I do hope he makes it through the night. Jan gave him a heating pad, he was not normal body temp for sure but not cold either.
Initially, when she picked him up at Eve's house, he was given pet tinic. That was later found all over the bottom of the carrier... (not swallowing). So when we pulled him out later to force feed and just try to evaluate the problem, of course the first thing is to open his mouth. That black crud looked like it was stuck on the roof of his mouth and I thought it was a tumor or absess and reached right in to touch it- it was gooey so i searched for tweezers (what I was trained to use in CPR) while jan yelled for qtips. qtips worked for the most part, then the tweezers got out the rest of the gunk. Luckily, it was all under his tongue. When he swallows, he swallows hard, like a dehydrated kitten would. He fell asleep in my lap wrapped in that towel twice. first time waiting for jan to get the fluids warm, second time, waiting to get the heating pad on and just right. He was simply exhasted and I hated to move him! ps pics taken on toilet! most comfortable seat in bathroom!