: it causes a false positive on future viral tests for FIV. The early feline leukemia vaccine had the same problem, but they got that fixed, so they’re hoping they can do the same thing for the FIV vaccine.
Regarding vaccines in general: it’s fantastic that you’ve protected your cats so well, but they’re not 100% bulletproof. 🙁 Some respiratory viruses can mutate and bypass the vaccine. Generally a healthy adult cat is fairly safe, but not completely. Also, there can be “carrier” cats who had a respiratory infection earlier in life and never quite beat it; they will shed the virus intermittently without showing any signs at all. If this kitten has any nasal or eye discharge at all, assume it has a respiratory infection and is potentially risky to your cats.
Safest thing for your cats is to keep a strict quarantine for at least three weeks. I know that’s a lot, but it’s safer. Good luck! 🙂
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