HELP! Lone kitten!

Found a stray kitten all on her own (sex determined from a friend that knows more then me).
She looks no more then 6 weeks old.

I'm a 20yr old part time worker (girl) and i dont earn that much money, but i'm too worried what will happen if i take her to the pound. She's scruffy and needs some TLC, but otherwise is healthy enough.

Anyone know cheap ways of caring for a kitten while i either - make a home for her, or find one that will take her?

Please help.

-Butter

Hate to bump myself, but I've come here especially to look for help.
I've even signed up for a 'caring for you kitten' help site.

I think i might want to keep her. I had another cat for 9 years, he died last christmas...

You have to wait a while sometimes. A lot of people don't get on till a little later in the morning.

You need to get some KMR and canned food to start putting weight on her. A good brand of dry kitten food, too, if you wish to feed her some dry. Do you have a petco or petsmart available?


That said, kittens are expensive. She'll need three rounds of vaccines, a fecal test/deworming (may need to be repeated), checked and treated for earmites if she has them.
If she has fleas you need to be combing her with a flea comb, a vet may choose to use a 1/3rd or 1/2 dose of Revolution for them.
You'll eventually need to get her spay.

Within less than half a year you'll need to spend a minimum of $300 on vet care alone - provided there's nothing wrong. You may be able to find some low cost alternatives for spaying and maybe even a vet willing to work with you to keep cost down and payments.

If you're willing to try - well, if there's a will there's a way.

Thank you for taking this little one in. It will be a lot of work, but luckily right around 6wks it gets easier (than a younger kitten). With good food and vet care your little one should be ok.

Bless you for taking this kitten in. She's a lucky little girl.

While the initial care for a kitten can be expensive, since this kitten is a rescue, you may be able to find a vet or rescue group that's willing to help keep the costs down for her shots, testing and spay. Here's a listing of low-cost spay/neuter options in the U.S. and Canada that may be of help.

http://www.savesamoa.org/html/spay_neuter.html#USCan

Good luck with the little one and please let us know how she's doing.

If you can tell us where you live - or PM me a zip code, we may be able to find resources for you.

Yes, well kept cats do cost some, they do.


But of course you do cost on your friend what is necessary and good for him her.

Who do wants cheap friends??


Btw, is she a stray / dumped? Or is she born homeless?
If she is a stray and apparently a home cat, you may try to write her up on the message boards in your neighboorhood. Perhaps there is a despairing owner hoping to get her back.

If she is born homeless, you got her in just the perfect age for an easy socialization.



Good luck!


ps: Welcome to the Forums!

If the kitten is basically healthy, food, water, a litter box, and a safe warm place to sleep are a good start. You can get a decent kitten food at any Wal-Mart. Purina Kitten Chow, while not the world's best food, will tide her over, and some wet food morning and evening will help round out her diet and help her digestion.

As others have suggested, check around for low-cost clinics where you can get her vaccinated and treated for worms and fleas. It would be great if you could get the full checkover, etc., but just being inside, warm and safe and fed, is better than what she had.

But we DO understand about the short funds (our first cat, which we got while I was still in college, drank milk and ate scrambled eggs; it was the only food we had in the house, and we had to search the sofa and all the chairs to come up with enough change for those!).