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Hi everyone. I'm back with an update, and some interesting news... kind of... Fist off Tristan is doing great! He's running and playing like crazy! I love watching him and his mom play, Tristan will start to stalk her, and she runs like he's a huge cat chasing her. Its adorable!
I call this "Bros before Hoes"
Checking out his new bed/toy!
Ok. The "interesting" part. Apparently I am the apartment complex "Old Cat Lady", despite being 24. Someone ran up to me a few nights ago saying they found two soaking wet kittens. We found one, the other ran off, and she was indeed soaking wet and shivering. Funny thing was, she smelled like flea shampoo. The woman was freaking out, and worried she had fleas. Indeed she was COVERED in fleas
The cat actually dried off pretty quickly in the 10 minutes I was holding her outside. Weird. She eventually took the cat in, and bathed her with dawn. The male cat was found the next day by the super and brought to her apartment. I stopped by the next day or so to check in. I estimate the kittens are 4 to 6 months old, as apparently the male is spraying. She says she wants to keep them, at least the female and if I can find a home for the male. Keep in mind I said I would take them in instead of her bringing them to a shelter or just letting them outside. I stopped by tonight after finding a possible home for the male, a few days later. Well the cats "got out" when she opened the door today or yesterday. They started crying from the trees a few hundred feet away not a minute after I stopped by. They came to me within 5 minutes. She says the cats had bitten/clawed at her and her child/children and she because they kept escaping/spraying she couldn't keep them. Apparently she stopped by my apartment yesterday but I wasn't home. So I now have two more flea infested kittens until next month!! Thats 6 in my one bedroom apartment!! Luckily these two are going to a good home together in september!
Its weird, I think she let them out yesterday when she couldn't find me. Something is fishy. She already had cat stuff, and the fact the female was soaking wet but smelled like flea shampoo has me very suspicious. She called the shelter twice about them, luckily the shelter is closed until tuesday. They are the sweetest kitties, brother and sister. And they look just like the stray I took in, Tristans mom. They could be her previous kittens they look so similar. Would brother and sister stay together? I am very worried the female may be pregnant, but its too early to tell.
They got a flea bath tonight, and like an hour of combing afterwards, but I am afraid of fleas getting to my other cats. I changed my clothes and took out almost all the fabric things in the bathroom so they don't start multiplying. They have an old mattress cover to sleep on. I'm still finding fleas on them, hopefully the fleas are slowly dying. Right now they are in my bathroom and will stay in there since they are not vaccinated or tested for anything. They will be spayed/neutered next week.
I am worried they may be anemic there were so many fleas! They mostly just curl up and sleep. I actually found canned kmr, I got one can, and I found powdered at walmart but its red and called something else. Still PetAG made thou. IDK if they are to old to drink milk out of a bowl. They have wet food and moistened dry kitten food, both ate pretty well. The male is a bit more reserved / sleepy and did not eat the wet, but perked up when I brought in the dry food. Their gums seem ok, but is there anything else I can do for them? Especially to get the male to eat more? I am working until like 8 pm tomorrow, so they will be alone all day, but its so much better then being outside. Its starting to turn into winter here!
I am sorry this is so long, I didn't want to start a new thread and it kind of seems kitten related.
Male on the left. Female on the right.
I call this "Bros before Hoes"
Checking out his new bed/toy!
Ok. The "interesting" part. Apparently I am the apartment complex "Old Cat Lady", despite being 24. Someone ran up to me a few nights ago saying they found two soaking wet kittens. We found one, the other ran off, and she was indeed soaking wet and shivering. Funny thing was, she smelled like flea shampoo. The woman was freaking out, and worried she had fleas. Indeed she was COVERED in fleas
The cat actually dried off pretty quickly in the 10 minutes I was holding her outside. Weird. She eventually took the cat in, and bathed her with dawn. The male cat was found the next day by the super and brought to her apartment. I stopped by the next day or so to check in. I estimate the kittens are 4 to 6 months old, as apparently the male is spraying. She says she wants to keep them, at least the female and if I can find a home for the male. Keep in mind I said I would take them in instead of her bringing them to a shelter or just letting them outside. I stopped by tonight after finding a possible home for the male, a few days later. Well the cats "got out" when she opened the door today or yesterday. They started crying from the trees a few hundred feet away not a minute after I stopped by. They came to me within 5 minutes. She says the cats had bitten/clawed at her and her child/children and she because they kept escaping/spraying she couldn't keep them. Apparently she stopped by my apartment yesterday but I wasn't home. So I now have two more flea infested kittens until next month!! Thats 6 in my one bedroom apartment!! Luckily these two are going to a good home together in september! Its weird, I think she let them out yesterday when she couldn't find me. Something is fishy. She already had cat stuff, and the fact the female was soaking wet but smelled like flea shampoo has me very suspicious. She called the shelter twice about them, luckily the shelter is closed until tuesday. They are the sweetest kitties, brother and sister. And they look just like the stray I took in, Tristans mom. They could be her previous kittens they look so similar. Would brother and sister stay together? I am very worried the female may be pregnant, but its too early to tell.
They got a flea bath tonight, and like an hour of combing afterwards, but I am afraid of fleas getting to my other cats. I changed my clothes and took out almost all the fabric things in the bathroom so they don't start multiplying. They have an old mattress cover to sleep on. I'm still finding fleas on them, hopefully the fleas are slowly dying. Right now they are in my bathroom and will stay in there since they are not vaccinated or tested for anything. They will be spayed/neutered next week.
I am worried they may be anemic there were so many fleas! They mostly just curl up and sleep. I actually found canned kmr, I got one can, and I found powdered at walmart but its red and called something else. Still PetAG made thou. IDK if they are to old to drink milk out of a bowl. They have wet food and moistened dry kitten food, both ate pretty well. The male is a bit more reserved / sleepy and did not eat the wet, but perked up when I brought in the dry food. Their gums seem ok, but is there anything else I can do for them? Especially to get the male to eat more? I am working until like 8 pm tomorrow, so they will be alone all day, but its so much better then being outside. Its starting to turn into winter here!
I am sorry this is so long, I didn't want to start a new thread and it kind of seems kitten related.
Male on the left. Female on the right.
