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Sun looks like she's feeling a lot better than the picture in post #184
Aw, your story touched my heart! I hope your kitten and cat are doing well. To answer your question, the kittens are doing well, received vet care, they shall be in foster until they are 8 weeks. As for my decision to keep Leo, I know she enjoys spending time with him. When I separate them to give her some space, as she is still recovering, she calls for him and makes her "mama noises" through the door and he'll respond. I know they don't like getting separated but its only temporary and not all the time.I just found this thread, and I wanted to pop in and say you're doing a great job, and your cats are all so cute!
My middle cat who's about 2 now was a very young mom as well, and unfortunately neither she nor her kittens recevied any vet care until they ended up at the local humane services shelter when she was just over a year and the kittens about 6 months. As a result, she was just 5.5lbs and even though she's filled out to more like 7 now as a spayed 2 year old, she still doesn't fit an adult collar. I think keeping Leo will do wonders for Sun's development, too. My little momma was clearly devestated to be separated from all of her babies all at once, and until we adopted another kitten (who she's adopted as her own), she was constantly stealing our socks and carrying them around like kittens. Adorable and heartbreaking a the same time.
Have you had any updates from the foster with the rest of her litter? Are they all doing well? You did the best thing for them, for sure, finding them a foster who would finish raising them together. The kitten I recently adopted turned out to be only 6 weeks old, and there's SO much my older cats are having to teach her that she should have been allowed to learn from her mother/litter mates that I worry about what sort of homes her siblings went to. It's unfortunately common in my area for people to let kittens go to new homes at 5-6 weeks, even though kitens with a willing & able mother should stay in their litter setting for 8-12 weeks.
Oh I know! Even in #194 she looked tired (because she was) lol I'm glad she's feeling better!Sun looks like she's feeling a lot better than the picture in post #184
I read that somewhere. That's why I rather have it done sooner rather then later. They'll bounce right back into little trouble makersAww! So sweet!
Be advised that the kittens will be back to playing very quickly after their spay/neuter appointments.
Kittens have a super easy time with surgery. Mine acted like nothing happened!
Oh my, how precious! Surrogate kitties are such magnificent animals with big hearts. Not every cat will accept one who is not their own. Thanks for sharing!How sweet! These are the two I mentioned in my post earlier:
The tortie playing surrogate momma is Camo and the tabby kitten is Pebbles. Pebbles is not big for nearly 8 weeks; Camo is just that tiny.
As long as I know I'm not the only one! Sun hopefully will stop lactating soon now that she's spayed. Still, she will always be a mommy to these two!Camo has long since dried up and cannot start producing milk again due to being spayed after stopping lactation from her own litter. Doesn't stop Pebbles from tying to suckle, and Camo lets her. She just takes the opportunity to give Pebbles a thorough bath.
He is about to turn 8 weeks old. I've never litter box trained a kitten before so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?How old is Leo? He may just need a little more time.