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I've been lurking around the site for the last two months while I have been fostering kittens for the local shelter. Kitten season is hitting them hard, and it doesn't look like it was going to get any better. I brought home a pregnant mama, but I don't know how far along she is. Either way, she has her kitten chow, and her fancy feast pureed pumpkin mix, her own room that is quiet, a nesting box filled with old sheets and I'm allowing her to rest. It doesn't look like her milk is in yet, but It seems like I can feel the kittens in her really round tummy. I will attach some pictures to the post.
While I am waiting for my kitchen scale to get in, I have KRM, Bottles, Loads of blankets, uncoated floss, cute heated stuffed animal (ive used them with other nursing kittens, Its a rice sock stitched into a stuffed animal giving it something to cuddle with and stay warm), a heating pad, and some other necessities.
I have two things that I worry about. The shelter that I volunteer and foster for has had a really bad outbreak of PanLuke. All of my cats are vaccinated, so I am not worried about them, but I am more worried about her seeing as she was brought in as a stray. They gave her a shot but it has only been four or so days since the medicine has been in her system, and she's been at my place since yesterday. While she hasn't shown symptoms, I do know how quickly it can hit. So I'm watching her, and hoping that her and her kittens were lucky while staying in the quarantine room. Also, Because she is a foster for a low income shelter, they don't pay much for medical bills for the fosters that people take home. So would an X-ray really be needed for her?
Fortunately, I thought it would be a good thing to open the thread now just in case anything serious happened, but she seems very happy, healthy and glowing right now. So that makes me optimistic about her situation. Shes eating and drinking normally, no signs of any issues on that front.
I've been lurking around the site for the last two months while I have been fostering kittens for the local shelter. Kitten season is hitting them hard, and it doesn't look like it was going to get any better. I brought home a pregnant mama, but I don't know how far along she is. Either way, she has her kitten chow, and her fancy feast pureed pumpkin mix, her own room that is quiet, a nesting box filled with old sheets and I'm allowing her to rest. It doesn't look like her milk is in yet, but It seems like I can feel the kittens in her really round tummy. I will attach some pictures to the post.
While I am waiting for my kitchen scale to get in, I have KRM, Bottles, Loads of blankets, uncoated floss, cute heated stuffed animal (ive used them with other nursing kittens, Its a rice sock stitched into a stuffed animal giving it something to cuddle with and stay warm), a heating pad, and some other necessities.
I have two things that I worry about. The shelter that I volunteer and foster for has had a really bad outbreak of PanLuke. All of my cats are vaccinated, so I am not worried about them, but I am more worried about her seeing as she was brought in as a stray. They gave her a shot but it has only been four or so days since the medicine has been in her system, and she's been at my place since yesterday. While she hasn't shown symptoms, I do know how quickly it can hit. So I'm watching her, and hoping that her and her kittens were lucky while staying in the quarantine room. Also, Because she is a foster for a low income shelter, they don't pay much for medical bills for the fosters that people take home. So would an X-ray really be needed for her?
Fortunately, I thought it would be a good thing to open the thread now just in case anything serious happened, but she seems very happy, healthy and glowing right now. So that makes me optimistic about her situation. Shes eating and drinking normally, no signs of any issues on that front.