A couple of weeks ago I found two kittens in the road outside my apartment, so I brought them in. I was wanting to get rid of them right off because I can't afford anymore animals ( I already have 2 cats). The animal shelter can't take them until the 13th. Both of the kittens have worms and a bad case of fleas, and now they are vomiting and have the runs. I'm really scared they are going to get my cats sick, but I don't want to throw the kittens out the door or anything like that, but I don't want my cats to get sick or get worms. What should I do??
2007-11-05 15:12:59 · 6 answers · asked by Guess 6 in Pets ➔ Cats
I've never heard of a place like an animal care and control not accepting abandoned animals, that is their job. Make sure that is where you went. If not, find your local non-profit animal shelter, usually listed under the "County" section of your white pages. If one turns you away, ask for some other place you can go. I don't know how these places can turn you away and then expect you to keep an animal that may be a potential health risk to your own cats. There is something wrong with that. Also, call a vet and ask them if they know of a place that takes abandoned animals. Keep looking until you can find a shelter.
As far as I know, most vets won't take in abandoned animals, like I noticed one writer on here said. Vet's have limited space and resources.
BTW, don't give them regular cows milk, go to a pet store and get a product called KMR, mix it with some beef baby food and feed it to the kittens. Also, call a vet and tell them what happened, they may give you some free advice on how to stop the diarrhea and vomiting.
In the meantime keep the kittens in a seperate room from your other cats and change your cloths and wash your hands in between inter-action with the stays and your own cats.
Good luck and thank you for taking in the kittens. You have a good heart.
2007-11-05 15:48:43 · answer #1 · answered by candeekissez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can pick up some flea and worming treatments from the vet without having to take the kittens in - although taking them in would certainly be a good idea! If a shelter has agreed to take them, the vet might hold them until then at no charge to you - that's what my surgery does for stray animals, the Cats Protection (cat charity) pays for it.
At a minimum you need to pick up flea and worming treatment. Just keep the kittens separate from your cats until then - they won't be vaccinated, that's what you have to worry about. Your cats should be regularly fleaed and wormed anyway, then they'd be safe otherwise!
Chalice
2007-11-06 05:11:19 · answer #2 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the kittens to the vet, only way to keep it from spreading to your cats, try an herbal thing for the fleas please.....harsh chemicals are horrible to use on those animals. the vet should have some drops or something to treat the worms. also they may be sick with something else and need a vets care.
2007-11-05 15:17:14 · answer #3 · answered by curvy_chick000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, who's going to pay for the kitten? Kittens don't seem to be unfastened my pricey. You ought to pay for meals, clutter, bowls, clutter field, clutter scooper, febreeze for the scent of the clutter field, vacuums for tracked clutter, nail trimmers, grooming equipment, toys, scratching posts, cat tree, and each and every different accent that's principal to a cat's existence. If you do not know what to do with the kitten whilst you are on excursion, you then cannot get a kitten. You have got to be with the kitten 24/7 for the primary four-7 days that it is there. You have got to regularly be across the kitten for the primary few months, if no longer, years of it is existence with you. Either that, or wait till you return from excursion. I do not recommend taking it with you, I do not recommend leaving it at a boarding facility, and I do not recommend hiring any person random to come back and examine at the cat. If you've gotten a one hundred% secure and inclined buddy, loved ones member, or neighbour, then ask them if they might ever keep in mind checking up on, brushing, feeding, and giving recent water to a cat. But you MUST no longer go away the kitten by myself inside the primary few months of getting her. This will strain out the cat, as a way to result in bodily and behavioral problems. These incorporate matters just like the cat stops making use of the litterbox, and simply does her buisness at any place, and extreme biting/scratching/agression disorders, as good as many different matters. And cats do not scratch furnishings if you happen to educate them competently. All you do is coach them to not. You additionally purchase a scratching publish for the cat, after which the furnishings can be fully first-class. Having a kitten is a TON of accountability. You have to have it spayed or neutered, and also you have to NEVER de-claw it. You have got to suppose approximately the whole lot that it could incorporate earlier than you even keep in mind adopting it. It's plenty of rough paintings- plenty greater than you would assume, and it charges plenty of cash. In whole, my kitten costed us $500 inside the primary week for vetting, meals, clutter, and all presents. Do you or your dad and mom have that variety of cash to aid the cat? Not to say every other vet expenses that can arise? A cat is a fifteen-20 yr dedication. Not only a whim whilst it is a kitten. Please keep in mind that earlier than you're taking the little existence into your care. If you have viewed all of this, and are inclined to do all it takes to handle the kitten, then inform your dad and mom this. It will turn out that you are accountable and competent to take correct care of the cat.
2016-09-05 11:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the kits to a different shelter.
2007-11-05 15:42:13 · answer #5 · answered by FishStory 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see if your vet will take them in.
2007-11-05 15:15:59 · answer #6 · answered by Tyler and Kassidy's momma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋