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Butchie was hand reared because his 5 siblings wouldn't let him get any of mummy's milk. I suppose that makes him the runt of the litter? It was his mum's first litter, but I'm not sure if that made any difference. The woman we got him from was not really a breeder, it was more of a hobby and she might have one litter a year. She noticed he was getting weak and couldn't feed with his siblings, so she hand reared him and grew up a bit separate from the other kittens.
When it finally came to gotcha day we noticed he had a bit of a sniffle. A week passed and he seemed to get more snotty and had runny eyes. We asked the breeder for advice, and she said she'd noticed it a bit too, but we had all thought it was a reaction to the 2nd round of vaccinations that he'd had 2 days before we got him. She sent us L-lysine paste and offered to pay for the vet.
To cut a long story short, we took him to the vet and he got antibiotics for a chest infection which cleared up, but he has been snotty ever since and still has runny eyes. Nearly 5 months in we are still wiping his nose daily when he sneezes, and from what I've read it's considered chronic and can last for months or even years.
I was just wondering what experiences others on here have had with any hand reared kittens (sphynx or not). Would you say they are more susceptible to getting sick? Kittens do get a lot of protection to disease from their mummy's milk, so...
When it finally came to gotcha day we noticed he had a bit of a sniffle. A week passed and he seemed to get more snotty and had runny eyes. We asked the breeder for advice, and she said she'd noticed it a bit too, but we had all thought it was a reaction to the 2nd round of vaccinations that he'd had 2 days before we got him. She sent us L-lysine paste and offered to pay for the vet.
To cut a long story short, we took him to the vet and he got antibiotics for a chest infection which cleared up, but he has been snotty ever since and still has runny eyes. Nearly 5 months in we are still wiping his nose daily when he sneezes, and from what I've read it's considered chronic and can last for months or even years.
I was just wondering what experiences others on here have had with any hand reared kittens (sphynx or not). Would you say they are more susceptible to getting sick? Kittens do get a lot of protection to disease from their mummy's milk, so...