Took Rocco to the vet today to diagnose some problems. Rocco is a kitten we took from mom (a neighborhood feral) less than a week ago. When we took Rocco she was still nursing. We have been feeding her kitten chow and some kitten milk.
To our surprise she is actually 8 weeks old, twice as...
Thank you for all your helpful advice. Rocco is getting bigger every day and has become very frisky. We have a vet appointment for him on Tuesday and hopefully he gets a clean bill of health. I also plan to work with a local cat advocacy group to capture the ferals (including mom) and have...
Mother has not been crying all day. The kitten could be older but it is so small and I saw it suckling on the mother two days ago. I was worried it would not be able to eat but it has quite an appetite. It is ready for food when it eats food, right?
Rocco's eyes are green. I'm not sure how old it is but I would estimate between three and four weeks. Seems okay without mom because it is eating solid food and going to the bathroom.
http://uyetake.blogs.friendster.com/photos/rocco/
We recently bought a house adjacent to a public park. Several feral cats frequent the house because the previous owners used to feed them. Although one of these cats looks like a large kitten herself, she recently gave birth to at least one...