Does the kitten have teeth? They come in generally 3-4 weeks of age. And
also are a bit "off" on mobility. Is kitten trying to "suckle" the cat
food? Or is he eating and chewing? You can mix kitten formula in w/the
food, but a long as he's eating canned well, not necessary.
You should also make vet appointment in the next two weeks - the vet will be
able to determine age a bit better, as well as start vaccinations and
worming. Take a stool sample w/you so they can test for specific worms.
What a kind soul you are for rescuing the kitten. Hopefully the other will
also find a good home before the little girls drown them. Somebody should
also get the mother cat and get it fixed - then no more unwanted babies.
Those people should not be permitted to own a pet - they're own
irresponsibility by not getting the mother cat spayed resulted in an
unwanted litter. She'll soon go into heat again, and the cycle continues.
As a foster for two shelters I am torn - I look forward to kitten season
because they are so damned cute, but at the same time I get extremely ticked
off because people aren't responsible enough to get their pet fixed. God I
hope the parents of those little girls are doing a better job raising their
kids! Perhaps the parents should be fixed too.....(I'm assuming they are
bad people due to lack of cat care, I know I shouldn't assume).
First off, thanks to everyone who replied. All good stuff to remember. :)
Second thing is, someone mentioned adopting another one so that she would
have a playmate....well, we already have one cat (another female, close to a
year old). ok....see below....
> Does the kitten have teeth? They come in generally 3-4 weeks of age. And
> also are a bit "off" on mobility. Is kitten trying to "suckle" the cat
> food? Or is he eating and chewing? You can mix kitten formula in w/the
> food, but a long as he's eating canned well, not necessary.
Yes, she does have teeth and seemed to be ok with the catfood and water, and
knew how to use the litterpan (ugh....we didn't have a second box, so i put
a few paper plates together on the bathroom floor with litter on them.
She........*somewhat* made it on the litter. hahaha)
> What a kind soul you are for rescuing the kitten. Hopefully the other will
> also find a good home before the little girls drown them.
Well....let me explain a little bit first. The mother (of the kids) isn't a
bad woman. She just has three kids, and they ended up with 5 kittens, AND
we live in apartments. I believe she lives in one of the two-bedroom
apartments, so that could probably be tough. And as far as the kids pouring
milk and water over the kitten, they are young and probably honestly thought
they were feeding it. *However*....this morning, the middle child of that
family, a little boy, came over here and said "Um, can I have the cat back?
My baby sister wasn't supposed to give it away because that one is my older
sisters and my older sister was crying all night." So I had to give it
back. :( But then later on, i found a note tacked to my door from the
older sister saying "thank you giving her back and you can come and play
with her any time you want to because you are nice and kept her safe."
Awwwwww.... :)
However, there is a guy I work with who has 3 week old kittens at his house!
So we'll talk to him about getting one of those whenever they're a little
older. (Those are part bobcat though! Yikes!)
---Julia
Dik F. Liu - 09 Jul 2004 18:23 GMT
>However, there is a guy I work with who has 3 week old kittens at his house!
>So we'll talk to him about getting one of those whenever they're a little
>older. (Those are part bobcat though! Yikes!)
I have heard such claims of domestic catsout crossing with bobcats ("It's wild
looking and BIG!). But I don't think this is possible. The closest we have is a
breed called Pixiebob - a purely domestic breed bred to look somewhat like a
bobcat.
Dik