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    "Ethical" question

    There are some people I know that are doing something I don't approve of. I don't know what if anything I can do about it. They are my husband's friends. I think they have good intentions, but, the situation is out of control. The wife, we'll call her Lisa, started to feed strays years ago, but...
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    Are ferals smarter than domestics?

    My feral baby is very different from the two kittens I've had that were born and bred domestics. He is the most "grown-up" baby kitty I've ever seen. He had adult cat mannerisms even at a mere 4 weeks old. He's too young to tell, but I think he is going to be a very smart boy. He's just so...
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    vet dewormed weak 4 week old kitten

    Sure it will help. And if I end up with another little lost waif, I'll remember it.
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    vet dewormed weak 4 week old kitten

    Yeah, if only I'd known then what I know now, I wouldn't have let the vet worm him. I figured a vet should know what was best. It's been two weeks since Jules arrived, so he's about 6 weeks now. He actually wants kibble sometimes and will steal it out of the big cats' bowls unless I put some...
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    vet dewormed weak 4 week old kitten

    Hey, I'm back. School + kitten = no time. I'm glad you like the kitty pouch idea. He's doing well. Running around, eating soft food, lapping up formula, stealing an occasional kibble out of the "big cats'" bowls. I moved him to a big pet crate and put in a litter box, which he started using all...
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    vet dewormed weak 4 week old kitten

    I would put up some pictures, but technologically I'm just about in the Stone Age. No digital camera. Yeah, the constant contact seems to have a good effect on him. When I found him, he was having some thoughts about being a feral kitty for good. Claws out and hissing...which is actually rather...
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    vet dewormed weak 4 week old kitten

    It was just malnourishment, that I know of. Amazingly, he does not have fleas or even ear mites. He has no symptoms of sickness. Clear eyes and nose, no coughing, sneezing or vomiting, no noises in the chest. When I found him, he was just skin and bones and very, very dehydrated. I think the...
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    vet dewormed weak 4 week old kitten

    He's wandering around the study now, batting at things. He just ate some chicken wet kitten food and a bunch of formula all on his own! The "skin test" for dehydration is much better. His eyes don't have that pained look in them. I think he's out of the woods. I am still giving him Pedialyte and...
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    vet dewormed weak 4 week old kitten

    He's going to be OK! I got him to eat a little on his own this morning, he's not crying (except for the normal amount), his temp is normal and he's acting playful. He's gonna be fine. I talked to the vet....I don't think it was a case of an "Oh, it's feral, it doesn't matter" viewpoint of the...
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    vet dewormed weak 4 week old kitten

    I found an orphaned kitten Sunday night. Was skinny, hungry and cold, but otherwise OK. I took him to the vet's today. The kitten is about 4 weeks old and malnourished and was very dehydrated when I found him. The vet gave him a dose of liquid wormer. About an hour later, he stopped eating. Took...
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