Recent Content by carrots33

Oh, he's beautiful! Time is the only advice I would offer. Be patient and Just let him get to know you on his own terms and in his own time. Just be around him and let him get used to you. He may never become affectionate or allow much touching, but he can be a good companion nonetheless.

Thank you for all your advice and thoughts. Unfortunately, Krookshanks passed away last night. I'm pretty sure he went into congestive heart failure, which leads me to believe he had feline leukemia our something along those lines.It is also possible we just got there too late. Regardless, at...

@catwoman707 Our other cat wandered into our yard 10 years ago. He was super skinny, too (although not nearly as bad as poor Krookshanks here) He was still a kitten, maybe 6-9 months old. My kids were still babies and it was amazing what he would let them do to him all through their toddler...

I have my first (possible) positive news! He's had no diarrhea since the wee hours this morning- I'm hoping that means that the deworming medicine worked and not that his internal organs are shutting down. When I went back in to feed him 2 hours after giving him the baby food/ chicken broth...

How much? It's so traumatic for him to be force fed constantly, I'd like to keep it at a minimum.

I found the probiotic at Wal-Mart in the pharmacy-go figure! I also bought some Pedialite, chicken broth, and Turkey baby food. Krookshanks is not going to survive the 24 hours it will take to make the bone broth, so I mixed the Turkey baby food with enough chicken broth to make it liquid...

Thanks for the advice- I'm on the way to the store to buy a whole chicken to make some bone broth. Where would I find the probiotic LDG recommended?

2 days ago, my kids and I came across a stray cat outside a store. It was so emaciated it looked skeletal and could barely stand or walk. We brought him home and made a home for him in our laundry room. That first night he was so weak he literally couldn't eat, even soft food. We took him to the...