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  1. Joelle and the kittens

    Pregnant cat massive change in behavior.

    Please get him fixed ASAP, even if she's fixed he'll attempt to mate with her which is painful and stressful. This shouldn't change his disposition, other than greatly reducing any desire he has to roam. It also would prevent pregnancy if any unforeseen situations come up where you have an...
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    Kitten diarrhea

    Where did this kitten come from? Do you know if it had diarrhea before you got it? It's extremely worrying that these kittens are getting diarrhea almost immediately after entering your house -- I wouldn't take in any other kittens until I figured out what might be going on. You definitely want...
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    Kitten diarrhea

    Ok, I would definitely switch to bottled water or pedialyte for dilution, and use a bleach-based cleaner on surfaces the kittens may have come into contact with. Deworming is recommended for all kittens starting at 4 weeks (or as young as two weeks), even if they don't have diarrhea. A broad...
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    Please Help! - Newborn Kitten

    I assume this was a stray cat and not actually "your" cat? It really would be best if the mom could be found, but it sounds like you're doing everything right with this baby so far. Dog milk would in theory be a good cat milk substitute, but practically there is the danger of disease...
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    Kitten diarrhea

    Kittens can be dewormed at two weeks. Are you diluting the Royal Canin milk in tap water? It's possible that's contaminated; you may want to dilute a fresh batch in unflavored pedialyte instead. How quickly after receiving the kittens do they start showing symptoms or dying? I would not give...
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    Pregnant cat massive change in behavior.

    Is your male fixed now? She will 100% get pregnant again before September if he is not.
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    Fleas on 8 week old kitten

    A handheld steam cleaner on surfaces you can't vacuum or wash is also effective.
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    Kitten gender

    My vote is girl too.
  9. Joelle and the kittens

    Can anyone help me tell the gender of my kitten 😭

    The breeder? Is this kitten a purebred? Or is this a backyard breeder situation?
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    Reactive hypoglycemia in kittens/kitten glop

    It may be worth switching entirely to KMR. Other milks have half the fat, protein, and total energy provided by cat milk: protein is 75 g/L in cat milk vs 35 g/L in goat milk; fat is 85 g/L cat vs 38 g/L goat; energy is 1210 Kcal/L cat vs 690 Kcal/L goat; calcium is 1.8 g/L cat vs 1.3 g/L goat.
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    Can someone tell me if this kitten is a boy or a girl?

    Definitely looks like a boy! Do you have pictures of the other end?
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    My cat is overdue and hasn't gone into labour.

    I think you should mention to your mother that spaying/neutering all your cats will be -- literally-- thousands of times cheaper than allowing them to keep having litters. If she can't afford to take a cat to the vet, how can she afford 5x more mouths to feed and litter to buy? What is her plan...
  13. Joelle and the kittens

    2 week old bottle-fed runt fading fast

    I think if she's still hungry you should let her eat as much as she wants.
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    Kitten diarrhea

    Just a note that thankfully the giardia variant that usually infects cats is not transmissible to humans. Same with coccidia (phew!).
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    Male or Female

    I would guess male
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    Norborn kittens and sexing

    The first one is calico so definitely a girl, the second one also looks like a girl but I can't tell what the annotations are supposed to mean?, and third is kinda hard to make out.
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    Is this cat pregnant?

    A spay/abort will be much, much, much, much, much cheaper than allowing your cat to have kittens. I went through 50+ cans of wet food and a 40-lb bag of litter per week fostering just 4 7-week-old kittens, and then after adopting two of them almost immediately spent $1000 on their second rounds...
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    kitten cannot move back legs anymore / diet

    I think it would be best to ask the vets for clarification on their "diet".
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