Yesterday I brought home my 17-year-old girl in a bit of a state. I had her as a kitten when I was 6 and she went missing a while back. She was yesterday returned to me but as far as I can tell she hadn't eaten for about two days, she's not long had a litter of kittens (not found and she's not nursing), she's riddled with fleas, ticks, mites, lice, flea dirt and worms, her tail's been snapped at the base at some point and broken in two more places (it's healed and although she can't use it, the tail's still 'alive' so I'd rather not put her through surgery unnecessarily at her age).
My boyfriend and I gave her a bath when we got her back to get rid of the parasites and treated her sores with calamine and diluted disinfectant. She's eating and drinking normally but the next step is the worm treatment. I'm basically looking for some advice on how to look after such an old lady as my kitty-babies (her grandchildren no less) are all around the age of one. I don't really want to distress her with worming paste treatments as she's stressed enough in a strange house with smells of strange cats.
Anything you can suggest for her diet (as of tonight she's going to be on senior citizen grub) for getting her condition back and to encourage her coat to come back. Anything that would help her to start cleaning herself again or something I could use to do it for her...
...She's a lovely, affectionate old girl and I want to do my best for her. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Edit] Her name is Tabitha by the way... although she's always been known as Kitten [/Edit]
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