Hi Nina,
My vet did a fecal on her yesterday. She was neg for coccidia and parasites. (She had continuous diarrhea). He gave her albon anyway, because he hoped that she might actually have coccidia anyway and it might have been flushed out of her system due to all the diarrhea.
She was getting 6 cc's of water via syringe every hour, canned food and albon.
He did note thickened intestines and his fear was malabsorption. He did a phone consult with another vet on this and both agreed that if the albon didn't work, it might be kinder to euthanize her.
Her sister has no symptoms as yet, she's just about half as big as she should be. My vet has offered to do any kind of test I want, blood panels, etc., but in his professional opinion it either 1. will not give us any useful information or 2. the information it does give us we will not be able to act on.
Some history on these kittens: The mom had stomatitis and IBD. I don't think they got adequate nutrition in utero. The mom has had 8 teeth out and is on flagyl now (kittens are 5 months). They have had severe eye infections (one also had an issue with the 3rd eyelid giving him a scarred over ulcer on his eye), URI, ringworm, and now malabsorption. One passed away at a very young age. One passed at 5 months. One is normal size and appears healthy. One is slightly less than normal size and appears healthy. One is about 2.5 lbs and at this time appears healthy, but I fear congenital defects.
I have another foster cat with a congential spine abnormality, and my "heart kitty" Missy has heart disease, plus 16 or so more healthy kittens and 10 adults of varying health status and ages. Adoptions are way down this yea.
Anyway, that's my story.
On 9/1/06, Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kelly,
I'm so sorry about your loss of Twinkletoes. Another one so young. It
just tears your heart out when they get so little time in our love and
protection. IBD kitties have problems with not absorbing nutrients in
their food. B12 shots seem to help with that. I know there are other
things you can do to help, but the B12 shots are the first thing that
come to mind. What have you been doing for them? Blessings to
Twinkle's sister and to you,
Nina
Kelley Saveika wrote:
> I lost my Twinkletoes this morning to complications of malabsorption
> (not FELV related). She was 5 months. She has a sister who is also
> very small, and I'm trying to do some research on this condition.
> Does anyone know anything about it?
--
Vist the Austin Siamese Rescue store and save a kitty life!
http://www.cafepress.com/austinsiamese
