While working at the pet store the a couple of weeks ago, I got a phone call asking what to feed a 4 week old kitten that she found abandoned. I made my suggestions and asked if she wouldn't mind bringing in the kitten. She did and I fell in love.
He's a medium/long haired black and white tabby that we named Obi-Wan.
When he was brought in, he had a whole host of conditions (pun intended); fleas, worms, mites, underweight...That evening when I got home, we fed him with a bottle and picked at least 100 fleas off the poor guy.
The very next morning, my fastidious fiancee took him to the vet to get dewormed and checked out. In goes the first does of two dewormer and begins a 10 day quarantine. The vet stated that if he'd gone without being de-flea'd and dewormed, he would have surely died the next day.
A couple of days after the first flea hunt, we found maybe 10 more. I checked him about once a week after that and they appear to be gone.
He had a tapeworm issue this week but that's been taken care of with an injection.
He's now 100% and very happy. Using our legs as climbing posts, chewing on our hands, earlobes, noses...
If only I could get out 18 month old cat to accept him and quit growling and hissing at him. They're making progress, though.
He's a medium/long haired black and white tabby that we named Obi-Wan.
When he was brought in, he had a whole host of conditions (pun intended); fleas, worms, mites, underweight...That evening when I got home, we fed him with a bottle and picked at least 100 fleas off the poor guy.
The very next morning, my fastidious fiancee took him to the vet to get dewormed and checked out. In goes the first does of two dewormer and begins a 10 day quarantine. The vet stated that if he'd gone without being de-flea'd and dewormed, he would have surely died the next day.
A couple of days after the first flea hunt, we found maybe 10 more. I checked him about once a week after that and they appear to be gone.
He had a tapeworm issue this week but that's been taken care of with an injection.
He's now 100% and very happy. Using our legs as climbing posts, chewing on our hands, earlobes, noses...
If only I could get out 18 month old cat to accept him and quit growling and hissing at him. They're making progress, though.
