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Hi All
At the beginning of this year our cat died although I won't
go into that, that's a subject for a newsgroup called
"Incompetant Vetinary Surgeons". I miss my mate dearly!
Anyway, point is, we have some familiarity with keeping
cats and the wife has decided to do volunteer work at a
rescue centre. It really is "good for her" !
On Saturday, 5 abandoned kitties were dumped there and
since the centre had no room we decided to foster them for
a couple of weeks and get them fit and strong. We have
no history of them, no idea even if they are from the same
litter and they seem to be at various development stages.
We named them Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo and Tinkle.
They have been given worming paste and we de-flea'd
them. Boy did they have some fleas!!
Mo is tiny, we have no idea if this is stunted growth or not,
but he has the heart of a lion and the size of a rat. Very
sweet.
Meenie has had problems. She was great the first night and then
stopped eating and started going downhill. She had diahorrea,
vomitted when she tried to poo. We took her straight to the vet.
He did not notice anything too serious and gave us some
Science Plan food that is good for the tummy.
She still wouldn't eat. I grew worried so I took eating into my
own hands and started to force feed her. This is unpleasant
for everyone but my opinion is she needs some strength to
fight this and some nutirion, she must eat.
Anyway, she has started to pick up a little bit. I read on
the web people suggesting a meaty baby food (human) for
them. I got chicken and pumpkin (no onions or garlic).
Meenie started eating it. I was very pleased.
I have given some to Mo and Tinkle as they are also very
small.
Please can someone tell me if this seems an acceptable
think to do?
I will start mixing it up with the Science Plan over the next
few days.
Another Question:
Eenie and Miney are absolute terrorists. They seem more
developed than the rest.
We will feed them separately to make sure everybody gets
some but is there a point where we should separate them
completely because they are just too rough?
Sorry for the long mail but this is such a great forum
full of people that care.
Many thanks
Jason
At the beginning of this year our cat died although I won't
go into that, that's a subject for a newsgroup called
"Incompetant Vetinary Surgeons". I miss my mate dearly!
Anyway, point is, we have some familiarity with keeping
cats and the wife has decided to do volunteer work at a
rescue centre. It really is "good for her" !
On Saturday, 5 abandoned kitties were dumped there and
since the centre had no room we decided to foster them for
a couple of weeks and get them fit and strong. We have
no history of them, no idea even if they are from the same
litter and they seem to be at various development stages.
We named them Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo and Tinkle.
They have been given worming paste and we de-flea'd
them. Boy did they have some fleas!!
Mo is tiny, we have no idea if this is stunted growth or not,
but he has the heart of a lion and the size of a rat. Very
sweet.
Meenie has had problems. She was great the first night and then
stopped eating and started going downhill. She had diahorrea,
vomitted when she tried to poo. We took her straight to the vet.
He did not notice anything too serious and gave us some
Science Plan food that is good for the tummy.
She still wouldn't eat. I grew worried so I took eating into my
own hands and started to force feed her. This is unpleasant
for everyone but my opinion is she needs some strength to
fight this and some nutirion, she must eat.
Anyway, she has started to pick up a little bit. I read on
the web people suggesting a meaty baby food (human) for
them. I got chicken and pumpkin (no onions or garlic).
Meenie started eating it. I was very pleased.
I have given some to Mo and Tinkle as they are also very
small.
Please can someone tell me if this seems an acceptable
think to do?
I will start mixing it up with the Science Plan over the next
few days.
Another Question:
Eenie and Miney are absolute terrorists. They seem more
developed than the rest.
We will feed them separately to make sure everybody gets
some but is there a point where we should separate them
completely because they are just too rough?
Sorry for the long mail but this is such a great forum
full of people that care.
Many thanks
Jason