What's wrong with Cali?!

[hibbsb]

Cali is only 6.5 weeks old. She was the runt of her litter and weve only had her for about 1-2 weeks. We have been told that she was taken away from her mother way to early but the vets said she was fine. She was taken to the vets about a week ago and they said everything was fine. She suffered a few days of diarrhea and now seems to be backed up. She cries when she goes into her litter box and searches around like she cant find a place to poop (but i always keep her box clean to see if i could resolve this). She ends up walking out of her box not having done anything. Her activeness has been fine undtil today. She sleeps for a bit and its quite active for a bit terrorizing my 3 year old cat. And at night she loves to play while im trying to sleep. Today she did not have any energy. She basically slept for the WHOLE day and is crying like mad! She usually cries if shes sleeping and you dare move her....but today she was like scream-meowing like she was in severe pain. She pooped today though, but it was a very hard stool. We called the vets just as they were closing and they said make sure she keeps hydrated so we are giving her water with a syringe and they suggested KY jelly on her bottom. The symptoms basically all lead to worms but there are no signs of any actual worms present. .... what is wrong with my baby?! :'(

[PrettyKitty1]

Aww..poor kitty.  She must be so uncomfortable with those hard stools.  Give her stool softeners until you find out what her issue is when you take her to the vet’s. The KMR is very good, like Savas was explaining. And also a bit of canned pumpkin and physillium husk.  Physillium Husk is a bit tricky because you do not want to give her too much as it will make her more constipated; but the right amount will get her going. Ultimately, you could try getting foods with higher fiber content.  Hill’s r/d could help her out, or  Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Feline High Fiber dry cat food (For Kittens) I don’t usually recommend these diets but  you can be successful with them in your cat’s case. Good nutrition is important so, with your vet’s guidance, try to look for high quality foods. Here is a good website on high quality foods. It ends in (.org) so it is reliable.

http://www.catinfo.org/commercialcannedfoods.htm

Hope she gets better. And always consult your vet before doing something drastic. She will be fine with KMR, though. Cats usually love it!


Good Luck!

[Savas]

Try picking up the liquid supplement KMR milk replacer. First, it will give your cat neccessary nutrition that it didn't get from good ol' fashioned mother's milk.

Secondly, liquid milk replacer can have the unfortunate side effect of causing loose stools and diarrhea in cats.

In a case of hard stools, it could be just the trick to "loosen things up". ;-)

Hopefully the situation will resolve in the next week or two. Sometimes kittens develop mega colon, crystals, or other issues that carry into adulthood when taken from their mothers to young. If this is the case, a proper diet/medication regime can alleviate the situation and give kitty a happy, normal life.