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So after having a conversation with my husband about not adopting another cat after having our last put to sleep a couple months ago until we buy a new bigger house (we also have a golden retriever and a Flemish giant rabbit and a toddler so our current house is fairly... Full? Lol) that was on the 25 of May... On May 29 there is a random knock on the door a neighbor holding a newborn kitten. The mother had abandoned the litter she had under the porch his siblings were dead and this little one wasn't doing so great. I'm a veterinary technician so of course he rushed it to me not knowing no what to do himself. Luckily this was one day I had my travel kit on me after being out on the farm. I called the vet who ran to the clinic (after hours I might add since I'm no longer working in glad I have a great relationship with them) I had fluids for subq but he needed a glucose shot as her blood levels were low. Another neighbor rushed to the clinic to grab everything for me. In the meantime the ther neighbor went back home and a few minutes later rushed back with another kitten. Unfortunetly that one didn't make it it passed within 10 minutes of getting to my house. The neighbor estimates they were born around 4 am when he left for work the mother was a pregnant stray I had been feeding in efforts to get her in the house before she had the kittens (no such luck lol) she was a young cat less than a year old. From where he found the kittens she did the classic lost first time mom thing freaked out and had them all over the place under the porch from that fact we are guessing they didn't nurse after birth.
With the kitten on my chest the next few hours creeped by she started to perk up a bit started eating more. I tossed a fresh towel down in an old baby crib by my bed and set up some cardboard around the edges wrapped my heating pad in a baby blanket and caught a coupon hours sleep myself. When I woke up for her next feed she was acting normal very responsive and active (I had never seen a newborn crawl up my shirt before and I've bottle fed 87 kittens in my life) her strength had come back she was actively wanting more food so she got put on a modified feeding schedule the first couple days, every 1.5 hours. She started gaining (finally) after about 14 hours she was around 100 grams when I got her she put on g the first 24 hours I had her. The next day went smoothly and the next and the next her weight gains improved to average around 13-14 g per day. Here we are at day 9 and you would never tell the rough start she had. She's even lifting herself up and trying to walk with her eyes still partially closed. Her weight gain has been fantastic and this morning she was at 257 grams. Eating from 8-10ml per feed like a champ.
Toddler is a cat person so he is in love. He doesn't try and hold her just wants to give her all kinds of kisses. If he hears her meow he comes running down the hall "oh my baby kitty!". Our dog is an unaltered male Goldie and he thinks she's great (he's a cat dog he loves all the kitties even if they want to eat his face lol) he constantly wants to lick her. Rabbit won't be getting an introduction until 8 weeks just because it's a rabbit, they might be smart but they are still fairly stupid about some things (love him dearly but he is the reason I keep a gate on the room he can jump into the crib from my bed lol)
Sex change fairy visited us a couple times with this one finally seems to be remaining female so her name is Artemis after the Greek goddess of the hunt. When I can get on the PC I will post some pictures and a video. Still debating her coat color blue silver or just a cold blue. She is a classic tabby bicolor for sure though.
With the kitten on my chest the next few hours creeped by she started to perk up a bit started eating more. I tossed a fresh towel down in an old baby crib by my bed and set up some cardboard around the edges wrapped my heating pad in a baby blanket and caught a coupon hours sleep myself. When I woke up for her next feed she was acting normal very responsive and active (I had never seen a newborn crawl up my shirt before and I've bottle fed 87 kittens in my life) her strength had come back she was actively wanting more food so she got put on a modified feeding schedule the first couple days, every 1.5 hours. She started gaining (finally) after about 14 hours she was around 100 grams when I got her she put on g the first 24 hours I had her. The next day went smoothly and the next and the next her weight gains improved to average around 13-14 g per day. Here we are at day 9 and you would never tell the rough start she had. She's even lifting herself up and trying to walk with her eyes still partially closed. Her weight gain has been fantastic and this morning she was at 257 grams. Eating from 8-10ml per feed like a champ.
Toddler is a cat person so he is in love. He doesn't try and hold her just wants to give her all kinds of kisses. If he hears her meow he comes running down the hall "oh my baby kitty!". Our dog is an unaltered male Goldie and he thinks she's great (he's a cat dog he loves all the kitties even if they want to eat his face lol) he constantly wants to lick her. Rabbit won't be getting an introduction until 8 weeks just because it's a rabbit, they might be smart but they are still fairly stupid about some things (love him dearly but he is the reason I keep a gate on the room he can jump into the crib from my bed lol)
Sex change fairy visited us a couple times with this one finally seems to be remaining female so her name is Artemis after the Greek goddess of the hunt. When I can get on the PC I will post some pictures and a video. Still debating her coat color blue silver or just a cold blue. She is a classic tabby bicolor for sure though.
