Kitten with open fontanelle and one eye bulging
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:01 pm
Hello everyone,
I recently rescued a 6 week old kitten who had a URI and was seriously malnourished. Took him to the vet to treat the URI and he’s doing much better. The Kitten has an abnormally large forehead like an apple head chihuahua. Left eye is also bigger then right and seems to bulge out a bit. Ive now taken him to 2 different vets to get more info, both vets let me know his head is deformed, he has an open fontanelle/soft spot and it won’t close now. Neither vet had much info past “wait and see”. one vet claimed she hadn’t seen this before outside of kittens with hydrocephalus, but this kitten has no neurological/behavioral symptoms that I’ve or the vet notices. He’s been on antibiotics and fluids for the URI and malnourishment. Plays, eats, uses the litter box on his own. Just wondering if anyone has any helpful info or if you’ve seen this or something similar before. I’m hoping to give him the best chance possible to be healthy so am trying to be proactive but everything I find on the internet comes up as hydrocephalus, which is pretty disheartening and negative.
Thank you in advance for your responses and help!
I recently rescued a 6 week old kitten who had a URI and was seriously malnourished. Took him to the vet to treat the URI and he’s doing much better. The Kitten has an abnormally large forehead like an apple head chihuahua. Left eye is also bigger then right and seems to bulge out a bit. Ive now taken him to 2 different vets to get more info, both vets let me know his head is deformed, he has an open fontanelle/soft spot and it won’t close now. Neither vet had much info past “wait and see”. one vet claimed she hadn’t seen this before outside of kittens with hydrocephalus, but this kitten has no neurological/behavioral symptoms that I’ve or the vet notices. He’s been on antibiotics and fluids for the URI and malnourishment. Plays, eats, uses the litter box on his own. Just wondering if anyone has any helpful info or if you’ve seen this or something similar before. I’m hoping to give him the best chance possible to be healthy so am trying to be proactive but everything I find on the internet comes up as hydrocephalus, which is pretty disheartening and negative.
Thank you in advance for your responses and help!