On last Thursady I rescued a tiny kitten.
I had seen her wandering among some garbage bins for a few days, but was never able to catch her, I even lost sight of her for 4 days and thought she was dead. It was over 95°F outside, not a drop of rain. Eventually I did catch her on Thursday, at 8 pm, after over 2 hours of waiting with my trap cage.
Once home she showed to be a quiet kitten, not a hiss, not a scratch or bite. She let me bathe her under the tap in the bathroom sink, she let me rub her dry with a towel and let me dry her up with the hairdrier.
She was used to the food dishes, the litterbox and some toys.
She's very lovely, loving, purring, affectionate, and quiet. She doesn't howl at night or destroy anything in the house. She loves to knead on me while purring loudly.
I believe she's been dumped by someone.
The vet visited her on the following morning, and said the kitten is healthy. A fecal test revealed ringworms for which she's been treated with Nemex (Pyrantel). The kitten also had some fleas, she was treated with a slight spray of Frontline.
She's eating fine, poops are rather firm, though I'm giving her Fortiflora every morning.
The vet said the kitten was 6 weeks old (now she's 7 weeks old) on that day, I had first seen her 10 days before catching her, so she was about 4 weeks old when she was dumped.
Her weight was 650 grams (1 lb 7 oz) when I found her, but she's gaining weight quickly.
The problem is that she pees a lot, I think. I am using a clumping litter, and I dispose of not less than 12 tiny clumps a day, and at least 3 poops.
I think I remember that someone had told me that kittens pee a lot because they have a tiny bladder and a poor control of it.
What can you say about it?
The bad side is that on Sunday she pooped on the couch before our eyes. I thought she was confused and couldn't find the litterbox, and this was the excuse I used to keep my wife calm in that moment.
Last night I saw her crouching again on the couch and ran to her to lift her, but she was already peeing!!!
I took her to the box while she was still peeing along the way, so I had to wipe the floor clean while my wife was asking me what had happened.
I told her the kitten had lost some drops of pee, I didn't tell her that the kitten had peed on the couch, which I sprayed with an enzymatic cleaner at midnight so that this morning there could be no traces of the crime.
But I don't know how long I and the kitten will be that lucky.
On both occasions the litterbox was available and at reach distance, the kitten knows where it is, but it seems that when she's playing or in the window sill, she forgets about it and finds the nearby couch handier.
What could it be the reason for such a behavior?
Is it normal for a kitten to go wrong so often?
We can't trust her and can't leave her on her own when we can't keep an eye on her, so currently she has to live in the corridor, where she has her things, but there's no sunlight.
I'm waiting for some tips, thanks
Here she is, on Saturday afternoon.
I had seen her wandering among some garbage bins for a few days, but was never able to catch her, I even lost sight of her for 4 days and thought she was dead. It was over 95°F outside, not a drop of rain. Eventually I did catch her on Thursday, at 8 pm, after over 2 hours of waiting with my trap cage.
Once home she showed to be a quiet kitten, not a hiss, not a scratch or bite. She let me bathe her under the tap in the bathroom sink, she let me rub her dry with a towel and let me dry her up with the hairdrier.
She was used to the food dishes, the litterbox and some toys.
She's very lovely, loving, purring, affectionate, and quiet. She doesn't howl at night or destroy anything in the house. She loves to knead on me while purring loudly.
I believe she's been dumped by someone.
The vet visited her on the following morning, and said the kitten is healthy. A fecal test revealed ringworms for which she's been treated with Nemex (Pyrantel). The kitten also had some fleas, she was treated with a slight spray of Frontline.
She's eating fine, poops are rather firm, though I'm giving her Fortiflora every morning.
The vet said the kitten was 6 weeks old (now she's 7 weeks old) on that day, I had first seen her 10 days before catching her, so she was about 4 weeks old when she was dumped.
Her weight was 650 grams (1 lb 7 oz) when I found her, but she's gaining weight quickly.
The problem is that she pees a lot, I think. I am using a clumping litter, and I dispose of not less than 12 tiny clumps a day, and at least 3 poops.
I think I remember that someone had told me that kittens pee a lot because they have a tiny bladder and a poor control of it.
What can you say about it?
The bad side is that on Sunday she pooped on the couch before our eyes. I thought she was confused and couldn't find the litterbox, and this was the excuse I used to keep my wife calm in that moment.
Last night I saw her crouching again on the couch and ran to her to lift her, but she was already peeing!!!
I took her to the box while she was still peeing along the way, so I had to wipe the floor clean while my wife was asking me what had happened.
I told her the kitten had lost some drops of pee, I didn't tell her that the kitten had peed on the couch, which I sprayed with an enzymatic cleaner at midnight so that this morning there could be no traces of the crime.
But I don't know how long I and the kitten will be that lucky.
On both occasions the litterbox was available and at reach distance, the kitten knows where it is, but it seems that when she's playing or in the window sill, she forgets about it and finds the nearby couch handier.
What could it be the reason for such a behavior?
Is it normal for a kitten to go wrong so often?
We can't trust her and can't leave her on her own when we can't keep an eye on her, so currently she has to live in the corridor, where she has her things, but there's no sunlight.
I'm waiting for some tips, thanks
Here she is, on Saturday afternoon.
