Stolen kittens. New update: Mama cat might need a home

They’re little dolls. The orange one is huge! I love the little stripey one’s expression.

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Kittens were checked over an dewormed yesterday at the vet. They weight about a pound now. They went with us to the car dealership because my truck needed a little tune up. They were so good in their crate and bottle feeding on the road. They ate quite a bit of wet food as well. The car ride didn’t distress them.

I still have two that are not weaned and two that are mostly weaned. We treated their area and them for fleas, again, with the only product that is safe. Haven’t seen a flea in days. Vet thought they were closer to five weeks. Much more pouncing type play from Erik and Sierra. The others are catching up. I wonder if Erik is ginger and more developed because he got more of the limited resources from the feral mama cat? The others are catching up, but he’s the biggest. He’s laid back and not as pushy as the runt, Spike.

All the kittens have really shown very distinct personalities. I think it will help me place them. I don’t have any kittens reserved, yet, but we’ll be putting up flyers soon. I’m going to check with the reduced cost clinic about free feral kitten spaying and neutering. I heard kittens can be fixed at a very young age now, like eight weeks. Is that true? Any downside?

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Our local rescue will spay/neuter kittens at that age. I didn’t have any problems with the kitten they did for me. She healed very quickly.

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They are adorable!

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just STOP!!! You have to keep rubbing it in don’tcha?

those are TOO mUCH. :rofl: :rofl:

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Who ME? (Innocently blinks). :laughing:

I put their ad up. They’ll be ready after July 9th. That puts them at 8 weeks, plus it’s after the Fourth of July, so safer for kitties.

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You should set up a kitten cam!

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They’re precious!

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My local spay/neuter clinic won’t fix babies until they’re 3 months and 3 pounds, so do confirm yours will do younger. I’ve also found appointments are precious, and ability to get them in was the hardest part!

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“Soft kitty, warm kitty
little ball of fur
happy kitty sleepy kitty
purr purr purr”

Thank you for making my day. :heart_eyes_cat:

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I believe the threshold is 2lbs before they are eligible for spay/neuter surgery. Have you been able to trap mama yet?

The local clinic told me three pounds. Dang it. I’m going to probably fill out a form for the local no kill shelter to take them, but we’ll ‘foster’ them. They can screen, collect the fees, etc…

Asked their feral cat trapper for help. We’re going to try a few things tomorrow night after we fix the extra trap. Two traps in two barns loaded with kitten food. Hope it works.

The local shelter is full. We put them on the Adopt a Pet website. I hope that works. I don’t want to screen and I don’t trust CL.

I’ve got an appointment for a family to look at Erik tomorrow. One other lady might want the two girls. We’ll see. The only one no one has spoken up about is Spike. Poor little guy! There’s lots of cuteness in that plain, brown, tabby wrapper. I suppose it’s like finding a home for a chestnut horse. People don’t always see the beauty you see.

Our vet said they are as old as 7 weeks this Friday. We’re taking them back to the vet for their first shots today. They are fully weaned (even nibbling dry kitten food) and litter box trained at this point, so they can go to new homes next weekend, when they would be 8 weeks (state law). However, they should have indoor homes, especially so close to the Fourth.

I’m going to miss these friendly little faces and their mews whenever they see us. They are very bonded to people and will make great pets.

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Looking back through the pictures of the kittens, I wonder about their ears. The tips were droopy at first. After a few weeks of good feedings, they seem to have improved. I wonder if that was due to anemia from the fleas?

Ears firm up with age, but dehydration will also cause the tips to droop.

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OK, I am getting up on my soapbox ----please don’t give these kittens away until they are fixed. Most people don’t realize that cats can breed at 4 months old. Some people mean to get their cat spayed but their child feeds it the night before so the surgery needs to be rescheduled, or the kitty gets out… or they forget. There is a reason why no pound or rescue will adopt out an unaltered pet - you just can’t trust people to do the right thing.

Every vet and rescue resource I know of says 2lbs is the minimum. You might want to try a different vet clinic, or just hold on to them for a couple more weeks. you’ve done such a good job nursing them back to health. Trust me, I have held onto my 2 foster litters for weeks longer than I thought I would, and have put much more money into caring for them than I thought I would, but I would rather wait and get them medically clear and spay/neutered before adopting them out than give them to someone who would accidentally let them breed and create more of a problem.

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AMEN. I see it in a rural area near me, people grab kittens as soon as they’re available on the
FB ads and I’m pretty sure most of them don’t get fixed- it’s a poor area. Then they end up dumping the kittens at the local McDonald’s in a shoebox, placed next to a car. This is how I got one of mine. A starved, underweight, undersized kitten who was dumped/weaned too soon and
never grew- still a wimpy 5 lb. misfit.
Sometimes they drive around and dump them in rural driveways. My neighbors call me all the time when they find dumped kitties and cats- unfixed, of course.
So I also hope you can get some subsidized neuter/spay certificates which some shelters offer.

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Thanks for your input. The adopt-a-Pet website has something about neutering and spaying in their requirements. Not sure how it’s enforced. I am checking vet references, though.