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Hi! So I fave a few question about these two kittens I'm fostering. It's past midnight where I live and I have to go to work tomorrow, so I'm trying to figure out if I should make arrangements to leave my keys with someone so a friend can take the kittens to the vet if need be.
I'm fostering two orphan kittens, about 6 or 7 weeks old, seem pretty healthy and playful. They arrived on Sunday 3 days ago. Just weighted them, the big one's 750 grams (26.4 oz), smaller one 650 grams (22.9). They lost their mom at 4 weeks, their mom's owners tried to feed them cow's milk then gave them to the rescue I volunteer for. They've been in quarantine at the rescue for 2 weeks, went to the vet on Friday, tested negative for FeLV and FIV, were dewormed etc. First two days they are eating fine and have small solid poops. Today, they haven't gained any weight (big one lost 3 grams, small one stayed the same) and have huge soft poops. One of them has blood on her poop (fresh looking blood, not inside the poop, just at the surface).
I feed them every 5 hours-ish, a big spoonful of wet food (I keep opened tins in the refrigerator) mixed with hot water (to bring it up to room temp), and sprinkle the whole thing with kibble. It's all baby cat stuff. That's what they were eating before they arrived. The rescue's been telling me to increase the proportion of wet food to 'wean' them on to just kibble. Plants, fruits, veg, cleaning products, etc are all out of reach. They may have stuck their noses into some spilled plant soil but I didn't see them eat any. They're using cat's best brand kitty litter, don't seem to be eating any of it.
(Also I fostered a mom and her 5 kittens two years ago, and adopted the mom. She seems pretty upset by the arrival of the new kittens, has been keeping to herself and since the moment of their arrival has been eating about half of what she normally eats, and has vomited twice - which she's never done before. She hisses at the kittens when they get too near so I'm keeping the kittens in the bathroom at night and letting them out under supervision. She doesn't have access to the kitten food, I hope it's "just" the stress and the heatwave where I live - it's 104f out, though only about 77f indoors. It's less urgent, she's still playing etc, but any insight would be helpful!)
I'm fostering two orphan kittens, about 6 or 7 weeks old, seem pretty healthy and playful. They arrived on Sunday 3 days ago. Just weighted them, the big one's 750 grams (26.4 oz), smaller one 650 grams (22.9). They lost their mom at 4 weeks, their mom's owners tried to feed them cow's milk then gave them to the rescue I volunteer for. They've been in quarantine at the rescue for 2 weeks, went to the vet on Friday, tested negative for FeLV and FIV, were dewormed etc. First two days they are eating fine and have small solid poops. Today, they haven't gained any weight (big one lost 3 grams, small one stayed the same) and have huge soft poops. One of them has blood on her poop (fresh looking blood, not inside the poop, just at the surface).
I feed them every 5 hours-ish, a big spoonful of wet food (I keep opened tins in the refrigerator) mixed with hot water (to bring it up to room temp), and sprinkle the whole thing with kibble. It's all baby cat stuff. That's what they were eating before they arrived. The rescue's been telling me to increase the proportion of wet food to 'wean' them on to just kibble. Plants, fruits, veg, cleaning products, etc are all out of reach. They may have stuck their noses into some spilled plant soil but I didn't see them eat any. They're using cat's best brand kitty litter, don't seem to be eating any of it.
(Also I fostered a mom and her 5 kittens two years ago, and adopted the mom. She seems pretty upset by the arrival of the new kittens, has been keeping to herself and since the moment of their arrival has been eating about half of what she normally eats, and has vomited twice - which she's never done before. She hisses at the kittens when they get too near so I'm keeping the kittens in the bathroom at night and letting them out under supervision. She doesn't have access to the kitten food, I hope it's "just" the stress and the heatwave where I live - it's 104f out, though only about 77f indoors. It's less urgent, she's still playing etc, but any insight would be helpful!)