bellajewel
Jan 28, 2011, 07:43 PM
I am an animal foster parent & animal rescuer.. my young mommy cat had just 2 kitten's in july of 2010@5:53 am... i watched the birth;it was amazing&beautiful... i'm the biggest animal lover i know but i do know how much ppl luv their pets.. so here's my problem,lucky,the mama of 1 of her babygirls(bella),who is now 6months old,are both positive for feline leukemia.i have 2 kittens & 2cats at this time;now bella's lil'sister was lucky enough to get her "FOREVER HOME"!but i kept bella.. anyway,all my cats/kittens r fixed,have all their shots,they got theur test for felv,fiv,all that,so they got their distemper shots.. vet told me to just literally"LOVE THEM TO DEATH",&that's what i do,when 1 gets sick like bella,i treat them w/thebbest care,1st class treatment(regardless if their sick or not!so now that i filled u all in on my animal loving life,now here's the issue,bella is extremely sick,she is so lethergic,she is not breathing normaly at all,kind of like labor breathing,she can't hold anyth. Down,as soon as she gets a lil'food in her belly,i hold a paper towel over her mouth bc i know she'll be throw'n up in seconds of after swallowing her food.i went to petsmart,bought the most expensive,nutristious food,&gnc mother's replacement milk,that has all the vitamins she needs for her immune system,she loves it but can't hold anyth down,has'nt drank any water,or even used her litter box but maybe once in the past 2 days... point is i been on the internet all day,tryn to diagnose her,i took her to the vet repeatedly pior to this,i have the money to put her down but i'm just not sure if it's the felv/fiv that's mak'n her soooo sick,she wants to hide,her eyes r all glassy&she barely holds them open,when i pick her up she cries/screams when she throws up so loud,it brings tears to my eyes!i want to help her before i just give up & put her to sleep... need to know if she's sick from someth else aside from fiv/felv?? but she does have all the signs & symptoms of the felv/fiv,i need a professional opinion/or someone who has experienced similar issue's w/their cat/kitten!! *** help me w/any advice;opinion;help;experience,, anything;i know the best thing to do is to get her euthenized,which i'm probably going to get done tomrw.i just want to help her through the night.she is basically starv'n bc she has'nt drank any water,small amounts of milk,but throws up everyth & then dry heives!keep precious bella in ur prayers,my lil'angel face,she's such a lov'n good lil'babygirl!! I watched her be born&have it on video&all the pics... i helped raise her for all these months... her mama is even circling around her & crying,wonder'n what's wrong w/her baby!would appreciate any advice... i have the antibiotic,"orbax",i got the nutrition milk w/vitamins,all grain-free foods,kittens chow,room temp. water,someone even told me to get gatorade bc it has electrolytes,also to put salt on their food to make them want to drink fluids!! i'm doing & spending all i can,there's no limit to what i'd do to help her!thanks soo much,sry such a long question!