My neighbors found this kitten crying at the side of a road while they were out on a walk. We've asked at several houses in the neighborhood and no one is aware of a missing kitten or of a local feral with kittens. We checked out the spot a couple of times and never saw a mom. Is there any point in me loitering around there hoping the mom cat will show up?
Kitty has a few teeth showing, and from the way it chewed the bottle's nipple to pieces that may be why it was abandoned It refused mushy kitten kibble but sucked down 3 tablespoons of kitten formula. I stimulated it to poop twice before it pooped. The poop seemed HUGE. Almost the size of my adult cats' raw-diet poops.
I've had the kitten for about 5 hours. It has slept almost the whole time, it ate just the once, and it's quite wobbly when walking. That makes me worry for its health, and worry for my own cats' health in case it has something infectious. I realized their shots are not up to date! (they're indoor cats but I didn't mean to let the immunizations lapse).
The kitten's wobbling may be from weakness, or maybe even from its youth? I have bottle fed other kittens that were around this age and they didn't wobble, but they had been eating regularly. I don't know how concerned I should be about the wobbling.
I'm away from the other cats until tomorrow. I'll keep the kitten separated from them, but what precautions should I take in case it has something (anything, not just what's causing the wobbling) that could infect my cats?
I will take it to the vet in the next couple of days regardless.
Kitty has a few teeth showing, and from the way it chewed the bottle's nipple to pieces that may be why it was abandoned It refused mushy kitten kibble but sucked down 3 tablespoons of kitten formula. I stimulated it to poop twice before it pooped. The poop seemed HUGE. Almost the size of my adult cats' raw-diet poops.
I've had the kitten for about 5 hours. It has slept almost the whole time, it ate just the once, and it's quite wobbly when walking. That makes me worry for its health, and worry for my own cats' health in case it has something infectious. I realized their shots are not up to date! (they're indoor cats but I didn't mean to let the immunizations lapse).
The kitten's wobbling may be from weakness, or maybe even from its youth? I have bottle fed other kittens that were around this age and they didn't wobble, but they had been eating regularly. I don't know how concerned I should be about the wobbling.
I'm away from the other cats until tomorrow. I'll keep the kitten separated from them, but what precautions should I take in case it has something (anything, not just what's causing the wobbling) that could infect my cats?
I will take it to the vet in the next couple of days regardless.