hello everyone,
I am really hoping to get as much advice I can on a ill kitten I had found 4 days ago. I had found him on the side of the road as if someone left him there to die. he has improved since I have had him actually quite a bit. when he first arrived home he was a bag of bones, still is but looks and feels as if he has put on a little weight. thank goodness!
at first I thought we would do well on just plain old iams kitten canned food and water along with a warm place to sleep. two days later I saw he was urinating himself while eating, sleeping etc. it came to me that he had a bladder infection and hopefully not a kidney infection. he had ick all over the back of his legs and tummy so I gave him a bath, well the day after it was back again and it came to me that it is urine. so he has/had urinary incontinence.
I found online that 50/50 apple cider vinegar and water were the way to go. so I tried syringe feeding, bad thing is I think he may have aspirated some! ever since he has been wheezing and while he eats/drinks he sounds as if he is choking. this really scares me. also his little pee pee is very swollen, i am scared there could be a blockage soon to come. I read about that also online.
someone advised me to give him KMR to get him back on his feet. I scraped up the last of my money to get him a large can of it for almost 30 dollars. yes I do know the best thing would be to get him to a vet but as I said I used the last of my money and literally only have a nickel and a few pennies left in my purse until pay day which isnt for another week.
he also I believe has a upper respitory infection, very runny eyes and nose and a little bit of a hard time breathing. he is around 4-6 weeks my best guess from his teeth...? called around to local vets and they all said I must have the money and to bring at least 100 dollars, i dont even know I will have that once I get paid. I am the only income in the house and have to support my year old son. I do not know what to do!!! all rescues are full in our area. I would LOVE to keep him as I know our finances will improve to get him neutered/shots, etc. its just right at this moment I am very POOR.
I have been giving him the KMR and giving him 250 mg of lysine total per day (supposively good for URI) and two capsules broken open of cranberry) in his KMR milk every feeding. also I put 1/2 tsp of apple cider vinegar so he will not aspirate it and I also stick some pedialyte in there as well to help with dehydration. he loves it which is a good thing. I give him as much as he will take and he is old enough to lap. also I have a towel for him to lay on that I will throw in the dryer to keep it warm and I have a few heat packs on the towel that I can toss in the microwave. also I have a night time lizard heat lamp going and yes I checked to see that it is not too hot it is 75 watts and only spot heats so he can move away from it if too warm.
good news! he seems to no longer be urinating himself. I really think the cranberry powder and apple cider vinegar helped. he has perked up some but still needs help. I am trying my best to give him as much TLC as I can. if I am doing something wrong or if I need to do something else then please advise me!
he is walking and very friendly but still seems pretty weak. he is using the litterbox very well. I really think he needs an antibiotic, but as the vets said he must be evaluated, etc. and they want him to leave with the whole sha bang and yes I really want that but it is sooooooooo expensive. I really wish I found him a month later he would be at the vet in good hands. any advice please?!!!!!!!!!!!!
