I'm hand raising 6 kittens at the moment and I just need a bit of sympathy. They are just over 2 weeks old and its been a complete rollercoaster.. It seems to be one issue after another with them and I'm getting so disheartened and frustrated.
First we started with constipation on the switch to formula. I had to water down the milk a bit more and start them on lactulose to get it all moving, although they still had massive big bellies.
Then one kitten went down with a UTI .. which quickly spread to kitten #2, so they were all jabbed with antibiotics to nip it in the bud.
While we were treating the UTI they were weighed on the original scale they were weighed on, and in a week had only put on 30g or so each. Still had the massive bellies so we opted to worm them.
Wormed them, bellies came down a bit, but then it became apparent just how ribby and skinny they were. So we've had to go back to every 2hr feeds to try to build them up - have been doing that for the last 3 days, except this morning the smallest woke up with a gammy eye.
What next?! I will be gutted to lose one but I am so worried now :(
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Frustrated - Just want to vent (*Kittens*)
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Sparrowghost · 10/02/2014 19:33
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