Help, need some advice on next step.

[Shawn Myers]

Shawn. All I can say is I will keep you and your lil darlin in my prayers. She is a gorgous girl, BTW.

Thank you, Ive never seen a cat so talkative in my life. She always going on about something. Its bad that I start meowing back at her lol. Shes also getting the helicopter ears down. She can almost turn them all the way around and also have them facing forward straight up. I think her ears are gunna be huge.

 

[Shawn Myers]

some more pictures for you guys

 

[Carykd7kau]

Thank you, Ive never seen a cat so talkative in my life. She always going on about something. Its bad that I start meowing back at her lol. Shes also getting the helicopter ears down. She can almost turn them all the way around and also have them facing forward straight up. I think her ears are gunna be huge.

It's OK if you talk to her in her language. She is obviously trying to talk to you. If anybody gives you grief, tell
'em to mind their own business.

I think you are right. She has super ears. I love them. She may end up being kinda big herslef...but ya never can tell. Neither of mine a big girls. But that's ok. What they lack in size, they make up for in pure Spirit and love.

Hope you get the poo poo issue straightened out.

 

[WitchyWoman]

She is beautiful. I hope she doesn't have tritrich. One observation about the litter box -- maybe you should remove the lid. Some cats will pee in a lidded box but not poop in it and vice versa. And as she grows, she may find the lidded box too confining and she may not. Just bringing it up for future reference if there are litter box issues after she's feeling better.

 

[Shawn Myers]

It's OK if you talk to her in her language. She is obviously trying to talk to you. If anybody gives you grief, tell
'em to mind their own business.

I think you are right. She has super ears. I love them. She may end up being kinda big herslef...but ya never can tell. Neither of mine a big girls. But that's ok. What they lack in size, they make up for in pure Spirit and love.

Hope you get the poo poo issue straightened out.

Not sure on how big she will be. Her mom was around 11lbs while her dad was a big boy around 21lbs. One of her brothers is pretty big 5lbs 5oz at 20 weeks. She is 3lbs 12oz as of last weds. Part of me thinks she is a little underweight right now because of her condition. Ill try to post some pictures of her parents. Her mom was absolutely beautiful.

 

[Carykd7kau]

You just concern yourself with getting her better. THEN be concerned about making us all happy with picts.
Boys are most always bigger than girls. So having her brother over 5 lbs to her almost 4 lbs is not real big...But she does need some more bulk. Probably her weight is being affected by her illness. Make her better.

 

[Shawn Myers]

She is beautiful. I hope she doesn't have tritrich. One observation about the litter box -- maybe you should remove the lid. Some cats will pee in a lidded box but not poop in it and vice versa. And as she grows, she may find the lidded box too confining and she may not. Just bringing it up for future reference if there are litter box issues after she's feeling better.

The litter box issues doesnt seem to be because of the lid, but more of she couldnt make it there. The only reason I have it like this is because they insisted this is how they have it and they really like it because of the privacy. Unsure if this is true or not, but I believe a lot of what they said based on the fact they had a lot of experience.

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

Different cats will have different preferences for the litterbox... but most cats will prefer an uncovered box hence it is usually the first thing suggested with litterbox avoidance issues. I think you are right that NOW her issue is the infection (whether it is tritrich or something else), but WitchyWoman just mentioned it in case litterbox issues continued after the infection is dealt with

 

[Shawn Myers]

Just an update for everyone. We had to put the test on hold because of her being on antibiotics, so we had to wait 3 weeks. Around the 3 week mark my breeder decided she was going to get Mom and Dad tested for TF since another kitten in this litter was experiencing simular signs as mine. It took a couple weeks for them to get the test done, but long story short the test came back positive for TF in the Mom and Dad. I have been in contact with my vet about the next step. Ive read that roanidazole can be nasty on the cats and have bad side affects. Anyone have any first hand experience with this? We have gotten the leaking to stop with a mainly chicken, rice, and metimucile diet and a limited ingredient dry food. Her stool is still loose but she is at least not dripping everywhere. She has also started to grow a lot more and look a healthier weight. I want to measure her after work, but two weeks ago she was at 4 pounds at 6 months and now I want to say she might be around 5 pounds at around 6.5 months.

 

[admin]

You need to treat her...it is the only drug that works unfortunately...yes it can cause Neuro side effects in some kittens/cats, but then the med would be stopped...so it has side effects like every other med.