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My young kitten was eating well but suddenly stopped drinking goat milk formula
First find the cause. If the kitten is lively, the formula's taste, temperature, or preference may be the issue—try a more palatable formula at the right temperature, and if still refused, syringe-feed to avoid dehydration and imbalance. If refusal comes with lethargy, it may be sick—see a vet.
I bathed the kitten at home once, then noticed yellow nasal discharge and bad breath. Is this a cold or feline rhinotracheitis?
Rhinotracheitis causes sneezing, runny nose, lethargy, fever, poor appetite, red eyes, and sometimes mouth ulcers, with clear then yellow-green discharge. If only runny nose with normal spirit and appetite, it's likely a bacterial infection from chill. Try pet cold and anti-inflammatory medicine.
A kitten just over a week old; the first few days it ate, drank, and slept normally and ate plenty, but today it has been sleeping constantly, eating little, urinating normally, cries when cold, and cuddles the hot-water bottle and goes back to sleep. Is this normal?
Excessive sleep is normal for young kittens, which are active only 3 to 4 hours a day. Keep it warm and feed small, frequent meals. If it shows lethargy or other abnormalities, see a vet to rule out illness.
Kitten was fine when first brought home, but started vomiting the next day with clear fluid and white foam, refusing food, listless for three days, vomiting 2 to 3 times daily, sometimes yellow; never ate, threw up a few kibbles, ate some cat strips and hairball paste, water never cut off. Gave amoxicillin on day three, still vomiting, ate some chicken breast, vomited green fluid at night, then started having diarrhea.
Based on your description, vomiting, lethargy, loss of appetite, and diarrhea are most likely caused by enteritis or feline panleukopenia (distemper) virus infection. Because symptoms appeared shortly after bringing the kitten home, it may be a so-called week-old kitten from an unreliable source.
My four-month-old kitten threw up yellow-green foamy fluid all day yesterday, has been lethargic and refusing food/water all day, with bad breath; before that it may have drunk spoiled milk (not sure) – is it just an upset stomach? I gave a little probiotics and omeprazole; should I go to the hospital?
Yellow-green foamy vomit may come from spoiled food, parasites, prolonged fasting, infectious disease, pancreatitis, hepatitis, or kidney damage. If vomiting is not frequent, withhold food and give glucose water and probiotics; spoiled milk may cause gastroenteritis, so pet anti-inflammatory helps, then feed soaked kibble in small amounts once it stops. If vomiting is frequent or with fever, arched back, pain, or lethargy, see a vet for the cause.
My 2-Month-Old Kitten Vomited White Foam and Lots of Water All Day the First Day; Next Day Had a 40.3°C Fever, Lethargic, Slept Constantly; Recently Poor Appetite, Weak When Walking, Rapid Breathing About 50/min, Seems Dying
Per description, vomiting, fever, lethargy, weakness, rapid breathing suggest panleukopenia, FIP, or other infectious disease. Unvaccinated kittens are high-risk; these are dangerous with high mortality. Seek vet promptly - timely treatment matters, don't delay or the kitten may die.
My kitten has been listless, not eating or drinking for two days, with abnormal stool and always sleeping, weak when it reacts
Not eating and lethargy are signs of illness needing a vet exam; with diarrhea, vomiting, or fever, an unvaccinated kitten may have distemper, and an undewormed one may have internal parasites; FIP, hepatitis, nephritis, or constipation also show this. See a vet.
My kitten fell from the third floor and keeps bleeding from its nose. What should I do?
For a fallen cat with nosebleed, rush to a hospital for detailed exam. Bleeding may be internal (lung rupture)—dangerous; or from nasal mucosa/palate from the fall—check mucosa/palate, use gauze to stop severe bleeding (if stopped, less serious). If bleeding + poor appetite/lethargy, urgent hospital for hemostatic/pain shots; after 48h, normal eating/spirit = out of danger.
My foundling orange kitten had normal stool first day on kibble, then diarrhea; only fed kibble and lactose-free milk, gave smecta and probiotics, improved, then relapsed after stopping smecta; no fever/vomit, eats/sleeps well but diarrhea; today a bit of blood.
Give pet probiotics for diarrhea; avoid dairy (even lactose-free). If no improvement plus blood, likely parasite-induced enteritis—get a fecal test first to identify the parasite, then choose dewormer (giardia/coccidia need specific drugs, common dewormers don't work; both cause persistent bloody diarrhea; also roundworm/tapeworm). Severe bleeding: oral anti-inflammatory. If blood/diarrhea with low appetite/fever/lethargy, check for panleukopenia.
My kitten is about three months old. For the last three or four days it has stopped eating and drinking and is getting thinner, though it will eat a bit of cat treat paste. Its eyes are red with discharge, it’s drooling and sneezing.
Based on your description, your kitten has contracted some disease or infection. There are many causes for red eyes, increased discharge, drooling, sneezing, reduced appetite, and lethargy - common ones include feline rhinotracheitis caused by the herpes virus, calicivirus, mycoplasma, chlamydia, other pathogen-caused respiratory diseases, stomatitis, and feline infectious peritonitis. It is recommended to take the kitten to a veterinarian promptly for examination and diagnosis. The vet can determine the kitten's health through a physical exam, blood tests, and other necessary checks, and provide corresponding treatment. While waiting to see the vet, make sure the kitten stays warm, dry, and comfortable, provide clean drinking water and soft food, and clean its eyes and nose regularly.