One Sick Kitty

When I went to get Jack, I asked if there was anything in particular I should feed him. She just said hard stuff with wet food twice a day. What she failed to mention is that food was holistic. Which is a great thing, but since I didn't know I gave him regular food and it wasn't long before he was puking his little guts up and looking at me like I was a monster that was making him sick. He stopped coming on the bed and didn't want anything to do with me. I was at the point where I was going to take him back to where I got him, because I didn't think I could take care of him properly. Probably another thing a new mother to an infant goes through.

Being an Internet nut who goes researching online for why my poor little Jack was so sick, I found it could be a change in food, as kittens have delicate little tummies. I also found out kittens were lactose intolerant and I gave the poor baby milk, since I've always seen on TV kitten being fed milk. So in short, everything I could do wrong, I did do wrong.



The First Visit To The Vet

When I got Jack, I learned he still needed a lot of his shots, and I would need to see a vet a week after I got him so he could have another dose of worm medicine. When I tried to take Jack out of the apartment, he jumped out of my arms and tried to run back inside. I think he thought I was going to take him back to where I got him from and he didn't want me to. When I managed to get him in the carrier, the ride to the vet's office was pure hell. He meowed so loudly and it was so panicked you just had to ignore it and keep on going. He continued his caterwauling in the vet's office. You'd think I was trying to murder him. When I took him into the examining room and took him out of the carrier, it actually was reassuring when he jumped into my arms, wanting me to keep him safe. I thought, I guess he doesn't hate me, after all.

Aside from his eating problems, he also had fleas and ear mites. I was given worm medicine and ear medicine I would have to administer to him. I also had to make another appointment to schedule his rabies, distemper and feline leukemia shots. I was told since Jack will be an indoor cat, I didn't really need to get him the feline leukemia shots, but I think you should get them to be on the safe side, in case something unforeseen happens and your indoor cat manages to get outdoors.



Home Sweet Home

Jack's meowing on the way home, once he realized I didn't plan to dump him at the side of the road was of a different timbre. It was of a very demanding quality. It was like, "Get me home NOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW!" When I got him home, he was happy to be back home. I even cleared off the dresser so he could have a place to look out the window, unfortunately the view is the alley, which isn't very stimulating. In the end, I gave him the kitchen table, since it's a high window and him laying on the kitchen table is the only way he can look out the window, which has a better view than my bedroom window.

I eventually managed to wean Jack off the holistic food, since the wet food only came in two flavors and he was bored silly of it. I've got him on Friskies wet food and Purina Kitten Chow. I'd hoped his tummy problems were over, but when he ran out of Kitten Chow and nowhere in town had it, I bought him some Blue Seal hard food and it wasn't long before he was throwing up and having diarrhea. Thankfully, I found a bag of Kitten Chow at the local hardware store.