Any animal brought to the house is a full member of the family. For example, a kitten. It requires the same care as a small child. And just as I want the baby to be always healthy, they wish their beloved pet good health.
No one is safe from diarrhea. And diarrhea in a kitten (2 months) can also happen. And then what to do? It is better to contact your veterinarian right away. But if this is not possible, you can try to provide first aid on your own.
Causes
The causes of this disease in a small pet are several:
- One of them is worms. They can be infected by them from mother’s milk or her hair, as well as walking on the street from his four-legged relatives. The most unpleasant thing in this situation is when the kitten goes to the toilet not only in the tray, but also somewhere else.
- You need to know how to feed a kitten (2 months), and how to do it correctly. After all, if you change his diet dramatically, or when he often overeats, the process of digesting food may be disturbed, and diarrhea will occur due to this. Changing the usual food for a small pet, you should do it gradually, introducing a little new products. You also need to make sure that he eats in small portions so that there is no overeating.
- In a kitten, vomiting and diarrhea can occur subsequently of some kind of infectious disease, for example, chlamydia, panleukopenia, viral peritonitis and many others. A small animal can become infected with such a disease at any moment, even despite the fact that he was given all the necessary vaccinations.
- A small pet can have pain, diarrhea, and vomiting if it swallows some poisonous or hazardous substance. In this case, not immediately contacting the veterinarian, you can lose the kitten.
- Diarrhea together with vomiting can occur as a result of inflammatory diseases of the stomach and intestines - gastritis, colitis.
- Often the diarrhea in a kitten (2 months) occurs due to a very early withdrawal from the mother, as this may lead to problems with immunity and digestion.
Other accompanying symptoms
When this disease occurs in a small pet, it becomes weak, depressed, eats little or no appetite, and the stomach may swell. If diarrhea lasts a long time, the kitten begins to lose weight, which is fraught with dehydration of his body. If this happens quickly, and the condition worsens all the time, you need to show the veterinarian without delaying the visit.
Stool color
With diarrhea, the severity of a pet's disease can be determined by the color of the feces:
- If it is black or even with blood, then this is a signal that a disease such as panleukopenia, or enteritis, is present. Also, a high probability of internal bleeding. These are extremely serious diseases, without the help of a veterinarian, the animal will probably die.
- Yellow diarrhea occurs due to dysbiosis, when there are helminthic invasions or inflammation of the stomach.
- And what does it mean if a kitten has diarrhea green? 2 months is still a very young age, but even during this period, the baby may have diarrhea. Green diarrhea and temperature are signs of the development of putrefactive microflora. The pet urgently needs to be taken to the clinic so that the necessary antibiotic is prescribed there.
Watch out!
If this happened, and the kitten became ill, what should I do in this situation? First of all, you should observe the dynamics of the disease. When the animal gets worse, diarrhea intensifies, and other, no less unpleasant symptoms appear, then you must definitely show it to the veterinarian.
When the case of diarrhea occurred only once, and the pet's health is satisfactory, then you can try to cure it yourself.
Diet
First you need to think about how to feed a kitten (2 months) is possible and what is not, especially during such a disease.
For 12 hours, he needs to give nothing from food.
You can only have some water. It must be given often so that dehydration does not occur. This method of treatment is called a starvation diet.
After this time, you can give a little boiled rice or three-day kefir. The next day, you can also give a little boiled chicken. And so gradually it is necessary to introduce new products until the pet returns to its usual diet.
See a doctor!
When a kitten has diarrhea, treatment at home occurs using any of the methods described above. But then it is still advisable to show it to the veterinarian. Perhaps he will additionally prescribe a therapy for anti-worms to a small patient or drugs, so that his microflora normalizes faster.
Since diarrhea is closely associated with the loss of a huge amount of minerals and fluids, a small pet’s disease should never be left to chance.
If a kitten has diarrhea, treatment at home is possible only when he has only this symptom, and basically the animal is as healthy and active as before.
rules
How to cure a kitten of diarrhea on its own? There are a few rules here. Let's look at them:
- It is necessary to exclude the animal from the diet the wrong food, especially if it was introduced into the diet not so long ago. The main cause of the disease is both sour-milk and dairy products, shop feed, which may not be intended for such small animals. This is also the food from the table, which they so love to feed their pets.
- When introducing a new product into a kitten’s diet, it’s best to first give him a little try and look at the reaction of his body. If everything is normal, then you can continue to feed them further. By doing this, first of all you protect the pet from overfeeding with a new product, and secondly, it is much easier to find out what kind of food an allergic reaction is possible.
- Having a kitten in the house, you do not need to leave food in those places where he can get it.
- With diarrhea, it is advisable to reduce the amount of food in the kitten's daily diet, although most often the animal itself refuses food. You just need to leave a sufficient amount of water in an accessible place so that with its help the strength of the sick animal is restored.
- You also need to do a general cleaning, pay special attention to those secluded places where a small pet likes to play. Periodically disinfect the bowls from which he eats.
- During cleaning, you need to pay attention to whether the chemicals that are constantly used are harmful to animals.
- When the kitten has diarrhea, then you need to treat it very carefully. Play with him - only at his request, but in no case do not toss or scare. By the way, in such small households, diarrhea is possible due to some psychological experiences (stress, fear, etc.).
In the case when all of the above is done, and the diarrhea not only continues, but an unusual color, smell, foam, mucus appear, then you must immediately take the kitten to the veterinarian to determine the exact diagnosis and its correct treatment. If you slow down with this visit, then this may affect not only the health of the pet, but also lead to death.
Medical preparations
If the kitten has diarrhea, what else can be treated? Many people prefer drugs from a pharmacy.
If the kitten has diarrhea (2 months), then Atoxil can be given. What is the dosage? In 100 milliliters of water, you need to dilute a bag of this drug. It should be given one teaspoon every couple of hours.
The drug "Rehydron" during diarrhea can help with dehydration. Prepare the solution according to the instructions. Give the small patient the same way as the Atoxil drug.
A common question arises when a kitten has diarrhea: how to treat it? It is also recommended in such cases to use drugs such as Enterosgel or Smecta. A good effect is given by Bifidumbacterin. It is most convenient to inject medicine into your mouth using a syringe without a needle. These drugs will help rid the body of toxins, provoking their rapid elimination.
Folk methods
If the kitten was put on a hungry diet, then when leaving it, it is necessary to give a little oatmeal or rice broth. You can also try to make flaxseeds, pomegranate peel or oak bark.
Other medicines
But how to stop the kitten’s diarrhea with other pharmacy drugs? Many of them are intended for people, and when treating them with an animal, you should definitely consult a specialist. To stop diarrhea, you can use activated charcoal tablets.
If diarrhea has arisen due to infection, then in no case should you use antimicrobials and antibiotics. These medicines are prescribed by your doctor.
Whatever independent treatment method is chosen, you should always consult your veterinarian, at least by phone. Since improper treatment will lead to the fact that diarrhea becomes chronic, there will be frequent signs of indigestion, various inflammatory processes and many other things that are not very pleasant for a small pet can occur.
Diarrhea in a kitten (2 months). Rules for treating a thoroughbred pet
Most people prefer to buy expensive thoroughbred kittens. Everyone knows that outbred animals or crossbreeds are much healthier and are more likely to adapt to changes around.
But pedigree is much more complicated, and when such a kitten has diarrhea, then it requires special attention. To cure him, you must adhere to these rules:
- First of all, to ensure him complete peace, to try to isolate him from all those around him - this applies not only to animals, but also to people.
- After the first signs of diarrhea, a thoroughbred kitten should be put on a hungry diet for about 10 hours, while drinking should not be limited, but only given water.
- When these hours pass, then you can try to feed him a little more and keep on such a half-starved diet for about another 12 hours. This food should be light and not heavily burden the stomach.
Food
Food that should be fed to a small pet during an illness and some time after it is:
- boiled natural meat, but only non-greasy, chilled minced in chilled form;
- some porridge, oatmeal or rice, but viscous, cooked with meat or meat broth;
- A steeply cooked yolk of a chicken egg.
It is undesirable in the first days after an illness to introduce dairy and sour-milk products, fish, and also artificial feeds into the ration of a thoroughbred kitten.
When such a kitten returns to its usual diet, when purchasing food for it, it is necessary to ensure that it is necessarily marked “for animals with sensitive digestion”.