Can there be a serious illness when the kitten has diarrhea, and how to treat it?
Most owners of domestic cats with the appearance of the first signs of loose stools begin to suspect poisoning. Immediately reviewed all the menu that was offered to their favorite. In fact, diarrhea in cats is more of a digestive problem.
Most often this happens when the animal is transferred from one type of feed to another.
Another cause of diarrhea can be food poisoning. Poor quality products are to blame. The digestive system of the animal is approximately the same as in humans. If a cat’s diarrhea literally begins within an hour or two after the last meal, it is worth taking all measures to save the animal. Poisoning can occur in mild and severe form. May be accompanied by fever and vomiting. It is best to immediately contact a specialist in a veterinary clinic.
Perhaps the worst disease that begins with these signs is panleukopenia.
Everyone has long known the name of the terrible canine disease "plague"; human - "AIDS". Panleukopenia disease is just as scary.
In all three cases, the danger is practically the absence of white blood cells in the blood.
How to determine for yourself when a kitten has diarrhea, but is it a serious disease? From the first hours at home, it is almost impossible to make a correct diagnosis.
Diagnostics
Of course, you can use the services of a veterinarian at home. Almost every such team can take the necessary blood tests (blood is taken from a vein). According to the rapid blood test, a qualified doctor can make almost 100% diagnosis or exclude panleukopenia.
The treatment of this disease is quite complicated. Kittens are particularly poorly tolerated. In 90% of cases with this diagnosis, death. It is believed that an animal that has survived 3-4 days of illness will survive! But the disease is not incurable. The main thing is to diagnose and strictly fulfill all the appointments of a veterinarian on time.
When a kitten has diarrhea , vomiting occurs almost simultaneously with it. Vomit has a whitish-yellowish tint with foam.
In addition, vomiting and diarrhea cause pain in the animal, so before the kitten becomes ill, he mews, as if asking for help.
The kid quickly loses weight. His appetite is zero.
If the diagnosis of a blood test is confirmed, in no case should you despair. The veterinarian will appoint every 48 hours to consult a doctor who will put antiviral drugs according to the scheme. In addition, at home for 8-10 days will have to do at least 3 injections 2 times a day intramuscularly. If this is not possible at home, in many clinics they leave animals in hospitals.
All this time, the owner will have to water his baby water, rice broth, decoction of oak bark, other astringent infusions. When the kitten’s diarrhea stops, this can be considered a good sign and a chance that the doctor will cancel one of the daily injections.
The following injections (vitamins) the doctor can cancel only with the appearance of a good independent appetite.
The doctor will not cancel antibiotics in injections within 7 days in any case. With any well-being of the animal.
When completing this course, the next step will be the treatment with pills that the cat will have to drink for another week.
During the course of treatment or after it, it is necessary to give all age-related vaccinations to the pet so that the next time the kitten has diarrhea, a terrible disease does not recur.
Prevention
It is a mistake to think that domestic cats cannot get a viral infection (panleukopenia is just such a disease). A microbe can get to a pet even from a grain of sand brought from the street on the shoes of its owner. Veterinarians argue that it is domestic cats that are sick more often than their brothers walking on the street. The fact is that such pets do not receive enough oxygen and nutrients that the cat finds in the herbal "pharmacy." The owner's concern is to provide his pet with everything necessary.