2 wk old kitten

[cristalblaze]

Good luck with you little kitty, and it seems you are doing a fine job raising this little bundle of fur. Hope you dog learns to be gentle with the kitty, as my dog was always very gentle. My cat would get rough with the dog, but the dog just whined for me to rescue him from the little brat.

 

[bubblegirl23]

I think Sasha got lucky. My cat annoys my dog. On cold nights, she kicks him off the sofa, bite and scratches him, and tries to sniff his butt. (Yes, she's a strange cat)

Like Cristal, the dog needs my protection sometimes.

Keep an eye out, but I'n sure your dog will be kind to Turtle. Dogs are like that. A new family member is loved and protected.

A cat will just bully a new member


lol

 

[awashinlove]

Awashinlove-why are kittens temps so much lower than adult cats?

Hm, I just know what I had to keep track of with my foster babies concerning temp.

Please, don't take me for a complete idiot. I have raised a kitten before and she is currently 7, maybe, years old and doing fine. It has just been a few years since i've done it and i was asking for suggestions from people who have done it recently.

Didn't, and it's very easy to raise a kitten even for those of us who are. It's just not good for the cat. Most hand-reared kittens have their lives shortened to their teen years (you often will see signs of old age as soon as they're preteens), and a Cornell U. (I think it was CU, might've been PA State) study a few years back showed they're more susceptible to cancers, especially those acquired in vaccine spots, which I've guess you've probably witnessed are very painful for the cat. Human-raised cats also show much lower IQs, but since you have another adult cat perhaps you can encourage them to spend time together.

Where i live, we don't have rescue groups, which i believe i stated earlier, so finding a replacement momma kitty wasn't really an option. And please don't tell me that the vet would know of one. My mom has worked at the local vet clinic for 26+ years and i've worked there part time for 4 years. we would know if there was a rescue group

Hey, didn't know that about this, of course. The reason I referred to your vet was because I worked as a foster parent for a dog rescue based out of Ohio (I'm in PA), I foster my birds through a rescue based in NY, and my current two foster cats are through a rescue based a few hundred miles away in upper PA (I'm in lower, below Philly). Most local people who adopted my foster babies or signed over their pets through me into a rescue only knew about me being nearby because a vet sent them my way. We would get the animals from place to place through PUR (Pet's Underground Railway). Vets also often know of nursing mommies through either breeders or other rescues someone else may have taken in (it's a good time of year for strays to wander into someone's shed, garage, or whatever and birth even more strays). So not being aware of your closeness with your vet, I thought I would rec this outlet.

With a kitten so mobile I can't imagine she's younger than 4-5 weeks, as you probably know, and at that point mommies aren't so accepting, anyway.

Blessings,
awashinlove

 

[alwayz_remember_Calvery]

Awashinlove-thank you for response and your obvious knowledge in kitty raising. The other kitten i raised lives with my cousin and isn't very smart and meaner than anything i've ever met. That cat HATES people, only likes their youngest son, growls (even at it's own tail) and is just crazy. I don't know if this is from being hand raised (it wasn't like that when we had it) or if it's something that she learned from their other cat. Their other cat was mildly crazy, she got her head smashed in a rocking chair and after that was never the same.

Thank you for recommending the vet. I thought i had put it in a earlier post, maybe not. Wow, you seem to be a foster mom to a lot of animals. Keep up the good work, i know they appreciate it. I'd love to foster animals but i'd get to attached, and i have to leave in 2.5 weeks for college.

She is a pain. She's getting teeth, that hurt, she can climb up stairs, she terrorizes the dog, but i love her. I would really like to post pics of her, but i don't think i can.