This tiny 10 week old was found abandoned inside walls of a local business. He was feral, covered in fleas and ticks and very underweight. I was called as a last resort. Today he is almost his correct weight, tick and flea free and ready for the world. He is tiny but very fast and very clean little man.
He is up for adoption here in the SW Missouri area. I need him to find a new home so I can deal with my latest event- newborn kittens.
I got a frantic call from my vets office, they were given a box of kittens by a local farmer. The mom cat had been run over by a brush hog machine in the field. The kittens needed care and no one was available. I was given five cold kittens in a shoe box in the middle of a busy clinic.
I live close the the clinic so I got them home fast. One died about an hour later, it was huge but not acting right. It had hydrocephalus and was poorly. The rest made it through the first 24 hours. And there is where I am today. Every 3 hours I am up and feeding them. They have tiny umbilical cords still attached their bellies. I have not had time to sex them. I have too many things to do and do not want to get attached. But they are very soft and in good condition. Many I have raised were full of infections and fleas. This batch makes for 36 kittens I have fostered. I have the heating pad, formula, bottles and syringes and the time to deal with these babies. Luckily, my older kitten was ready to join the adult cat household. For great advice on kitten care go to the Kitten Lady.
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