They Found The Runt Of The Litter Dead At The Bottom Of The Pile. Or So They Thought…
<header> April 21, 2014 Stories
</header> This small litter of kittens was found in terrible shape. They were nearly killed by their flea infestation, their eyes were badly infected and their mother was malnourished and semi-feral. The cats were in dire need of some human assistance. A Good Samaritan brought the kittens in to the Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue to get help. It looked like all of them would make a recovery… except for one.
He was the runt, and he was in bad shape.
All of the kittens were sick, but beneath the pile of litter mates was a still, unmoving form.
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
It was the runt. The rescuers thought he was dead.
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
He was alive, though. They named him Stuart Little. The kitten was terribly dehydrated, losing hair, and had badly infected eyes.
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
He weighed just under 3oz, while his litter mates were about 9oz. He was 2-3 weeks old and weighed less than a newborn.
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
They cleaned his eyes with warm saline and began to tube feed Stuart (Chapstick tube for size).
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
Within a week of his rescue, his weight doubled. Not only that, but he began looking like a cat… and not a tiny mouse.
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
Stuart next to one of his litter mates, who were massive in comparison.
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
Stuart’s feral mom was very stressed and wouldn’t feed the babies, so this surrogate mother named Bessie gladly stepped in.
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
Bessie made sure that Stuart was getting enough to eat.
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
Stuart had loving litter mates, but also some great foster brothers and sisters as well. (His brother is sitting directly behind him.)
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Fabulous Felines NWA cat rescue
Read more at http://www.viralnova.com/stuart-litt...Y8YXmSmhROe.99