rescued 2 week old kitten

damagegt

janmaree wrote: »

I know how you feel on that one damagegt, the same thing happened when I had one of my cats neutered, in our case it was the cat who got at the stitches and removed them herself but I can still feel that moment of horrified realisation! Your kitten is outside the scope of that vet's general experience so it doesn't make him bad or uncaring, just pretty clueless and out of date. I'm glad that you have a new vet in the mix and your friend will make the medical visits pretty painless from now on. Well done, I'm so glad that it's working out for you. I feel a bit sad for the old dear who feeds the ferals, feeding may be as much as she can afford but she probably can't bear the thought of them starving. TNR programmes are simply wonderful but they can still be beyond the capability of some people. Anyway, good luck with the care.........you will REALLY hate the thought of going back to work now........like a Mum on little kid's first day of school, it's impossible to part with them!

Thats my exact feelings about that vets.Hes probably very good at what he does.But on the other hand they are peoples pets, if you have no interest of know how to help then don't bother,recommend someone that will help.I feel then if he does take the job hes just doing it out of pure greed with no thought about the animal or the owner.

As for that lady,word on the street is she might be a tad mad.Doesn't answer the door,shouts and throws things at kids,packs or feral cats.......I'm seeing a pattern here.But I'm sure she means well.

damagegt

Cormac... wrote: »

You should let Cork Cat Action Trust know about the cats in this old ladies garden, they'll do a Trap/Neuter/Release on them so this doesn't happen again, though I appreciate you have plenty on your plate

Also if you need any cat-related stuff in the near future I'd be happy to give you some stuff (Cat litter box, toys, bed etc) I've 2 cats and we ended up with 2 of everything we don't need

Thanks Cormac.We were wondering how he could call to help her with the cats.As I'm sure you know these things should be threaded lightly.Ill give them a shout and see what they say.Are cats done having kitten for the year or is an 24/7 thing with them ?

As for the stuff,Im building most of it at the moment.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

damagegt wrote: »

As for that lady,word on the street is she might be a tad mad.Doesn't answer the door,shouts and throws things at kids,packs or feral cats.......I'm seeing a pattern here.But I'm sure she means well.

Is this her?

damagegt

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Is this her?

Ah stop,thats not nice..................needs more cats

Karl Stein

morgana wrote: »

a rocky start in life

Rising up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance now I'm puss is back on his feet
Just a cat and his will to survive...

Rocky for a boy?

damagegt

This thread is getting awfully strange.Anyway new problem.I think he might be a bit constipated.Three feeds ago he defecated but it was quite dry and just after the last feed there was a small bit "stuck" it came out and went back in.He was doing alot of pushing but not alot going on.I massaged his belly but It didnt help.
I read that you can add a drop of veg/olive/mineral oil to the formula.Would that help ?

grey_so_what

Great to hear Kitty had a good night!

Keep up the good work d!...


Just saw the post above - I'd agree with gillymuffins advice below!

gillymuffins

Try cooled down boiled water in the bottle and rub his back passage with a cloth and a dab of warm water on it. Do the cloth procedure after every feed or a short while after to get things moving

muddypaws

Yeah, its not his belly you need to rub, its further back than that The mother would do this after every feed, stimulating the kitten to go to the toilet, and cleaning it up at the same time.

Alun

muddypaws wrote: »

Yeah, its not his belly you need to rub, its further back than that The mother would do this after every feed, stimulating the kitten to go to the toilet, and cleaning it up at the same time.

Reminds of me of that recent BBC program about the zookeeper bring up two baby sumatran tigers, same thing but with rather more dramatic results

damagegt

muddypaws wrote: »

Yeah, its not his belly you need to rub, its further back than that The mother would do this after every feed, stimulating the kitten to go to the toilet, and cleaning it up at the same time.

Its ok,I have whole butt rubbing down.I was reading that massaging their tummy when their constipated helps them pass,which it did but not all of it came out.Ill try the water dabbing on the next feed.

New Home

When you rub his belly, use a clockwise motion, it follows the path of his bowels and should help. Also, try to increase his water intake - even by a little bit - to make the stools softer and easier to pass. The rest, as you said, you've got it down to a tee.

damagegt

New Home wrote: »

When you rub his belly, use a clockwise motion, it follows the path of his bowels and should help. Also, try to increase his water intake - even by a little bit - to make the stools softer and easier to pass. The rest, as you said, you've got it down to a tee.

Could I add more water to the formula as in half spoon for a full 20ml instead of 10ml or some other mix of measures ?

New Home

Mmmh. Doubling the water intake could be a bit too much, he probably wouldn't get enough nutrients, I think. Perhaps adding an extra quarter or so to one of the feeds to see how it goes - e.g. for a 10 ml feed, add an extra 2 or 2.5ml water - or even giving him a few drops of water in between feeds might help. The poo wasn't VERY dry, was it? And is he weeing enough?

If I was nearer to Cork you'd have a cat sitter no problem.

SillyMangoX

Try a bit of liquid parrifen for the constipation, mix in about half a ml into the batch you make up, should help things slip out a bit easier. Just be careful not to add too much or he could end up with diarrhoea!

damagegt

New Home wrote: »

Mmmh. Doubling the water intake could be a bit too much, he probably wouldn't get enough nutrients, I think. Perhaps adding an extra quarter or so to one of the feeds to see how it goes - e.g. for a 10 ml feed, add an extra 2 or 2.5ml water - or even giving him a few drops of water in between feeds might help. The poo wasn't VERY dry, was it? And is he weeing enough?

If I was nearer to Cork you'd have a cat sitter no problem.

I added a couple of ml more to the formula.If hes looking for something later Ill give him water.Hes weeing loads.It was very dry but defiantly dryer then the first.

damagegt

Hmmm paraffin.Is that not something from nineteen dickity two ?Could I use any other oils ? I have coconut,several nut oils,olive,sunflower,rapeseed wd40

BumblebeeGirl

Love this thread! Can you put up more pics of little boardsie?

jimf

damagegt wrote: »

Hmmm paraffin.Is that not something from nineteen dickity two ?Could I use any other oils ? I have coconut,several nut oils,olive,sunflower,rapeseed wd40

good to see you keeping your sense of humour wd40 my arse :P

damagegt

BumblebeeGirl wrote: »

Love this thread! Can you put up more pics of little boardsie?

Ill get them up for you now.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Did you ever think you'd be feverishly checking a thread for updates about cat poop?

Generic Dreadhead

hahahahaha, nope

Raminahobbin

I think it's quite clear the cat should be called Atari.

damagegt

damagegt wrote: »

Ill get them up for you now.

Click the last one for a quick vid.Ill get one on his next feed

Aglomerado

Aaaw! so cute!

grey_so_what

Oh, he is ADORABLE!!!!.......

Thanks for the photos d!!

Raminahobbin

Look at him in the vid! Flying along

jimf

my god I think hes growing by the hour

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Oh the squeeks of him! So cute.

damagegt

Raminahobbin wrote: »

Look at him in the vid! Flying along

If I could show you a video of him yesterday the difference is unbelievable.