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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    Thanks for your replies. I always appreciate it!! He seems fine this morning. His eye doesn’t look wet anymore. He let me check him over and cuddle him. Now, he’s running and playing with the others like usual. I’ll keep a close eye on him. But, so far, so good.
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    A few hours ago, two of the kittens (Darrell and Larry) accidentally ran head first into each other at full speed. Darrell just kept going. Larry stopped, screamed, hissed, shook his head, and moved on. I’m worried about Larry. Tonight when I was with them, he was still running and playing...
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    That is the sweetest picture!! My dog is young, just over 2yrs old, and all puppy. She can be a bit much for humans - let alone tiny kittens. So, I hesitated to introduce them any earlier. I love that your kittens are so close in age to ours. It’s like we’re walking the same path at the...
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    The kittens will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. They’re doing well. I’m contemplating when to introduce them to our dog and senior cat. I want them to be socialized with dogs, kids, and other cats before finding new homes for them. What age is best to begin the process? Most articles I see are...
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    Yes, our kittens were born a few day earlier on 5/21. Raising kittens is so far off from what we thought we were doing when we picked up Mama. 😂 We initially were only planning to keep Mama. But I think the smallest MAY stay as well. She’s a house favorite. The rest will for sure be moving to...
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    How often do we give them canned food at this point - since they’re also still nursing from Mama?
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    They’re 5 weeks old today. One kitten jumped up and started eating Mama’s wet food on his own this morning. So, we put a plate of wet food down, and they absolutely devoured it. No convincing necessary. Should we mix with KMR? Or is just straight wet kitten food ok?
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    Also… When should they have their first vet visit? My vet said 8 weeks. But I thought they needed to go sooner for deworming and shots.
  9. StrayMama

    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    Update: The kittens seem to be doing well. They’re 4 weeks old today. (Pictures are from last week) Their personalities are exploding. Orange is observant. Black is needy and always has to be held. Black and White is feisty and an instigator. Dark Orange likes to cuddle and try to bite you...
  10. StrayMama

    Cemetery Stray

    Didn’t mean to post yet. The kittens that she was rough with were the kittens that tend to wander. Watching the couple other times, it would be while she was trying to clean them and they were crawling too far away. She’s a pretty good mama. 🙂
  11. StrayMama

    Cemetery Stray

    I don’t want to jinx myself. But everyone had really good gains today. I’ve seen Mama rough with the kittens a couple other times. But I, now, believe that she’s just correcting them. The other kitten
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    Urgent : Taking cat and kittens to the vet

    I took my husband and a milk crate with a fleece blanket as backup. Mama has an infection of some sort with a fever. So, the vet prescribed amoxicillin. She nursed the kittens well when we got home. Thanks for the responses!! They helped a lot!
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    Urgent : Taking cat and kittens to the vet

    Our mama cat is refusing to nurse and seems to be in pain when the kittens latch. So, we’re taking her to the vet in about an hour. The tech suggested bringing the 1.5 week old kittens so mama wouldn’t be worried. How do we safely do that? I have a cat carrier bottom lined with fleece...
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    Wish we could edit posts... Black and white is just over 160g
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    Cemetery Stray Kittens’ Weight

    Well, the orange kittens are almost 200g now. The black and white is just ober. The black one is still very tiny. I tried supplementing it. It wasn’t interested. Even after I put a drop on its tongue. The process was also upsetting mama. She tried to swat the syringe from my hands. If I have...
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