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I usually foster orphaned kittens so this has never been an issue before, but this time I have a mom and her 5 kittens. The kittens are about 9 weeks old and two were just adopted. Mom is crying, looking for them, and it's breaking my heart. How long until she accepts they're gone? I'm sure it...

A mom cat and her 5 one-week-old kittens were surrendered to my local shelter yesterday. Eyes just starting to peek open. 4 of the kittens have the usual smooth newborn coat, just a few millimetres long. But one has hair about a centimetre long, thick and a little wavy. I've never seen a...

A cat surrendered to my local shelter started showing snuffles symptoms over the weekend (we've had a major outbreak recently) and was immediately put on antibiotics. Sometime between Monday evening and early Tuesday morning, she gave birth to a single, tiny kitten. He was 66g when I got him on...

Sorry in advance for the long post. Two weeks ago I helped trap 3 young semi-feral cats, about 5-6 months old. They were living in an alleyway next to a flat complex and being fed by kind people, so they've had positive interactions with humans, but they'd never allowed the people to come near...

I'm currently fostering a kitten who's recovering from anaemia, and I was wondering if anybody has any experience with this? What does a normal recovery timeline look like? Weeks? Months? He had an illness that caused the anaemia, which he's now completed treatment for, plus a lot of fleas...

I'm fostering a little kitten for the weekend who was stepped on by a big dog and suffered head trauma. She's struggling a lot with balance, but has definitely improved since she was brought to the shelter clinic 3 days ago. She has already been seen by the vet and I'm not looking for advice...

Usually, I have no problem with kittens suckling. Most of my fosters were separated from mom too early so a lot of them suckle. But this little guy is a next level limpet. He's a tiny 6 week old, and he's drawn to the neck like a magnet. If I remove him, he's already coming back before his feet...

For anyone who has fostered very young kittens AND puppies, how would you compare the two? What is different between them? I have a little experience bottle/syringe feeding kittens, but I know absolutely nothing about dogs/puppies (100% cat person here). I was just asked to foster a one-day old...

I'm asking this purely out of curiosity. I have three black foster kittens who are a little over 3 months old. Two of them have eyes that are changing to yellow/green. The third's eyes have only become a lighter blue. I know it's too soon to tell and it will probably change, but since she's up...

I was given 5 3-week-old kittens to foster yesterday. I'm feeding them KMR with a bottle, stimulating them after meals, weighing them before and after, and giving them a heat source they can crawl away from. But it's been less than 24 hours and I already have questions. 1. They are TINY. Like...

Hi there, I recently started fostering kittens for my local shelter and am having trouble keeping my current pair of sisters clean. They have their premolars in so I think they're around 5 weeks, but they're tiny (360 and 460 grams). I've been feeding them a mix of wet food and kmr in shallow...