The survival rate of 1-month-old kittens with cat plague is generally around 50% to 70%. Feline distemper is a very scary disease for kittens, especially those two months old. Cat distemper is a viral disease. The treatment and recovery of cat distemper are directly related to the kitten's own immunity and resistance. It is not easy to treat a two-month-old kitten.
How to prevent cat plague:
1. Vaccination
Vaccination is the most direct and effective way to prevent cat plague. The vaccine is what we often call the "cat triple". The vaccine mainly prevents feline distemper, feline herpes and feline calicivirus, which can establish long-term and effective immune protection for cats.
2. Breastfeeding
If the kitten is a domestic cat, you can try to let the mother cat breastfeed. Breast milk contains antibodies that are very good for kittens. If the kitten consumes breast milk as soon as possible after birth, the intestines will absorb some of the antibodies in the breast milk to boost its own immune system.
3. Disinfection of environment and supplies
Kittens have weak immunity when they are two months old. The virus may be spread by humans or kittens from the outside world. If there is a cat in a multi-cat household, If a kitten is infected with feline distemper, other kittens need to be isolated and disinfected as soon as possible, and supplies and the environment must be disinfected immediately. Parents should also remember to disinfect after touching stray cats outside to avoid bringing the virus home and infecting their children. cat.
4. Pay attention to timely treatment
If the owner finds that the kitten is listless, has a loss of appetite, has a fever, and has symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. The vomitus is mostly yellow-green and the feces is sticky. , it may be that the kitten is infected with feline distemper virus, please go to the pet hospital immediately.
