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"Laura" wrote in message
... Hi Last friday I got a kitten from an ad in the newspaper and it had an irritated eye and I took it to the vet on saturday morning, well he said that the kitten was really under weight and he gave her a dewormer, he also said that her eye was only irritated and that it would get better, he asked if she played like a normal kitten and i said yes since she seemed fairly playful. Well she is not the least bit playful and only seems to be eating and sleeping, with the ocassional roaming of the house. She only weighs 1.3 pounds and the vet said he thinks she is only 2 months old. I was wondering if the reason she is always sleeping is due to the fact that she is so thin and has to build up energy. I plan to take her to the vet to get her first set of shot friday or saturday so i'll ask the vet then but I was wondering if it was normal. She's free to roam the house with our other cat except at night when we confine her to the bathroom. SO I was wondering if it was fairly normal for a kitten to be sleeping all the time and not the least bit playful I mean all the kittens I have ever had were playful, never like this. Also I was wondering which was better dry or canned food, right now I'm am giving her canned authority kitten food during the day and dry kitten food by authority at night, since she is so tiny she seems to like the canned better I figured it will help put weight on her more then the dry since she doens't eat that much of it. Thanks Laura Considering the medical problems the kitten has had, it's not unexpected that she will not be very playful and will sleep a lot at this point. It's only been four days since she was dewormed. She'll most likely be doing better when she sees the vet next Saturday. The Authority kitten formula cat food is reasonably good. Instead of having her vaccinations on the next vet visit, I would have the vet do the combo tests to see if the kitten has any diseases, such as feline leukemia. The firsts set of shots can wait until the next visit when the kitten will be stronger. It would be a good idea to keep the kitten separate from the other cats in the household until the combo tests are done. It is possible they could catch an infection from the kitten if she has one. Congrats on the new addition. Bill |
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"Laura" wrote in message
... Hi Last friday I got a kitten from an ad in the newspaper and it had an irritated eye and I took it to the vet on saturday morning, well he said that the kitten was really under weight and he gave her a dewormer, he also said that her eye was only irritated and that it would get better, he asked if she played like a normal kitten and i said yes since she seemed fairly playful. Well she is not the least bit playful and only seems to be eating and sleeping, with the ocassional roaming of the house. She only weighs 1.3 pounds and the vet said he thinks she is only 2 months old. I was wondering if the reason she is always sleeping is due to the fact that she is so thin and has to build up energy. I plan to take her to the vet to get her first set of shot friday or saturday so i'll ask the vet then but I was wondering if it was normal. She's free to roam the house with our other cat except at night when we confine her to the bathroom. SO I was wondering if it was fairly normal for a kitten to be sleeping all the time and not the least bit playful I mean all the kittens I have ever had were playful, never like this. Also I was wondering which was better dry or canned food, right now I'm am giving her canned authority kitten food during the day and dry kitten food by authority at night, since she is so tiny she seems to like the canned better I figured it will help put weight on her more then the dry since she doens't eat that much of it. Thanks Laura Considering the medical problems the kitten has had, it's not unexpected that she will not be very playful and will sleep a lot at this point. It's only been four days since she was dewormed. She'll most likely be doing better when she sees the vet next Saturday. The Authority kitten formula cat food is reasonably good. Instead of having her vaccinations on the next vet visit, I would have the vet do the combo tests to see if the kitten has any diseases, such as feline leukemia. The firsts set of shots can wait until the next visit when the kitten will be stronger. It would be a good idea to keep the kitten separate from the other cats in the household until the combo tests are done. It is possible they could catch an infection from the kitten if she has one. Congrats on the new addition. Bill |
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