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I took 2 stray kittens in when they were 3 weeks old, they are now almost 9 weeks old...well, one of them is. Every thing was going very well with them and they have been a pleasure. However, very suddenly and unexpectedly, I lost one of them to sever pneumonia this past Tuesday...he passed on...

Aww. I wonder what it is they could be dreaming about sometimes, especially when they start that twitching. Sometimes it seems like it's more of a nightmare that they're having. My Junior makes sounds when he sleeps. I think he actually snores, although it sounds more like a low, deep humming...

Mine know a few basics... Buck fetches his furry mice. It took a while for him to bring the mouse back to me after he found it, as he always expected me to pick it back up even when he was closer to it. Tess knows the High Five. She's a tortie, so she gets a bit whacky at times and when she...

I apologize for my delayed response, these little ones are wearing me out...but I couldn't be happier! As ridiculous as this may sound, I called back the vet on Friday and Sunday (the 5th day of no poops) and they insisted that as long as the babies were still eating and not acting sick, that I...

Thanks for the suggestion but unfortunately...I didn't have any luck with it. They screamed at the top of their lungs when I was letting the water drip on their rears, but that was the extent of it. After I'd talked to the vet earlier today, I stopped with the baby food but when I was mixing it...

I have 2 orphaned kittens, I've had them for 3 days now. They're about 3 weeks old. One boy is 13 oz, the other boy is 12 oz. They seem to be healthy, and quite content with their new mom (me)...they eat very well, play with eachother and are little purr bugs. The only problem is, though I can...

I brought Akita home with me and plan to bury him soon. The vet had asked if I'd like to do the necropsy but I declined. Akita was sick the entire time I had him, I knew it but didn't want to accept it. From that first moment when I found him, his breathing was labored. Even during his happier...

Well, as it turned out...I had decided that since I knew Akita was going to die anyway, I might as well let the vet do an XRay on him. He was death warmed over, but everytime I said his name, he lifted his head, so I thought there might be a little bit more fight in him. He was weighed again...

I don't know what happened, he just went straight downhill last night. He won't eat anything, I can't even force him food because he's too weak to swallow it or spit it out. When he walks, he falls over. In just one night, he now looks like he lost all of his weight! I called the vet and will...

Angelzoo...Akita is a bit more prone to biting but I just attributed it to regular kitten play, after all, I realize he doesn't have any body to play with right now. I also thought maybe he is just a bit opionated...if he doesn't like something, he'll let you know. Like when I wash his rear...

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Oops, I'm sorry...I just realized that I should've put this post in the Behavior section of the forum. Sorry...I'm new here!

I took my kitten, Akita, to the vet's...I mentioned him in another post. My vet didn't like the fact that Akita was trying to bite my hand while we were there. I have been working on blowing in his face when he bites me, he can get quite fiesty at times although, the rest of the time...he's as...

GurlPower...I named him Akita because he reminded me of an Akita puppy. Well, he went back to the vet's again...3rd different vet in less than 2 weeks. Now this vet didn't think his heart sounded so bad! He heard bad wheezing but can't pinpoint why he's wheezing. He suggested a variety of...

I think I may have worded things wrong. I certainly am not considering putting him to sleep...atleast not any time soon. I just feel by the way he's been breathing, I would think he should need treatment now before things got more serious, but the vet doesn't seem to be considering treatment...