Some of you guys may have heard of this before, others perhaps not.
A client brought a 3wk old kitten to the clinic as it suddenly became unresponsive, lethargic and was notnopening her eyes. We wodered whether she had been dropped (small children) or whether something happened and she became hypoglycaemic. She did have a few perculiar clinical signs that were quite strange, but she was given some glucose and hartmanns subcutaneous fluids. She picked up a little, however was still looking very poorly and we weren't exactly sure why at the time.
I thought I'd give the girl a chance and took her home, and got her to take a small amount of divetelac (milk replacer) as well as soke more glucose and hartmanns. I wasn't sure how she would go through the night, but she was perkier the next morning. It then became obvious that she has cerebellar hypoplasia- her cerebellum is under developed, which, easiest way of describing it, means she is very uncoordinated. It isn't degenerative, and cats learn to adapt and live long happy lives, and as far as they go she isn't too severe. The client surrendered her to the clinic so I've taken her on to raise her now.
I've since named her skittles. She is a grey tortoiseshell domestic shorthair female. And she is now thriving
First night
Now-and yes she loves her pig aka snuggle buddy
A client brought a 3wk old kitten to the clinic as it suddenly became unresponsive, lethargic and was notnopening her eyes. We wodered whether she had been dropped (small children) or whether something happened and she became hypoglycaemic. She did have a few perculiar clinical signs that were quite strange, but she was given some glucose and hartmanns subcutaneous fluids. She picked up a little, however was still looking very poorly and we weren't exactly sure why at the time.
I thought I'd give the girl a chance and took her home, and got her to take a small amount of divetelac (milk replacer) as well as soke more glucose and hartmanns. I wasn't sure how she would go through the night, but she was perkier the next morning. It then became obvious that she has cerebellar hypoplasia- her cerebellum is under developed, which, easiest way of describing it, means she is very uncoordinated. It isn't degenerative, and cats learn to adapt and live long happy lives, and as far as they go she isn't too severe. The client surrendered her to the clinic so I've taken her on to raise her now.
I've since named her skittles. She is a grey tortoiseshell domestic shorthair female. And she is now thriving
First night
Now-and yes she loves her pig aka snuggle buddy