They have worms again. I think that they also have fleas again
. I have seen one of them itching but I will check properly with a comb on one of the tame kittens. All was treated aginst fleas before they moved downstairs (the mothers when they where spayed) but it was obviously not enough) I tried to de-worm them today by hiding it in candy but no luck. I have frontline at home but I have no idea how to get it on them (I know I cant use it at the same time as the dewormer).
The worm infection is not too bad yet. I have seen one worm in the cat litter but I cannot see it on the cats yet. The kittens is dewormed once before about a month a go but not the mothers.
I have just managed to finish the second antibiotica treatment against their chlamydia and they were all well for about three days after the treatment and now three of them have pouring eyes again. One mama and two kittens. It might be something else as they all had the sneezing disease also. I am suspecting the herpes virus but I need to bring an example to the vet to have it checked (a bit of discharge or a cat - neither will be easy). Their eyes are still clear though. They are never glued together and there is no red or swollen parts of the eye. The discharge is clear as tears
.
I know we did a lot of mistaces in the beginning since everyting had to be about saving these kittens from pnemonia and blindness and this is the reason they are still so feral.
They are fifteen and eighteen weeks now and the younger kittens are 100% domesticated so their treatment is no problem but they are also the healthiest.
The older kittens eats from my hand and I can touch Tosca if she is too tired to bother to move away from me. She also seeks my company sometimes and it happens that she cant stop her self from purring but only for a second or so. I can touch Silas and Gypsy without hissing or growling if I catch them sleeping somewhere they cant run away easily. And here I am stuck.
I need some progress within a month or two since then it is about time to get them spayed, neutered, vaccinated and chip-marked.
I would hate to see all the work we put in to them to be in wain just because I have to catch them for deworming or a vet-visit again.
I know that if I try to catch and hold them now it will be violent and I will get hurt.
I know for sure that they don't have rabies anyway since I would of been dead by now if they had and I obviously have a good tetanus protection
.
I am greatfull for all ideas about de-worming and socializing. When they have learned to use the cat door to their new cat garden I think I can get the frontline on them if I hide inside the door and wait for them to come in through the cat door.
I spend about 50% of my awayke time with them, I play with them and I spoil them more then I ever done with any animal but still we seem to be stuck.
I realize that it might go faster if I parted them from their mothers but I don't have the facilities to keep them appart and I don't have the heart to throw the mothers back to a feral life especially since I think Agnes -the youngest one - doesn't see that well. She still has a very fearl behavior but for a couple of weeks she spends the mornings with me, sitting on a two meters distance, talking while I drink my morning coffee.
I do have a job, by the way, even if it doesn't seem like that, but I am home ill for a hernia and when we took these little creatures in I was home one month for a broken toe (actually it was not a hole bone left in my big toe) so the cats has seen a lot of me.
The worm infection is not too bad yet. I have seen one worm in the cat litter but I cannot see it on the cats yet. The kittens is dewormed once before about a month a go but not the mothers.
I have just managed to finish the second antibiotica treatment against their chlamydia and they were all well for about three days after the treatment and now three of them have pouring eyes again. One mama and two kittens. It might be something else as they all had the sneezing disease also. I am suspecting the herpes virus but I need to bring an example to the vet to have it checked (a bit of discharge or a cat - neither will be easy). Their eyes are still clear though. They are never glued together and there is no red or swollen parts of the eye. The discharge is clear as tears
I know we did a lot of mistaces in the beginning since everyting had to be about saving these kittens from pnemonia and blindness and this is the reason they are still so feral.
They are fifteen and eighteen weeks now and the younger kittens are 100% domesticated so their treatment is no problem but they are also the healthiest.
The older kittens eats from my hand and I can touch Tosca if she is too tired to bother to move away from me. She also seeks my company sometimes and it happens that she cant stop her self from purring but only for a second or so. I can touch Silas and Gypsy without hissing or growling if I catch them sleeping somewhere they cant run away easily. And here I am stuck.
I need some progress within a month or two since then it is about time to get them spayed, neutered, vaccinated and chip-marked.
I would hate to see all the work we put in to them to be in wain just because I have to catch them for deworming or a vet-visit again.
I know that if I try to catch and hold them now it will be violent and I will get hurt.
I know for sure that they don't have rabies anyway since I would of been dead by now if they had and I obviously have a good tetanus protection
I am greatfull for all ideas about de-worming and socializing. When they have learned to use the cat door to their new cat garden I think I can get the frontline on them if I hide inside the door and wait for them to come in through the cat door.
I spend about 50% of my awayke time with them, I play with them and I spoil them more then I ever done with any animal but still we seem to be stuck.
I realize that it might go faster if I parted them from their mothers but I don't have the facilities to keep them appart and I don't have the heart to throw the mothers back to a feral life especially since I think Agnes -the youngest one - doesn't see that well. She still has a very fearl behavior but for a couple of weeks she spends the mornings with me, sitting on a two meters distance, talking while I drink my morning coffee.
I do have a job, by the way, even if it doesn't seem like that, but I am home ill for a hernia and when we took these little creatures in I was home one month for a broken toe (actually it was not a hole bone left in my big toe) so the cats has seen a lot of me.
