Search Results

I wouldn't say that at 5 weeks the kitten shouldn't be having milk. My Tigster was still breastfeeding from his mother (when she let him) at 4 months although obviously he was eating kitten food as well. See http://www.kitten-rescue.com/weaning.html for some weaning tips.

Both of mine were afraid of our fans in the beginning but they've had to get used to them because with our hot summers not putting them on is not an option. Now they're both fine with them although neither one particularly likes me walking underneath the fan whilst I'm holding them even if it's...

My vet here in Greece wouldn't neuter my boy before he was 6 months so I lied. I knew from TCS that lots of vets elsewhere will do it at 4 months so I was happy that I was doing the best thing for him especially as he is an indoor/outdoor cat. I did admit after the neuter that he was 5 months...

The kitten will be an indoor/outdoor cat if that's what he wants. We do live in a relatively safe rural area without any busy roads so it's about as safe as it can be. I guess what I was really looking for was some advice on how to deal with the mother or some reassurance that she will...

Kat88947 - I know what you mean about loving hubby more - I clean out the litter tray twice a day, feed them, I am at home all day so I spend lots of time playing with the kitten and petting both of them but they still seem to prefer my husband.

I'm sorry i don't want to offend anyone and I know that most of you from the US would disagree with this but I do not want to make her an inside cat. I am european and have always had inside/outside cats. The 2 we had when I was growing up both lived to 17 years old and the 2 cats I had when I...

I honestly would like to separate them but I don't think I can. We live in a small one storey house and there is nowhere I can put the kitten where the mother can't see him from outside. Also he starts to cry when he hears her and also tries to rip the screens to get out. I'm afraid it's not an...

I have a semi-feral cat Fluffs (not very original I know but she is -). She has an eleven week old kitten that was born in our house. Before she had the kitten we had been feeding her on and off for a year but regularly for about 3 months. It a long time to earn her trust but she came round and...

She is now eating properly and getting her antibiotics. I have returned the kitten to her and they are both much happier. Thanks to everyone who replied, as usual your help and advice is invaluable.

I think she is a little better today, she is drinking water but she will not eat so I think that I will have to pill her. What is the best way to go about this? I have done it before with several cats but it was a long time ago. As I remember I used to coat the pill in butter, wrap the cat in a...

I just googled Synulox and I see that it is indeed an antibiotic, obviously a case of the vet's poor english and my poor greek!

The vet definitely said they were painkillers, it says Synulox on the packet. The incision looks normal, it looks dry, no pus etc. She seems a little better. She definitely isn't eating but she might have drunk a little water, I can't remember exactly how full the bowl was when I put it in...

The vet did give her a shot for pain as well as an antibiotic shot and also 5 days supply of pain killers in tablet form to be given twice a day. She said to start to give the pain killers 24 hours after the surgery. I have crushed one and put it in some food but as she won't eat she hasn't...

I can go into a pharmacy here and buy antibiotics for myself without a prescription so I guess I could also go to any vet and buy antibiotics for her without taking her in. The vet visit was a terrible experience for both of us. People living in the US would have no conception of what a visit...

Hi, I took a feral cat that I have been feeding to the vet yesterday to be spayed and now I think that she has a fever. She feels quite hot on the top of her head and she is shivering. What should I do? I know that you are going to tell me to take her to another vet but I live in a very rural...

I have made an appointment to get the mother spayed next Thursday (the vet can't do it sooner). The kitten is only 8 weeks old and the vet says she won't neuter him until 6 months. I was surprised because I thought it could be done sooner. Is 6 months the normal time for neutering?

I started feeding a feral cat about 6 months ago and gradually over time she became used to my husband and I and would let us stroke her. At that time we had absolutely no money (just moved to a foreign country and had no jobs) to have her spayed and of course as a result she became pregnant...

What's the earliest I could get her spayed? The kitten is 13 days old, do I have to wait until he is 8 weeks or can I do it before? Also I think that I have to assume that the mom is pregnant again. What's the latest in her pregnancy that a vet will spay her (i.e. and abort the kittens)?

The mother has just returned and I'm not sure what to do. I let her back in the house and she was searching for her kitten. I showed him to her and she sniffed him and started to clean him. Should I put him back with her? Will her milk have dried up yet? Is she likely to injure him? Of course...