Meeh, Kitten, orphaned

Now that Luise and Hissyfit are back at the shelter, here comes Meeh.

Animal Control just brought her. She was hunkered down between a car and a bush, shaking. Somebody called it in. Thank you for doing that, whoever you are!

She's emaciated, dehydrated, looked like she had fallen into a sewer and is anemic from flea infestation. She was ice cold.

I warmed her up, bathed her, plugged the fleas off her, gave her electrolytes, antibiotics, cleaned the eyes and treated them as well (the infection is minor, looked worse than it was, because the eyes were crusted shut, but no pus behind yet...she was found just in time), and now she's clean, warm and signs of life are starting to show.

If she was not in such bad shape due to leukemia or another illness, and "just" due to neglect or because she might be feral, then she has a chance.

Her cries sound like Meeh Meeh Meeh, so that's her name:

Kittens (incl. Rusty) and Puppies at the Humane Society Animal Shelter

I just got back from the local animal shelter. Rusty and lil Tim are still there, but they are having a ball with the other kittens.





Yes, that's Kicker on the bottom left!

The kittens are in the same size cage that I have..there is nothing more I could for them here at home. At the shelter a lot of people come in and out, so hopefully they will be adopted soon.

I often see people get this sad look in their faces when they hear the word animal shelter. They immediately feel sorry for the animals and have all these horrible ideas in their heads.

Besides the necessity of having to euthanize animals due to the lack of space and funding, the animals that actually do spend time at our local shelter couldn't have it any better from the animals' point of view.

The dogs are not locked up in some cages, they run around free in a save enclosed environment, can socialize with each other and have dog houses and lil pools with water and toys to play with.

Cats of course can't be kept outside, but they are sheltered savely in clean cages and get played with a lot.

Everything they need is provided and this place couldn't be any further from "horrible". The 2 ladies who run the shelter here have a heart of gold and my deepest admiration, because they sure work miracles every day. I extent that admiration to our 2 Animal Control Officers as well!

Here are a pictures of some of the puppies that are currently at the shelter:







and here is Luise today:

Rusty goes, Luise comes

Rusty and little Tim are finally up for adoption at the shelter. I will visit them tomorrow to see if they were already adopted out or not.

I brought home a 3 weeks old kitten who is a bit malnourished and didn't quite fit in with the older ones yet. She's not weaned yet, but orphaned, so she's going to spend another week or 2 here, before she goes back to the shelter to find a home.

Here is Luise:

Rusty, the Movie

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Healed up eye infection

I decided to keep them both one more week, because they are both so ready for a new home, but I want to make sure that there's no relapse. Rusty's eyesight is perfectly alright! He chases everything that moves lol:

Kittens and Dogs

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Now that only Rusty and lil Tim are left, it got a lot more quiet in here!

Timmy is still on the bottle, but only one per day. Rusty doesn't want to have anything to do with it anymore, the bottle that is:

Rusty and lil Tim

Rusty's Eyes are improving!

Rusty today..I can start to see blue in the eyes!

Eye Infection Update

This is what my vet said:

The eyes on this kitten are not cataracts. A cataract is deep within the eye lens causing a cloudiness inside the pupil. This is a cloudiness of the cornea- often viral induced in young kittens from calici/herpes/chlamydia virus'. I am pleased to hear that it is improving- generally these get worse over time especially without treatment. I think this kitten could benefit from topical antibiotic eye ointment and oral antibiotics as well for secondary infection and corneal edema.

This is exactly what I have been doing, so I will continue the treatment. Should he get worse or stop improving, I will get different medication from the vet.

3 of the 5 kittens will go to the shelter tomorrow (they ARE property of the humane society/shelter, just in foster care) for adoption. They are ready, eating dry food, clean themselves, use the litterbox, drink water and refuse the bottle. That's my sign!

I will keep the little male "calico" back because there is still a little bit of blood in the stool, and also to keep Rusty company, who I of course will keep here until he is either completely healed, or somebody offers him a home including all the treatment he needs.

Blind Kitten?

It looks like that lil Rusty might be blind after all. He acts like as if he can see, but from looking into his eyes....:

but he acts as all the other kittens..no difference..

Here's a very photogenic Kitten from the other litter 6 (which are now 4, the 2 runts didn't make it...), lil Tiny Tim:

Kittens Kittens Kittens

Close ups!

Tractor Tracy is growing up!

Did we grow, or did we grow? Here is Tractor Tracy!

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6 kittens plus 1 kitten plus 1 kitten

nimal Control dropped off one kitten this afternoon..lil boy was all starved and didn't have any fat on him. Few hours later, AC brought me a litter of 6 and I already have Tractor Tracy, that makes 8 lol.



Tracy isn't on this picture..she's too old to be put together with the babies.

Newcomer Leonna

Tractor Tracy's first solid food:



and we have a newcomer, but she won't stay long. Her name is Leonna:

Tractor Tracy, the orphaned Foster Kitten is 3 weeks old now

She sure is a darling! About 3 weeks old now, Tractor Tracy is growing faaaast.

She already uses the litter box!

Great Dane babysitting Kitten

Tractor Tracy has a new friend:

Feral Kittens and Dumpster Kittens

We are all doing great here. I managed to get one of the 4 ferals to come around a bit, so I kept her and put her with the 2 dumpster kitties. The other 3 ferals are out on a huge dairy farm as barn kittens right now.





Her name is Stripes .

4 Feral Kittens

I was asked to give 4 totally feral kittens a chance. They are about 8 weeks old, eating on their own, but they are throwing a hissing and spitting fit as soon as a human comes near! And they were badly starved.

I put them in the cage, gave them some food and left them alone. This morning they seemed to be a bit more comfortable and I was able to touch one kitty (the one in the first picture) while she was eating and he/she didn't complain, so that's a good start.

I wasn't able to snatch really good pics, but you'll get the idea:






They appear dirty but healthy. Stool and everything is normal.

First 2 litter of kittens this year!

The 4 girls are 1 week old (eyes still closed) and the 3 boys are now 2.5 weeks old. All 7 are doing ok. I received the boys when they were 10 days old and just opening their eyes:



The 3 boys are starting to play now and figuring out balance, hehe:







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