Saturday, June 29, 2013

Saturday update.....

First THANK YOU for the comments....we so appreciate the love, tears, support and even outrage for mom. She is still hurting some, but knowing that you all are out there makes a difference.

Now, for the morning update: the roller coaster continues. Rocket and Sputnik were at the vet starting on Thursday. The operations director (a different lady from Thursday) called last night. Friday morning Rocket had a seizure and crossed the Bridge too, joining his sisters and mom. That is 3 kittens from this litter and NO ONE seems to have a clue what is going on.....  mom asked and the lady seemed not to have an answer.

The good news is that Sputnik is doing well and mom is leaving in about 30 minutes to go get him and bring him home. Of course, he has always been the largest of the kittens, so he probably had a better store of energy for whatever got him.

The four that are here: Orbit (now nicknamed the Marshmallow - she is kind of round, but seriously... who would eat a gray fuzzy marshmallow - mom is just weird) is doing great. Other than being down when the calici first hit, she has been great. Eating like a champ, never got the runs (knock on wood), playing like mad.

Nasa, Hubble and Corona still have the runs something terrible. Their poor butts are kinda raw. When the operations director called yesterday, she made it clear how important it is to keep them clean and the ointment on them (duh). But, all eating like mad and running around like crazy.

Here is what is baffling: they were treated for coccidia. They eat like they have never seen food and will never again..... and yet they have the runs (which may also explain why they seem constantly hungry). The shelter is running some tests (supposedly) not no one has any answers. If anyone out there has ANY ideas....we are open to suggestions. For now they are being fed often and confined to the bathroom only!! Mom is hopeful that maybe she will learn something when she picks up Sputnik (if she does, we will update later).

15 comments:

  1. Poor Rocket! I hope the others are past the point of danger.

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  2. Oh dear poor Rocket.
    You do an amazing job.
    It's sad that there isn't more praise from the upper staff towards you. If they truly understood all that you do I believe they would be amazed.

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  3. Poor little things...I wish I had a clue.

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  4. Sorry I don't have anything to offer, other than our support, love and admiration for all you do. Hugs to you and purrs for the babies, Jeanne.

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  5. Oh, no! I wish we had some brilliant ideas, but we don't. How scary!
    Play bows,
    Zim

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  6. Poor little Rocket! I certainly hope someone finds an answer soon for these poor babies.

    Sorry, I have no ideas for you. I'd think if they are eating that's good, as they are replacing what they are losing.

    In the meantime it sounds messy!

    Take care.


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  7. When Coco and Felix had the runs as kittens, I skipped one dinner then fed them steamed chicken breast (no oil). That stopped the runs immediately and proper stools formed in about 2 days. That was my experience with dealing with kitties and Whisky on occasions they had the runs.

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  8. Just found out about your losses - so very sorry about the momma and kittens. Sometimes one never knows what happened. Hope the others come thru OK.

    Cats of wildcat woods

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  9. We are praying super hard for the remaining space kitten. Each one was and is so beautiful and precious and we want those remaining to grow up and have catacular lives. Paws crossed! Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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  10. purrs and {{hugs}}--could it be allergies? How about feeding raw for a couple of days?

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  11. We sure hope the vets figure out what is going so badly fer the poor kittens! That Thursday lady is sure annoyin. How can annyone prevent or solve a problem iffen no one can say what it it?

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  12. Oh purrs for Rocket. :(

    We don't have any ideas for you...but we hope the runs stop and the kittens start doing better.

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  13. Poor Rocket. Have you tried taking him to another vet to listen to other opinion?

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  14. More hugs for another baby lost. We hope and pray they find the answer soon!

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  15. Meira and her kittens had horrible diarrhea that cleared up with a limited ingredient diet.. we had a couple that year that we think had major food allergies..

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