My kitten was rescued from a rampaging dog by me.. of course and now i am feeding it cat milk.. from the purple juice box.. and homogonized milk. His belly is round and hard and he meows alot.. but i guess the mowing part is only normal. How do i get his belly to go down WITHOUT bringing him to the vet because my mother wont let me bring him to the vet. and he is an outdoor cat but only when it is about 25 degress celcius outside. Any helping advice?
people you may be saving a kitten if you help me. So please do :)
Thanx <3
2006-07-01 01:30:31 · 17 answers · asked by Bree 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
first of all, let me start by telling you i am a vet. i cannot make diagnoses or recommend any treatments without seeing the pet first, but i think i can be of some help by offering a few bits of advice. first of all, feed the kitten a proper diet. there are commercially prepared kitten milk replacers. no homogenized cows milk should be used! the pet should ideally be treated for parasites because some parasites can be directly transmissible to people and therefore present a potential source of zoonosis (sorry..it is best to see the vet for this part...your mom is dead wrong in denying this poor kitten proper medical attention). as far as the bloated appearance of the abdomen, this can be a normal thing that may not necessarily be a cause of alarm.
remember, infant animals have poor abdomenal tone...how many human babies have you seen with ripped abs? none right? well, it is because the abdomenal wall musculature is poorly developed in neonatal (baby) animals (humans and kittens included). and as such, when the belly fills with food and the circulation of blood is shunted towards the organs of digestion, the abdomen naturally enlarges. as time goes by and the food digests, the abdomen will naturally decrease in size. many people are under the mistaken impression that bloated abdomens are the result of worms. that is not necessarily true. bellies cannot be filled with so many worms that they will bulge. generalized emaciation/ starvation/ or parasitism however will cause loss of lean body weight and loss of muscle. when you lose muscle, so too do you lose abdomenal tone. thats why images or starving people often show them with pot bellies because their weak abdomenal walls have no tone and the weight of their internal organs causes the belly to bulge. your kitten's bulging belly would not be specific concern of mine if it is eating and eliminating properly. however, i would highly recommend it to be seen by a vet as it is still likely to have parasites and other potential problems that often plague stray kittens.
2006-07-01 01:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by fripple2005 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-02 10:51:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to put a beautiful, and smart kitten down... over a year ago. All seemed normal to start, but he started to bloat up.. he was missing the litter box cuz' he couldn't get in it. We took him to the vet, the first thing the vet did was stick him with a needle and squirt some fluid on the table and said it was urine. He had a disease... I want to say f.i.p (initials could be wrong, I was crying).. and the vet said he had to be put down on the spot cuz' he was suffering badly. He was only 6 months old. When you mentioned bloated belly.. that's the first thing I thought of. Either way the kitten has to get to a vet. If that kitten would have this deadly disease, it would only get worse.
2006-07-01 08:01:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, don't give him anymore homogenized milk, because most cats are lactose-intolerant and shouldn't have milk. That would cause bloating and gas pains, right there.
Also, a feral kitten who's not yet seen a vet was no doubt born with worms, most are. He needs dewormed. I'm not sure if you have to take him to a vet for that, I'm thinking there may be medicine that you can buy yourself to do that.
Good luck with him. But really, you do know, any cat you want for a pet should have a vet visit and its vaccines.
2006-07-01 01:40:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could also be this:
COLIC
A general term for abdominal pain. Classic colic in infants is usually caused by an accumulation of gas in the stomach which causes the abdomen to swell. Gas trapped further along is "trapped wind" and causes similar pain. The abdomen becomes hard and bloated and the KITTEN shows signs of distress which may agitate the mother. Colic may be caused by overfeeding, bacterial infection, incorrect milk mixture, feeding too fast.
2006-07-01 01:40:06 · answer #5 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop giving it milk! Put an ad on petfinder or bring him to a cat rescue so he can get the vet treatment he needs (shots, neutered etc) and then a good home. You obviously cannot provide that for him. Cats also do NOT belong outside.
2006-07-01 01:48:57 · answer #6 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the belly is bloated, u hve got no choice but to bring the kitten to the vet. explain to ur mum n get her permission for this. the bloating could b due to worms or some other problem. so its best to seek treatment to save the kitten.
2006-07-01 01:41:15 · answer #7 · answered by jarin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like someone said, maybe worms. But don't give him milk! cats are lactose intollerant. pretty weird, huh? also, worms can cause mANY problems. I would take him to the vet. Your mom won't let you? that's kinda weird. you really should get him to the vet, see what problem is. Peace Out!
2006-07-01 02:49:40 · answer #8 · answered by Sandra H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to take him to the vet. He could have worms. It could be any number of things.
Asking people online, who aren't vets, who cannot see your kitten...isn't going to solve anything.
It might just be gas....but I wouldn't risk it.
TAKE HIM TO THE VET or find him a loving home who will do the 'RIGHT' thing for him. Stop playing with his life, either take him or give him away.
2006-07-01 01:35:11 · answer #9 · answered by Corn_Flake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the kitten to a shelter for help because it may have worms.Most worm meds from the store don't work.
2006-07-01 01:32:36 · answer #10 · answered by Kitty? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋