A tale of feeling screwed over by the Humane Society... and our poor sad kitten.
When we picked up Jake from the Humane Society, they warned us that cats frequently come down with a cold after leaving from being exposed to so many other animals there. Sure enough, he did. Meredith took him in the Humane Society vet, who said that yes, the kitten had a cold, and to not worry about it unless he started getting 'glop' around his eyes.
Late last week, he started getting glop in his eyes, so we called the vet, and Meredith took him in Monday morning. A local vet this time.
The vet couldn't believe we were just now taking him in, saying that kittens almost always get secondary infections after getting a cold, and that he couldn't believe that Jake wasn't given an antibiotic the first time. NOW Jake gets an antibiotic (note: Jake likes getting shots even less than having his temperature taken. Much, much less.) And, now we have to put this cream on his eyes four times a day, and give him an oral antibiotic twice a day. And, despite all of this, it may turn into a chronic infection, because it's being treated so late.
Grrr...
The good thing is that he does seem to be doing a bit better now than he was. And I've only suffered minor flesh wounds in the process of trying to give him his medicine. (I think Meredith has fared slightly better in this process. Maybe Jake likes her more ;) ).
Posted by Mike at September 25, 2002 09:52 AM