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Abandoned Kitten - Day one: Weeble Purrs!!!!!

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Magic Mood Jeep? - 23 Aug 2003 21:23 GMT
Most of you have read my request for help with a pair of abandoned kittens -
and thanks for the great advice (both from NGs, my vet and a local rescue
group).  Unfortunately, one of them, the white & black one, was in very bad
condition: she was bleeding from her nose and/or mouth, so that suggested
some sort of internal injury - probably when we accidentally discovered
MommaKat & she 'exploded' from the nest, she kicked/stepped on this little
one.  Our vet thought she might go at anytime, so we had her put down, which
he did at no cost.

The black male is doing fine, has a healthy appetite (and a pair of lungs to
match), and pees when stimulated to do so. In fact, he purred (very loudly
for such a tiny kitty) for the first time today (I thought at first that the
rattling noise he was making was because some of the formula went down the
wrong way, but he wasn't having any troubles breathing, and wasn't fussing
about anything, except for a large contented burp just before), jut an hour
ago, right after I fed him (he ate 5cc of Nurtuall-C that I got from my
vet), which is his 4th meal today. I've been feeding him every 2-4 hours
(have a 4-hour alert on my PDA, or whenever he starts fussing on his own).
We've been calling him Weeble, because he wobbles when he's active (Don't
know if you remember that child's toy from the 60s/70s that was a
round-bottomed toy that was bottom heavy, their commercial went "Weebles
Wobble But They Don't Fall Down"). We think we have a forever home for him
when he's older, a co-worker of my husband's wants another black cat to go
with the one he has.  We've also gotten at least 4-5 fleas off of him with a
flea comb. We have not see MommaKat since Thursday when we startled her.

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Michelle Fulton - 23 Aug 2003 21:27 GMT
> The black male is doing fine, has a healthy appetite (and a pair of lungs to
> match), and pees when stimulated to do so. In fact, he purred (very loudly
> for such a tiny kitty) for the first time today (I thought at first that the
> rattling noise he was making was because some of the formula went down the
> wrong way, but he wasn't having any troubles breathing, and wasn't fussing
> about anything, except for a large contented burp just before

Congratulations!  Saving one of the little critters is no small feat and
very kind of you :-)

M
 
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