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Okay good idea. I hate to keep using antibiotics but maybe a longer course would be worth one more try. Hoping the rice and pumpkin firms things up overnight but I’ll call tomorrow and see if the meds without a visit is an option!

Metronidazole is what he had the second time! Twice a day for three days and even after the first dose or two it was helping. So we are using Blue Buffalo and he had all wet at first, then I added in some dry and I guess that’s around the time it started, so I am doing just wet today with the...

Hi all, I have an almost 8 week old kitten—spent the first five weeks of life in our barn and then I brought him and his litter mates inside. Around 4 weeks he had a severe eye infection and went to the vet and got topical and oral antibiotics. The eye improved but is still healing. Soon after...

I have continued to set the traps for the other baby but it doesn’t weigh enough to trip the trap! The only reason I caught this one was because a frog went in and she followed it and I was able to jump and close the door. Mama is around and I guess if I don’t catch the other baby pretty soon...

Well the hand feeding would be to build trust (saw a video where the guy would swaddle the kittens in a blanket and then spoon feed them baby food to get them used to hands and items approaching their face). So far it seems she is more and more willing to come out of hiding and get closer, but...

It definitely won’t let me hold it yet, or approach it really. I’m wondering if I’m already off to a bad start having it in the laundry room where it can hide behind the washer and dryer vs in a carrier or crate so I can easily grab it by the scruff and get hands on. I was going to try to make...

Yes that’s what I’ve been doing over the past three weeks—lots of quiet presence, talking softly, petting mama in front of them, and making sure they know I’m the food bringer! Now that I have this one inside, I think it’s time to swaddle it up and hand feed it so that it quickly associates...

Okay so after finding the litter of hidden kittens three weeks ago, I finally was able to trap the first of them. It is seven weeks old, has been eating wet and dry food for a couple of weeks now and is scared of me but used to my presence. It is now in my laundry room. I’ve been watching videos...

Okay so now that I have access to the kittens, how can I help socialize them? I’m trying to go down and visit them a couple times each day to talk in a calm voice and get them used to me. Two are aggressively hissing and spitting when they see me but the others are less so and I’ve been able to...

Update! Today we finally found the babies, living in an old boat on the edge of our property. Smart mama cat found such a good spot to keep them contained and sheltered, and they look healthy. There are five, two solid black and three gray striped. I guess they are four weeks this weekend and...

Okay great. I just assumed she would have them somewhere kind of close to her food so that her breaks from them would be very brief, so when seeing her lounging in the sun I was like what are you doing mama...go keep those babies warm! Thankfully it is pretty warm here right now, but we are...

Hi all, So my semi-feral kitty just had kittens. Before anyone asks, I made multiple attempts to catch her and take her to be spayed and she either attacked or evaded me each time. I have made contact with a local TNR pro who is going to lend me a trap when kittens are weaned. I saw her mating...

Thank you for all the advice guys. Unfortunately I think she is gone. Last night I went out and called for her, walked around, listened to see if I could hear any movement in the woods, and there was nothing. This morning I tried again, and this afternoon I went as deep into the woods where I...

I don't know. Now that I've had a chance to research I know to check that, but I didn't know to check earlier when I could get to her.

My husband is currently deployed and I'm on my own with four small kids. I really did try to take her to the vet immediately but I really don't know that I can do anything else for her tonight--tomorrow if she comes out of the woods I'll definitely try with a blanket. She CAN walk/run, which...