kyukidojen
04-14-2008, 02:04 AM
So we got our first call of the spring today - 3 kittens, born March 26. Mom has disappeared - the lady who was feeding her suspects either hit by a car or "disposed of" by her unappreciative neighbors.
There are two boys and one girl... obviously, the calico is the girl.
http://mulhausens.smugmug.com/photos/279270714_jZwqT-M.jpg
This is the most energetic of the three. He doesn't have a name yet - but we'll come up with something!
http://mulhausens.smugmug.com/photos/279270734_t4sxG-M.jpg
This little guy is the biggest - and the best, so far, at figuring out the nipple on the bottle. He even has the patented bottle-fed-kitten "Ear Wiggle" going on. Tooo cute. His name is Gizmo - he is stunningly similar to that cute little gremlin.
http://mulhausens.smugmug.com/photos/279270827_7eKK5-M.jpg
This is the little girl. She had us a bit concerned initially, because she was so lethargic and sleepy. When I came in for their 3rd feeding, she was shaking - almost like a seizure. She seemed fine as soon as I touched her though, so I'm thinking it was just regular kitten wiggles. I hope. Either way, she has really pepped up and was even playing pretty rough with the other two. I'm pretty sure she's going to end up a long haired kitty - her fur is already silky.
All three of them have eye infections, but their noses are COMPLETELY clear, and from what I can hear their lungs are too. Mom was feral - the only un-spayed female the lady knew about. SHe's been feeding mom and several other "outside" cats for seven years now, and really seems to want to do all she can to help them.
For now, the kittens are on eye ointment and KMR. I am going to give them a couple days to adjust, and then they will have to be wormed. We have to keep them separate from our other cats - we have no way of knowing if they have any other diseases. But for now, they are chubby, FLEA AND TICK FREE, and seem mostly healthy. I haven't gotten them to poop yet, but I'm guessing, since I'll be most tired at the 3AM feeding, that they'll all go then.
There are two boys and one girl... obviously, the calico is the girl.
http://mulhausens.smugmug.com/photos/279270714_jZwqT-M.jpg
This is the most energetic of the three. He doesn't have a name yet - but we'll come up with something!
http://mulhausens.smugmug.com/photos/279270734_t4sxG-M.jpg
This little guy is the biggest - and the best, so far, at figuring out the nipple on the bottle. He even has the patented bottle-fed-kitten "Ear Wiggle" going on. Tooo cute. His name is Gizmo - he is stunningly similar to that cute little gremlin.
http://mulhausens.smugmug.com/photos/279270827_7eKK5-M.jpg
This is the little girl. She had us a bit concerned initially, because she was so lethargic and sleepy. When I came in for their 3rd feeding, she was shaking - almost like a seizure. She seemed fine as soon as I touched her though, so I'm thinking it was just regular kitten wiggles. I hope. Either way, she has really pepped up and was even playing pretty rough with the other two. I'm pretty sure she's going to end up a long haired kitty - her fur is already silky.
All three of them have eye infections, but their noses are COMPLETELY clear, and from what I can hear their lungs are too. Mom was feral - the only un-spayed female the lady knew about. SHe's been feeding mom and several other "outside" cats for seven years now, and really seems to want to do all she can to help them.
For now, the kittens are on eye ointment and KMR. I am going to give them a couple days to adjust, and then they will have to be wormed. We have to keep them separate from our other cats - we have no way of knowing if they have any other diseases. But for now, they are chubby, FLEA AND TICK FREE, and seem mostly healthy. I haven't gotten them to poop yet, but I'm guessing, since I'll be most tired at the 3AM feeding, that they'll all go then.