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MaydaysMom
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posted 11-13-2003 01:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MaydaysMom     Edit/Delete Message
Please help! I came home from work last night and found one of my foster kittens with a cut in his stomach the size of a half dollar. It looked as if he had been skinned in that area. I figured that one of his brothers had snagged him pretty good and that it was just an injury. I took him to the vet and when they scruffed him to take his temperature the skin under his ears and down to his shoulders just sloughed off. also the hide around his rectum had sloughed off as well exposing an inner layer of skin. He was not bleeding and he did not show any physical signs of pain. The DVM said she had no experience with this and made some phone calls and then recommended euthanizing or seeking a specialiasts help. The kitten is still at the vets office and they have not been able to do anything for him. His area on his abdomen has spread and is sloughing off more here and there.
Has anyone ever seen this or know what causes it?
This kitten has had a very extensive medical history since he was taken into rescue. When we first pulled his litter they had a distemper like virus that had claimed one of his littermates. They were on gentimycin injections and penicillin injections as well as albon and sub cutaneous fluids of LRS twice daily. On top of that they broke with feline upper respiratory which we treated with clavamox.
Then once we thought they had a clean bill of health he was the only one in the litter that came up with hairloss. He tested negative for mange and ringworm. The vet didnt know what was causing it so she prescribed amoxicillin and eventually all the hair grew back and none of his litter mates ever showed any problems. THEN! one day it looked as if he had dislocated both of his hips, when taken to the vet and xrayed it showed nothing. He was given a steroid shot and it cleared up over the next day. His coat has always looked dingy. It has never glistened or shined. He is a very unique color chocolate and white. He is 13 weeks old and only weighs 1.8 pounds. (when we first got him he was only .8 where the other kittens where almost 2 pounds) Every time I get him healthy something else happens. Has anyone ever had anything like this happen. I do not want to put him through anymore pain if everything that has happened to him in his short life is all linked togethor. Please help me, no one seems to know what is going on with this poor baby. I just dont want to make the wrong decision. I dont think I can make it alone.

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fleafly
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posted 11-13-2003 11:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for fleafly     Edit/Delete Message
I would be hesitant to put him down just yet. I would call around to other vets and explain what his skin is doing and see if they have ever heard of anything like that. Some vet out there has to know what it is. I have never heard of such a thing. I don't believe in putting animals down unless they are obviously in pain and can not get better. I think vets recommend that sometimes as a textbook answer, not taking into account the kitty's will to live. I would try to find out what it is before you decide to put him down.

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MaydaysMom
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posted 11-13-2003 11:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MaydaysMom     Edit/Delete Message
I guess no one knows either. The vet just called. She said he seems to be doing ok right now. Besides the fact that he looks like he has been skinned alive. I pick him up tomorrow to take him to the specialist. I am afraid to even see him. I dont even know where I would pick him up or pet him without hurting him. I just keep replaying it over and over in my head. It almost seems like something straight out of a horror movie. My poor little baby.

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MaydaysMom
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posted 11-13-2003 11:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MaydaysMom     Edit/Delete Message
I called a few of the other vets that work with our rescue. I didnt find out any answers. They had asked if I had ever given him dextrose solution SQ bc that could sluff off his skin but it has always been LRS and its been awhile since he has recieved any fluids.
Im just going to keep my fingers crossed that the specialist has a clue to what is going on.

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fleafly
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posted 11-13-2003 11:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for fleafly     Edit/Delete Message
That is so strange. I did some research on the internet and all I came up with that can cause skin sloughing is frostbite, and some infections. Although it sounds like infections cause localized sloughing. Maybe if some one local can't help you could do a phone consult with a pet dermatologist.

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MaydaysMom
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posted 11-14-2003 12:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MaydaysMom     Edit/Delete Message
One of the vets suggested that since he is such a rare color that it is possible that the gene that caused the mutation in color is causing defects else where in the body. He also suggested that it could be some sort of immuno deficency. I dont think he has ever been 100% well. This is so hard. Ive never had anything this tramatic happen to one of my kittens before.

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LottynTrike
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posted 11-14-2003 10:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LottynTrike     Edit/Delete Message
I wish I could help! I know that must be hard not having a clue as to what is going on! Well keep us posted on what the specialist says. i hope everything goes ok

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MaydaysMom
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posted 11-16-2003 07:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MaydaysMom     Edit/Delete Message
The specialist couldnt offer me any solutions. Moxi quit eating and drinking over the weekend. We are waiting on the results of the blood tests.

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