US Ex-pat w. new stray needs help - kitty won't eat! :-(

Such wonderful progress you have made with them!

The pictures are beautiful and I look forward to watching them grow

One of the persian owners on here should be able to help you figure out what to use to get the tear stains off their little faces. They are going to be gorgeous when they're all cleaned up and healthy!

Ooooooooh look at those babies playing!! That's a fantastic sign!

I wouldn't worry about Luna letting out a little whimper when they play. My Sophie did that as a kitten when Rosie pinned her down to play fight, and when i looked she never had a tooth near her?. It's like she was saying "I submit!!!". All i'd say was "Ok enough!" they'd seperate, but no sooner had Rosie walked away and Sophie would pounce on her from behind

Those two little girls are going to bond brilliantly!

So relieved to read and to see how well they are doing! Just little white fuzzy angels! Looks like Slooty is the dominant personality.

In rescue work, I have noticed that some cats bury their poo, while others don't - maybe someone here can enlighten on the subject.

Not covering poo can be a attempt to show dominance.
Sadie does that sometimes.
It's obvious that these two sweeties are jocking for position in their territory.
Territory to a cat includes many things...
it can be horizontal as well as vertical space and changes frequently.
Meow!

Ziggy never buried her poo when all the kittens were around. Thants dominance for you!!! Sometimes Links doesn't do it now, he trys, but unsuccessfully. I think he's just Lazy

What a wonderful story! You've done wonders with these girls!

I have been following this post everyday... I am simply amazed by the cultural differances when it comes to animals. I see people everyday who have dogs shipped from europe, buy their animals Coach collars, and spend thousands of dollars to give their animals the best care possible. The vets office I work for deals with several differant animal rescues that spend hundreds of dollars to get these animals healthy so they can be adopted to a loving home. I'm just a little shocked that where you live doesn't even have litterboxes... I couldn't imagine my life without my pets. They bring me such happiness.

I also wanted to say what your doing is incredible. You have done everything possible with so little resources. Its just amazing. You are a good hearted person and I'm sure slooty and luna are very thankful to have found a person like you. You are their hero.

Keep the pictures coming. They are both so beautiful.

Good luck to you, your fiancÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]e and your newest family members!!!

I'm sorry I got into this thread late and bless you for doing a great job. Now, I don't know how far you are from Shanghai BUT there will be a cat show on the 17-18th of this month.

17-18(L). PROC, SHANGHAI: Shanghai International Exhibition Centre, No 88 Lou Shan Guan Road. Shanghai Cat Lovers' Society.

If you want carriers and what not, general information you can get it there and I can recommend someone at the show there who will talk to you and help I'm sure you will be able to find out where the better shops are esp. in terms of food. PM me for details!

No major update tonight, mommy & daddy are too tired. The girls are doing wonderfully though, lots of play today and Luna has begun chasing after and initiating the playfights with Slooty! We think she's feeling a little better than yesterday when Slooty was beating her up the whole time.

Thank you for the tip about the Shanghai cat show, but we're a long, long way from Shanghai and won't be able to attend.

They're both eating very well and have great BM's and urine. Last night was the first night since we got either one of them that neither wanted to sleep on the bed with us - they curled up together in a box padded with a large sheet out in the living room!

More in the morning, hope everyone is doing well! We're very happy and in love with our girls over here!

I wonder if there are any online stores that would ship to you? If so, you wouldn't be so limited on food choices and kitty items.

Thanks for the update on the little munchkins

Slooty & Luna

Just checking in on the progress of Luna and Slooty...
Did your vet get the worming meds?
How is your fur family today?

Friday Night Update

Slooty and Luna have settled into a solid daily routine, it generally consists of the following:

-eat
-litterbox
-brief nap
-wrestle
-run around like maniacs
-lie in ambush for each other
-attack dad's boots with great ferocity, sometimes as a team

Each one of those items will be repeated throughout today, and in varying sequences - that pretty much sums it up though.

Regarding their health, we've begun the deworming treatment, their BM's and appetites are great, and they're beginning to slowly gain some weight.

However, we are now finding ourselves occupied with skin problems. Slooty is rapidly losing hair on her left ear, and her eyebrow areas. Her skin is getting a bit scaley, and when it sloughs off it takes some hair with it. This in turn makes her itch and she scratches at it, making even more hair come off. I've got 2 pictures for you geniuses to help us with:

Slooty's left ear, the worst "bald spot" she has, growing larger every day:


If you look carefully, you can see another "bald spot" forming above her right eye (the left eye in the picture):


I apologize for the less than stellar image quality, but these darn white cats really screw with the brightness of a digital photo taken up close!

What do you wonderful folks think?

My first thought is ringworm....
http://www.cat-world.com.au/Ringworm.htm
You can also do a search in this heath forum.
The most important this is...
if it is ringworm, treat both the kitties and the environment.

They are so beautiful...

Hmmmm i'm not familiar with anything like that but someone here will be, so they'll be along soon

Oops and theres Lei!

Awwww look at the little munchkin That's great to hear that their still doing good though

You should ask the vet to be sure, but it is most likely Ringworm. At the shelter we have prescribed medication from the vet, but often just use over the counter anti-fungal cream like Lotrimin. http://www.lotrimin.com/ If you have this, or something similar you can use it on them.

If it is ringworm, they will likely both get it, and you and your fiance as well. You can use the same cream. It takes several weeks to get rid of, and will get worse before it gets better. Coming from the streets as they did, ringworm is just another "normal" thing to expect, such as worms, fleas, etc.

Again...
if it is ringworm, it is critical that along with your kitties you clean all bedding etc...
regularly or it will return.
My kids had ringworm when they were young...
what a battle that was but we finally got rid of it.
It's a challenge but you can do it.
We are all behind you 100%.

How is the peeing outside of the litter box issue?