This was yesterday's posting, but Blogger was down again!! This time I could write, but could not upload any photo.
Anyway, here it is....
Yesterday, Nandhini brought 3 little alley kittens to our panel vet for treatment. Their mother had just been spayed under our sponsorship recently.
Earlier on, she had sent me photos of the kittens....take a look.
The poor things looked like they have the flu, so it's off to the clinic for them...
Hello there....
Hi, little Kitty...
You're all a little sick, aren't you, but don't worry, you'll get well soon.
As sick as they were, the three little musketeers explored every nook and corner of the clinic. Curiosity intact, now, that's a good sign. Kittens should be curious, the vet always told me.
And they were completely adorable too, despite looking a little sickly.
Why are you taking my picture?
I missed a priceless shot - When the vet started explaining things, two of them sat down, side by side and listened intently, looking in the direction of the vet. Gosh, that was SO cute!
The vet observed them as they moved around and surmised that they definitely have the flu and possibly even diarrhoea. This is due to the fact that their abdomens were distended. Hopefully the distension is only due to worms. All of them also have mange. But they were not in any life-threatening state at this point in time.
Complete check-up, one by one...
A home remedy one could use, said the vet, was to wipe off the discharge and the whole face with warm cotton wool soaked in salt water.
Guess what? The vet says this one has pedigree blood in her. She could be an American Curl (see the slight curl at the tip of her ears?). Her mother is a domestic short hair, so it must be her father who is the pedigree! Nandhini wants to put them all up for adoption - any takers?
We decided we'd get the mange treated as that doubles up as a dewormer as well (Ivermectin).
For the flu, it's Vetri DMG (an excellent immune booster) for now as the vet would prefer not to have them started on antibiotics yet unless they get worse.
The vet strongly advised Nandhini to keep them confined, at least during the duration of the treatment, and better still, until they are about 5 months old (after having been spayed). Kittens (or even big cats, for that matter) who roam will drink drain water and eat rubbish, and this would be totally counter-productive to all the efforts made and taken to help them gain better health.
Since the Ivermectin is very toxic, Nandhini could actually opt for just this one jab and not the whole course of 4 jabs. It will heal on its own even with one jab.
So, the jabs were administered and with each one, the kittens sort of "slumped" down for a few seconds. That gave us a fright, but the vet explained it's because the jab is very painful. Poor things....
But they recovered quickly and started mooching around again.
We want to hide in this corner now. We don't want another jab. It's so painful!
I have a better idea. I want to go home....
Come one, let's go home!
So, off the three musketeers went...with Nandhini.
Their treatment and check-up today was subsidised from our funds.
Get well soon, little ones!
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