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Sooo... I investigated the egg thing (also having known someone who got typhoidal salmonella here, but not whether it came from eggs, meat, or just unwashed hands).
It turns out 5% of eggs in Thailand are contaminated if the hens haven't been vaccinated. Since I don't whether I'm getting eggs from vaccinated hens, that seems quite a high number. That's 1 in 20 eggs! I will be more careful with raw eggs for myself going forward. I (and most people here) eat a lot of soft boiled eggs and sunny side up eggs. I don't know if that's still an issue.
Re: Kitten milk powder, I'm doing 1:3, and it seems to be going well. They're gaining weight, and they seem to have a good appetite. Thanks, guys, so much for your support in doing this. I'm not a cat owner (I was as a child, but that was a long time ago), but I couldn't watch these kittens die after the mom abandoned them at our house. Plus, my kids are very excited about these little kittens!
Another question... Right now, they're spending the day pretty much in their nest. I take them out to feed them, stimulate them, clean them, and give them some quick cuddles, but mostly their day is spent inside a cardboard box. That's been to protect them and make sure they stay warm enough.
However, I'm realizing at three weeks, I will introduce them to the litterbox. So I'm wondering what's between now and then (I'm estimating they're around 9-10 days old). They're beginning to open their eyes and crawl around on their hind legs as well. I'm still afraid of their body temperature dropping (though honestly in the afternoon, that's probably not much of a risk given how hot it is here), but how much should I begin to offer them supervised time to explore their environment? When does that start?
And another question... I've been feeding them with a syringe, because I couldn't find a kitty bottle originally. I've tried since to get them on the bottle, but none of them took to it at all. I can't get them to take any milk that way, so we're sticking to the syringe, which is working. BUT... again, at three weeks, I'm supposed to start introducing wet solids, right? So, between now and then... am I supposed to start moving them from the syringe to... dishes? If so, when? How? I don't know what I'm doing, and I'm not finding answers on Google.
Again, I really don't know what I'm doing, but I will do my best.
It turns out 5% of eggs in Thailand are contaminated if the hens haven't been vaccinated. Since I don't whether I'm getting eggs from vaccinated hens, that seems quite a high number. That's 1 in 20 eggs! I will be more careful with raw eggs for myself going forward. I (and most people here) eat a lot of soft boiled eggs and sunny side up eggs. I don't know if that's still an issue.
Re: Kitten milk powder, I'm doing 1:3, and it seems to be going well. They're gaining weight, and they seem to have a good appetite. Thanks, guys, so much for your support in doing this. I'm not a cat owner (I was as a child, but that was a long time ago), but I couldn't watch these kittens die after the mom abandoned them at our house. Plus, my kids are very excited about these little kittens!
Another question... Right now, they're spending the day pretty much in their nest. I take them out to feed them, stimulate them, clean them, and give them some quick cuddles, but mostly their day is spent inside a cardboard box. That's been to protect them and make sure they stay warm enough.
However, I'm realizing at three weeks, I will introduce them to the litterbox. So I'm wondering what's between now and then (I'm estimating they're around 9-10 days old). They're beginning to open their eyes and crawl around on their hind legs as well. I'm still afraid of their body temperature dropping (though honestly in the afternoon, that's probably not much of a risk given how hot it is here), but how much should I begin to offer them supervised time to explore their environment? When does that start?
And another question... I've been feeding them with a syringe, because I couldn't find a kitty bottle originally. I've tried since to get them on the bottle, but none of them took to it at all. I can't get them to take any milk that way, so we're sticking to the syringe, which is working. BUT... again, at three weeks, I'm supposed to start introducing wet solids, right? So, between now and then... am I supposed to start moving them from the syringe to... dishes? If so, when? How? I don't know what I'm doing, and I'm not finding answers on Google.
Again, I really don't know what I'm doing, but I will do my best.