This little kitten was on the street, just the saddest, flea-ridden excuse for an animal. His eyes were all gooed over, skin & bones, thin, filthy fur. I took him in that night, made him drink some water, and took him to the vet the next morning. They treated the fleas and gave him antibiotics for the eye-goo and head cold (?!), and he eats & uses the litterbox just fine (not so good at not stepping in it yet... eww).
I'm not a cat person. My mother was allergic to cats, so we always had dogs in our family. I've kept rodents since I was eight, and I've even got a family of baby scorpions, now. Animals I'm fine with, just I've never had a cat.
Do the bowels need to be stimulated, as with young rodents, or because he uses the litterbox, he'll be fine?
How much kitten food should he eat? He's getting round in the belly. The vet said to feed him canned kitten food, but someone suggested that I should mix in formula.
I've been reading up on kitten care, but I don't know what I'm doing.
2006-09-22
16:38:42
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Petey
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