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  • 3 February, 2009 at 5:32 am #24669
    augbaby89
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    I lost my kitten Mylie. She passed away, my sister gave me bella on Christmas. She has had non-stop diarrhea. She is nine weeks now and only weigh’s 1.9lbs. She lost a pound since last week. I have taken her to two vets over nine times. I know she is a fighter and so am I. I cannot bare to loose another kitten. Please someone help me and if there are any home remideys you know of. After having her for almost five weeks she is still the same size. The vets just seem to charge me money and never give me a clear answer. Almost four thousand dollars spent

    3 February, 2009 at 5:37 am #378676
    Tigerlilly
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    PLEASE get a second opinion. Better yet, if there is a veterinary school near you, often they have specialists that may provide a second opinion or recommend a good vet.

    Best wishes

    BTW, what are you feeding your kitty? Has she been checked for worms? Is she eating/drinking?

    Many here can be a good resource, but a second vet is most important.

    3 February, 2009 at 5:43 am #378677
    augbaby89
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    I have been to two vets. The one I saw on friday is finally doing blood work. She eats Science Diet wet kitten food. Along with water and pedialite. I am doing everything in my power and draining my bank accounts. I force the water and pedilite though she does not like to drink it. I do it because five weeks with this she needs all the water and minerals she can get

    3 February, 2009 at 5:53 am #378678
    jcat
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    Oh my goodness, yes, I would definitely change vets. Are the two you have seen both at the same practice? Tigerlilly has great advice, ring a vet school if there’s one near you and ask for help, otherwise ring round friends and family until you find a vet they can recommend. If all else fails, look in the phone book under veterinary services.

    Has she not been admitted to their clinic and put on a drip for fluids and feeding? Have they done blood tests? Has she been tested for all the usual kitten viruses and serious illnesses? It seems appalling to me that they can have charged you that amount of money but not admitted her and not given you a clear idea of what is going on. Is there good communication with them (it doesn’t sound like it)? You need a vet you can trust and work with, and who will explain to you exactly what they’re doing, what they’re thinking and what they’ve eliminated as a diagnosis so far.

    Your poor little kitten. The most important thing is that she doesn’t get dehydrated, which is why I would have thought they should have admitted her. Is she drinking lots of water? Try to keep her fluid intake up. Pedialyte is the best thing to give her, and you can mix a little of it into her food as well. You don’t say if she’s eating. If not, there is a high-energy paste (nutrical) you can give her a little of if her energy is failing — also a little corn syrup smeared on her mouth (nothing she could choke on) is good for energy. Other people who are more knowledgeable will come on and give you better advice so please keep checking back.

    But yes, find another vet. And get them to show you how to inject fluids into your baby, to keep her fluids up. Four thousand dollars and no blood work seems to me unconscionable!

    3 February, 2009 at 6:09 am #378679
    augbaby89
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    i am doing those things already i just changed vets friday but the outlook is grim

    3 February, 2009 at 6:16 am #378680
    petpntr
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    How old is this kitten? Is she drinking water? What do the vets tell you is wrong with it? Can you tell us what tests they have done. Maybe that would help us figure out what is going on. TA

    3 February, 2009 at 7:09 am #378681
    jcat
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    She’s nine weeks, Petpntr. AB89, I don’t know what else to suggest. Keep her warm and comfortable — if she’s so sick, she may not be able to regulate her body temp very well. A heat pad, or a hot water bottle (not too hot) covered in a towel in a box or basket, with room for her to crawl to the side if she gets too hot might be an idea. Try to keep her comfortable. Warm her food gently in the microwave, it can help to make it more appetising. Sometimes fish (as it’s smelly) or a real chicken-based baby food can tempt their appetite, if she’s not eating enough. And as much love, reassurance, gentle cuddling and talking to her softly as possible may help to keep her morale up. But you’re probably already doing all that. Poor little mite. I’m so sorry. I hope this new vet finds out what’s wrong as quickly as possible. Keep in close contact with the vet by phone, if possible. {{{Hugs}}} to you and your baby, and please keep us in touch.

    3 February, 2009 at 7:37 am #378682
    augbaby89
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    nine weeks, is drinking water. Multiple things gardenia dieses and mail nurture

    3 February, 2009 at 9:27 am #378683
    petpntr
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    Í am not familiar with gardenia dieses and mail nurture. Have no idea what you are referring to so I don’t think I’ll be much help. Can you give us any more details? Its pretty difficult to help without more information because diarrhea and weight loss can be caused by many things. If you have receipts or a health record from the vet maybe you could copy what it says so some of the experts here can try to figure out what they have done so far to diagnose her.

    3 February, 2009 at 10:38 am #378684
    jcat
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    AB89, do you mean mal-nurture or malnourishment? I’m not sure what the first disease you’re referring to is either, sorry. It’s not giardia?

    3 February, 2009 at 10:50 am #378685
    Dee
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    Two vets “over” 9 times in five weeks and the cat is still ill with no clear diagnosis? 4 thousand dollars spent? And what are gardenia dieses and mail nurture?

    I really hope this is not another bogus story.

    3 February, 2009 at 12:35 pm #378686
    Karma’s Daddy
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    Ouch. Four grand is a lot of money. That’s an average over $444 for each of those 9 visits.

    I’ve scoured the internet with Google for “gardenia diseases”, and the only references I find are those that relate to the Gardenia plant. Nothing on kitten diseases with that name.

    If it’s Giardia that you’re referring to though, I found this:

    http://www.pets.ca/encyclopedia/giardia_cat.htm

    Wow. I’d be checking your water source.

    Hope that helps.

    3 February, 2009 at 12:38 pm #378687
    kathyanne11/13
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    I AGREE WITH DEE 4,000 DOLLARS IS EXTREME AND 9 WEEKS OLD KINDA YOUNG FOR A CHRISTMAS KITTY.

    3 February, 2009 at 12:56 pm #378688
    Dee
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    Kathyanne…according to the poster, the kitten was a Christmas present at 4 weeks old. And a previous kitten died. I can’t imagine a kitten under two months old would still be alive with 5 weeks of “non-stop diarrhea” and having lost a third of her body weight in one week.

    3 February, 2009 at 1:12 pm #378689
    Marnet
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    Morning. I know I’m still quite new here on the TDK forum and that I may be unfairly judging this OP and several others recently, but I’m inclined to agree your instincts of distrust are quite reasonable to have.

    I can’t help wondering if some kid finding the link to the daily kitten pictures and then to the forum read an earlier legitimate post about a small kitten with digestive and stool problems and started a craze of faking increasingly more terrible/elaborate tales of such, as many of you have openly suspected and suggested. I just find it hard to believe there is such a sudden spate of the same problem with this many kittens of newly posting people.

    Obviously, I myself am so new here on the forum that I don’t know the entire history of recent fake posts but I have noticed many comments that lead me to believe you all know for a fact this has happened.

    When I occasionally watch the Kitten Cam 2, I’ve noticed some real trolls — likely young kids not properly supervised on the internet — posting rude comments about animal abuse on the comments there. Perhaps there is some way the word is making the rounds of kids to come over here and yank everyone’s chain with an even more pathetic tale of woe about a dying kitten who can’t poop? Or it even might be just one person posting under a series of aliases. Easy enough to create lots of email addresses to use for signing up on the board as different people and then spend time driving the forum crazy with such postings. Just a thought.

    Hope I’m not out of line sticking my two cents in nor that I am unjustly accusing anyone of fake posts.

    3 February, 2009 at 1:57 pm #378690
    anncetera2
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    AB89, glad to hear you’ve made the switch to a different vet. Comprehensive lab bloodwork and feces smears, at minimum, are indicated; your new vet should be all over this, trying to figure out what’s wrong. If the kitty can’t keep enough fluids in her, she should be hospitalized for nutrition.

    If she’s well enough to remain at home, I’d recommend adding some plain, boiled white rice to the wet food diet she’s getting (maybe 1 Tbsp per feeding). It can have the effect of slowing down the digestion a bit, and absorbing some of the nasties in the gut.

    Please work closely with your vet on this, and don’t hesitate to hospitalize your kitten if needed. Weight loss at this age is a clear symptom of illness. Your kitten may have a mal-absorption problem, or may not be producing enough of the right substances needed to digest food properly. Good luck.

    3 February, 2009 at 4:55 pm #378691
    petpntr
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    I think some of you forgot about the TA understanding we decided on. I included it in my first post. Marmet brings up an interesting point about the young kids watching the kitty cam. One on there last night said she was 10 years old and it was around 1:00 a.m. not sure what time that would be in California but it sure seemed late for a 10 year old to be up and on the computer.

    3 February, 2009 at 7:40 pm #378692
    feral
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    I thought it was mentioned that the kitty cam was in California? L.A. to be exact. If this is not for real,It’s nothing more than senseless & cruel.

    3 February, 2009 at 9:29 pm #378693
    Dee
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    If this is not a hoax, I would like to know how the kitten is. If it is a hoax, I guess the poster will disappear like so many others before her/him.

    3 February, 2009 at 9:55 pm #378694
    Marnet
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    My apologies. I was out of line with my remarks. Mea culpa.

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