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wrote on 7/12/03 1:33 AM: hi Tonight I went down to a place to pick up a kitten from an ad in the paper. I was expecting to see a litter of kittens maybe 2 since the lady on the phone said she had litters from 7 weeks to 12. When I got there I was shocked, the lady had a bunch of kittens and cats there that were stray that she had brought in. She had said that the animal control was there and said she had 2 weeks to rehome the cats or they would take them, and that she could only have one cat. Well she said the guy from the animal control said she had at least 34 cats. Well my mother and I being the softies we were ended up taking home a kitten, she's got a fairly bad eye infection, I mean the inner eye lid is over the eye a little bit. I don't know how bad it is on the scale of eye infections but anyway she has one. I am going to try to get an appointment to the vet tomorrow to have it looked at. I know I shouldn't have probably taken the kitten but at least this way I know it will get the vet care it needs. I took a picture of the eye and it's http://photo.starblvd.net/~Lauralai/...g?i=1059747040 and there are other pictures of the kitten http://photo.starblvd.net/Lauralai?s...pg=2&ro=2&co=2 and her eye. She is still name less but hopefully she'll have a name soon. So anyway I was wondering how congious are eye infections, I have another cat and have not allowed them to be near each other but there's only a door blocking the kitten from my other cat so I can only hope that the kitten doesn't have anything serious. It's awfuly tiny though, I swear it's not even a pound. The lady said it was born March 24 but she didn't even really know that the kitten was there, she was kinda shocked that it was, only makes you wonder how many more where like that, so anyway i don't think that the kitten is older than 7 weeks, if not it wasn't feed that well, even though there was food everywhere in the lady's place. On a good note though the lady had food and water out and the litter boxes were clean since she didn't use litter she had them trained to go on newspaper. She seemed to switch the foods often though so this little girl has the runs, and it smells fairly bad. I had no kitten food so i ended up going to the local variety store and got some cans til i can go out tomorrow and get all the supplies I need. thanks for reading my ramble Well, kitty needs a vet for sure. Some steady love and food will help her feel more secure. Keep her separated until you know the health status. I've certainly seen WAY worse eyes (Sherry, you should give her Jacky Boy's link when you first got him). Let us know what the vet says. Good luck and I hope everything turns out OK. Karen |
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question on eye infection
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Tonight I went down to a place to pick up a kitten from an ad in the paper. I was expecting to see a litter of kittens maybe 2 since the lady on the phone said she had litters from 7 weeks to 12. When I got there I was shocked, the lady had a bunch of kittens and cats there that were stray that she had brought in. She had said that the animal control was there and said she had 2 weeks to rehome the cats or they would take them, and that she could only have one cat. Well she said the guy from the animal control said she had at least 34 cats. Well my mother and I being the softies we were ended up taking home a kitten, she's got a fairly bad eye infection, I mean the inner eye lid is over the eye a little bit. I don't know how bad it is on the scale of eye infections but anyway she has one. I am going to try to get an appointment to the vet tomorrow to have it looked at. I know I shouldn't have probably taken the kitten but at least this way I know it will get the vet care it needs. I took a picture of the eye and it's http://photo.starblvd.net/~Lauralai/...g?i=1059747040 and there are other pictures of the kitten http://photo.starblvd.net/Lauralai?s...pg=2&ro=2&co=2 and her eye. She is still name less but hopefully she'll have a name soon. So anyway I was wondering how congious are eye infections, I have another cat and have not allowed them to be near each other but there's only a door blocking the kitten from my other cat so I can only hope that the kitten doesn't have anything serious. It's awfuly tiny though, I swear it's not even a pound. The lady said it was born March 24 but she didn't even really know that the kitten was there, she was kinda shocked that it was, only makes you wonder how many more where like that, so anyway i don't think that the kitten is older than 7 weeks, if not it wasn't feed that well, even though there was food everywhere in the lady's place. On a good note though the lady had food and water out and the litter boxes were clean since she didn't use litter she had them trained to go on newspaper. She seemed to switch the foods often though so this little girl has the runs, and it smells fairly bad. I had no kitten food so i ended up going to the local variety store and got some cans til i can go out tomorrow and get all the supplies I need. thanks for reading my ramble |
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"Lauralai" wrote in message
... hi Tonight I went down to a place to pick up a kitten from an ad in the paper. I was expecting to see a litter of kittens maybe 2 since the lady on the phone said she had litters from 7 weeks to 12. When I got there I was shocked, the lady had a bunch of kittens and cats there that were stray that she had brought in. She had said that the animal control was there and said she had 2 weeks to rehome the cats or they would take them, and that she could only have one cat. Well she said the guy from the animal control said she had at least 34 cats. Well my mother and I being the softies we were ended up taking home a kitten, she's got a fairly bad eye infection, I mean the inner eye lid is over the eye a little bit. I don't know how bad it is on the scale of eye infections but anyway she has one. I am going to try to get an appointment to the vet tomorrow to have it looked at. I know I shouldn't have probably taken the kitten but at least this way I know it will get the vet care it needs. I took a picture of the eye and it's http://photo.starblvd.net/~Lauralai/...g?i=1059747040 and there are other pictures of the kitten http://photo.starblvd.net/Lauralai?s...pg=2&ro=2&co=2 and her eye. She is still name less but hopefully she'll have a name soon. So anyway I was wondering how congious are eye infections, I have another cat and have not allowed them to be near each other but there's only a door blocking the kitten from my other cat so I can only hope that the kitten doesn't have anything serious. It's awfuly tiny though, I swear it's not even a pound. The lady said it was born March 24 but she didn't even really know that the kitten was there, she was kinda shocked that it was, only makes you wonder how many more where like that, so anyway i don't think that the kitten is older than 7 weeks, if not it wasn't feed that well, even though there was food everywhere in the lady's place. On a good note though the lady had food and water out and the litter boxes were clean since she didn't use litter she had them trained to go on newspaper. She seemed to switch the foods often though so this little girl has the runs, and it smells fairly bad. I had no kitten food so i ended up going to the local variety store and got some cans til i can go out tomorrow and get all the supplies I need. thanks for reading my ramble Eye infections, such as you describe, and upper respiratory infections are very common in kittens that have been in an animal shelter or an overcrowded situation. It is contagious and can be transmitted though the air. The kitten should be quarantined for 7 to 10 days because it may have something more serious than an eye infection. You should take the kitten to the vet, who will probably prescribe antibiotics. These infections usually take about 3 weeks to resolve. Be sure to have the kitten tested for other infections, such as feline AIDS or feline leukemia. There's a combo test for this. I'd buy premium dry food (like Authority) for kittens for now and provide plenty of water. Cow's milk may tend to give kittens the runs, so it's usually a good idea to avoid it except perhaps in very small quantities when her poop is normal. Bill |
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"Lauralai" wrote in message
... hi Tonight I went down to a place to pick up a kitten from an ad in the paper. I was expecting to see a litter of kittens maybe 2 since the lady on the phone said she had litters from 7 weeks to 12. When I got there I was shocked, the lady had a bunch of kittens and cats there that were stray that she had brought in. She had said that the animal control was there and said she had 2 weeks to rehome the cats or they would take them, and that she could only have one cat. Well she said the guy from the animal control said she had at least 34 cats. Well my mother and I being the softies we were ended up taking home a kitten, she's got a fairly bad eye infection, I mean the inner eye lid is over the eye a little bit. I don't know how bad it is on the scale of eye infections but anyway she has one. I am going to try to get an appointment to the vet tomorrow to have it looked at. I know I shouldn't have probably taken the kitten but at least this way I know it will get the vet care it needs. I took a picture of the eye and it's http://photo.starblvd.net/~Lauralai/...g?i=1059747040 and there are other pictures of the kitten http://photo.starblvd.net/Lauralai?s...pg=2&ro=2&co=2 and her eye. She is still name less but hopefully she'll have a name soon. So anyway I was wondering how congious are eye infections, I have another cat and have not allowed them to be near each other but there's only a door blocking the kitten from my other cat so I can only hope that the kitten doesn't have anything serious. It's awfuly tiny though, I swear it's not even a pound. The lady said it was born March 24 but she didn't even really know that the kitten was there, she was kinda shocked that it was, only makes you wonder how many more where like that, so anyway i don't think that the kitten is older than 7 weeks, if not it wasn't feed that well, even though there was food everywhere in the lady's place. On a good note though the lady had food and water out and the litter boxes were clean since she didn't use litter she had them trained to go on newspaper. She seemed to switch the foods often though so this little girl has the runs, and it smells fairly bad. I had no kitten food so i ended up going to the local variety store and got some cans til i can go out tomorrow and get all the supplies I need. thanks for reading my ramble Eye infections, such as you describe, and upper respiratory infections are very common in kittens that have been in an animal shelter or an overcrowded situation. It is contagious and can be transmitted though the air. The kitten should be quarantined for 7 to 10 days because it may have something more serious than an eye infection. You should take the kitten to the vet, who will probably prescribe antibiotics. These infections usually take about 3 weeks to resolve. Be sure to have the kitten tested for other infections, such as feline AIDS or feline leukemia. There's a combo test for this. I'd buy premium dry food (like Authority) for kittens for now and provide plenty of water. Cow's milk may tend to give kittens the runs, so it's usually a good idea to avoid it except perhaps in very small quantities when her poop is normal. Bill |
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