Yuffie is very small and doesn't eat a lot for her age, she was fine when we got her but caught a cold and then went downhill, she was given anti-bios and perked up again.
She then caught a cold again and we repeated, she reacted the same.
But now she's 3 months and 800g, wereas our other kitten, Kupo, is the same age and 1.5kg. The vet injected her with fluids because she was dehydrated gave us KRM to give her 5 times a day through a syringe and water 5 times a day.
We took her the vets Tuesday and she suspects a liver problem, where her liver isn't developed properly( I think she meant a shunt), as she has a HUGE tummy which she thinks is all fluids, shakes now and again after she eats, sleeps all day and doesn't play much, the vet did blood tests of her liver, a liver index and an antibody, and suggested putting her down rather than struggling to keep her going and possibly exhausting her and our finances if she does have the liver problem she thinks.
Right now I'm feeding her whiskers kitten food until she won't eat any more, than gourmet adult cat food until she won't eat any more of that. She's sleeping all day and isn't walking too far, but perks up after a little bit of water, not too much though. She urinated herself yesterday twice but hasn't since and hasn't done that before, and has really sloppy poo's, despite giving her 1 notch of Pro Kolin twice a day.
I'm going to ask the vet today if I can try her on anti bios for a week to see if it has any effect.
We're waiting for the results now, but I was wondering: If a kitten has a bad liver, is there ANY hope at all? I can't bare to think of not having her here.
And if (God forbid) she does need to be let go, should I take Kupo to watch, will it help her with grieving if she knows where Yuffie is? If I should take her, should I let her sniff her or anything? I don't know how cats recognise another has passed away.
And should I consider another kitten? I feel disrespectful to Yuffie even thinking about it, like I'd be replacing her, but noone could replace her, she's my baby, I'll always remember every morning when I woke up with her next to my face with her silent meows, and her quirky little mannerisms.
But Kupo was always going to be an indoor kitten who I'll take out in the back garden when she's finished her injections, so is it fair to leave her alone in the house at times when my partner and I are working? I still have to think of her, too.
She took to Yuffie after about a week, Kupo had been here 2 weeks when I introduced Yuffie, and it took her about a week or two to warm to the idea, but she loves her to bits now.
Thanks a lot for reading.
Joanne.
