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ladyjanellyNew family member, hope he makes it through the night.
So a few days ago, Kendra found a kitten in a field near Austin, probably a pet that someone got rid of.
Sweet little black thing. her friend told her to take it to the shelter in Richardson, that they'd check it out and stuff. So we went back today to get it, and they hadn't done anything, no idea if it had FIV or what. So we picked him up and took him to the vet.
He's got a hidious upper respiratory infection. He's skin and bones, and severely dehydrated. The Richardson animal shelter is beyond shitty.
We aren't willing to invest the $225 for the full regimen of treatments and tests and what-not when we don't even know his FIV and Lukemia status and we've only had him an hour. We got him de-fleaed, picked up the antibiotics, and the Vet's assistant slipped us some of the high-calorie-protien-vitamin stuff in little syringes (for free).
I'm hand-nursing him for a few days to see how he's gonna do. He's already more responsive than when we picked him up, trying to drink water on his own and purring through his snot. I've never seen a cat make snot-bubbles before. When he tries to eat or drink something besides the syringe, I think he's suffocating so he's given it up. He seems pretty happy to have me hand-nurse him.
The FIV test takes a couple days to come back. Figured we'd make sure he'll live before we spring for it.
Anyways,
So a few days ago, Kendra found a kitten in a field near Austin, probably a pet that someone got rid of.
Sweet little black thing. her friend told her to take it to the shelter in Richardson, that they'd check it out and stuff. So we went back today to get it, and they hadn't done anything, no idea if it had FIV or what. So we picked him up and took him to the vet.
He's got a hidious upper respiratory infection. He's skin and bones, and severely dehydrated. The Richardson animal shelter is beyond shitty.
We aren't willing to invest the $225 for the full regimen of treatments and tests and what-not when we don't even know his FIV and Lukemia status and we've only had him an hour. We got him de-fleaed, picked up the antibiotics, and the Vet's assistant slipped us some of the high-calorie-protien-vitamin stuff in little syringes (for free).
I'm hand-nursing him for a few days to see how he's gonna do. He's already more responsive than when we picked him up, trying to drink water on his own and purring through his snot. I've never seen a cat make snot-bubbles before. When he tries to eat or drink something besides the syringe, I think he's suffocating so he's given it up. He seems pretty happy to have me hand-nurse him.
The FIV test takes a couple days to come back. Figured we'd make sure he'll live before we spring for it.
Anyways,
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Date: 2007-06-26 08:00 pm (UTC)We really appreciate Achilles' offer. Hopefully in the next day or so, Piff will be eating the high-calorie canned kitten food, which is like $1/day instead of the tube stuff that's crazy expensive. Hey, you don't happen to have a humidifier you're not using, do you? The vet said that might help, and we don't have one.
I'm sitting in "Piff's room" on the floor, typing on the laptop while the storm rolls by outside. Piff is in my lap, happy as a clam. He's meowed twice since we got him, both times when the vet was doing an ouchie thing. He's such a good boy.
I'll probably weigh him on the postal scale tonight and make sure he hasn't lost more weight.
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Date: 2007-06-26 09:40 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-06-26 11:43 pm (UTC)That would be excellent. He'll probably only need it for a week or so.
Any idea what time you'll be around? Anytime after 10:30 I can be home and let you visit with Piff.
I'm gonna put my phone and address in the next comment and then delete it so nobody can see it.