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Hi all, sorry for my delay in responding. I have been busy taking care of the cat babies and my human baby. Most of the kittens seem to have caught mama cat's URI. I just gave them their first dose of antibiotics, but I have two kittens I'm really worried about - both lost over 10g in the past...

They are all between 158 and 207g, tending more towards the upper 100's. They saw the vet today who was relatively ok about the lack of weight gain, as they are energetic, no URI for them, and they look tons better than they did a couple days ago. She thinks that they will start gaining now that...

Thanks everyone for the ideas. Her appetite seems to be much better today. Kittens are still nursing, but their weights are steady and not gaining. I went out and got a bunch of stinky foods and some, quite frankly, gross looking Fancy Feast seafood broth to stink it up even more, and that seems...

Hi everyone, I am currently fostering a mother cat and her seven (!) kittens. (Moderator, feel free to move this to pregnant cats if that is where it belongs.)  She has come down with a URI that we are treating, but it has made her reluctant to eat. I've been nuking her food and mixing some...

Thanks for even more great responses! Fortunately, my neighbor has liked the cat until now and does not wish for harm to come to the cat (there will be no trying to run over, poisoning, etc). Neighbor unfortunately does have proof that it's the cat, as there are video cameras on the property. ...

Thanks for the suggestions. She is really, really feral - she is very rarely seen, and it has probably been a year since I've seen her in my yard. (I think maybe I ticked her off by trapping her here!) She was seen the most when she had kittens, and since that doesn't happen anymore, I really...

Hi all, The area where I live does not have a TNR program, so when there was a feral cat a couple of years ago, I had her TNRed (paid $100+ out of my own pocket). She just attacked some baby birds in my neighbor's bird house, just like she did last year. My neighbor is super-upset and wants the...

Just wanted to give an update for anyone who might be interested. We took the family in to the rescue for the kittens' 6-week-appointment. Mama proceeded to take a crap on herself in the carrier while they were there, so all the staff got to experience how bad her poop is (and clean her off )...

Sad! I did get some Merrick and am slowly transitioning her to it. We'll see how it goes. Doesn't Diamond make Blue Buffalo, too?

Yuk! Thanks for the clarification, but maybe eating cardboard would be better than that 

Really, Chromium? Yikes! I definitely don't want my foster mama eating cardboard! I will go to my local pet store and check out the Merrick and see how prices look. Thanks for the brand suggestion, dry food is out of my comfort zone. PHarber - I have no idea, but there is a whole forum here for...

Yeah, I would love to get her off of dry food. My cats eat mid-grade canned food (Toyota, not BMW-level) and their poops don't smell, either. It's amazing what a decent-quality diet will do! Unfortunately, it comes down to a budget thing - they're foster animals and I don't have the budget to do...

Thanks everyone! I had not thought of the ToTW causing the poop problems - I've used it on all my other fosters without a problem. Uuuugh, and I bought a big bag of it, too, and my cats can't eat dry (struvite crystal issues).  Indeed, they are SO cute right now! It is hard not to let them...

Catwoman and Chromium, I'm so sorry I didn't see your responses until just now! I just took everyone in for the kittens' one-month appointment yesterday. Everyone is getting fun and ridiculous - starting to wander on wobbly legs.  Mama cat's poop is still pretty bad. It was a 10 on the...

She has now been without canned for 36 hours. Things are a little better. Now my nose hairs are only getting burned rather than completely singed off. I think I've also just had luck in catching them right away and being able to put them in the trash can. How long would it be until I could...

Thanks for the thoughts, chromium and catwoman. (you have been following me, catwoman! ) I foster through a local humane society, so it is relatively easy for me to discuss with a vet or at least someone knowledgeable. I did reach out to my contact who asked for a picture of the poop.   So I...

Hi everyone, I am fostering a mother cat with four kittens. She has the most disgusting-smelling poop that I have ever smelled from a cat (or maybe ever, any species). She is confined to one small room, and it stinks up the whole basement when she poops. Unfortunately, she poops frequently...

Their eyes are open now (just sleepy in these pics). And they are a lot more mobile, doing a lot of army crawling. The pic with mama cracked me up with the well-timed squeal.