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Kitten doesn’t like kitten food?

March 28, 2008 By 7 Comments

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Apple21 asked:

First time cat owner…I just adopted a two-month old kitten from the shelter. He is a beautiful kitty with a very affectionate personality. The problem is that he doesn’t seem very interested in the kitten food. I started him off on the Purina One kitten formula, but after the first two days he didn’t really eat any more of it for three more days. I got nervous, so I purchased some Iams kitten formula (thinking he just didn’t like the Purina). He nibbled at it this morning, but didn’t eat too much. I am hoping he eats more during the day and this evening. He is drinking, playing and seems healthy enough. Oh, and he smells food from my kitchen and is kind of begging for that. (haven’t given any table food to him) Since he was a stray I am wondering if he is still unaccustomed to cat food (he was only in the shelter for a week). Is it normal for kittens to pick at their food? Or to get a taste of scraps (from being a stray) and only want that? Anything else I can do?

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Peeping Toms Tom Cats Kittens

March 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Isn’t this mouse pad cute? My favorite is the orange kitty.

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Helping an abandoned kitten

March 24, 2008 By 11 Comments

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jumpthattb asked:

My neighbor’s niece works at a toll booth on the toll way and last night a trucker threw a box in her booth while she was working and inside was a kitten. So they brought the kitten to me because I have a cat that is nursing kittens of her own. My cat’s kittens are on the older side tho (About 6 weeks)and are not nursing as much anymore. This little kitten doesn’t even has its eyes open yet. My mom cat has taken to the new born kitten but the kitten I notice doesn’t know how to suckle that well. So I gave the kitten new born kitten formula because we do not know the last time the kitten ate.
My cat has been stimulating the new kitten to go potty and all… but mom cat doesn’t seem to know what to do with the kitten.
So my question is… Do I let my mom cat just do her thing and not worry? The mom cat takes the kitten out of her box with the water bottle that I use to keep her warm and walks around with the kitten in her mouth and leaves her in the middle of the floor.
So I am scared the kitten will get cold and die. And I need to get some sleep…
Should I just bring the kitten in my room with me and forget about the mom cat taking care of her or like I said … Should I let my cat just do her thing?

When the kitten cries the mom cat goes right to it so I am not sure she is rejecting it. She is cleaning it. I have been feeding it and the info I got about feeding the kitten is to bottle feed it every 4 – 6 hours.
The kitten is very strong and she is doing wonderful this morning. I just left her in the box and mom cat was cleaning her when I woke up to check on her. I feed her again and then handed her over to mom cat for cleaning and stimulation for going potty.
I will call my vet this morning and take the kitten in for a check up, just to make sure…

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Is My Cat Ok?

March 22, 2008 By 9 Comments

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tisayski asked:

We have been taking care of an adult female stray cat for over a year now. She has had 2 pregnancies already but her kittens die when they reach a certain age from sort sort of a seizure.

She had 2 kittens from her 1st pregnancy and 4 kittens from the 2nd pregnancy and the kittens all died from the same mysterious seizure. She gave birth to her 2nd litter about 3 or 4 months ago and everything seemed ok until last week when one of the kittens had a siezure and hid in our attic and eventually died. two days after another one had the seizure then followed by another one. the last kitten just died yesterday from the same thing. they all seemed healthy and i am just wondering what caused it.

I was thinking that maybe the mommy cat carried a gene or a virus that is passed on to the kittens or something like that. when they have seizures it usually lasts for an hour and they die. Please help me find out what it is..thanks

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New Kitten Advice

March 20, 2008 By 11 Comments

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adria asked:

My cat had kittens a week ago today,
i was wondering how long until they open there eyes?
She had 3 & we already have her & there father(who just got netured)What do you think?
There mother is getting spayed as soon as the kittens are 8wks.

They’ll get fixed when they are older,if we keep them.

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Spin Kitty Right Round

March 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment

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My cat keeps jumping on my turntables so I finally decided to at least entertain myself by recording her.

 

Author: ilikeiscream

 

funny cat videos

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Brand New Kitten Questions

March 18, 2008 By 9 Comments

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ahhhhh asked:

My mom’s friend gave us a kitten that’s about the size of…3 fists? I’m not sure how old he/she is.1) how do you know if it’s a male or female?
2) when i let it free, it hides in places that i can’t reach! I put it in a pretty big box where it can’t come out of it..should i let it roam around into places i can’t find? or keep it in the box till it grows a bit?
3) there’s also a mouse in my house…if i let it out it’ll be dangerous for my little kitten wouldn’t it?
4) i have 5 oz cans for my kitten…how many times and how much of the can should i feed my kitten?
5) also for the cat litter box..i put my kitten in that after i fed it, but he/she wouldn’t poo or pee…how do i know when to put my kitten it it
6)any other tips?

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Playful Kitty on Her Scratching Post

March 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment

A cute kitty Playing on her scratching post. I like to sprinkle some cat nip on my cat’s scratching post. That really makes them go wild!

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Three Little Kittens

March 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment

This classic Mother Goose rhyme is about the three kittens who lost their mittens. This children’s favorite is given extra appeal with Galdone’s bold and colorful illustrations.
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Old kitten playing with new kitten?

March 15, 2008 By 9 Comments

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gennatay902 asked:

I have kitten that is now 7 months old. I adopted a 7 week old kitten on Sunday. I keep the 7wk old in the bathroom and the 7 month gets to roam the house. The first day there was hissing from the 7 month. On Monday I put the 7 wk in the bedroom and left the bathroom door open so the 7 month could get the scent of the new kitten. I’ve had them trade places several times since then. Fast forward to today and I left the bathroom door open and let the new kitten roam. The 7 month growled at first and then just started following him around sniffing the 7wks tail. Then the 7 month kinda grabbed the new kitten and I saw teeth so I separated them. Was the 7 month old trying to play with the kitten or trying to hurt him?

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