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I am new to this site...actually...I am new to cats. I do dogs...well...until some people from work told me about two kittens near death. They looked pretty pathetic when I went to their location...I don't like to see anything suffer...so I took the little critters. Well...I got them home and then it dawned on me that I had no idea what to do with them...only thing I knew to do was treat them like a stray puppy so I bathed them and de wormed them with panacur 10%, got flea treatment for them, and a 3 way cat vaccination. Discovered cats don't really like cream...or lunch meat..went out and bought real cat food...they like that. Plopped em in a whelping box with a blanket, a bowl, of water and my puppy housebreaking pan, lined with newspaper. I discovered after 3 days that cats don't like newspaper lined pans..I just thought they were super clean or something until I mentioned this to a can person who told me I needed "cat litter" dang it...got that and I don't know what kinda magical property cat litter possesses but it made said kittens have to go right away.
One kitten couldn't walk. It just flopped on its side. So I do a little physical therapy by stretching and massage as well as putting the legs under him.
It's been two weeks now. I had a "Dear Google..." Session to find out about male/female and determined there's one of each. SURE wish I found this place 2 weeks ago. I've been "winging" it. I did not take these little critters in to keep them....just didnt want them to die. I heard or saw something that you're supposed to get them fixed and put them back. Anyone know how old they have to be for that? For that matter..is there anyway to tell how old the little things are? Do cat clinics exist? I don't want to be a dual species rescuer..
My main reason for signing up for this is the female seems to sneeze a lot. I wanted to treat both with a round of antibiotics since I don't know what caused them to be sick in the first place, requiring my intervention....is this something done with rescue cats? Oh the male can walk now....still a little shaky but I was having to bath him twice a day because he would soil himself and its been 4 days since I have had to bath him. Do cats have a lot of health issues? Cats are self suffiecient right? Do they know how to hunt automatically like little panthers or tigers? if not how to you train them for it? Did I mention I do dogs? I don't do cats....12 dogs agree...we don't wish them harm...we just ...you know...woof....woof..not meow. Oh, I started obedience training with the female since she seems healthier. We've only done sit, come, and down thus far. Not sure if there's an optimal training and socialization period like puppies but I figure early is better than later.
One kitten couldn't walk. It just flopped on its side. So I do a little physical therapy by stretching and massage as well as putting the legs under him.
It's been two weeks now. I had a "Dear Google..." Session to find out about male/female and determined there's one of each. SURE wish I found this place 2 weeks ago. I've been "winging" it. I did not take these little critters in to keep them....just didnt want them to die. I heard or saw something that you're supposed to get them fixed and put them back. Anyone know how old they have to be for that? For that matter..is there anyway to tell how old the little things are? Do cat clinics exist? I don't want to be a dual species rescuer..
My main reason for signing up for this is the female seems to sneeze a lot. I wanted to treat both with a round of antibiotics since I don't know what caused them to be sick in the first place, requiring my intervention....is this something done with rescue cats? Oh the male can walk now....still a little shaky but I was having to bath him twice a day because he would soil himself and its been 4 days since I have had to bath him. Do cats have a lot of health issues? Cats are self suffiecient right? Do they know how to hunt automatically like little panthers or tigers? if not how to you train them for it? Did I mention I do dogs? I don't do cats....12 dogs agree...we don't wish them harm...we just ...you know...woof....woof..not meow. Oh, I started obedience training with the female since she seems healthier. We've only done sit, come, and down thus far. Not sure if there's an optimal training and socialization period like puppies but I figure early is better than later.