My husband & I were outside tonight with our dogs and I heard the frantic cry of a cat.
Being who I am I meowed back to see if the cat would come out to us. It was in a neighbors yard, well neighbor that no longer lives there and has not for awhile.
There were people there the other day cleaning and since the place has not had anyone there for awhile I am wondering if they spoked off the mommy cat and other kittens if there were any.
We had a terrible rain fall tonight but as I crouched at the gate and meowed the kitten appeared.
As soon as we saw the baby we knew we were bringing him home. He came right up to me at the gate but he could not crawl out under it and it was locked so we could not get in. My husband lifted it up some to try and entice it to crawl out and he got spoked a little from the lifting of it. So hubby put it back down and then the kitten found a spot and just walked right out and we laugh like why didn't you do that to begin with.
So hubby carried him home. Our driveway is a .10 of a mile and as we walked down it hubby said omg this kitten is covered in fire ants. Hubby has a ton of bites from them to prove it.
Well we get in and hubby goes to the bathroom and washes the kitten off. We had to do something. Did not use any soap because unsure of the age.
On top of the fire ants the poor baby is or was covered in stickers in its fur.
So hubby worked at getting them out. I have done some grooming so have some stuff here, specially with the animals in our house. So I gave hubby my grooming stuff so he could work at brushing the stickers out. He wanted me to cut them out and I told him no I was not going to cut his fur. (He even wanted me to shave him, said no to that too) I have told hubby this over and over again that cats skin is like paper and you can cut it very easily.
Well hubby forgot about this and while I was out of the bathroom decided to start cutting the stickers out. He cuts the cat twice, took the second cut to realize what he had done.
The cuts are not big he got the first layer in two spots.
Here is what I need advise on....
Age - the kitten fits easily in the palm of our hands. Eyes are not blue anymore as I know most are when the first open. I want to estimate him weight under a half pound. I am guessing 4 weeks.
Since we had kittens at one time I had formula I tried given him some he wanted nothing to do with it. I have cat treats, the temptations. I broke that up into pieces and he ate some of them but not much. He has baby teeth.
I put out a dish of water, small pan of cat litter that I put him in that he had no interest in, than the dish of formula. I also have a small handful of broken up cat treats for him to eat. (Since it is now almost 3 am here we were not able to do much else, wal mart run in AM when step son gets up)
With knowing this information what age would you estimate the kitten to be?
Also the small wounds we inflected. On my other animals I have used a small dab of neosporin but I don't know if the kitten is that young if he licks the wounds (which he is doing) will be bad for him.
Should I clean the wounds out with hydrogen peroxide at all?
Here are a few photos of him so you can tell me if you have any idea on age.
The kitten is super friendly, as it came right to us, but appears to have been abandoned due to all the issues we found on him. Ears were filth.
He is purring when we pet him. But is a fighter or strong lil guy that is for sure.
Any advise help would be great.
Thanks,
Cortney
Being who I am I meowed back to see if the cat would come out to us. It was in a neighbors yard, well neighbor that no longer lives there and has not for awhile.
There were people there the other day cleaning and since the place has not had anyone there for awhile I am wondering if they spoked off the mommy cat and other kittens if there were any.
We had a terrible rain fall tonight but as I crouched at the gate and meowed the kitten appeared.
As soon as we saw the baby we knew we were bringing him home. He came right up to me at the gate but he could not crawl out under it and it was locked so we could not get in. My husband lifted it up some to try and entice it to crawl out and he got spoked a little from the lifting of it. So hubby put it back down and then the kitten found a spot and just walked right out and we laugh like why didn't you do that to begin with.
So hubby carried him home. Our driveway is a .10 of a mile and as we walked down it hubby said omg this kitten is covered in fire ants. Hubby has a ton of bites from them to prove it.
Well we get in and hubby goes to the bathroom and washes the kitten off. We had to do something. Did not use any soap because unsure of the age.
On top of the fire ants the poor baby is or was covered in stickers in its fur.
So hubby worked at getting them out. I have done some grooming so have some stuff here, specially with the animals in our house. So I gave hubby my grooming stuff so he could work at brushing the stickers out. He wanted me to cut them out and I told him no I was not going to cut his fur. (He even wanted me to shave him, said no to that too) I have told hubby this over and over again that cats skin is like paper and you can cut it very easily.
Well hubby forgot about this and while I was out of the bathroom decided to start cutting the stickers out. He cuts the cat twice, took the second cut to realize what he had done.
The cuts are not big he got the first layer in two spots.
Here is what I need advise on....
Age - the kitten fits easily in the palm of our hands. Eyes are not blue anymore as I know most are when the first open. I want to estimate him weight under a half pound. I am guessing 4 weeks.
Since we had kittens at one time I had formula I tried given him some he wanted nothing to do with it. I have cat treats, the temptations. I broke that up into pieces and he ate some of them but not much. He has baby teeth.
I put out a dish of water, small pan of cat litter that I put him in that he had no interest in, than the dish of formula. I also have a small handful of broken up cat treats for him to eat. (Since it is now almost 3 am here we were not able to do much else, wal mart run in AM when step son gets up)
With knowing this information what age would you estimate the kitten to be?
Also the small wounds we inflected. On my other animals I have used a small dab of neosporin but I don't know if the kitten is that young if he licks the wounds (which he is doing) will be bad for him.
Should I clean the wounds out with hydrogen peroxide at all?
Here are a few photos of him so you can tell me if you have any idea on age.
The kitten is super friendly, as it came right to us, but appears to have been abandoned due to all the issues we found on him. Ears were filth.
He is purring when we pet him. But is a fighter or strong lil guy that is for sure.
Any advise help would be great.
Thanks,
Cortney