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I'll have her call around and ask about the spaying. One vet I called said many vets will do the spaying/neutering before a cat is 4 pounds but it's not advisable because of the anesthesia.

When I called around for my boys no vets would do them under 5 months of age. Is that going to be true for the female?

I raised a litter of kittens and my sister-in-law wanted two. She took a male and female. Well, I told her that they needed to be fixed around 12 weeks because she might go into heat early with him around and she promised to do it. They were 12 weeks yesterday and today's response was they will...

No, because they are still small and like to wreck stuff if not watched closely, we keep them in the restroom at night so they didn't see outside. I really think that fresh smell just threw them off in the dark. I was worried they were going to start killing each other because of the sounds...

They were fine last night. I think it was just that freshly washed smell that confused both of them. Silly boys.

My two kitten boys are 11 weeks old. This morning very early at 3 am we woke up to an awful noise and found out it was the kittens growling at each other and showing aggressive displays. It hadn't progressed into fighting but they wouldn't stop yowling at each other. We had to separate them...

Trust me had she tested positive I would have aborted the litter. She tested negative when she was about 3 months into the pregnancy so neither the vet nor I had any idea that she had this until 6 weeks after she had the kittens. The virus had obviously done something to her gastrointestinal...

Should I just skip the in office test and ask for the lab test then? And if they do test positive, would you skip all vaccines or just the FeLV one? If they test negative, how many times should I test them before I vax them or should I vax them on the first neg test? I will have to break the...

Okay so should I ask for a different test to be done since I know they haven't been exposed by another cat other than their mother? Since I've been reading online, I've read conflicting things about the two different tests that can be performed. I've read that the test in the office is very...

No other cats just the babies. I don't know what I'd do if they turned up positive because as it is right now they are the healthiest kittens I've seen. I was just thinking yesterday how wonderful their coats are (they are a mixed himalayan, look like ragdolls) and how well they eat and play...

I've read conflicting things online. I've read that most definitely a positive mother means positive kittens. I've also read that the kittens' immune systems can fight off the virus and then they are free of it but I guess that's rare. I'm going to get them tested and wait 3 weeks and test...

I had unknowingly taken in a pregnant momma cat and had her tested for FeLV/FIV while she was pregnant and she was neg on both of those tests at the vet. Obviously they did the quick tests. She was constantly sick throughout the pregnancy but I thought it was just the pregnancy. Recently she...

I am not doing raw nor spending the money for KMR for 6 week old kittens. They all drink water and they are all growing and terrorizing. I think he just didn't like a pea smelling food because he eats the other fine. I'm not on board with wet food because the only food good for them is not in...

Well, I think we will be okay now. I bought them a bag of Kitten Chow to teach them to eat dry food and none will touch it but him. Such an odd ball but that's the only food he cares for so he will get fed separately for a while.

She spends all day away from them now and won't let them nurse unless it's on her terms. I have one male that refuses to eat dry food. All of the other kittens are nice and plump and eating food and using the litter box just fine but this one boy won't eat the food and only wants mom but she's...