How often can kittens get colds?
I have two kittens that I adopted from Humane Society about a month ago. One of them contracted a cold and showed symptoms approx. a week after bringing him home. He was treated with antibiotics in his eyes and via oral stuff. That was pretty much since Christmas and he was better up until today! His baby friend who was also adopted was fine until a day and a half ago. he was nibbling on his dry food, but wasn't into his wet food and not going potty (that I know of, since i am at work during the day). Now he's sleeping all day and isn't really wanting to play. I can hear some trouble with him breathing, but not really significant.
What i'm wondering is that it seems like cat number 2 got the cold from kitty number 1. Oh! And kitty number 1 who had the cold initially is now showing signs of his puffy eyeball syndrome from the cold and is kind of wheezing again! Is it possible for kittens to get kitty colds back to back? I feel so bad for them!!!
I gave kitty number 2 some laxatone, less than a teaspoon because I thought he was constipated. and gave him some goats milk for calories. I do have Nutri-cal but don't want to over-do it on him since he's only about 5.5 months old. I'm also giving him water every hour via a little plastic syringe thing. Poor babies. Any advice? If they're not doing better by monday I'll bring them to the vet, but they seem pretty miserable right meow :(
they are both around 6 months old.
The vet did instruct me to separate them, however until last week I was living in a studio with no doors, so it was virtually impossible. Poor muffin heads.
For the constipation and general going potty thing I've even used pumpkin. little kitty 2 doesn't seem to want anything to eat. ugh. i hope he sleeps this off. i will begin separating them tomorrow morning.