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Our little orange kitten has a majorly twisted back and it's affecting his ability to walk. I'm guessing he has scoliosis. I will be taking him to the vet today at 11:00 to have him evaluated. We don't have the ability to send him to a specialist so if his quality of life without treatment...

The kittens are almost two weeks old and they are doing great. They have all hit and surpassed the 200 mg mark and all but Caper have their eyes open. I suspect Caper's eyes will be open in a day or two. Most of them purr while nursing and the girls love to have their bellies rubbed...

Little Rosemary is sneezing. I've called the vet and they are short on Dr's and are closed tomorrow so I have an appointment on Thursday. The lady at the front desk said that she would let one of the Dr.'s know what is going on so that if they want to see her right away they can work in an...

if our little one is going to make it or not. Yesterday he/she seemed to be getting stronger, but today he/she is very lathargic and I can't get him/her to drink any milk. I've even tried making sure he/she's warm enough and everything. I guess it's possible he/she is getting milk from mom...

We have names picked out but we wont name them until we know the gender, but the names we have picked out are spices so one of my friends calls them the Spice Kittens. They are doing well. Our little one is very slowly gaining weight and quickly getting stronger. Baby 1 Baby 2 Baby 3...

Sorry no recent pictures. Kittens and mom are doing well. They are all gaining weight. Our little one who weighed 80grams when born dropped to 60 grams the first night and then was back up to 70 grams this morning. He's been eating like a champ and getting stronger. He's almost strong...

Has anyone used these? I've got a couple of kitten bottles but none of them have holes so my dh poked a hole using a pin but nothing came out. I tried several different tools to make the holes and had no success. Is there a trick to this.

Ginger finally went into labor. She's had 1 so far and it's just as my step dad said. She doesn't take care of the kittens so I'm having to clean them up and everything. She doesn't even acknowledge them. Any idea of how soon I should give the baby milk replacer?

Ginger is quite the persistent little cat. We've had pillows stuffed under the bed for about a week now. She hadn't tried to get under the bed until the last two days. I found her under there once on Friday and then again yesterday. Each time she came to me and I repositioned the pillows so...

Hi, I have noticed in several different places the mention of lice on cats. Is the lice that cats get the same lice humans get or is it a different variety that is species specific?

I'm taking Ginger in for a check up and a kitten count at 5:00 (in 30 min). They will take an x-ray so we can get an idea of how many kittens there are and make sure there aren't any problems. I'll update once we get back.

Here's a link to some pictures I took of Ginger yesterday. In one of them Taz is keeping her clean. In the photo it almost looks like she's mad, but she was enjoying it. http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...n/ginger20.jpg http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1.../GingerTaz.jpg Enjoy.

Ok. I just thought of something today while caring for Ginger. She's got 6 nipples. I she has more than 6, which I hope is not the case, what is the best way to make sure all are fed? I know I would have to supplement a little and I'm prepared to do so. Would I just work out a rotation...

If you don't have your hand on your cats belly how do you know if she's having contractions. Ginger is a long hair cat so I can't really see anything happen to her belly. She seems to be breathing a little faster than normal, but she's not panting or anything. She also has a look of pain in...

Two weeks ago I treated Ginger with advantage (as per the vets instructions) and it doesn't seem to have helped. I've noticed that she's still biting and I saw a small black bug on her face yesterday. I tried to get it, but it crawled back under her fur. I know that advantage is a monthly...

Well she's still not showing any signs of going into labor any time soon. In fact she's more playful than she has been in a while. I tried to get some pics of her but she was more interested in playing than having her picture taken. Update as of 10:10 central time I was just giving her a good...

Well based off the vets best guess Ginger has about 3 more days. But then again it was just a guess and it's really hard for a vet to predict these kinds of things. Well since I know how you all love photos here's another one of Ginger. Is it just me or does she look like she's about to pop?

I don't know what's going on with Ginger today (well besides the fact that she's pregnant, uncomfortable and probably close to her due date.) Since we brought her home she's had a pretty set pattern of being loving one day and grumpy the next. Yesterday was her loving day so today should have...

I've tried to get some good belly shots of Ginger. I really have no idea much longer she'll go. She's been pretty restless the last few days but it really seems more like she's just uncomfortable and can't find a good way to lie down. Any ideas based off her belly. I know it's just a guess...

Hi, I've noticed that Ginger's teats are dry and somewhat flaky. I've read that pure cocoa butter is best, but I'm not sure where to find it and I would like to know what everyone else has used. I want to make sure she's going to be comfortable when it's time to nurse.