4 week old kittens! Pics #14, 18 19

[MoonandBean]

Hooray for some good news!!!!!!! Like Gary said, the feral chain has been broken and those kitties will hopefully never have to know the life of a homeless cat.

[lvpets2002]

Awwee so glad the babies were found & will have good homes.. At 6 Six Weeks of age is good for adopting out.. They will have a good set of teeth & should for sure be on wet food..

[GILL]

When LUCKY came to at one day old, I set up a carrior with a heating pad under 2 towels. This kept him warm and out of drafts. The cover was on but not latched. We feed him kitten milk and as he grew we added a litter box, water dish, and a food dish with most kitten food. The water dish has to be very shallow and hard to tip over. The frist pic. is at about 4 weeks, the next at about 7 weeks. He is now at 53 weeks and one of my loves.

[bilousmom]

Thank you all for the advice on the kittens. I'm going to hang onto them for at least another two weeks, til they are 6 weeks old. They are doing well with the litter box. Two of the three are doing fairly well with lapping up formula from a low dish. They also are eating some soft food. One of them makes a holy mess of herself evert time she eats. She (quite literally) is really into her food. Hope this stops sometime soon!!!! I wipe her - but she always looks like an adorable mess.

Their stools are still quite runny - was told this is fairly normal at this stage. I also noticed some blood - was told that could be stress or parasites - and they are still too young to treat that...not to worry about it. Of course I was panic struck! I know nothing about kittens. They are very affectionate and adorable. I have found a good home for one of them, where he will get a LOT of love and attention and always be indoors. I had a call today about one of my little girls, and decided not to adopt her out since they were looking for an indoor/outdoor cat. I just don't believe in letting them wander outdoors; it's just not safe for them.
So, if anyone knows of a good home - please let me know! I can give you my phone number and I am in MA.
Thanks again for all the tips.

[bilousmom]

Photos of Newman (white and orange male), Chaos and Precious (calico females)





Chaos








Precious ( the "runt")

[momcat]

Hi Barbara, Please accept my huge welcome to Pet Talk! Thank you and bless you for helping these little babies. Because of your efforts these little ones are going to enjoy the life every kitty deserves. Good call on not adopting a kitten out to someone looking for an indoor-outdoor kitty. Groucho is 8 years old and has been strictly indoor since the day he decided he was coming home with us.

I do hope you'll be back and will become part of our PT family. When it comes to anything cat, this is definitely the place to be. There are several folks here that are extremely knowledgable about kitties. Except for a good and trusted vet, the best advice you can possibly get is right here.

Have the babies been checked by a vet yet?

[bilousmom]

Thanks for the welcome. The kitties were briefly checked over by a vet at a clinic that I first brought them to. My first intention was to bring them to a shelter. Since I didn't know if they were healthy or not AND didn't have any idea what to do with the little ones, I brought them to a clinic about 30 minutes away. This place is wonderful. They have a woman named Rose who does wildlife rescue. A few weeks back I had to bring in a tiny chipmunk that didn't end up making it after a few days because of a puncture to the lung from an outdoor cat, apparently (another reason for my not wanting the cats to be outdoors). Anyway, had the kittens been sick, they would have kept them - but the doctor did a quick check and found nothing wrong with them as of yet. So, now I had healthy kittens with no where to bring them. The local shelter is a no kill - but the problem is they are between dog officers - so noone is there full time. I brought them in there and a police office took the kittens and put them in a nice clean cage. Comfortable looking enough, sure...but with volunteers only coming in to feed them twice a day and do some cleaning, I felt that they woudn't get the love and socialization I felt they needed. So, after torturing myself all day with pictures running through my mind of the poor little things, I sprung them out the same night. I'm so glad I did. They are a lot of work - but oh lord, are they adorable. You may have noticed that in the pictures, Precious doesn't quite look as fluffy as the others. That's because when the food goes down, she is literally in it!!! She's the runt, and the slow learner of the bunch, god love her. I just hope I can find good homes for the two Calico's.

[Prairie Purrs]

What an adorable trio! I'm in love with Chaos--gorgeous markings, and look at all those whiskers! Thank you for taking such good care of these little dollbabies.

[Freedom]

I had a wonderful time at Barbara's this afternoon, playing with the wee ones! Here are a few more photos:

Chaos






Newman (falling asleep on my leg)




Barbara with the 2 calicos asleep on her lap, and her 2 dogs: Maltese Lily, and Bilou the bichon



The Trio (Chaos is in the middle)




More on the way!