A cat was hit by a car near my house. It isn't unusual we live in the middle of nowhere on a busy hwy and are not to far from an animal shelter (people tend to drop off their pets in the middle of the night to avoid the fee).
Anyway a few hours later I heard meowing and my dog was whimpering and wagging her tail so much I thought she was going to dislocate a hip. I followed her and she lead me to the kittens.
I operate a clinical research company (we research humans, not animals) and so I did what I would do if I found 6 crying humans. I took them in and warmed them up. I've been feeding them kitten replacement formula according to the weight and weighing them everyday and I've been keeping a chart on each. Their stools look normal, they are eating well. I would guess they are about 2-3 weeks old (according to the info I've found on the web).
The odd thing is that out of the 6 kittens only 2 have the "normal" number of toes. The rest of them have extra toes. One only has extra toes on one side (front and back). They are sweet as can be. 4 of them are solid black, one is black with white paws and one looks like a siamese (I'm sure I spelled that wrong).
My question is why do the black ones shun the white one? He's always alone and the others are curled up together. And the obvious guestion...why do the black ones have extra toes?
Anyway a few hours later I heard meowing and my dog was whimpering and wagging her tail so much I thought she was going to dislocate a hip. I followed her and she lead me to the kittens.
I operate a clinical research company (we research humans, not animals) and so I did what I would do if I found 6 crying humans. I took them in and warmed them up. I've been feeding them kitten replacement formula according to the weight and weighing them everyday and I've been keeping a chart on each. Their stools look normal, they are eating well. I would guess they are about 2-3 weeks old (according to the info I've found on the web).
The odd thing is that out of the 6 kittens only 2 have the "normal" number of toes. The rest of them have extra toes. One only has extra toes on one side (front and back). They are sweet as can be. 4 of them are solid black, one is black with white paws and one looks like a siamese (I'm sure I spelled that wrong).
My question is why do the black ones shun the white one? He's always alone and the others are curled up together. And the obvious guestion...why do the black ones have extra toes?