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Great suggestion! I wear these at work so I can take a pair home!

Definitely stressed for sure! The person who took her right after she was found did say she used the litter box there, but I’m not sure what the living area was like. It sounded like she was in a cage with many other cats around and was extremely on edge. I moved her into a crate for safety and...

Yes, I’m thinking it may have been the crinkle noise of the bag or just the idea that I was taking something that was hers. The kittens were on the opposite side of the room and she’d been surprisingly tolerant of me handling them (needed eye meds). I was fortunate that she only caught my...

Thanks for sharing! I’d honestly be fine with the pee pads in a litter box if she would step in and use them! I tried this method last night and she has yet to pee after 24 hours.

So, I just crouched over the bag of litter to check the scent (bag- not the litter box) which was a good 5-6 feet from where the cat was and she rushed over and attacked me. Claws to the face. What the heck??

Hmm. The box is only about 4 inches high. She can jump in and out of the bathtub, so I would imagine she’s able to step into this height?

She’s been with me three nights. She has multiple boxes in there. Various kinds of litter. She’s been peeing and pooping in the bathtub where I set up a nest and food for her and the babies. I even went so far as putting a litter box inside the tub in case she didn’t want to leave the babies...

I have a recently rescued mother with three nursing kittens. She’s friendly with a slow approach but protective and aggressive when she hears/smells other cats. I have four resident cats and mom and babies are contained to a bathroom but she gets agitated when she hears them through the door...

Short version- newly rescued stray nursing mother won’t use litter box. Seeking advice Long version- I recently rescued a nursing mom with three 4 week old kittens. She is friendly toward me, with a slow approach. She is also very protective and aggressive toward other cats (she’s does not...

Mom tested negative 10 days ago. She hasn’t been retested yet. She has no symptoms of illness, save the mastitis which has resolved with starting clavamox. The kittens also tested negative 10 days ago but I’m thinking it might not have been adequate samples (rectal swabs but there weren’t...

Does anyone know if they would still be shedding virus if they were infected in utero?

Update: Mother cat developed mastitis so started her on clavamox and made a vet appointment. One kitten wasn’t gaining weight because he only nurses from that one blocked nipple. I started bottle feeding/syringe force feeding because he won’t suck on a bottle either. Before I took mom to the vet...

And thank you for the encouragement. I’ve never had fosters this young and to have two suddenly decline and pass has been very emotional. They also had maggots when they were found, so we didn’t start in a great place. Trying to stay hopeful for the other two.

The kitten was admitted to the emergency vet and received fluids and antibiotics. Even though I got her there fairly quickly after she showed signs of decline, she continued to get worse and developed tremors. The vet recommended euthanasia, and we agreed because she was suffering and so...

Thank you. I ordered some Rescue and a carpet steam cleaner (thanks Amazon Prime Day). I read that the Rescue can be added to the carpet cleaner, so I’ll be doing that when it arrives.

The sick kitten passed last night. The two surviving that tested negative are exclusively nursing from the queen. We don’t know her health history or vaccination status, as she was living outside, but I’m hoping she has had a past infection or vaccine and the kittens are getting some immunity...

It’s a canine parvo kit provided by the rescue. I did rectal swabs for the two surviving kittens and tested the feces of the mother. The vet said that it was a “light positive” so we’re hopeful this kitten may have just started shedding. This litter has been isolated to one bathroom but we...

I had a litter of four kittens that were found abandoned. I started fostering them through my rescue last Monday, when they were about a week old. They are with an adult cat who is either their mother or a surrogate pregnant cat. The runt passed on Thursday- she never ate well and then declined...

Thank you. I lost the runt of the litter a couple of days after they were found (the vet said she was accumulating fluid in her abdomen, so thought it might be poor heart function or some kind of illness) so I’ve been very worried about this litter!

I have three neonatal kittens (1.5-2 weeks) that were found abandoned. Kittens were bottlefed the first night and day but I was able to unite them with a queen who was trapped in that area a couple of days earlier who is either their mother or currently pregnant and she’s been exclusively...