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Hey everyone
Meet my tiny friend-
He's about 4.5 weeks old, and comes with a story.
A few weeks ago some cat had a litter near my house, in a trench between my and my neighbor's gardens.
I heard kitten meowing for 2 nights and could not sleep, so i went to see what the fuss was all about. Unfortunately, the mother has abandoned 2 of her kittens, and took only one with her (this i found out only recently)
I found a beautiful black kitten who unfortunately starved to death already, and heard faint croaky meows, so i started digging in the pile of construction materials in the trench. Took half an hour, but i finally found this little guy. He was weak, thin, barely moved and barely meowed. By the looks of it he was 2-3 days old.
Took him home, started treating him, and soon he was up on his feet again.
Here are some pictures:
At 1 week old:
http://*************/4MNaMkT.jpg
2.5 weeks old
http://*************/BwtzNNH.jpg
3.5 weeks old, getting a new much larger nesting box (did a little project, it's padded from every direction, including the walls, the floor is heat/cold insulated and has triple layer padding)
http://*************/hg6NLjJ.jpg
(Edit- i see now that this site doesn't allow links, replace the *'s with ************* and you'll be able to see the pics)
The first picture in the thread is from 2 days ago.
This little guy is heaps of fun, already litterbox trained, and gladly runs to explore any new place.
Been to the vet a couple of times, no health problems whatsoever, she also told me usually kittens with stories like this have around 20-30 chance to survive even if found and treated. Is that true?
Currently trying to convince my mother to let me keep him (university student, still at the folks' home because my uni is very close)
She wants me to give him to the nearest shelter when it's possible (6-7 weeks old), which i have no intention to do.
I'm a complete noob at this, so you can expect quite a few questions in the near future....
Happy to join TCS.
Meet my tiny friend-
He's about 4.5 weeks old, and comes with a story.
A few weeks ago some cat had a litter near my house, in a trench between my and my neighbor's gardens.
I heard kitten meowing for 2 nights and could not sleep, so i went to see what the fuss was all about. Unfortunately, the mother has abandoned 2 of her kittens, and took only one with her (this i found out only recently)
I found a beautiful black kitten who unfortunately starved to death already, and heard faint croaky meows, so i started digging in the pile of construction materials in the trench. Took half an hour, but i finally found this little guy. He was weak, thin, barely moved and barely meowed. By the looks of it he was 2-3 days old.
Took him home, started treating him, and soon he was up on his feet again.
Here are some pictures:
At 1 week old:
http://*************/4MNaMkT.jpg
2.5 weeks old
http://*************/BwtzNNH.jpg
3.5 weeks old, getting a new much larger nesting box (did a little project, it's padded from every direction, including the walls, the floor is heat/cold insulated and has triple layer padding)
http://*************/hg6NLjJ.jpg
(Edit- i see now that this site doesn't allow links, replace the *'s with ************* and you'll be able to see the pics)
The first picture in the thread is from 2 days ago.
This little guy is heaps of fun, already litterbox trained, and gladly runs to explore any new place.
Been to the vet a couple of times, no health problems whatsoever, she also told me usually kittens with stories like this have around 20-30 chance to survive even if found and treated. Is that true?
Currently trying to convince my mother to let me keep him (university student, still at the folks' home because my uni is very close)
She wants me to give him to the nearest shelter when it's possible (6-7 weeks old), which i have no intention to do.
I'm a complete noob at this, so you can expect quite a few questions in the near future....
Happy to join TCS.
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