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I frequently foster moms and babies. I have had this mother since the middle/end of her pregnancy and her kittens are now 3 weeks old. She has one of the steriotypical "fat, lazy, lap cat" personalities. Since all of my kitties are strays (many with parasites) I typically don't have the...

Thank you all for the input. Unfortunately, I do not know of which component of the vaccine (Fel-O-Vax IV) he was allergic too. I don't think this is comparable to the egg allergy in humans and that there is an egg-free form for kitties. I have vaccinated many, many kitties before and I...

I am fostering a litter of 9 week kittens. Supposedly they were all vaccinated at animal control at 6 weeks. One of the kittens had a significant vaccine reaction after his booster shot at 9 weeks. Within 15 minutes he was vomiting repeatedly (about 10 times in 30 minutes!), itching, and...

My beloved kitty (and first cat) who is just turning 10 years old was just diagnosed with kidney disease. He had blood tests showing low protein and albumin. His urine tests show he is losing a lot of protein in his urine. His kidney enzymes are still normal, but given the amount of protein...

Thank you all for your input. I few hours after we placed them together, we gave up the attempt. Mom was still swatting, biting, growling, and hissing. This kitten had to hide from the mother. Mom was even getting stressed out with her own kittens. If she saw this kitten from across the...

I am currently fostering a mom and her 5 babies. The babies are 5 weeks old. Someone from my rescue begged me to take a 6 week old kitten who is alone. They thought socialization with a mom and her siblings would be important for her growing up well socialized. I put them together. (I hate...

Mom is with the kittens in the bathroom 24/7 and has been since they were born. Unfortunately, I don't have a crate large enough for the whole family to be comfortable, especially since the kittens are starting to wander. I usually have no problems leaving them all in a small bathroom. Mom...

My current foster litter is 3 weeks (and 2 days) old. Their Mom is perfectly healthy, has plenty of milk, eats well, but isn't a very good mother. She is young and this is probably her first litter. The first week, everything was going well. For the last two weeks they haven't been gaining...

Thanks for the suggestion. That is one of the thoughts I had. I was hoping I wouldn't have to seperate them though. I almost always keep them all together for the entire stay at my home without problems. The moms can jump away from the babies and sit by the sink, if needed. I work during...

She doesn't seem to be coming into heat. It is certainly a possibility, but she isn't doing the typical butt swinging and other actions of a kitty in heat. These behaviors have been gradually getting worse over the last several weeks. I seriously doubt it is her coming into heat- I have...

I am currently fostering a 1 year old kitty and (presumably) first time mother. I have had her around 6 weeks and her kittens are 5 weeks old. I got her from our local animal control where she was formerly a stray. She is extremely active, playful, and energetic. She is also very talkative...

The best way to treat this problem is to treat the underlying cause of the diarrhea. She will need another deworming (if this was her first). A stool sample can also look for other parasites that may need to be treated. Sometimes probiotics will also help restore the good bacteria. I have...

It is variable depending on your rescue. Most have rules about this upfront. The group I foster for does not allow me to go to any vet at any time I want. I need to discuss with the rescue first. However, they do provide food, medical care like vaccinations, worming, spay/neuters, etc...

Thanks for all of your kind words. Whenever things aren't going well, I try to think that I am giving them the ony shot they would have. If it weren't for me they would be dead. I know this particular litter would have been euthanized at the high kill shelter they were at, or starved/froze...

It is a very tricky situation for both myself and the rescue group. It is easy to say that they would have died anyways and I gave them their only chance- when things don't go well, I try to tell this to myself. On the other hand, some no kill rescue groups have the philosophy, 'Even though...

Thanks all for your concern. I had given her some mineral oil last night as well as some syringe water (which she promptly threw up). When I woke up this morning, she was doing much, much better. She is more active, eating, peeing, etc. I think she will be fine. She must have passed...

I am currently fostering a mother and her almost 10 week old babies. I have had them for almost 6 weeks and rescued them from a certain death at a high kill shelter. They were starving and had coccidia, tapeworms, earmites, etc when I got them. I have nursed them to health and they were doing...

I have two very healthy 9 year old cats. They are indoors only and have been for their entire lives. They do not share litterpans or have contact with other kitties. They have both had negative stool samples as kittens/young adults, although not recently. I clean their litterpans daily and...

Thanks. I figured with my piggy cats, paper towels wouldn't work. Mine like trying to eat them. I tried a few different dishes but the food always got around the metal dish. I also began fearing the tin foil for the same reason at the paper towels. I don't trust my cats! They very readily...

I have had a Petsafe automatic food dispenser for my 2 cats for the last 6 years. It has worked well and helped my cats establish a stable diet twice a day that helped them lose considerable weight. In the past year one of my cats has had kitty acne. It never seemed to bother him. Now my...