treatment for kitten with head injury and seizures

[angelle321]

If a 5 week old, 1.6 lb. kitten had some sort of head injury that was causing seizures, what would be the most likely path of treatment. Is there anything that can be done?

The kitten was seen by an emergency care clinic but they did not answer this question for me. I will be contacting my regular vet tomorrow. I do not know what caused the injury but I am sure there was one.

[meggers570]

awe! the poor bitty kitty! i will keep your bitty baby friend in my thoughts.
i would think that the baby kitties have a softer skull like a human baby.  any bump to the noggin in a baby could cause a concussion. seizures are scarry as hell! just make sure the bitty kitty knows that you love it.

[Savas]

generally you take a "wait and see" approach with a head injury with a kitten that young. I know it's not a very satisfying answer, but it's a delicate age and most medications for seizure related orders can wreck havoc on such a young kitten's system.

See what your vet says. Perhaps s/he'll decide it's worth the risk to use one of the anti seizure med's. hopefully there's just some swelling causing the seizures and after a few days it will go down and the problem will resolve itself.

Keep an eye on her and make note of any motr skill problems or behavioral problems. Be sure to tell your vet about them.

[angie143]

a stray cat had kittens in my 2nd floor wall. They are about 3 wks old and fell down to my basement, one inparticilar has  been having some problems he was the 1st to fall and the others fell  on top of him now he rolls in pain and cant walk his head is tilted to the right and dosent stay up the right eye also slugish pls give me any helpful sugg.

[seagirl1120]

Hi there. I just adopted a 6 month old female kitten from a good friend). About 3 or 4 months ago the kitten got up on his kitchen counter from the couch and fell off. She hit her head and was bleeding out of her right ear. He rushed her to an emergency vet where they told him she had a skull fracture. They gave her pain meds through an IV and kept her in an oxygen filled incubator. They gave the kitty a 50% chance of survival. He picked her up the following morning and paid them $600. They advised he take her to another vet where the cost wouldn't be as hi, but he took her home. I helped him feed her with kitten formula and a bottle. She wouldn't suck, so we had to squeeE drops of formula into her mouth and allow her time to swallow. He fed her that way for a few days and then stopped. The mother cat cleaned her constantly and got her only kitten to nurse again. The kitten was basically a vegetable. She couldn't walk. She would try, but would fall over and continue in circles. She would lift her head up and then fall to the right or would end up rolling over. It was hard to watch, but eventually she showed signs of improvement. I told my friend to think positive because I have a dog who was hit by a car 10 years ago and the vet told me to put her down because she would never recover and probably live a very difficult existence. That vet was wrong. My dog is amazing and so happy and appreciative to be alive. So, my point is, any trauma takes time and patience to heal. When the swelling goes down you will see improvements hopefully. My kitten is almost fully recovered. She walks a little silly and wobbles sometimes when she is in play mode and she can't jump up very high, but she is still young and probably continuing to heal. I hope by now your kitten has improved and he too will live a happy and full life with a caring, sensitive, understanding and most of all loving family.

[floppymoppy]

My cat ate pretzels and is now acting sick, red bloodshot eyes, vomitted twice and her eyes look like she wants to sleep. SHe only wants to lay around and sleep. what can I do. She has ate some food, but I can tell she is not feeling well.

[tonyrowe51]

kittens head was slammed in refrigerator door,she stretches when you wake her up,but then goes back to sleep,she has been like this for approx 24hrs,she hasnt ate anything and has used the bathroom onetime, can see a bit of swelling on her head.wakes up for a few minutes then goes back to sleep,

[hannu83]

my 4 month old kitten fell off my 18 feet balcony and landed on the concrete on her head... in india we dotn have the facility of MRI scans for animals... anyways we administered various shots to reduce inflammation in her brain, muscle relaxants etc.. the vets cudnt figure out exaclty what was wrong with her.. after the fall she cudnt walk for about ten days.. anyways she is now able to walk, however she isnt the playful overhyper kitten she once was... she walks really wobbly and is a little slow in her responses and cannot jump very well... she has lost weight .. she is pretty much half the size of her sister.. she dosent play so much anymore.. its been a month and a hlaf since the fall.. can anyone suggest what to do? will she ever be hyper of playful again? its heart breaking to see her like... im happy that she now walks and runs without toppling over.. but how do i know if she will improve any further.. we also administered mannitol shots in case there was fluid in her brain has the vet suggested... does anyone have any suggestions... some ppl told me to put her to sleep!!! i dont think thats the right option as im hoping and praying she fully recovers with our love and care...