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Backstory:
I live in a neighborhood surrounded by farm land. We have between 3-8 cats at a time who regularly use our yard as path between houses with dogs in the yard. I never know if they're feral or someone's "outside" cat. Yesterday I had this friendly girl come up (I've seen her about a year ago, and she was super friendly, but havent seen her regularly recently). She's far too skinny and was obviously pregnant. I was filling bird feeders (for my cat's entertainment) and she just scared me with how skinny she was. I brought out a bit of kibble and i thought she was going to get sick inhaling it. I'm pretty broke, but it was off to the vet.
The Issue:
She's feline lukemia negative, has terrible teeth, is likely under two years old and is already producing milk for the three kittens the vet felt. I've only had experience with one gone wrong dog birth or the before/after so I'm sort of freaking out that she's so close to birth without me having time for much research. Any advice/guidance/reassurance is sooo welcome. I need someone who knows things to hold my hand through this.
So Far:
I've got her in just the lower half of a ferret nation cage, with her own litter box with extra around it so nothing can get out to my cat (vet gave me some dewormer, but we didnt have a fecal to check). I cant really keep them in seperate rooms (the bedroom has my chinchillas who can have fatal reactions to some cat spit-but thats for a different forum). She's got some towels that she is loving. My cat's pretty mad his jungle-gym cage is taken over by her. but it's the best I can do. Pretty much everywhere around me is already full with kitten season. I'm hopeing I can foster them or something for an organisation like Planned Pethood but I have to call around. This girl is the sweetest thing but with how skinny she is and her coat's not in the greatest shape... the vet thinks she was probably thrown out of a house when she went into heat.
Anything you guys would recommend? Best resources to read up on birthing and kitten rearing so I'm not trying to read the whole internet? Should I be feeding kitten food or is adult food ok? She just wants to cuddle and my cat is going to kill me, as is my human since he has bad allergies to new animals and I'm already begging to keep her.
I live in a neighborhood surrounded by farm land. We have between 3-8 cats at a time who regularly use our yard as path between houses with dogs in the yard. I never know if they're feral or someone's "outside" cat. Yesterday I had this friendly girl come up (I've seen her about a year ago, and she was super friendly, but havent seen her regularly recently). She's far too skinny and was obviously pregnant. I was filling bird feeders (for my cat's entertainment) and she just scared me with how skinny she was. I brought out a bit of kibble and i thought she was going to get sick inhaling it. I'm pretty broke, but it was off to the vet.
The Issue:
She's feline lukemia negative, has terrible teeth, is likely under two years old and is already producing milk for the three kittens the vet felt. I've only had experience with one gone wrong dog birth or the before/after so I'm sort of freaking out that she's so close to birth without me having time for much research. Any advice/guidance/reassurance is sooo welcome. I need someone who knows things to hold my hand through this.
So Far:
I've got her in just the lower half of a ferret nation cage, with her own litter box with extra around it so nothing can get out to my cat (vet gave me some dewormer, but we didnt have a fecal to check). I cant really keep them in seperate rooms (the bedroom has my chinchillas who can have fatal reactions to some cat spit-but thats for a different forum). She's got some towels that she is loving. My cat's pretty mad his jungle-gym cage is taken over by her. but it's the best I can do. Pretty much everywhere around me is already full with kitten season. I'm hopeing I can foster them or something for an organisation like Planned Pethood but I have to call around. This girl is the sweetest thing but with how skinny she is and her coat's not in the greatest shape... the vet thinks she was probably thrown out of a house when she went into heat.
Anything you guys would recommend? Best resources to read up on birthing and kitten rearing so I'm not trying to read the whole internet? Should I be feeding kitten food or is adult food ok? She just wants to cuddle and my cat is going to kill me, as is my human since he has bad allergies to new animals and I'm already begging to keep her.
