Helping Kittens Survive Pneumonia 

As a Licensed Vet Tech that worked critical care/ emergency at a university vet school for 15 years, I can absolutely say that The Kitten Lady knows her stuff! If you are a rescuer or just want more info on kitten health, she's the one to listen to! 👍 Thank you so much for putting these videos out for the public, you truly are a rescue kitten advocate. I will continue to tell everyone I know (laypeople and professional) about your videos. Love from Michigan! 💜🐱💜

Jumbo slice is really lucky he got Hannah as his care giver

My 2 year old cat recently had pneumonia. I thought she was going to die. I got her on antibiotics, gave her lysine every day, and set up a show cage with a vaporizer which ran continuously. There was room for her to move closer or away from it, and I left a flap open for her to get in and out. She spent most of a week in there. She would come out for awhile and then go back in whenever she had trouble breathing. She essentially managed her own respiratory care, which I thought was kinda cool.

Poor baby! Jumbo Slice sure has had his share of setbacks 💔 I’m so pleased to see that his health is improving. ❤️❤️❤️

Seriously do what she says; my family cat Wynston died of pneumonia when I was about 10 and it destroyed us. He managed to sneak outside between my mom's legs the day a huge snow storm hit. We looked for him for two weeks before we found him snowed in our shed. He would sneeze and his whole body would react, having nasal discharge and everything. We took him to the vet the same day and he got multiple shots and an IV. It helped but he never stopped sneezing. Eventually a year later his symptoms came back, we took him to the vet and it didn't help that time... We lost him about a week later. Now that I rescue and foster kittens, it's one thing I look for and do everything I can to prevent. It's horrible

Had a rescue kitten die recently of pneumonia. She literally asphyxiated to death. It was so brutal to watch. Thanks for raising awareness.

Is that Badger flopping over at 4:03? Lol! Adorable!!!

This women was sent from heaven to care for the helpless kittens 😭❤️❤️❤️

You are a good person! Keep on doing what your doing! Thankyou for not letting animals die! Best youtuber ever.

Poor Jumbo Slice! My brother, who is 6, has severe asthma and gets pneumonia often and has to be hospitalized a lot for it. I'm glad you made this video for kittens as my friend who fosters has lost a few kittens to pneumonia. Keep making these amazing videos to help other fosters!

I got pneumonia around three months old after having surgery. I don't remember having it, but being that young and vulnerable definitely put me in a dangerous situation. Good thing I was already in the hospital. Of course, having the surgery made me more prone to getting the disease, but I really needed the surgery to survive.

All these cat/kittens are so lucky to receive so much TLC by Hannah. This disease is so sad 😞. It’s great to see that they are getting better! Have a great day to all!

So I have severe asthma with a nebuliser. Yesterday one of my aunt’s 4 1/2 week old puppies had a lung infection, I gave her my neb for the puppy after thinking back to this video. I got a call today from my aunt today saying the puppy is barking his little head off. Seeing him tomorrow, thank you for sharing this information, because not only does it save kittens, it saves other animals too!!

There was a starving feral kitten on my friend’s street, and I went to her house and did all the things you did to help starving kitties. Thank you and bless you for your help and being a mentor for many people. The kitten's called Bramble now.

We found a kitten a few days old. Its mother abandoned it. She moved her nest about 10ft away and wouldn't go near the kitten. So we brought him inside. We cleaned him and took him to the vet. He was estimated to be a few weeks old. We had to bottle feed him every few hours every day for a few weeks. He started developing quick and was extremely energetic, intelligent and playful. This past Sunday we noticed at night he didnt want to do much but sleep, the next morning he was back to his normal self. Later that night same thing all he wanted to do was sleep in the later evening hours. During the day he was eating and playing. He had 0 symptoms of a cold or anything else. On the next morning we took him to the vet because he did not want to move. The vet said he had pneumonia and a collapsed lung. He died a few hours later. The vet said he never saw pneumonia set in so quickly and believed there was a health issue at birth. Possibly 1 lung never developed. It made me wonder if the mom knew something was wrong and that's why she left him. I try to find peace in knowing I gave home 3 more months of life.

So cute and so sad

Jumbo was a strong and fighter kitten.He deserved the chance that Hannah gave him like so many others do. Be happy in heaven jumbo💙

Aww, look at happy, curious Jumbo! I'm so glad he's responding to treatment.

Pneumonia is horrible, when I was a toddler I got it and it almost killed me, I still got the scar from the surgery I had to get. I can't imagine how bad it could become from a little kitten.

Hannah I've watched your videos for the past several years, I signed up to foster with my local shelter, got my FIRST foster baby last week, and after two days he had to be put down due to what the vet said was a 'serious neurological condition'. I was absolutely heartbroken and was sure that I wouldn't foster again, but as I keep watching you I'm inspired to keep trying.

Thanks for this my father who was 81 passed away from complications due to aspirated pneumonia, he Alzheimer's and forgot how to swallow his liquid food now I understand better about happened. good info to have on hand when we start our cat rescue

My cat died yesterday of pneumonia, I cried all the day Her name was Mina

I had 4 nebulisers back to back with salbutamol in last year after a severe asthma attack. The nurses at my local walk in centre heard me struggling to breath so stuck me in a wheelchair on a nebuliser & rushed me straight into the high acuatity ward for 4hrs with 2doses of antibiotics & 6 steroid tablets.

I wish this video was available months ago... I lost 3 babies due to this condition. At that time I was so hopeless since they were really really small (just a week old). I kept digging your whole channel with a hope that there would be something. Thanks a lot for uploading this Kitten Lady! your knowledge and love would save them all ♡

I rescued a kitten once with pneumonia. Our vet gave us some medicine and the poor baby was so bad we were told he needed to stay in the hospital for oxygen treatments but that wouldve been too expensive for my family. So our vet told us where to get an oxygen tank and gave us a prescription for it as well as the medicine he needed. We had a little baby mask for him and a tub that was hooked up to the oxygen tank and ofc was never completely closed in. We followed the vets directions and our little cobalt got much better and healthier. I'm not sure how he got pneumonia, he was a small stray with terrible conjunctivitis and respiratory problems as well as a few other problems when we found him. We nursed him back to health in no time though!

Thank you so much kitten lady for telling me about it I will check on the stray cats near my house

I had pneumonia but here I am still alive but it is very scary

Jumbo has the best mommy in the world, hope for a fast recovery and a wonderful kitten hood ~~!~~

My current foster was given to me at 6 days old, with fluid in her lungs. It only took me a few minutes of holding her to recognize that bubbling sound when she breathed. I went straight from the animal charity to my vet and my worst fear was confirmed: fluid in her lungs. The prognosis was honestly pretty bleak, but she was immediately put on antibiotics to prevent pneumonia, which was my main concern. After that I spent essentially the next 5 days with her almost 24/7 and kept a very close eye on her for even the tiniest of changes. After day 5, I took her back to my vet and her lungs were given the all clear. My vet was almost as surprised as I was. Her appetite never once waned through all of this, she's one of the toughest little spuds I've ever fostered and I love her to bits. She's almost ready to go to her new home at 11 weeks and should be leaving here in a week or so. I will miss her so much but I am so happy she made it and is thriving. Pneumonia is so dangerous, especially in little kittens. Prevent it if at all possible. Thank you for the video, Hannah! There are some things here I really didn't know and it's good to know them going forward. :) Jumbo Slice is an adorable little guy, as well. So plucky!

Happy Sunday afternoon Hannah. I must have missed a FB comment that you took in a new kitten this week. (BOOO) Sooooooooo... it's nice to meet you Jumbo Slice!!! And it's great to hear that Jumbo is already doing better. And I know what you mean when you say how hard it is on a human with pneumonia. I too have had it and was hospitalized for 2+ weeks. That was the worst I've felt in my whole life. The thought of how Jumbo's little lungs feel breaks my heart. You, Andrew, and the work you do for those kittens Hannah is beyond amazing!!! Cory

I had a cat who had pneumonia when she was young. After meds and lots of care she recovered and lived a long life.

My kitten had this and I never knew until now, I did bring the kitten to the vet but they said she was fine and after a week she died. 😔

So glad he is doing better!

I recently got a kitten. Her name is miggy short for McGonagall from Harry Potter. She is adorable. I love your channel

Thank you so much for helping these little guys. They sure do need it and I’m glad they have such a great advocate. You have inspired me to help and many others. I have a soft spot in my heart for these little guys. I will do my best to help them and I hope others will too. Lots of love from Texas!

As much as I thought I knew about rescue, I couldnt save our 3 year old kol from his pneumonia (aspirational). He died in my arms 3 days later. Antibiotics were not enough. He needed oxygen therapy and the 24 hr vet didnt tell me that. I found out after I showed our vet his papers. I have asthma. Knowing he took his last 3 breaths while struggling just kills me. Thank you for this and all your videos. I am truly grateful.

I love all of your videos because it helps me with my cats

Bonus points for managing respiratory illness and allergies- 1.change your home air filter to the highest grade you can afford. It will improve the health of everyone who lives there. 2. Reduce your heavy dust making activities- your clothes dryer can make alot of dust and create mold if it isn't hooked up to a vent properly. (This can cause illness as well as make it worse) have someone knowledgeable check your home appliances to make sure they are venting and draining properly. Consider air drying laundry during severe respiratory recovery. 3. Buy a quality air filter for the room the little one is in 4. Use a vaccum with a high quality hepa filter or use a new vacuum bag each time. Clean the floors and furniture often 5. Make everything super comfy with easy access to multiple litter boxes, water bowls/fountains, beds, pet steps to get up and down, and floor level toys. This saves their energy for healing while having a quality of life. These are just supportive suggestions that can also be useful/adapted for humans with respiratory and allergy needs

This is all such wonderful information. This will undoubtedly save a life! I wish I had known about Kitten Lady when I rescued my first kitten four years ago. The very first kitten I rescued was so, so sick- he was a seven week old ginger boy named Pocket. He had a horrific upper respiratory. And when I picked him up from the rescue, they handed me human pill bottles, the label had been peeled mostly off, but I could still read the first name. It was the woman who ran the rescues name. She told me it was a “critical care food additive” that had been prescribed by their vet of preference -a name they wouldn’t give me- and all I had to do was “squirt a syringe full over his hard food” but as it turns out, they had been stretching medications, adding them all together and making an antibiotic soup to save on veterinary care. I took him to my vet immediately. I was prescribed Vetropolycin for his eyes, and I was sent to a specialist pharmacy about an hour from where I live, which had to hand mix a medication that had been cultured specially for him. I ordered a nebulizer, but while I waited for that to come, I would take him in the bathroom, turn the shower on the hottest it could possibly get, let the steam fill the room and I would pat his chest to loosen the gunk. The vet was so appalled at the “critical care mix” and his current condition that she actually turned the rescue into the local authorities. My mom ended up adopting that sweet little baby and we renamed him Mowgli. He just turned four last month and he is the most spoiled little thing you could ever meet in your entire life. He still has underlying eye issues from that initial infection- they “run” and he gets awful eye boogies (as we lovingly call them) so he gets “groomed” which is his favorite thing, and he still lays in the bathroom when someone is getting a shower. He is kept on a very specific limited ingredient diet because we also noticed his eyes get worse when we’re less strict with his diet. It if you keep at it, there is hope- these little ones will make it. ❤️ I’m just so glad there are people like Hannah (and all of you!) in the world.

I just took on a two-week-old kitten on Tuesday. She and her brother had upper respiratory infection. They were being treated with Clavamox. She was doing so well then she started labored breathing Saturday night and not eating and by the time we could get her to an emergency vet, they determined that her situation was grave and she was euthanized. It was a kindness, in my opinion. I had pneumonia several years ago and I tell you, if euthanasia had been offered at the time to me, I would have gladly agreed to it. Pneumonia is bad bad bad.

Thank you for everything that you do! I have now rescued 2 litters from my neighborhood. All of them have new homes ☺️

He’s sooooo CUUUUUUTE!!!!!!!!!I JUST LOVE HIIIIM!!OMGAUD!

You are such a kind caring and outgoing person you are to pure for this world and truly make the world a better place. Thank you.

Thank you for this video. We adopted a kitten that ended up having pneumonia (she was too feral to be handled so the rescue had no idea how sick she was). We adopted her and gave her nebulizer treatments and antibiotics. She’s relatively healthy now, but we’re always concerned when she sneezes. Unfortunately, now our pet insurance carrier refuses to cover anything that may be related to her previous infection (anything and everything they can get away with). Luckily we can cover her medical expenses, but I fear that other pet owners may opt to let future infections to go untreated in hopes of URIs falling off their pet’s list of pre-existing conditions. It’s also become a deterrent for friends who are looking to adopt when something like a URI or pneumonia may be in the cat’s recent medical history. :( Sick kittens deserve forever homes too.

Love you so much! I’m obsessed with kittens and cats! There need to be more people like you in the world love you Kitten Lady! ❣

Poor baby!!! jumbo needs to have a better life and kitten Lady will give her/him a good life

Oh, good! Thanks for the bit at the end. I was worried about Jumbo. I had pneumonia as a kid and it is not something to fool around with. I wasn’t showing much upper respiratory symptoms at all, so if I had a kitten like that who was losing weight and not doing well, it could still be pneumonia. Thank you for telling people to get kittens to the vet right away and not to shrug it off.

My grandfather accidentally gave our kitten aspiration pneumonia because he never fed a kitten before. She ended up passing away not too long after :(. I have her brother though and he's my happy snuggle buddy.

Aspiration and pneumonia put me in the hospital for a month. Then I was recovering from home for about 6 weeks - it was horrible. So I always have my inhaler and nebulizer handy. Thanks for the informative video!

Seeing this during the COVID-19 pandemic really puts it into perspective how horrible pneumonia can be.

Poor Jumbo! I know how awful pneumonia is too, get better soon 💜💋💋💋

I have had 6 fosters with pneumonia. Two were only a week old and very obviously sick. It was a miracle they survived. I kept one and he lived a happy healthy nine years until passing from a breed related complication. The other 4 were feral kittens that only I could touch. One had VERY mild uri symptoms. The other three were symptom free. One day after listening to the lungs of the uri kitten I picked up her "healthy" sister just for comparison. Imagine my shock when the healthy kittens lungs sounded like a fire place bellows or a severe asthmatic! I rushed the whole litter to the vet. The three non symptomatic kitten had pneumonia in a bad way with no obvious symptoms. It took months of treatment, complicated by the fact that no one but me could touch them. They were the reason I learned to give sub q fluids, do injectable meds, administer vaccines and more. Amazingly they survived and eventually turned into loving cats that found forever homes. It was pure luck that I listened to the kittens lungs that day. From that point on, I routinely listen to every kittens lungs. And that habit helped me pick up on a kitten in the future. Shelter volunteers knew I had experience listening to lungs so when a kitten up for adoption was breathing hard on a very very hot day, they got me and we were thankfully able to pick up on his sudden lung collapse in time to rush him back to our vets to stabilize him.

That kitten is so cute. God save that kitten.

Your such a hero Hannah wish I could meet you,you didn't gave up I'm so thankful there's a person like you💖💖💖

Bless you! I just found a 5 week old kitten and she has pneumonia. Let’s hope they make it!

Me too when I grow up I want to be like you I did have a cat named Hunter he was killed by the garage door so I want to save cats and kittens

You do a really GREAT job doing your job when I get older I wanna become a person like you!!!! I just started watching you and I watch you every day!!!!!! YOU INSPIRE ME SO MUCH!!!!!

You can also modify a human nebulizer tube you get from a normal pharmacy for a cat or kitten by blocking off one side of the mouthpiece and purrito your cat with the open end of the tube 1 to 2 inches away from their face. I know hannah uses an incubator which allows for the mist to fill the environment but one you get from your doctor as a human can work great if you hold your cat in a blanket. My siamese had really bad asthma which isn't uncommon for them and we both used the same lower dose albuterol but his dose was diluted with saline according to his vet instructions. The simply saline nasal rinse bottles squirted into the nebulizer bottle were the easiest way to dilute the albuterol. Btw, if your cat coughs like they might have a fur ball but nothing comes out or you hear a repeated huffing sound from them (usually with their neck straighted out) please take your cat to the ER! It could be a sign of an asthma or allergy attack. Hannah, could you also please cover asthma, allergies and other respiratory issues since awareness of what symptoms look like much less how to respond isn't well known. Respiratory illness does take a bit of effort but it is all worth it. My cat and i had an even closer bond since my helping save his life was paying him back for saving mine. I miss my sweet boy everyday (it was cancer) and I'm grateful for God blessing me with the nearly 14 years we had together. Thank you for this video.

Rest in peace, sweet little guy. ❤

Thank you for doing this one and not waiting on the antibiotics... to many people wait until the kitten is barely able to stand before addressing them being sick...

Its amazing how fast a tiny kitten can go down when they are sick. I was fostering four kittens at one point and one was not well for the past day and in the a.m. I make the vet appt. Just a few hours later, before the appt. he REALLY went down fast. I RUSHED him to the vets ASAP and we almost lost him, but this story had a happy ending. But they can end up at death's door within a matter of a few hours.

She is a pure being, I’m telling you!

I love people who make videos too help you or your pets not people who make videos just to get viewers and subscribers

I’m so glad for Badger haha he’s so cute 😂❤️❤️ I’m glad Jumbo Slice has Hanna to care for him tho Gold to now he’s doing better 😁💓

Our little one was diagnosed with pneumonia yesterday. Thankfully he's acting normal and eating well and drinking and playing. He's on an antibiotic now.

You might as well just get your license because sweetie your already basically a vet. Your amazing

I'm so glad Jumbo is recovering! lots of useful information in this video for those who need it. most of the time though I just watch for the cute kittens lol.

I own 3 healthy cats (rescued) and today basically next to my apartment door I found a young homeless kitten(maybe 3 months old), completely malnourished with pneumonia. He was unable to move and was just lying there with saliva coming out of his mouth and occasionally moving his tail, I rushed to the closest vet and I really hope they will be able to heal the little kitten...I'm thinking he came to my doorstep cuz he knew there were other cats...he had hope, so I can't give up on him!

You're amazing you have a calling and are not afraid to accept that

I got a rescue kitten from outside a few weeks ago, took him into the vet. Diagnosis was double pneumonia! He was on an oral antibiotic called amoxicillin & clavulanate potassium, for 14 days. He is doing a lot better but still sick although he runs around and eats good. I’m hoping he gets a lot better as the months go on. He sure is a fighter! Anyone have any suggestions or anything for this?

Poor jumbo, u are a wonderful person, and I love your channel so much, hope jumbo feels better soon!❤️😁🤞❤️❤️he's so incredibly cute! Love ya!

He's so strong thxs cat lady YOUR A GREAT PERSON FOR HELP THESE ANIMALS 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩I hope that I'll be just like you in your career. Your nice,helpful,truthful,and more have a bless day

I just lost one of my rescue fosters to URI/pneumonia last week. He was not a neonate, nor had he shown any symptoms of being sick until two days before passing. He went from normal kitten to very sick in a few days. We had him tested for FIV/FELV, which was negative and had him on antibiotics as soon as we noticed, but by that point he had stopped eating. If you have a cat or kitten that is shy/hiding and have concerns about their health, please keep them where you can monitor them often. Our current fosters were barn cats and he was the last one we'd gotten to socialize with us. :( I've fostered and rescued cats for years and this was a first for me.

Thank you so much Hannah! One of the kittens in my cats litter is having this and I was in a state of panic. Took the kitten to the vet and got the medication. Hoping for the best now. Thanks again.

My mom walked in as the video started and I paused it with Jumbo on the screen. "That looks like Sleepy," she said. Sleepy is the name of the foster kitten my sister took in. It had ringworm, so I'm looking forward to the video on ringworm you plan on doing in case any future fosters my sister has also have it.

The people that hit the 👎🏼 must have been crying so hard that they missed the like button ♥️

Keep us posted on Jumbo’s recovery? He seems to be on the mend, but I struggle with determining how an immunocompromised kitty has turned the bend and getting better.

So that's what the breathing thing I had to use when I was little is called. I had reallyyy bad asthma when I was little so I had to use a nubulizer once or twice a day or else I would have trouble breathing and have some other issues.

Idk when I will ever use this information but you’re the Kitten Lady. I have to watch.

I found some kittens on a cement block and I had already watched a ton of your videos and they have helped a lot now we're trying to get rid of the know kittens to some homes luckily they're healthy

I adopted my cat from a shelter, even though she had ring worm, we cured her ( and cured us because the woman at the shelter didnt know that she had ring worm ) and now she is a cute 1 year playful cat! I highly recommend shelters! Remember you are saving a kitten's life :D

Poor baby bean :( ❤️❤️❤️💔💕💕💕💕 I hope he’ll get well soon.

You are a good mom to these little ones

You are doing so good with Jumbo! I wish him the best life. You can tell he really is fighting for his life and wants to live!

Why dose this video have 4 dislikes I DEMAND THOSE PEOPLE TO BE HEARTLESS!

Theirs this lady who came into the vet while I was their with my mom. She found a kitten and brought it in. My mom yelled "WE WILL TAKE HER" but she was a stray i so I am looking at yout videos watching about how to take care of her. I havent got her yet but hopefully soon. She is getting tested to see if she has any diseases that can be contagious. Hopefully she doesnt so we can take care of her!

I had Pneumonia when I was 13 and that was horrible multiple visit to the hospital spitting out phlegm it took month to find out what was wrong with my lungs, now imaging that on a kitty most be a nightmare.

Sad face i had numona and my kidnys were failing i allmost died so i feel the kiddys pain😢😭😿i had a needle in my back draining flooeds i hope kiddy makes it sad face i pray for kiddy❣🤞🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

Rest in peace Jumbo Slice! You'll be missed!

Dearest Hannah, thank you so much for your amazing video with such detailed information. My stray kitten caught a nasty case of pneumonia. She was so ill. We brought her home from the vet with antibiotics and followed your instructions for using a nebulizer and doing coupage. When my bf was picking up a nebulizer from the pharmacy, I texted him in the middle of watching your video saying, kitten lady says we need saline , please get some! With your help, my baby is slowly recovering and back to eating food. And thanks for the tip about chicken baby food! She loves it!

My kitten’s name is Salem and I love being a mother to him and he’s going to get through this with your help and advice thank you.

Half of the people who supposedly died in 1918 flu pandemic, actually died from secondary pneumonia... Not surprising kittens are susceptible to it!

Today a friend told me that her mum had seen a kitten near the street where I live, so my sister and I went to look for it, but we couldn't find it. I hope that's just because someone else who has some experience took it or maybe there was a mum and she took it somewhere else, but I'm still kinda worried.

Our second young cat that we found outside had a horrible respiratory infection. I rushed him to the vet because he was having such a hard time breathing. He would shoot snot out of his nose! He was also so thin because he was definitely not born an outside cat. But 2 years later he is doing well.

THANK YOU

Lady of the Cats. I honor you and I wish you the best in your mission in life to help the kitties. I also loved your tattoos. Keep up the great work.

So cute! Lol, I also have two cute cats and I use a TUPEYA wifi camera to view what they are doing if I leave them at home. It is really awesome to talke with them via phone app and they can hear via the camera.

Jumbo is lucky to have you take care of him

Your the best I feel warm inside now that I see what you do And I miss my cat and I want to help poor kittens to

Thanks I'm doing an research on new born kittens for school and you always helps me !!!!!!!!!!