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 Age: 1 Year Sex: Male
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Nicknames:
Mimi, Unnamed, Unnamed
Arrival Story:
Tuesday I got a phone call from my friend S; she works at a railroad supplier, at a stop along the tracks. It's along the river bottoms, so there's lots of wildlife as well as feral cats. Three kittens had somehow crawled up on the top of the roof, and couldn't get down, and were crying and crying. They managed to get them safely off the roof, and corraled into a cardboard box. I picked them up that afternoon, in fair condition; obviously hungry and a little dehydrated, with gunky eyes and filthy, filthy fur. I was most concerned about their eyes, and the dehydration.
After getting them home and bathing them, I discovered they're all orange. One female and two males, it looks like, and one of them will have medium-length fur, not short fur. They're in the process of weaning; they only dove into dry food out of desperation. (They couldn't really eat it.) They're now eating canned food mixed with kitten formula. They're at the lovely stage of wearing as much of their food as they're eating! So daily bathing and plenty of touchup cleaning is going on, as well as the help with peeing & pooping; they have no idea yet what a litter box is for. These little guys can barely walk; one of them is quite vocal.
After bathing, eating, peeing & pooping, it looks like they're all healthy. I will have to get them wormed when they're a little older; they're all pot-bellied but scrawny otherwise.
The good news is that one of S's co-workers is seriously considering adopting all three of them, as they have three children. If I can give her the appropriate information about our local spay & neuter group, that will increase the likelihood of them getting adopted together by her. I'm hopeful that she'll be able to take them in a month or so.
Hallelujiah!! All three kittens decided to use the litter box I rigged up for them this morning! Already they're being less messy, which is good for all of us. I'm still feeding frequently, but working to get them accustomed to water and dry food, and feeding a little less of the wet food. So far, so good.
The female shorthair is now named Mimi - as in Screaming Mimi. She's already crying a lot less, though. I think they're all feeling a bit more reassured that regular food, water, attention, and cleaning is part of their lives. I don't have names for the other two yet.
Once I'm absolutely positive they're all using the litterbox for both peeing and pooping, and that it's a good routine, I'll see if I can get them wormed (very light dosage). They all have hugely distended tummies, and I can't tell how much of that is from eating (or lack thereof), how much might be worms, or if there's something else going on.
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| April 17th 2008 |
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More than 1 year! |
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