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Article #1574Re: sick kitty
From: Liz Vaughan
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1986 19:57
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1986 19:57
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All the "conning kitty to eat" ideas are good, but be sure that there isn't something else wrong. A "cold" in kittens may turn out to be neumenitis (kitty pneumonia) or distemper. Just because the other kitten got better doesn't mean this one doesn't have something serious. Take her to a vet you trust PRONTO If it IS just a cold, food should help - kittens don't have a lot of body reserves to live off of. Especially try to force water (even sugar water if she won't take food) - a turkey baster makes this pretty easy. When a stray kitten we'd picked up had distemper, we finally got her to eat cottage cheese and egg yolks (and she made it!) One final word on selecting a healthy kitten (or puppy): young animals are pretty active unless they're asleep. If kitty just lies there doing nothing, chances are something's wrong (probably just worms though). Good luck
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 (USS@Tek, v1.1) based on 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site tektools.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!hplabs!tektronix!tektools!lizv From: lizv@tektools.UUCP (Liz Vaughan) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: sick kitty Message-ID: <836@tektools.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 14:57:31 EST Article-I.D.: tektools.836 Posted: Wed Mar 19 14:57:31 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Mar-86 07:14:52 EST References: <115@nvuxb.UUCP> <51700008@ctvax> Reply-To: lizv@tektools.UUCP (Liz Vaughan) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 19