Kittens

Sneak Peek: “Ginny”

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Yesterday, with my husband’s help, our 8 kitten foster crew were all photographed, gendered, and weighted.

Everyone’s weight seemed within a healthy range. It’s super important to get a kittens weight so you can monitor how they are doing. I will weigh them all again within a day or so and make sure they all are gaining. Which I’m really hopeful is the case as everyone is eating well, and though they’ve all had a bit of loose stool it doesn’t seem to be getting worse. It may end up being simply the stress of the move that has upset their tummies. Though they all will be getting panacur and pyrantel for parasite treatment.

I’m learning by the day with my first semi spicy kittens.

Meet Virginia “Ginny”

I’ll admit it was basically love at first sight with this little one. 🥰 She has the cutest little pug face.

Ginny is our smallest little kitten, weighing in at 27.85 ounces or 1.7 pounds. Ginny was likely born March 18th. That makes her 9 weeks. She’s on the tail end of healthy range for her age and gender – however given she came from a home with 4 adult cats and 8 kittens eating together at meal time I’d say she’s doing well. She’s one of my 2 most ferocious eaters.

More of the crew to follow in next post….

New Foster Kittens

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I picked up these kittens on Saturday. They were advertised as free on facebook. I reached out to the poster and asked if they were vaccinated and fixed – he responded they were not. I asked if they “liked humans” and “could be pet”. He took awhile to reply, and he was vague in his response so I knew they weren’t super affectionate kittens. However, I wasn’t ready for what I found when I went to visit them.

It ends up he has 4 adult cats in his home, all unfixed. He also lets the females go outdoors. The 8 kittens he had in his home, were from 2 litters. Their moms were mother and daughter. They were born and have been growing up completely indoors, however he and his wife haven’t handled them. The kittens sat content on the couch or kitty condo, but were terrified of me if I approached.

Me and 2 other ladies with my rescue foster group caught all the kittens Saturday. It required flipping furniture, putting up gates, and getting scratched and bit (unless wearing thick gloves). We were there for around an hour.

These are the “spiciest” kittens I’ve ever gotten. And there are 8 of them! I have my hands full, and all scratched up already. 😅

More pictures coming…..🐈‍⬛🐈