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    Help! Super fussy bottle babies

    I'm fostering 2-week old kittens and I just CANNOT get them to take the bottle with any regularity. Sometimes they will latch right away and settle down, but most of the time they scrabble madly, try to climb onto the bottle, bite the nipple, cry loudly, etc. — basically, they do everything but...
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    Encouraging weaning

    We are fostering a nursing mom with four kittens—our first foster litter. The kittens will be nine weeks old this weekend and mom is still nursing them a fair amount. We would like to get her spayed soon and the vet has advised us to begin separating her from the kittens to encourage them to...
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    Mama cat that hates jumping?

    Anyone ever had a cat that just hates being on any surface other than the floor? We took in a pregnant stray about eight weeks ago; since we've had her she has not wanted to jump up on anything in the house. Her kittens are now at the age where they're exploring the whole house and they love to...
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    4-week old kittens with bright orange, runny poop

    Hi all, apologies if this has been answered elsewhere — I found a lot of QUESTIONS about orange poop in kittens but no one reporting back on what the diagnosis was. I'm fostering a mama cat with kittens, they are 4 weeks old today, and I've noticed at least one (possibly more—it's hard to tell...
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    Foster fail advice?

    We are currently fostering our first little family and are already in love with mama cat and plan on adopting her. I'm wondering about adopting a couple of kittens from the litter too. Folks who foster moms with babies, do you find the moms generally prefer to have a home of their own after...
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    Thoughts on what dad may have looked like?

    Mom is a spotted tabby with some red on her. We've got three ginger boys and a spotted tabby girl. Is it probable that he was a brown tabby too?
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    How would you describe this feral kitty's coloring?

    Grey/blue tabby? And does the bit of cream in addition to the grey mean we've got a lady on our hands?
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