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What to Do When a Kitten Has Diarrhea and Vomiting
Many of us have met newborn or just-weaned kittens with diarrhea or vomiting. Beginners can only ask the vet or the seller. Sometimes the seller lacks experience or gives wrong advice, and most vets say the kitten is too small to treat - just give probiotics. Here we explain what to actually do.
Found a Stray Kitten Under a Month Old—Drinks Some Milk, Runny Nose, One Eye Barely Opens. Any Recommended Medicine? (Urgent)
The kitten may have cat flu, a serious young-kitten infection. Get infectious-disease screening at a vet; if confirmed, start antivirals (interferon plus antibiotics) with supportive care right away.
Best treatment for kitten stomatitis?
Remove cause, medicate, care. Causes vary; antibiotics like amoxicillin/metronidazole, vitamins, oral spray. Viral: antivirals.
What do I do if a one-month-old kitten has cat flu?
Treat kitten cat flu with interferon and inhibitory proteins plus appropriate antibiotics to prevent secondary infection, and add lysine and nutrition to build immunity. Use eye drops for tearing; after recovery keep immunity and nutrition high to prevent relapse.
How is a kitten with herpes virus treated?
A herpes virus infection is quite dangerous in kittens and can easily be fatal without prompt treatment. If a kitten is infected and shows symptoms, use antiviral medication, antibiotics, lysine, and anti-inflammatory eye drops promptly, and have a vet guide the treatment.
My kitten has pus bumps and the vet is unsure of the cause – what should I do?
Abdominal skin breakdown with pus may be an umbilical hernia or infection. Surgery helps a ruptured hernia; clean the wound and use antibiotics if severe.
My kitten switched food abruptly with no transition, ate a lot, then had diarrhea; I bathed it, and next day it was lethargic, dry-nosed, and refusing food, now vomiting but stools normal.
Food changes must be gradual; a sudden large amount causes gut upset with diarrhea and vomiting. This is likely stress from the switch plus the bath. Stop the new food, return to soaked old food, add probiotics. If vomiting continues, fast 6 to 8 hours with glucose electrolyte water, then pet anti-vomit medicine and antibiotics; if it stops, slowly return to soaked food; if it continues, see a vet.
Kitten diagnosed with panleukopenia, mild diarrhea, no other symptoms; treat panleukopenia directly or diarrhea first
Treat panleukopenia directly; diarrhea is from the virus, needing monoclonal antibodies and interferon to control replication and boost immunity. Vet adds antibiotics/antidiarrheals. If eating, daily shots; if diarrhea/vomiting worsens or no eating, IV for nutrition and dehydration.
My 14-month-old kitten urinates often but only a little each time; otherwise normal – what’s wrong?
Frequent, small urination may be urinary stones, cystitis or urethritis; get urine and X-ray tests. Stones may need surgery; infections need antibiotics, painkillers and diuretics, plus more water.
My one-month-old kitten has had lower eyelid swelling for days. What medicine can treat it?
The photo suggests a scratch causing lower eyelid swelling with a visible wound. Use pet anti-inflammatory eye drops and a collar; antibiotics if severe.