Background: The emergency vet thinks my kitten might have an ear infection. She is acting very sick and lethargic and squeals when you tough her head, especially one of her ears. He cleaned out her ears extensively and then gave her some drops to use to treat the infection. She also has some morphine drops we're putting under her tongue for the pain.
Other background is that when I adopted her from the shelter her ears were nasty. My vet cleaned them out somewhat and then put in some mite medicine. About a week later I noticed her acting withdrawn. I thought she had turned shy and would grow out of it but last night I realized it was medical when she meowed really loud when I touched her head.
2006-12-09 05:22:22 · 5 answers · asked by Heather M 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Cats don't usually get ear infections, but they can. Usually they have mites. Inner ear infections are very uncommon but also very painful. So I'm glad she has the morphine drops, but watch her for loss of appetite and constipation while on this, also she'll probably be drowsy from it. Usually you will see some sort of improvement in a few days, though it may take a few weeks to totally clear up. If she's not improving by Monday I would take her back to her regular doc.
2006-12-09 05:28:28 · answer #1 · answered by lizzy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the medicine the emergency vet gave her/him may have made her sick. Sometimes when adopting a pet from the shelter it was sick to begin with. They do not take real good care of the pets they have in shelters. If her eyes were bad when you first had her I would have taken her back and showed them and gotten another kitten and be care full next time.
If the pain continues in her there is something more then eyes and ears.
2006-12-09 05:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by Angell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor baby!
It varies with the patient and situation. But you're looking at between 1 and 2 weeks.
Good luck!
2006-12-09 05:25:47 · answer #3 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a second opinion, it sounds like she has a really bad
ear mite problem. take her to another vet immediately.
2006-12-09 05:39:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anita chiquita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the kitty just needs an anti biotic
2006-12-09 05:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by MsFancy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋