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Ginger being thoughtful. Bran being "stealthy" as he stalks his brother from behind the toilet.

More questions! Bran and Ginger are about 3.5wk old now. They'll occasionally get in the litterbox and scratch a bit, then look very serious while they do nothing. They're still needing stimulation to pee about 90% of the time (every couple of days, Bran pees all over their towels in their...

Good to know! I'll keep a weather eye on him, then. He had just a tiny smear of poo (and copious pee)at the 3:45am feeding, so hopefully this is easing off. Thanks! Erynne

What is "normal" yellow vs "illness" yellow? Their stools are typically a burnt umber color, something along the lines of this: Ginger is having liquidy poo that is verging more towards gold ochre, though still a little darker. Is that considered healthy coloration? Would I be looking for...

I had thought brownish/yellowish soft but not liquid was normal stool for a kitten on formula milk only? This is the first day of truly diarrhea-y poo; everything else has been fa similar color but not so liquid. Thanks! Erynne

That's what I'm afraid of. :/ I have a CT scan scheduled for myself tomorrow, so I'm hoping the diarrhea clears on its own overnight...because I won't be able to get them to the vet earlier than late morning. Crossing my fingers for a miraculous recovery. Thanks! Erynne

The same light brownish/dark yellowish it's been the last three weeks. Just very loose and dribbly, almost nothing formed in it at all. Thankfully, it's not a continuous dribble; we'd be at the emergency vet if that were the case. He apparently had a bit earlier between feeds/cuddles, and then a...

They mew anytime they want to be fed or cuddled. They usually settle after eating/eliminating/cuddling and go to sleep. I went in to feed them this evening and Ginger appears to have had diarrhea. :( His hind end was crusty with diarrhea and Bran's front end was a bit splattered (washing his...

When we first found the kittens under the cabin porch steps, they all still had damp/squidgy umbilical stumps. I'm guessing that would make that day (Saturday) their likely birth day, since the cords dried out by the next day and began shedding by Tuesday or Wednesday. Ginger and Bran are doing...

Google isn't being helpful in this: in your experience, how long are the umbilical stumps on kittens damp/tacky before they begin to dry out? I'm trying to narrow down how old our kittens were when we first met them. Thanks! Erynne

I'm planning to wait until they hit four weeks before starting on canned and kibble. They'll be three weeks Saturday, so I've plenty of time to let them be cuddly babies. Thanks! Erynne