All of the rescued kittens are putting on weight and are
healthy except the calico kitten. From
the time that we rescued she has shown signs of poor health. The eyes are draining, it is sneezing and I
had to bottle feed it longer than the other cats.
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| Calico kitten on the day we rescued her |
At
first, we thought all of the kittens were suffering from trauma, but when 4 of
the kittens started to put on weight and showed signs of improved health we
thought that the little calico may have a cat disease.
From the get-go, we saw that the cats push the calico kitten away
from the food or the replacement milk bowl so I picked her up and fed her
separately. The other thing that we noticed is that this little kitten sleeps a
lot.
When I spoke to my veterinarian's office they thought that I
may have found two litters of kittens and that maybe the little calico had
feline herpes virus caused by the stress from being taken away from the
mother cat before they were weaned or Feline Leukemia.
Know that the kittens were dirty when I got them and too
small to be away from their mom. They all suffered from trauma.
