What do you put on their eyes? I was told to use neosporin and it will clear up their eyes and it has worked wonders with my kittens...their eyes are as clear as they should be...
--- Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, i have a few who have had a little diarrhea. > They have been > treated with albon and it is pretty much cleared up. > > They look SOOO much better today. > > The ones upstairs in the bathroom I was doing a > great job of > isolating. Then they got large enough to want to > explore, while still > being small enough to be able to wiggle under the > door jamb. That's > how *they* got it. > > Little Muffin's eye looks bad. I hope she'll be ok. > > > On 5/8/07, MaryChristine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > susan, if this were panleuk, wouldn't it be > presenting more with rapid > > decline from fairly uncontrollable diarrhea? this > sounds to me more like the > > boomeranging basic uri from > not-too-hardy-to-begin-with kitties.... (whom i > > think should have been put on zithro right away, > not that her vet asked! hee > > hee) > > > > MC > > > > > > On 5/8/07, Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I can ask if they have a history of it. > > > > > > They say they bleach clean cages. > > > > > > I will tell you what happens, though. Litters > get mixed up. If a > > > good sam brings in some found kittens, who knows > if they were ever > > > from the same litter to begin with. If they are > owner surrenders, who > > > can say if they don't throw in several small > litters together. > > > We all strongly suspect that if we agree to take > a litter, and there > > > is a singleton around of the same age, that TLAC > will stick the > > > singleton in with the others. But we have no > proof. And I really > > > wouldn't blame them. > > > > > > My quarantine procedures are not what they > should be or what I want > > > them to be. I am these kittens' only chance, > though, even if some > > > pass. I am the only group that takes in kittens > less than 6 weeks/1 > > > lb. So they call me and if I say no, they kill > them directly. I > > > haven't taken any in in 2-3 weeks, though., > > > > > > The history of the momcat is that she was dumped > at the shelter by her > > > family. They said "She's pregnant, we don't > want her" and left > > > without even giving her name. So I have no way > of knowing if she ever > > > saw a vet before the shelter. > > > > > > I named her Faith.... > > > > > > Before I got her she got standard workup: > Rabies, Distemper shot, > > > combo test, Revolution. > > > > > > I haven' t vaccinated any of the kittens. I > took the first litter up > > > at 6 weeks, but they did not weigh enough to be > vaccinated. They were > > > sick and I got Clavamox for them. They are now > over 1lb, but too ill > > > to be vaccinated. > > > > > > The only vomit I have seen is from Caroline, an > adult I'm trying to > > > syringe feed. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/8/07, Susan Hoffman < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Who can afford necropsies? Does the shelter > have a history of panleuk > > (many > > > > have it every year). Do they bleach-clean > cages, move cats from cage to > > > > cage, put multiple cats from different places > in the same cage? Do they > > > > vaccinate on intake? > > > > > > > > What is the vaccination history on the momcat > who stopped nursing? > > > > > > > > When do you or your rescue start vaccinations? > I use the Heska > > ultranasal > > > > FVRCP vaccine that can be started as early as > 4 weeks (tho I wait till > > > > around 5 weeks.) > > > > > > > > How fast are the cats/kittens going downhill. > What behavior do you see > > > > around the water bowl near the end? What > color is any vomit? (Yuck, I > > > > know. But it's relevant.) > > > > > > > > Do you do a 14 day quarantine on new arrivals? > > > > > > > > From what you have said I would be a little > concerned about panleuk. > > But > > > > you can rule it in or out without a necropsy. > > > > > > > > Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have not ruled out anything. My rescue can't > afford necropsies on > > > > each kitten:(. > > > > > > > > They *all* seem much, much better after the > switch to zithro. But it > > > > is only the snowshoe I'm convinced died of > URI. > > > > > > > > On 5/7/07, Susan Hoffman wrote: > > > > > Have you ruled out panleukopenia? > > > > > > > > > > These are tiny kittens who started off on > the wrong paw to begin with. > > Was > > > > > the mom who stopped nursing vaccinated > during the pregnancy or while > > > > > nursing? > > > > > > > > > > FYI: BNP ointment is far superior to > terramycin. > > > > > > > > > > Kelley Saveika wrote: > > > > > Lost one about 5 weeks old yesterday. Very > bad eye discharge, perhaps > > > > > the worst I've seen. Congestion too. She was > eating, though, and i > > > > > did not expect her to die. Last week I came > downstairs to find one > > > > > lying in the floor close to death. He was > suffering so I had him PTS > > > > > (actually I told the vet if he could do > anything to do it, but if he > > > > > was suffering and too far gone, to PTS).. He > was very, very cold. > > > > > No other symptoms I could detect. 3 have > died of unknown causes. > > > > > One maybe fading kitten syndrome. Weighed 4 > oz at 22 days, died at 23 > > > > > days. Mom stopped feeding, so I fed and when > I was at work she was at > > > > > the vet. She died at vet. One kitten dead in > bathroom when I went > > > > > in, no prior symptoms. One died yesterday, > had seemed unstable so I > > > > > was syringe feeding A/D, he was taking it > well. > > > > > > > > > > All died between 3-5 weeks. The living ones > are 4-7 weeks. Living > > > > > ones have horrible congestion, some with > severe eye infections, some > > > > > not. Were on clavamox x2 weeks. Were on > triple antiobiotic drops for > > > > > eyes, have bumped that up to terramycin. > > > > > > > > > > I also have one adult who is not eating and > is vomiting up syringed > > > > > food within 3-5 minutes after feeding. > > > > > > > > > > Another adult who is not eating but taking > syringe food well. > > > > > > > > > > I lose kittens to URI every year. Not > usually this many, but I do not > > > > > usually take in this many either. I take a > lot of kittens who don't > > > > > have high viability to begin with. I'm > especially a sucker for those > > > > > who come in to the shelter solo at 3 weeks:( > > > > > > > > > > On 5/7/07, Susan Hoffman wrote: > > > > > > Lost to uri? What age, and what symptoms. > I've dealt with some > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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