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Has she been playing less since she got the dewormer? The kitten is under
weight and probably is more fragile as a result. She should be thoroughly checked over to make sure nothing else is wrong with her. I would feed high quality dry and canned food. Feed her small amounts frequently and always provide fresh water. Two months old is very young and ideally she should not yet have been separated from her mother. With good care she should be OK, though. Gail "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 |
Has she been playing less since she got the dewormer? The kitten is under
weight and probably is more fragile as a result. She should be thoroughly checked over to make sure nothing else is wrong with her. I would feed high quality dry and canned food. Feed her small amounts frequently and always provide fresh water. Two months old is very young and ideally she should not yet have been separated from her mother. With good care she should be OK, though. Gail "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 |
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kitten alwasys sleeping and a few other questions
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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 |
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Thanks for the reply. Since she got the dewormer the next day after I got her I do not know if that is affecting her. She watches my laser pointer and mouse pointer but doesn't play with balls or anything like that. I shall have her checked out by the vet again on friday or saturday, the vet i took her to for her eye wasn't my normal vet but he seemed to check her over a fair amount, my normal vet checks temp though and he didn't. I know she's alwfully young to be away from her mom but I got her from a fairly horrible situation, she seems to eat a lot of food though and think my dog is her mommy. Not really trying to get milk but trys to cuddle and the dog doesn't know what to think of her. Also I was wondering if there was a minimum weight for a kitten to be before then can get there first set of shots. "Gail" wrote in message ... Has she been playing less since she got the dewormer? The kitten is under weight and probably is more fragile as a result. She should be thoroughly checked over to make sure nothing else is wrong with her. I would feed high quality dry and canned food. Feed her small amounts frequently and always provide fresh water. Two months old is very young and ideally she should not yet have been separated from her mother. With good care she should be OK, though. Gail "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 |
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Thanks for the reply. Since she got the dewormer the next day after I got her I do not know if that is affecting her. She watches my laser pointer and mouse pointer but doesn't play with balls or anything like that. I shall have her checked out by the vet again on friday or saturday, the vet i took her to for her eye wasn't my normal vet but he seemed to check her over a fair amount, my normal vet checks temp though and he didn't. I know she's alwfully young to be away from her mom but I got her from a fairly horrible situation, she seems to eat a lot of food though and think my dog is her mommy. Not really trying to get milk but trys to cuddle and the dog doesn't know what to think of her. Also I was wondering if there was a minimum weight for a kitten to be before then can get there first set of shots. "Gail" wrote in message ... Has she been playing less since she got the dewormer? The kitten is under weight and probably is more fragile as a result. She should be thoroughly checked over to make sure nothing else is wrong with her. I would feed high quality dry and canned food. Feed her small amounts frequently and always provide fresh water. Two months old is very young and ideally she should not yet have been separated from her mother. With good care she should be OK, though. Gail "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 |
From: "Laura"
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. I highly recommend taking her back to the vet to see what is going on. I also recommend giving her some KMR (kitten replacement milk) along with her food to build her up. You can buy KMR at most pet supply stores. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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 ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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