Weak Hypoglycemia Kitten? Get a Different Vet? Waiting for Vets to Open

One of the three abandoned kittens has shown a pattern of gaining weight then losing weight. It did not like the Hartz milk replacer so we bought the PetAg brand, but it also did not like that. It did like the Goat’s milk mixture.

It has been losing weight again and is lethargic so I suspect hypoglycemia based upon the symptoms but I could be wrong. We used some Karo syrup on the gums and fed it again but its not eating as much as before and simply not gaining nearly as much weight as the other kittens. It ever so slightly perked up during that treatment and feeding but not previous behavior.

We went to the emergency vet clinic for an eye infection in two kittens which required drops. This vet game them worming medicine.

We stopped at our regular vet we use for our other cats a few days later to have the large kitten checked for constipation; however, he had us bring all of them in. As luck would have the big one had a large bowl movement just before we left for the vet sorta making us look like worrywarts to the vet. I had suspected constipation and was previously adding more water to the mix, which took a while to loosen up its stool. We took the last bowl movement to show the vet.

He used a lubricated thermometer on all of them just to be safe and didn’t think anything was wrong constipation wise. He also checked for fleas and none were found. He said the weight chart I kept looked good but there is no way he could have read that as it was upside down and facing away form him. The weight chart was also very detailed, recoding each kitten’s weight in grams. I figure out why the vet recorded the weights in ounces as that is not precise enough an even then the clerk incorrectly recorded them as decimal values of a pound instead of ounces on the receipt. The gains and loses of the kitten I suspect of hypoglycemia would have been a tip off to something might be wrong would it not.

We called the emergency vet and they didn’t seem too concerned, but finally called our regular vet at home. His response now is that there is nothing can be done and we should keep giving it Karo and feeding it.

I’ve been reading various sites while we wait for all the vets to open and perhaps am considering finding another vet. All the local vets use the same emergency service and nearby towns do not have any.

Many of the sites I have checked state that testing of the blood and urine is needed and mention possible intravenous administration of a dextrose solution to restore blood sugar levels. Can this be used on a kitten? Should I be looking for another vet or are they likely going to tell me the same thing?