And now it's a bottle baby kitten... [12/21 And again...]

[GotButterflies]

I would love to see and updated picture of this little bug!!!

[aussieJJDude]

Ive been popping in here every now and again for my weekly kitten fix...
As for names, maybe:
Sabrina
Sadie
Sox (or socks...?)
Sphinx?
Edit: maybe something like Sapphire (can shorten to Saffy or Saffie too) due to those eyes!
Heres a good start that maybe may be of interest:
https://www.bhg.com/pets/cats/cat-names/cat-s-names/

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[wodesorel]

Dusty used up 8 of her 9 lives! Holy cow is she lucky to have survived that, and lucky to have you, too! That is really amazing she was okay.

JJ, I was all "Sabrina!!!" because I love that movie, but Elda thought I called "Beanie!" and was all over me instead. She's the hard one to work around because after 11 years she has too many nicknames - Elda, El, Esmerelda (her full name), Bean, Beanie, Sa-bean, Psycho Bean, Crazy Bean. And she knows all of them. Excludes a whole lot of names because she thinks L, E, B and N always means her.

Sox would totally work, but my best friend growing up had a cat that looked extremely similar to Bug and was named/Sox. I loved that cat. Not sure I could do the name.

So Bug had an awful time with her first vaccine - crying, screaming, acting lethargic like she was drugged that entire first night. Never seen anything like it. No fever and no swelling so we waited it out and by morning she was better. A few days later the limping started. And kept coming and going for two weeks. It might have been a vaccine reaction or calici (limping kitten syndrome), but when the vet examined her there were no indications of pain or fever. She was just limping and favoring various limbs. I think they were going numb on her, but whatever it was it wasn't normal and even our vet is confused by it.

Bug does have a generalized weakness going on. It wasn't just the floppy ears and extremely weak suckle. You can pin her back legs down and she cannot move them. No strength to her bunny kicks. She isn't jumping up, and when she gets down from the bed she belly flops. She can climb, like a koala on the scratching post, and she climbed the metal shelving and the hamper in my closet like it was a ladder. Does okay with the bedspread, too. She has a good sense of balance but when she stands on my legs or shoulder you can feel her hind end constantly shifting to hold her steady. She also has very mild muscle tremors at time.

She is happy and super active and is wicked smart so we aren't thinking brain damage. No vestibular damage so not an infection or CH. Vet thinks it is something to do with her nerves, either CNS or spine. I am leaning more towards loss of feeling than something muscular just by watching her. Doc just keep saying 'something is off about her back end', but can't put her finger on it. Just a big mystery. She will hopefully grow out of it, but only time will tell. We are holding off on vaccines and her spay until she hits six months. I am bummed because I think she would be a great therapy cat if I can get her past her bitey toddler stage, but now it won't be safe to drag her around to socialize her without her shots.

Eh, too many pictures, but what the heck. The one with my hubby was this last vet trip. She played non-stop for an hour and finally fell asleep on him.

[GotButterflies]

I almost messaged you yesterday on the this post to beg for pictures! I honestly looked at her pictures first before ready your message! (and then I looked at them several times!!! ) She is so BEAUTIFUL!! I love how her left eye appears to have eye liner around it!

I am so sorry to hear about the issue she had with the vaccine. Does your vet use PureVax Vaccines? I'm also so sorry to hear about the issues she is having with her hind legs! I sure hope she grows out of it!

[wodesorel]

I joke that she only puts half her face on in the morning. She has lipstick only on her bottom lip, too!

I'm not actually sure what our vet uses for kitten series, but it was the themerisol free version since she had some left over from a previous client that requested it. I don't usually worry about the 4 and 5 way since we've never had major trouble before with any of them, and over the years our cats have had multiple brands. (Over a hundred fosters vaccinated in my care, and I used to be the emergency contact for the foster program back in the day.) She did order us in a tray of the newer 1 year rabies since we have had trouble with the 3 year in the past. It wasn't PureVax, it was another line that came out recently that is the same type.

[wodesorel]

Tonight.

[GotButterflies]

She is just too precious!!!!!

Maybe in the future you can premed her for vax reactions too (just a little benadryl)

[wodesorel]

That was the plan for her booster, a drop off in the morning for observation, and benedryl on board to head off any reaction. With everything else not resolving though, my vet wants to be cautious just in case and wait it out. It may have been discomfort, but her reaction seemed neurologic with how drugged she was acting. I have had ouchy kittens post shots, but we spent all night agonizing over whether an ER trip was needed. That was a first!

She just ran over and stole my tissue as I was typing. She loves paper products. She talks to them.

[GotButterflies]

That is really strange. I bet you were freaked out! I know I would have been worried.

Silly girl! I love how they all have their quirks!

[wodesorel]

Too many quirks.

My 16 year old fell off the steps and damaged his tail a week ago. Nothing broken but it's still dead weight. That was a vet visit and then an ER trip the nexy day. And they found an unrelated mass that could possibly be something. The only good news was that his chronic renal failure somehow magically got better since March so if they do need to amputate the surgery probably won't kill him.

And then Elda, who we had to have a sedated shave on thanks to her stomatitis making her not want to groom, developed a bump at her vaccine site. So now it's watch and wait with her for the next couple of weeks.

Oh, and something is wrong with the tree frog, not sure if it's old age or an infection or cancer. But she is going downhill slowly and the vet couldn't do much.

I love having my pets, but there are moments when it all hits at once and I want to run and hide for a little while.

[wodesorel]

Omg and now Winston has a giant ear hematoma. We have an ER trip scheduled for tonight.

[GotButterflies]

Geez - when it rains it pours. I am so sorry. You are definitely having a run of bad luck. I can see that vaccine reaction. Are you doing any compresses? Hopefully it doesn't turn into an injection site sarcoma. That is so crazy about your senior kitty! He looks so regal with his long nose! What is going on with your frog?

Hematomas are no fun!! I'll be sending positive vibes your way!!!

[wodesorel]

Winston is getting a month of prednisolone. It's a good sized hematoma. Fingers crossed that brings the swelling down quickly. We were cool with surgery but it is our good ER vet and she said it's so involved and there is such a risk for infection that that she would rather try the steroids first since he doesn't seem to be in a lot of pain.

Elda Bean is a skittish wreck, so I was lucky to just find the lump in thr first place. We'd have to pin her down and risk being torn to shreds to compress it. There is a reason why she stayed with us after fostering! It feels like a lipoma, so I am hopeful it is just cellulitis or a minor cyst.

Merlin (the old boy) is a big cat and he has cutaneous asthenia (Ehlers-Danlos). I just hope he can heal. His collegen disorder seems to be limited to just his skin thankfully. He's been sleeping a lot and refuses to leave the cage we were advised to limit him to post-fall. He can do what he wants. He's old.

I have no idea what is wrong with the frog. This last month she has become super weak with noticeable muscle wasting, and swelling, sometimes extremely severe. I started MBD protocol just in case, though she shouldn't have it. We are deworming, and I am changing up her diet. Honestly, once the vet said cancer, it clicked. I am hoping it isn't, but it'll be five years with her in September so she is getting up there.

[wodesorel]

That poor ear.

[GotButterflies]

Oh man! Any idea what caused the hematoma? Did he have an ear infection?

I am so sorry that you and your babies are going through all of this! You are certainly a blessing to all of the animals! You have earned my upmost respect!