Humane Society wants to have Annie PTS!

[jenluckenbach]

All my prayers for Annie. You NEED to try (and thank you for that). I had 10 day old babies get sick last year, 5 of them, 3 made it 2 did not, but with YOUR HS's point of view, NONE of them would be alive today. Hang in their, we are all with you.

[Poo]

Great to have an update, keep up the good work. We have ours paws crossed her too.

Nicki x

[Soapets]

My husband came home from work this afternoon and asked how Annie is doing. I told him, and I told him that I think the Humane Society will still adopt her out to someone if she makes it to eight weeks and is healthy at that time, but that they won't do anything for her right now except PTS if we take her back.

He said "We'll do everything we can for her, and we may not be taking her back there at all, even if she DOES get better!"

SOoooooooooo, IF Li'l Orphan Annie makes it through the next few days, and then the next few weeks, and then the next few months................... It looks like we're "failing" our second try at foster parenting, too!

But FIRST we have to make it through TONIGHT! She just ate again, and just pottied again, and we'll keep doing this throughout the night.........

[kittycats_delight]

come on lil' annie...now you have not just a foster meowmie and all of us that wants you to get well but foster meowmie wants to be your furrever meowmie. Do for your loving meowmie and pawpie. Keep up the good work we are all behind you and wishind and praying for Annie. Keep us posted.

[momcat]

Little baby Annie already has me wrapped firmly around her tiny paw! She is just too cute! And she looks like a real sweetie. Not to worry, prayers are going out. St. Francis of Asissi is the patron saint of animals and he's watching out for her. From reading about some of the experiences others on PT have had with the Humane Society, I'm really starting to wonder if I should keep tossing my spare change in their collection cans. You did the right thing calling your vet and keeping on top of the problem. Here's something I heard some time ago that you may want to consider because Annie is virtually a newborn; get a small clock that ticks, wrap in a blanket or towel and put in in Annie's carrier. The ticking sounds like her mother's heartbeat and may offer Annie a little more comfort and security. Come on, beautiful little Annie, show all of us how tough you are! I'm on your side, little sweetheart

[Soapets]

My husband just said, VERY FIRMLY, that as far as he's concerned, "If she makes it through this, we're KEEPING her! She's NOT going back there!"

Now, what to do about my signature?!?

[jenluckenbach]

Originally posted by Soapets
My husband just said, VERY FIRMLY, that as far as he's concerned, "If she makes it through this, we're KEEPING her! She's NOT going back there!"

Now, what to do about my signature?!?

Shadow.......................Annie
Sandi Oreo AngelPETS

[moosmom]

She just ate again, and just pottied again, and we'll keep doing this throughout the night.........

Sounds like you're doing everything right!! Great job!!! Husband sounds like a doll! Give HIM a smooch from me too!!!

Come on Lil Ophan Annie!!! We're praying for you!!

[catmandu]

And Karina angel,who was a Mother Cat,a few times,is flying,to help you,and we are all Praying,for annie,to get through these critical next few weeks,and be The Cat,that the Lord,intended,for her,to be!

[QueenScoopalot]

I copied and pasted this from the "Meet Orphan Annie" thread you posted.....see? I knew it!

Originally posted by QueenScoopalot
What a cutie! Sure hope you fail fostering school again lol!

Failure CAN be a good thing lol! Sure is in Annie's case! I wonder if someone else was fostering her, if she'd be history now.

[Soapets]

Someone else WAS fostering her, along with some other kittens. I was told on Saturday that all of the others were sick so the foster mom brought her in to the Humane Society to try to find her some place away from the rest of the litter, so that she wouldn't get sick, too.

NOW I'm wondering if the rest of the litter was already PTS, and she wasn't yet because she was still eating. They made it a point to tell me when they called me on Saturday that she was eating OK out of a syringe.

She seems worse again tonight, and more congested, and not eating as well again. But she ate pretty well earlier today, and there is some canned kitten food mixed in, so maybe that's just holding her longer.

She's had two doses of her medicine now. She cries when we pick her up, and struggles to climb out of the towel we hold her in. She climbed up on my shoulder and snuggled up against my hair earlier today---like she is wanting the comfort of some other fur or something.

My son is holding her now, and cuddling her, and trying to comfort her. She is quiet with him, except for the snorting and sneezing. Her left eye doesn't look very good yet. How long does it take to get better? Is it related to the URI? I am so new at this kind of thing, and yet I want to do anything and everything I can to try and help her.

At least she should know that she is loved dearly, even though we've only had her here since Saturday afternoon.

I guess that's about all for now. I'll try to post another update tomorrow afternoon sometime. I have to work in the morning, but I will feed her and massage her before I leave, and my husband will stop by home a couple of times throughout the morning to do the same, until I get home around 1:00.

I'm sure I'll be up quite a bit through the night with her, but I don't think I'll take time to post any more about her unless there's anything real drastic either way to report. PLEASE just keep her in your constant prayers!

[NoahsMommy]

Awww....this is a precious thread.

I'll be praying all I can for sweet Annie. What a little dear!

You're doing GREAT!! Keep up the good work!

Hugs,
Kelly

[Dog1,Cats2]

What a heartwarming story! Another suggestion: Hills Perscription A/D food from the vet's office is terrific for kittens - it's high calorie, high nutrition; I think it might be specifically for kittens.

I fostered lots of kittens last summer for a rescue group that I work with - the youngest was found in a dumpster at about 3 weeks of age. I hand-fed her using a syringe for several weeks until she would eat on her own. The vet suggested adding some of the A/D food right away (at 3 weeks old) to the KMR mixture to be sure to get good nutrition into her.

It must have worked, because SweetPea McGee has grown up quite happy and healthy (she's now about 7 months old). We flunked fostering too with this one - I got too attached as I was feeding & pottying her every few hours thru the night and taking her with me if I was gone long enough that I had to feed her in the car!

Keep up the good work, and best of luck that she pulls thru the URI. The goopy eyes are probably part of it - sometimes the foster kittens came in with horribly caked gunky eyes along with the resperatory infection. We had an eye ointment from the vet that was helpful - but so was a soft warm washcloth.

[moosmom]

How about turning on the HOT shower and bringing her in the bathroom to breath some of the steam?? Another thing I've used is "Little Noses". It's a pediatric saline nose drops. Get the stuff without any medicine in it. Cats won't eat unless they can smell their food. As for her eye, try putting a warm moist washcloth on it to get some of the goo out of it.

Poor Annie Hopefully you should see results from the antibiotics in 48-72 hours. If she gets any worse and stops eating, drinking or peeing, you'll need to call the vet. Kittens are SO fragile at this stage in their lives. But I'm sure with all the love and care you give her, she'll pull through.

Wouldn't DOUBT for a minute that her former foster home had the other kittens PTS.

[furrykidsmother]

Come on little Annie! We are hoping and praying for you.