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My foster cat has FLUTD. I need to get a new sample, but I'm having trouble. When I put the litter box down with the lab litter, he's refusing to use it. I'm afraid of him holding his urine too long. I ended up putting his other litter box back out and peed right away. Should I take his...

I tried to do a search to find a thread about cats fighting, but couldn't find one... I have 2 male cats about 1 year and 4 years old. I foster for the Humane Society and we just had a 1 year old mom-cat and her 2 babies. The babies were already adopted and mom-cat is still here for awhile...

The shelter is full, so I'm hanging onto them until there is room. Here's some pics of momma kitty and her babies who were born August 1st. Alma, mommy kitty. About 1.5 years old. Baby Dublin. Baby Carlisle.

My fosters were spayed/neutered last Thursday. One of the female kitten's spay incision looks a little bad to me. These pictures turned out terrible because of the flash and her squirming. It feels a little hard and there is some dried blood around the incision. Should I run her to the...

My 2 foster babies are now 12 weeks old and once in awhile I still catch them nursing from momma kitty. She doesn't seem to mind. Momma really needs to gain some weight (she was 5 lbs. when she came to me 10 weeks ago, has gained about a 1 lb so far). Should I discourage nursing at this point...

My momma foster kitty is driving me nuts. We had a check up today and one of the kittens isn't quite big enough to be spayed, so we're putting off momma and kittens surgery for another week or 2. I figured it would be easier if they all had it done at the same time (mom and two 10 week old...

I'm fostering a momcat and her 2 about 6-7 week old babies. Believe me, I know they won't make the box everytime at this age. One of them, I think the male, is pooping next to the box. I did the old "put the poop in the box so he knows to go in there" trick. But daily I have 2 poops next to...

Today at the shelter this couple wanted to look at a 1.5 yo Manx kitty. He was very scared b/c he had only been at the shelter for a couple of days. I took him out of the cage, much to his dismay. I put the couple in a room with the cat to get to know him. Like I said, he was very scared...

My foster kittens are a month old now. Today, out of the blue, the calico decides to climb the scratching post all the way to the top. It's about 3 feet high! Once she got to the top, she was like, ok, now what?! While I'm watching her, I look over to her brother who is down at mom's bowl...

I thought her tongue was hanging out but after looking closer, it's a big, red pimple type thing. It's just outside her bottom lip. She's eating right now, so I don't think it's bothering her too much. Any ideas? thanks!

Hello.. My 31 day old kittens (with mom) have no interest in weaning. I know it's still early, so I'm not concerned. What advice do you have on weaning? Thanks!

This group of fosters has had one issue after another! Thanks for all of the help. I think my little boy kitten is attempting to suckle from the little girl kitten's "area." It's very red and inflamed. I've heard of this happening with orphans, but not kittens with a momma. They're about 27...

If this is in the wrong place, mods, please move it. Since and all of my animals are altered, (well, both of my cats are boys anyway), I'm not sure what signs to look for in a female in heat. My foster mom cat is here with her 3 week old kittens. She's been VERY vocal the last few days. I...

One of my foster kittens is passing away. I came home tonight and mom and babies seemed fine. I checked in a hour or 2 later and the b&w female, Shiloh, was laying outside the nest. She's been screaming and breathing really heavy out of her mouth. Her mouth is pale, she feels cold. I tried...

My foster mom cat was doing so great with her 3-week-old babes. They all have URI's and are on amoxicillin. The orange tabby kitten (male) that used to be the strong one is becoming more of the weaker kitten. He's been wheezing and gurgling a lot, now one of his eyes is sticking shut. I took...

Hello! Last night I picked up new fosters, a momma and her 3, 2-3 week old babies. Momma (of course) has a URI, so she's on antibiotics. She gets 1 CC 2x a day. The kittens are supposed to get .25 cc 2x a day as well. That seems like SO much to me. I'm having trouble, or maybe I'm just...

Hi! I am a foster mom for my local shelter. I've had dozens of kittens but this is my first experience with a kitten with a suckling problem. For some reason most of my past kittens have tried to nurse from my female pit bull. She usually lets them and then they grow out of it. One of my...

Hi, I'm fostering two 8 week old previously feral brothers for my local shelter. These guys were caught at about 7 weeks, given shots, neutered, the whole nine yards. They are completely scared to death of me. I'm going through all of the baby steps to try to socialize them so they can be...

You may remember I posted about my foster mom, Savannah, loosing weight, no appetite, runs, peeing out of the box, ect. I had an appt. for her at the shelter on Sunday. The vet tech really couldn't do much b/c there wasn't a Dr. there on the weekend to approve anything. Poor Savannah is down...

My last 3 foster babies just left for the shelter. I had to have someone else do it, I couldn't take them myself. This is one sad day. I just have to keep thinking about all the positives...