Continuation of free kittens in Butler

[MoonandBean]

I received this response from Advantage. I will certainly call! If anyone else wants to call; it might be the more the better...




Thank you for your recent email regarding the Advantage.

In order to best address your concerns, please contact Bayer Product Information at 800/255-6826 and ask for Jill or Annette. We will be happy to answer all your questions at that time.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards,

Bayer HealthCare

Hi everyone,

As Rebecca knows through our PM's, I will take care of the cost for the 7th cat to get spayed. Regarding the fleas, if anyone has time to call Advantage at the number above...I think the more people that call, the better. I personally haven't called yet but will today. I asked Rebecca to call too. Maybe they will be able to help her with this situation. If anyone calls, post the responses...so we can all see how it's going.

Thanks to everyone who has been helping with this...I see the pot at the end of the rainbow

[rebeccahowes]

I received this response from Advantage. I will certainly call! If anyone else wants to call; it might be the more the better...




Thank you for your recent email regarding the Advantage.

In order to best address your concerns, please contact Bayer Product Information at 800/255-6826 and ask for Jill or Annette. We will be happy to answer all your questions at that time.

I contacted Advantage and they told me to call my vet and have the sales rep make a recommendation for my cats to get donations of advantage. If the sales rep agrees I have a flea problem at my house, donations of Advantage will be sent to the vets and I can pick them up. That is great news!

[rebeccahowes]

Thanks moonandbean for your last donation to help the final cat in my home. I never expected to ever have all of my cats fixed. I would have been in big trouble since four of my cats were prenant when they got to the vets. That would have been a nightmare. Thanks to everyone who has helped my dream come true. My cats seem happiers and do not want to go outside as much. Alls I have lefts to worry about is taken care of the kittens eyes and getting them good homes. Then I can concentrate on flea control.

[MoonandBean]

Awesome! I hope your vet and the Advantage rep will help you. You're welcome for the help...thanks for all you've done too

[Emeraldgreen]

MoonandBean, that is so awesome that you are helping with the last cat!!! Great news!
Cristy that is also so great that you are sending along 2 tubes of Advantage. I have also mailed 2 tubes of Advantage that should arrive shortly so that will take care of 4 of the 7 cats for one month. However, the Advantage I sent was Advantage Multi so Rebecca, you should ask your vet how long you should wait to apply it because it is also a dewormer and you are/will be deworming your cats. You might just have to wait 3 weeks or so.
I'm hoping you received the Drontal by now? I will PM you the dosages for cats as per their weight. There is enough there for you to dose all 7 cats twice if need be (3 weeks apart).
I'm so happy for you that you have 6 cats fixed and a 7th who will be once her kittens are weaned. It's so wonderful.

p.s. if you decide you do want the Siphotrol flea spray, let me know and I will pop it in the mail. It's safe and sold in vet clinics. I know you said there is an issue with getting everybody outside for a few hours so maybe we can line up some cat carriers for you to borrow on a particular day. That way they'd be safe and sound inside their carriers until it was time to go back in?

[rebeccahowes]

Hi everyone. Emerald I did recieve the worm medicine. Thanks! I am not sure how much the cats weigh because the vets only put under 20 pounds as their size. Thanks to everyone who is sending advantage to me. That is great. I can get started on treating a few cats at least. Hopefully, things will work out with the advantage company. Again, thanks everyone.

[rebeccahowes]

Thanks for all of the flea advice. I will try some of them. I wanted to let everyone know that I brought home the really wild cat today. As soon as I opened her cage, she dashed up the stairs and I have not seen her since. She was pregnant too, so thank God she is spayed.

[pitc9]

I used to use advantage but switched to Interceptor last year, so I'll clean out my kitchen to see if I have any left that I can send you!

I'm SO happy everything has come together for you, your cats and your family!

So money wise... you could use donation for flea treatments right? Everyone is spayed and neutered and paid for.. correct?

Do you have any idea how much your cat’s weight?
On e-bay are kits that are for sale. You get one large tube and a plastic syringe that has a fill line marked on it so you can easily give the correct dosage to each cat. The kit is for 5 doses for cats over 9 pounds. Price+shipping is $19.89. That ends up being only $3.99 per dose!!!

[rebeccahowes]

One cat is left to be spayed and moonandbean is donating for that cat. Fleas seem to be the issue at this point. I know how serious it can be. One year I had a room in my house that if you walked into the room tons of fleas would jump on your legs. I have never had this many cats before so I can only imagine how bad it could be this summer. Thanks for caring and I would appreciate any flea meds you have that you can spare. I am not sure how much my cats weigh. I am sure they are under 10 pounds though. Thanks for everything. Rebecca

[Emeraldgreen]

Hi Rebecca, I'm glad the drontal arrived. I'll post the dosages below. Maybe you can crush the tablets up with the back of a spoon and mix it with stinky cat tuna or you might be able to sneak half a tablet into the pill pockets I sent. But I would think the tuna would be your best bet.
p.s. if most of your cats are 10 pounds or under, it looks like they should each receive one tablet.

Exactly how much Drontal Cat you have to administer depends on the animal's weight. Kittens will receive 1/4 or 1/2 of a tablet while adult cats will get 1, 1 and 1/2, or 2 tablets.
This dewormer should not be used in kittens younger than one month or weighing less than 1.5 pounds.


DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION:

2 - 3 pounds half tablet

4 - 8 pounds 1 tablet

9 - 12 pounds 1 tablet

13 - 16 pounds 2 tablets


Drontal Tablets may be given directly by mouth or offered in a small amount of food. Do not withhold food from the cat prior to or after treatment.
Cats maintained under conditions of constant exposure to parasite infections should have a follow-up fecal exam within 2 to 4 weeks after the first treatment.
If reinfection with tapeworms, hookworms or large roundworms occurs, treatment with Drontal Tablets may be repeated.

WARNING:
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. Consult your veterinarian before administering to sick or pregnant animals.

[cristy]

Got the address...thanks! I will get the meds shipped out either today or tomorrow.

[rebeccahowes]

Thanks everyone for your donations and meds that you are sending. I am going to send some pics of the cats. The three feral cats are taking care of the four kittens. The ferals are all sisters. One feral is very mean and hisses at us. I am scared that the kittens will start behaving like the mean feral and I won't be able to get them homes. We are bringing them downstairs and spending time with them so they get used to people. The mom keeps trying to take them back upstairs. I have some pics for your guys. There is a pic of all three sisters taking care of the four babies. It is so cute. I do not know how to take the pics so that you can enlarge them. If you look at the small pics you will see three big cats in the pic. They are all taking care of the kittens. I guess they sense they will never have babies since I got them spayed. Anyway, I have never seen anything like this in my life. I have three wild ferals and they are living in my home with their babies. They live in my 12 year olds bedroom. It is so sweet.

[Emeraldgreen]

What a wonderful pile of kitties! There is so much love there, thank you for sharing the pics with us.
Which one of the females is the mother of the kittens? Is it the black and white one with black on the nose? Do the adult female ferals have names yet? They are all so beautiful.
I know it must be hard to have one of the ferals hissing all the time but I'm sure she isn't mean, just scared and protective. Before you came into her life, she probably wasn't treated very well by humans. I hope and pray that in time, she will soften up as she realizes how very kind you are! And hopefully they will stay close to home now that they are spayed and won't be so interested in finding male companionship. They look very happy in those pics and don't look like they're too interested in going anywhere! LOL
If they don't have names, maybe we could help you come up with some!

[rebeccahowes]

What a wonderful pile of kitties! There is so much love there, thank you for sharing the pics with us.
Which one of the females is the mother of the kittens? Is it the black and white one with black on the nose? Do the adult female ferals have names yet? They are all so beautiful.
I know it must be hard to have one of the ferals hissing all the time but I'm sure she isn't mean, just scared and protective. Before you came into her life, she probably wasn't treated very well by humans. I hope and pray that in time, she will soften up as she realizes how very kind you are! And hopefully they will stay close to home now that they are spayed and won't be so interested in finding male companionship. They look very happy in those pics and don't look like they're too interested in going anywhere! LOL
If they don't have names, maybe we could help you come up with some!

You were right on who the mom is. In the way back is another black and white. That is the sister. They both look like cows so we named them moo and moo moo. The calico cat is pandy named after my favorite cat 20 years ago. It is hard to see the kittens, but two are black and white like their mom and there are two tiger striped. One striped cat has no tail. Do you think I will have a problem of getting a home for a kitten without a tail? Glad you enjoyed the pics. It is so funny. Everytime I go to visit the kittens I have to deal with three moms. lol

[Emeraldgreen]

Moo, Moomoo and Pandy are great names!
I would think the cat with no tail will picked for sure. It certainly wouldn't deter me from choosing it.
I wonder if the mom got pregnant by a manx as well? I'm pretty sure that a cat can have a litter that is fathered by multiple males. Have you seen any manx cats around?