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  1. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    She is one of the dogs now. I imagine she will have some strange behaviors when she older as she spends all her time hanging out with the doggies lol
  2. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Oh my. My vet said the opposite. People, dogs etc can not carry & transmit FIV or get it. It is Feline specific. It is also transmitted by puncture bite wounds etc. Not likely transmitted without fluid exchanged from the infected cat. I'll add some recent photos below :)
  3. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    I forgot to mention; Lil'Kitty is spending a lot of time running around the entire house. She goes into her own room at night and when we are away from home. So she has access to the big kitty litter boxes that contain clumping clay litter. I switched all the litter boxes to non clumping...
  4. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Thank you! We will have her retested. Yes, the older cats are neutered and spayed. I'm certain that Lil'Kitty has never been bitten. We have had her since she was approx 2 weeks old. She didn't have any bite marks or scabs then.
  5. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Baby cat has a 'name' finally. She is called Lil'Kitty. Every other name we tried just doesn't stick or fit. We had her at the vet yesterday as we had an emergency with our puppy over Christmas and had a follow up and brought Lil'Kitty along as she is approximately 8 weeks old now...
  6. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Yes, the older dog is accepting her just fine. He's not as friendly or playful as the puppy is. He was raised with our two adult cats, so he knows not to mess with kitties lol. He has a very healthy respect for cats :)
  7. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    She does try to chew on the nipple sometimes and then licks at it, but nothing savage yet lol. She does enjoy her wet food now, but will still meow and get all cuddly towards me when she wants her bottle. I'm so happy that the kitten (the name Mittens didn't seem to work for her) and puppy...
  8. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Little Kitty doesn't have a formal name yet. Every name we think of just doesn't seem to fit right. I'm sure she will give us a name for her soon enough :) Believe it or not, but the puppy is a terrier/collie mix. She behaves more like a terrier most of the time, but has been so very sweet to...
  9. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    A quick update in little kitten! She weighed in at 1.5 lb's this morning :D Very happy that she continues to grow and gain weight. She is way more playful and is running and jumping. She can climb up on the sofa and chairs and has made herself right at home. She is also eating some kitten wet...
  10. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    End of playtime :)
  11. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Here are her weights, taken at the same time each day: 11/23 - 324g 11/24 - 345g 11/25 - 370g 11/26 - 389g 11/27 - 406g And a quick video of her playing with my, very patient, 4 month old puppy:
  12. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Thank you for all the advice! She is getting fed round the clock every 4 hours and drinking well at each feeding. I was unable to source any goats milk.. my friend has kids due in 4 weeks, too late by then. Kitten seems to be doing well with the KMR. She is not showing any interest in real food...
  13. Blue Bug

    At What Age To Introduce Raw To A Kitten?

    I have my first bottle fed orphan. I currently have a fur clan of two dogs (2yr male, 4 mt puppy female) and two cats (8 yr old male and 5 yr old female). The two dogs are on 100% raw and the female cat is too. The female cat, Scully, is a feral that now lives with us. She is content to be...
  14. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    She is still doing well. I only started weighing her yesterday after reading here that it's a great way to monitor progress. Yesterday morning she was 324g, same time this morning she was 345g. A gain of 21g is good! I certainly do have lots of questions :) When can she live outside her...
  15. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Thank you. It has been a challenge for sure. I put some coconut oil (the good stuff, organic cold pressed unrefined) on her mouth area and a few small crusty bits came away. I'll keep doing that until her little face is clean. The milk replacer is KMR. She likes it just fine thankfully...
  16. Blue Bug

    3 Week Old Orphan Baby - Mittens

    Hi everyone, I'm new here and to bottle feeding. 4 days ago a friend called to say she found a litter of cold kittens under her barn and she could't have them because of her dog. There were a total of 5 in the nest. Sadly 2 were already dead and 2 were barely alive. 1 was walking around. The...
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