Let’s just start with I have no idea how old he is? He has a scheduled kitten exam at a vet (i’m a college student with limited funds and petsmart vet offers free first visit check up), I’m just kinda worried?
I’m 25, so maybe it’s my maternal instinct already kicking in (haha) but I don’t know if I’m just being paranoid.
My kitten is probably 8-10 weeks. He is eating well, drinking well, using litter box no issues, plays… Nothing very different in his usual rambunctious personality, because kitten…
Except his belly feels kinda….
Like a little balloon. It’s not incredibly big in proportion to his body. It looks rather normal from afar, but feeling it… It’s not like mushy little fat, like I think a belly should be. It’s not hard, it just feels kinda taut. Maybe I’m overreacting, like I said paranoid and my maternal instinct is just making me over analyze but I need reassurance?
About 10 days ago my mother found him, so he was”lost”(that’s another story) I don’t think he’d been out long enough to contract worms(though, it seems kinda common especially in kittens). I now people have mentioned across the internet that disease with fluid in the gut because of ruptured blood vessels…
Reading up on that is freaking me out.
Web diagnosis is like the worst because all I do is see the worst scenario.
I love this little guy. We’ve bonded! It would break my heart if he had this chronic disease that sounds not only damaging to quality of life, but expensive (again 25 college student). He doesn’t show any lethargic symptoms.
(He puked when I got him home cuz he had been eating adult cat food from my other cats. I stopped him after that and got him his own kitten food)
I’m trying to get a pet plan to help with expenses but for now, if anything, please let it not be more than just simple bloating.
I’ve done all my research but I just want reassurance that it’s:
-over eating and he’s bloated
-worms(by the way is deworming a lot of tests and vet bills? Or is it something you treat by going to a pet store and getting over the counter and do yourself?)
He’s kinda laying on his tummy a bit here and there… This certain way(i’ll leave an image)
I see him sitting like this a lot after he plays a ton. Maybe over exerted? Maybe it’s nothing? I hope it’s nothing. Thank goodness I’m going to the vet.
i hope it’s just him being a kitten and not because of discomfort. Again, paranoia….
He sneezes a little bit too (paranoia? Or sneezing cuz… Irritants making him sneeze?)
All right.
Thank you.
Also! hello I’m new. How’s everyone? Glad to be a part of the kitten brigade it’s been so long!
Also, please excuse my horrible typos and grammar. I’m mobile, my Auto correct/swype is horrid >_<