I got a call this morning from the shelter asking if I could take some bottle babies. I have a couple of days before I go out of town for the weekend, so of course I said I'd take them until Friday. "The kittens are 4 weeks old. Three of them are eating wet food and only two still want the bottle." Okay, I can handle that.
I get to the shelter to find five adorable babies who can't be more than 2 weeks old at the most.
We have a red boy, a tortie girl, and three brown tabbies. I'm pretty sure the brown tabbies are 2 girls and a boy.
I tried to get a picture without the cage in the way. Yep. That worked well. As you can see they're like greased lightning.
Weighing them was quite a challenge. As nearly as I can tell with all the wiggles they're between 260Gm and 330Gm.
I put out some wet kitten food mixed with KMR and they dove into it -- literally. I think they did more swimming than eating.
I did end up bottle feeding the three smallest ones.
Back in their cage after their meal and wipe-down with a damp cloth. They're going to have to have more complete baths later.
I'll try to get better pictures of them after they go to sleep.
I get to the shelter to find five adorable babies who can't be more than 2 weeks old at the most.
We have a red boy, a tortie girl, and three brown tabbies. I'm pretty sure the brown tabbies are 2 girls and a boy.
I tried to get a picture without the cage in the way. Yep. That worked well. As you can see they're like greased lightning.
Weighing them was quite a challenge. As nearly as I can tell with all the wiggles they're between 260Gm and 330Gm.
I put out some wet kitten food mixed with KMR and they dove into it -- literally. I think they did more swimming than eating.
I did end up bottle feeding the three smallest ones.
Back in their cage after their meal and wipe-down with a damp cloth. They're going to have to have more complete baths later.
I'll try to get better pictures of them after they go to sleep.