Got a new batch of six kittens. For the first time, they had a mother. However, she is feral so they couldn’t keep her. Very hard to adopt feral cats. Once she was done feeding them, I got them. New experience, very strange.

We finally got a batch with more boys than girls, so I can use the naming theme I’ve wanted to use since I started! We now have an Amy, Leela, Fry, Farnsworth, Kif and Zapp. I tried to circle them around the two girls, because one is dark, the other is black and white, and there are three in each category. Split down the middle!

This is coming right off a batch of 4, so it’s a lot right now. In fact, I still have the smallest of the previous batch so I could get her to a normal weight. So many cats!

  • UnicornKitty@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They are actually 4 weeks old. Teeth, claws retracted, all of it.

    It looks to us like these are 3 separate litters and the last 2 were not fully baked.

    One is having trouble now, in fact. I’m hoping he pulls through, but he’s gone downhill fast.

    • QualifiedKitten@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Oh man! I’d be rather cranky with my organization if they knowingly separated kittens from mom that young, but sometimes we just have to make the best of the situation. Glad they’re in good hands!

      It’s crazy just how quickly they can crash. The last one that crashed on me went from perfectly fine to almost euthanized in less than 8 hours, but somehow she pulled through. Hope your little guy pulls through.

      My current batch is getting ready for “graduation” and they’ve been with me since they were about 5 days old, found with no mom. They’ve each tried to die on me at different points, but somehow all pulled through. They’re getting spayed/neutered on Monday, and will likely be heading off to their new families by the following weekend.

      • UnicornKitty@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It wasn’t for nefarious reasons. The mom stopped feeding them and they are a super small shelter. They didn’t have a choice. All of my other kittens have come in without moms.

        Unfortunately, little Fry succumbed in the early hours. 😭

        • QualifiedKitten@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          Ahh, okay. The way I read it, it sounded like they had been separated from mom just because she’s feral, but if she’s not feeding them, it doesn’t sound like keeping them together is a good plan.

          Aww, poor little guy! Hope you’re doing alright. I know it can be real tough to lose them.

            • QualifiedKitten@kbin.social
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              1 year ago

              Nah, I totally get it. I’ve only lost one so far, but that was enough for me to realize that I can handle the loss, maybe too well.

                • QualifiedKitten@kbin.social
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                  1 year ago

                  I hope not! Haha. From my understanding of how blocking someone works here, you won’t see this if you’ve blocked me, but I’ll still see anything you’ve posted.

                  • UnicornKitty@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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                    1 year ago

                    Now that we got that fixed, four of them died one right after the other, yesterday. We have one left. She’s very sick, but not fading. This group had so many issues. I’ve never lost so many and it’s doing my mental health in.

                    I stayed up all night with her to make her eat a little bit every 30 minutes or so depending if she was sleeping. She’s lost a lot of weight but we are giving her everything we safely can to help her fight.