JustineNYC
10-20-2008, 06:43 PM
So, I took Moglie in, in June when I found him crying (alone) in my yard. He was about 4 weeks old. I did NOT intend to keep him but I had trouble finding him a home and ended up getting attached to him. In my experience, young kittens abandoned in this neighborhood end up getting killed by male cats, Ive had the experience of finding them dead a few times in my yard....so when I see little ones and no mommy, I grab them. By the way, when I "grabbed him" he was FLIPPING OUT trying to scare me off, but once I touched him and picked him up he froze. Within an hour I had him eating and all was fine. I always get that with kittens who havent been befriended by people.
The vet told me he was fine and then within 10 days his hair started to come out in patches. After a culture, I was told he had ringworm, and because he was a kitten with no immune system, it got REALLY BAD.
I immediately quarantined him from the rest of my pets. We did the cream daily, sporonox daily, sprays and shampoos once a week. He had about 15 bald circles on him at the worst point. I had to constantly help get the dead scaley skin off of him and make sure it didnt fall somewhere where it could come into contact with someone else. I never vacuumed so much in my life and what do ya know, I ended up getting it too. :rolleyes:
The poor thing lost almost all hair on his face, I felt so bad for him. We were at the vet weekly because, he was so young that he was obviously growing fast and his dosage needed to be adjusted regularly to be effective.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/HomeDepotGurl/IMG_0540.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/HomeDepotGurl/rw3.jpg
Through all of this, Moglie was a doll. My vet even commented on one of his visits, how used to handling the poor thing was. They were exfoliating his lesions and he didnt say a word. He had blood taken from his neck and was a good little patient again.
We went through all of this through June, July, and August....and then finally, he cultured negative and we continued the Sporonox for another 10 days, still with weekly baths.
I cant really tell you when exactly, but its like he went from being so great with handling to a maniac.
If I pick him up to kiss him not only does he growl and hiss, but hes been known to take a swing at my face. It started originally as whining when Id pick him up.
Initially I figured he had grown into a big boy and wanted to run around with my other cats and it was just "Mommy put me down" but its gotten progressively worse.
He scratched my nose last week. The moment you put him down, he is back to playing again and a normal kitten. He HATES being picked up. Ive never had a cat I couldnt even kiss.
He is 6 months now, does anyone think this is a hormonal thing? Hes also started riding my other cats and they do not appreciate it.
Is it time to be neutered?
Here he is, all better
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/HomeDepotGurl/IMG_1202.jpg
He IS affectionate with me only when he wants to eat, he rubs my leg and when Im asleep, he comes over, purrs and sucks on my blanket. He also follows me everywhere. So why does he act like I have the plague when I pick him up?
The vet told me he was fine and then within 10 days his hair started to come out in patches. After a culture, I was told he had ringworm, and because he was a kitten with no immune system, it got REALLY BAD.
I immediately quarantined him from the rest of my pets. We did the cream daily, sporonox daily, sprays and shampoos once a week. He had about 15 bald circles on him at the worst point. I had to constantly help get the dead scaley skin off of him and make sure it didnt fall somewhere where it could come into contact with someone else. I never vacuumed so much in my life and what do ya know, I ended up getting it too. :rolleyes:
The poor thing lost almost all hair on his face, I felt so bad for him. We were at the vet weekly because, he was so young that he was obviously growing fast and his dosage needed to be adjusted regularly to be effective.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/HomeDepotGurl/IMG_0540.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/HomeDepotGurl/rw3.jpg
Through all of this, Moglie was a doll. My vet even commented on one of his visits, how used to handling the poor thing was. They were exfoliating his lesions and he didnt say a word. He had blood taken from his neck and was a good little patient again.
We went through all of this through June, July, and August....and then finally, he cultured negative and we continued the Sporonox for another 10 days, still with weekly baths.
I cant really tell you when exactly, but its like he went from being so great with handling to a maniac.
If I pick him up to kiss him not only does he growl and hiss, but hes been known to take a swing at my face. It started originally as whining when Id pick him up.
Initially I figured he had grown into a big boy and wanted to run around with my other cats and it was just "Mommy put me down" but its gotten progressively worse.
He scratched my nose last week. The moment you put him down, he is back to playing again and a normal kitten. He HATES being picked up. Ive never had a cat I couldnt even kiss.
He is 6 months now, does anyone think this is a hormonal thing? Hes also started riding my other cats and they do not appreciate it.
Is it time to be neutered?
Here he is, all better
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/HomeDepotGurl/IMG_1202.jpg
He IS affectionate with me only when he wants to eat, he rubs my leg and when Im asleep, he comes over, purrs and sucks on my blanket. He also follows me everywhere. So why does he act like I have the plague when I pick him up?