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Cat vaccines causing Chronic Kidney Disease? Has anyone done any research on this topic? Not sure if this is a case of only 1 study showing what he’s saying and how the risk of CKD is relative to panleukopenia

We’ve been fostering for a while but I’ll be forced to take a break now because my partner is allergic so we try to give periods of relief :(

Last year I got my first pregnant foster cat. She was really hesitant at first and would swipe me sometimes when she got overwhelmed. After her giving birth to 7 kittens, having lungworms purged from her body and having a broken tooth removed she is now my little shadow for the past few months...

How on top of litter box cleaning are you? I find that one of my cats expects a pristine box (scoop 2-3 times a day) or she will just do her business on the floor

Precious photo of mom and one of her boys

Hey everyone - just an update. All kittens were healthy and well and all got adopted within a month of posting! Mom has been having some health issues so she’s still not available for adoption but she’s an absolute sweety so I don’t mind at all :)

With no kill shelters I think everyone will have their own process. It’s likely they will be happy to let you foster the cats until they find an adopter. I find that friendly cats are well liked by no kill shelters because an unproblematic cat - with no vet bills - and is friendly will be...

When she attacks it’s more like a bit of a run over, and no fur is puffed up. Since the kittens are way smaller they do just surrender and run away and she doesn’t pursue them.

In another post I mentioned she also tries to attack them if they are wrestling super hard. When I use the cat teaser if they have a collision while trying to chase she will also get mad. I now just make sure to use two teasers at one. Since she seems to attack them when wrestling with the...

I have been keeping them separate unless supervised. What do you mean by cat music?

So one thing I am noticing now is if the kittens are having fun in the distance, like just playing with a ball, she will approach them and attack. Is this an example of not acceptable behaviour? I wonder if it has to do with her not liking the sounds

Thanks so much for the advice! I’m glad this is okay as the rescues are so overrun and I didn’t want to have to try to re foster home mom :)

I guess I’m a bit worried because the two new kittens are long hair fluff balls and I don’t want any blood to be drawn in order for me to know I should separate them. I have heard one reason cats will climb you and sometimes use claws is because they have thick skin and don’t realize us humans...

I’m not sure if she had full claws out but once I was holding the kitten while petting her (she usually just ignores the whole world if she’s getting pet) and she took a swipe and got my finger a bit so I do think she has claws out.

I have a foster cat that was a mom to a litter which has all been adopted out. Currently I’m trying to get her to colive with 4 kittens that aren’t hers. I’ve been separating them unless I’m there to supervise and I do think some kittens don’t know not to go near her yet. She seems to only hiss...

So I’ve been fostering a mom and her litter for a while. When I had only one remaining foster kitten to adopt I got her two new kitten friends. I kept them separated at first until Maggie (remaining kitten) clearly wanted to always be with them. In the first few days of coliving I noticed if the...

The kittens seem to not be gaining very much weight recently but are not losing weight. Some gain just 3g and the ones who have always been good at nursing are still gaining around 10g a day. They are almost entering their 4th week and I was wondering if I should let them try wet food? Kitten...

I was so confused about if it was at the beginning or end of the weeks! So as of today they are 20 days old does that mean the kitty should be at least 12 ounces by tomorrow?

Lightest kitten is at 311g today and we are almost entering third week. Should I be concerned?

Is it ever possible for moms to not stimulate? I have a nanny cam and I haven’t noticed her really doing a lot of grooming. I’m concerned about if she is making them pee and poo so I’ve been helping out but I can’t get them to pop (they are current 1.5 weeks old)