Hello all,
I've bought 4 kittens in the past month. Each have come to me from decieving 'nice' homes, I get them back and then each has a problem. (Apart from my 3rd, Blue, who was just a bit man-handled from his previous families' 2 year old son).
Bee and Poppy got their feces test results back today, and they have both come to me with salmonella. The vet told us that they would've come to us like this, and they have given us a course of anti-biotics to treat it. The vet also said we as a family are lucky we haven't contracted it, as it is easily transferred to humans as well as to other cats. It can also cause serious long term health problems for anything, let alone an 8 week old kitten
Secondly, got another new kitten today, she is absolutely gorgeous (will post pics when she's less shy), and turns out she is COMPLETELY covered in massive adult fleas
We've managed to give her a tablet which is meant to get rid of them, she was covered in dirt (which I noticed on the way home, hence why we checked for fleas and got the tablet).
She was in extreme discomfort, and we got about 20-30 fully grown massive fleas off her tiny body
Not only that, she and the rest of her litter were fed adult cat biscuits and water and nothing else. I personally think that is wrong. The woman we got her from also admitted upon collection that she hadn't wormed any of the kittens
I just don't understand why you would sell someone a kitten that you obviously would know has got a problem
Why don't people either sort it out first, or don't get them into the state in the first place?
Sorry for the rant, had to be done
Thankfully, we are going to give the kittens the best treatments and the best possible loving, happy home they could ever have wished for. Just wish that everyone treated cats and kittens the same way we do
I've bought 4 kittens in the past month. Each have come to me from decieving 'nice' homes, I get them back and then each has a problem. (Apart from my 3rd, Blue, who was just a bit man-handled from his previous families' 2 year old son).
Bee and Poppy got their feces test results back today, and they have both come to me with salmonella. The vet told us that they would've come to us like this, and they have given us a course of anti-biotics to treat it. The vet also said we as a family are lucky we haven't contracted it, as it is easily transferred to humans as well as to other cats. It can also cause serious long term health problems for anything, let alone an 8 week old kitten
Secondly, got another new kitten today, she is absolutely gorgeous (will post pics when she's less shy), and turns out she is COMPLETELY covered in massive adult fleas
She was in extreme discomfort, and we got about 20-30 fully grown massive fleas off her tiny body
Not only that, she and the rest of her litter were fed adult cat biscuits and water and nothing else. I personally think that is wrong. The woman we got her from also admitted upon collection that she hadn't wormed any of the kittens
I just don't understand why you would sell someone a kitten that you obviously would know has got a problem
Sorry for the rant, had to be done