Kitten health question - Please read I need advice

[wishuponastarforever]

My DD introduced a new kitten to her home (she already has 4 cats) last week. She rescued the kitten from one of the pet stores that has a "no kill" policy and handles adoptions. The kitten has had his first set of shots and had been neutered.

He came down with an upper respiratory infection several days ago. She took him to the vet Thursday. The Vet basically told her it had to run it's course and told her signs to look for that would indicate it was getting worse. Green discharge - that type of thing.

Just a few minutes ago, the little kitten had a short seizure - he produced alot of saliva and was very scared. Her vet is closed.

Has anyone any idea what this could be? She is definitely going back to the Vet Monday. I'm just nervous about the other cats too so I am encouraging her to go to a 24 hour animal hospital.

Please let me know if anyone has experience with this type of health issue in kittens.

Thank you

 

[Gary M]

When we got Gracie a couple of years ago she had a severe upper respiratory infection. She had an eye that was swollen shut, sneezed and all kinds of nasty stuff was coming out of her nose. I don't think letting it "run its course" is the way to go. We got some kind of medication from our vet and Gracie was fine in a week or so. Our other cat, Skippy, never got the infection.

I truly would see another vet and get some medication. Gracie had a very difficult time with this illness.

 

[lisajl]

Hi,
Sorry to hear about that kitten. That was nice of your daughter to adopt another kitty.

First off, they should have given that kitten some type of antibiotic, especially if there is green stuff coming out of it's nose.
Secondly, I have no idea about the seizures.
I would not think that the upper resp. problem would cause seizures, but I don't know.

My cat, Molly is an epileptic. So, I know seizures are horrible!

Let us know what your DD does for little kitty.

I hope everything goes well.

Lisa

 

[wishuponastarforever]

Thank you Gary M and lisajl

I posted so quickly I know what I wrote is confusing.

The upper respiratory infection is very mild - there isn't any discharge - just some sneezing - the vet just told her what to be concerned about if it happened to get worse. Which so far the infection hasn't gotten worse.

I am just very concerned about the seizure -
lisajl - does Molly take medication? How did you know her seizures are eplilepsy rather than any other health problem?

I went on line and it seems to be very serious if there are two or more seizures in a 24 hour period. I just want DD to take the kitten to a 24 hour emergency vet. I figured I could ask all the wonderful Disers and if you had any experience with this you would let me know.

Thank you both again.

 

[totalia]

i wouldn't worry much about the respiratory infection so long as you see no discharge or anything.

The seizure concerns me though. There could be alot more wrong with the kitten than just the infection and he needs a thorough examination including xrays. There's a reason the poor thing had one.

I suggest you try to find a 24 hour vet hospital and take the animal in.

 

[pammy1027]

Please take the kitten to the 24 hour Vet or to a Petsmart if they are in your part of the country. The 24 hour Vets are expensive, but quite capable of handling emergencies- minor or major.

I'd much rather spend the $70 fee + tests and medications to give me peace of mind and make sure kitty lasts until Monday.
I don't mean to scare you, but you just never know.

Every pet I have (6 of them) have taken their trip to the Emergency Vet during their first weeks home with me and they are all Shelter animals.

You're new kitty will surely love you for caring so much!

 

[lisajl]

If your DD has this kitten established at a vet, they may have a doctor on call. Try them first.
The vet I work for only stays on call till 3 pm on Saturdays.

Molly did not have anything in her bloodwork that would suggest something to cause her seizures. She has cluster seizures. Goes without them for a quite a while, then has some.

She is suppose to be on phenobarbital, but I truly hate giving it to her. It breaks down the liver and other organs. She is going on 10 years old and I don't know what I would do with her.

Please have your daughter call her vet and let us know.

Lisa

 

[anditoo72]

My sister bought a dog from a store before and he had a respitory infection also, similar to what you are talking about and they called it "kennel cough"- I am not sure if this can be passed along to cats. If it is "kennel cough" I know that it was passable to other dogs we had to seperate our other dog away from him and he recieved antibiotics - it took him a long time (like months) for him to fully recover. I would seperate the other cats just in case and if there any children in the house, I would keep them away also- just in case. Poor kitty

 

[lisajl]

Dogs are the only ones that can get kennel cough, so it's probably URI.

 

[Rajah]

Any updates on this kitty?

Seisures are one thing I don't have experience with, so I'll just offer some :hugs:

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Yes, let us know how the kitty turned out. I hope he's okay.