The mystery illness with the Quads - Rebel in particular - has never been figured out but she's bounced back amazingly. We did have a scare on Wednesday with some picky eating and vomiting but that seems to have cleared up and the kittens are in the midst of some form of growth spurt.
Food goes down. Turn around. Kittens have inhaled it.
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| Rebel, coming out more orange than the others |
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| Jet learning hypnosis with his stunning eyes |
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| The proverbial twins |
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| Pip being talkative |
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| And Squeak with her regular smug grin |
Needless to say plans to avoid a vet day didn't happen. Always the way. I brought them all in for a check over but mostly to figure out what was up with the Duo as they weren't gaining weight properly.
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| Deer in headlights Sparky |
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| Flash bearing some food on his nose |
Vet news for those two, Sparky and Flash is not great. In two weeks I've had these two kittens they may have only gained 10 grams between them. They're as I said either plateau or running backwards. Neither has stepped over 525 grams and they
SHOULD be 600 grams or more. Nearly all the Quads exceed them in weight.
Verdict for these two spirited kittens is grim. They either gain weight or they face the needle. The vet didn't seem to think they had any form of infectious illness but rather they were just displaying symptoms of failure to thrive.
I'm pulling out all the stops I can to get these little guys up and moving in the right direction before that deadline. Extra prayers and fingers crossed may help these guys along.
They have been bathed, flead, wormed again and are on a short period of bowel stabilizer medication to help them feel and digest better.
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| Sparky looking mighty impressed |
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| Stunned looking Flash |
I've worked over a few days to get a group picture of the Quads. Hasn't really worked yet and I can only seem to get them when they're tired. Here are a few of the shots.
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| Pip please look up |
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| Squeak you're blocking Rebel |
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| Well...the girls are doing alright...but it was too much for Jet |
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The Ferals Update
Itchy has found a home. Unfortunately I never did get any pictures of the little fluff ball at the shelter before he went. So glad he has a new home for Christmas and he's probably already doing cute and crazy things with people that will hopefully love him forever.
Marley (Now Sadie) had adopted 3 kittens and was nursing/looking after them but recently a staff member went in and found two of them dead and one struggling. The struggling one is now being hand reared and is amazingly doing well. (Quite a feat considering the kitten was abandoned, found, adopted by another cat, sent to the vet for euthanasia, given another chance and is now thriving being bottle fed....)
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| Pretty Marley back in the sales on the jungle gym |
Marley is back in the sale rooms with the kittens. I think she understands these kittens are big enough to fend for themselves and thus hisses when they get too close.
I visited Prissy, Scratchy and Hidey (along with other kittens) and was present when little Prissy was picked for her new home. Yay I'm so happy.
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| Friendly little Prissy has secured herself a human |
So Marley, Scratchy and Hidey are all still waiting their Christmas homes
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| Scratchy is getting to be a big boy |
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| Hidey's little orange foot and brow make her stand out |
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| Marley deciding to be quite photogenic |
as are some of these little cuties....
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| Unnamed kitten |
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Willow the friendly little black kitten that Hidey was
partial to when first introduced |
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| Pretty little girl friendly also |
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| Take me home please |
Wishes and Prayers that the Duo bounce back and become healthy happy kittens over the next week and begin stacking on proper weight.
Wishes and Prayers that my previous fosters Scratchy, Hidey and Marley all find wonderful families to live out their lives with.
Wishes and Prayers kittens at the shelter and in shelters all over the world find their forever homes in the days and weeks to come.
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| Just a few of the kittens available |
And lastly Wishes and Prayers that everyone who stumbles across this little blog has a very Merry Christmas.
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| Say Cheese Flash.....good boy |
you say the duo is failing to put on weight, but not if they are suffering in any way.. if they aren't it seems a shame to put them down simply for not putting on weight. They could be dwarf kittens, and are simply intended to be smaller than the norm. I hope they do well and they get the best possible outcome. but then again I'm not there, I can't see them, and I'm sure the vet will make the best decision for the situation.
ReplyDeleteJet really does have hypnotic eyes.. :)
the facility the kitties are housed in is very nice! :) I love it.
A lot of the time I find they're sucking on their bed, if they're doing that most of the time rather than hopping up and eating/drinking something then that could be another reason why they arent putting on weight. They've been flead, wormed and are on some meds, too early to announce any dramatic news but I'm watching them extremely close and often picking them up and putting them in front of food...nine times out of ten they begin eating when I do that....silly kittens.
ReplyDeleteAlso as much as I'd love giving them all the time in the world these guys arent my kittens and the shelter will do what the vet thinks is best...I aint giving up without a fight though *fist Pump*