kitten alwasys sleeping and a few other questions

From: "Laura"

Also I was wondering if there was a minimum weight for a kitten to be before
then can get there first set of shots.

I would definitely wait until she's completely healthy and has a strong immune
sytem before giving her any vaccinations. It clearly states on the vaccine
that it should only be given to healthy animals.

Lauren
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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

"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