First of all, I failed the gender test (yet again) Ashton turns out to be a female, so her new name is Ashes. Holiday is now called Eugene. I had to change his name due to vet records. I had a Holiday years ago, so had to come up with a new name.

Both kittens have been hospitalized for several days. It was frustrating to take them back there because in so many aspects- playing, eating, drinking, affectionate, they were doing great. Where the concern for them on my part was the lack of motility. They were both eating like they had holes in their stomachs, but nothing was being produced. Ashes would leave spots of stool in the litter pans about the size of a dime. I would watch her try so hard to poop normally but it never happened.

Eugene on the other hand was passing large amounts of blood in his stool. It was dark red blood not bright red, so it was indicative of the blood being in his system for longer. They both were dewormed on their second day here, so worms were not an issue. I haven’t even seen any worms passing in their stool. They still both were passing flecks of ashes and dirt. So although our vet debt is now cringeworthy, I had to take them in.

I am waiting to hear on the results of the fecals they finally were able to collect yesterday. Apparently, neither kitten was passing enough to even qualify for a fecal sample. I know that Ashes is stressed out because the first phone call I received after I dropped them off was a question- Did I know that she had explosive diarrhea? I did not know this. She was not having that issue here. I suggested it had to be due to stress.