Kittens are small fragile creatures. They can go from appearing healthy to near death in a short time. You have to be prepared for death when you rescue or try to raise kittens. I think last year I lost quite a few kittens that I tried to rescue. In the last month I have lost a lot of pets, some of my dearest kids, due to a virus that I think came from a pet that was spayed at a veterinarians office(this happens often). I saved some to. Friend that is a lot of death to deal with. But I am committed, as many of you are, to helping animals when I can.

A person needs to have a stockpile of supplies for adequate kitten care, some funds for veterinarian emergencies and trained family members or friends, in case the kitten will have to be left with others for any reason.

I have read and agree with a don't tell policy on wild (feral cat)colonies. Often a well meaning person can doom a cat colony to death and captivity by telling someone where the colony is. Cats' have a tough enough time surviving in the wild, without a well-meaning person doing them in because of ignorance.

Once you rescue a young kitten and it lives, you are its 'mother'. I treat every kitten that I rescue as my 'child' and do everything I can to make sure that it grows up to being a happy and healthy adult. I recommend that you adopt this policy as well.

I have much more information on kitten and cat care in this website as well as resources where you can purchase some supplies online or at a store near you.

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Check out the vets in your area before you need one

I fully support vets that are fair and reasonable as well as honest, however my part of the world seems to have a lot of them that are neither fair, reasonable or honest.

I would caution anyone who has a pet to check out the medical businesses in the area before they need one. When you are faced with a life or death emergency, you can get bilked and be forced to euthanize a pet due to the high costs of some types of care.

I have had to pay vet bills in the 600 dollar range per cat.

To fix a broken leg can cost several thousand dollars.

I once took a cat in to a vet that had intestinal swelling. I thought she was pregnant but she was sick. The vet ended up putting her to sleep and charged me 400 dollars and she was on a table being drained of fluid for only 1 hour.

I was told by him that it would cost me over 1000 dollars to keep her in that pet hospital overnight to get the fluid drained. He wasn't sure it would survive, but I would be expected to pay the money.

You might want to read this page to learn about a way to help a suffering cat.
Check out this fluid therapy link. I give pets fluids under the skin,sometimes it helps.
I once took a cat in for a general checkup and was told that she had 'something in her' because of the x ray they had taken. Surgery was recommended to remove it. I discovered later after paying the exam bill of over a hundred dollars, that it was most likely a hairball and the cat did not require surgery.

This year, I had a cat with abdominal swelling and after a 500 dollar vet bill, the cat died at home. The vet was not forh coming with the "paid for" lab tests and was vague about the whole experience. The lab assistant admitted that she had never drained a cat of fluids....the incompetence goes on.

These are just a few of the many real events that happened to me. While I realize that vets need to make money to keep going, I also know that my pets need care that I can afford. The veterinarian establishment that I have dealt with here in this area can barely do affordable spay and neuters, much less anything more involved. So I do recommend finding out prices and visiting establishments in your area, before your pet needs medical attention.

I also recommend reading for yourself online and finding out all that you can about any condition that your pet may have. I have accumulated some tools to help sick and ailing pets and continue to research for more things that I can use in my efforts to keep my pets alive and well.

My tools involve: 1. Supply of dry amoxicillin to mix with water. This antibiotic will put an end to a lot of cat and kitten diahhrea as well as some lung issues. The wet form of amoxicillin that the vets sell is just some dry powder that a vet added water/taste agents to. It is only viable for 10 days. Email me if you need some help locating and/or mixing some up. The dry form comes in capsules and there is a way to mix it properly, you don't want to overdose a cat. check out this page for mixing medical solutions information. Several pet type antibiotics are available without a prescription including

• Amoxicillin


• Ampicillin


• Tetracycline


• Cephalexin


• Metronidazole


• Erythromycin
• And several others

2. Lactated Ringers fluid, suitable for IV/SubQ use along with syringe supplies and fluid delivery tubing. There are other fluids that are available as well as Ringers, but for my use, Ringers is available and affordable.

A pet owner needs to do some research on how to administer fluids under the skin of a pet that needs fluids. A trip to a good vet and some questions should give some information. There is also information available online. I plan on submitting pictures for some of the procedures that I am suggesting here, to help those of you that need to know.

I learned how to administer subcutaneous fluids(also called Sub-Q or under the skin not in a vein) to cats last year, after suffering for several years with dying kittens. Since learning how to administer fluids safely, I have saved more kittens that were dehydrated and some now live in my home. Email me if you need some help.

3. Assorted droppers, syringes of several sizes (both food syringes that have a longer tip, as well as medicine), sterile needles, small containers, old medicine dropper bottles(clean). Bottles and nipples.

4. Tiny catheters to give pets enemas that get constipated. These are about the size of thick spaghetti and about that long as well. They have a rounded tip and a hole in the side. They are used for force feeding tiny kittens and for unblocking the intestines. They fit over a syringe.

A kitten may be given KMR orally along with pedialyte mixed 50/50 with water. The feeding tube is measure to the last rib and marked. It is then lubricated with mineral oil and slowly inserted into the mouth of the kitten to the mark. Care must be taken not to insert the tube into the lungs. The tube will resist insertion to the last rib mark if it is inserted into the wrong hole and ends up in the lungs. The kitten will also have difficulty crying if the tube is in the wrong place. Once the tube is inserted, the fluid in the syringe(warmed before use) is slowly fed into the tube (30 ml or so depending on the size of the kitten) on a schedule(depends on the condition of the kitten). One has to be very careful when administering fluids orally because pneumonia can be caused if fluids enter the lungs. If you have the time, consultation with a vet-tech on this and the other procedures I discuss, is the best way to learn the proper procedures. Email me if you need some help.

One must remember that unblocking stopped up bowels can take many treatments, depending on the condition of the pet.

You simply get some slightly warm water with a drop of dawn soap in it. Then you fill the syringe with the soapy water and attach the tiny catheter to it. You may then grease the end of the catheter with mineral oil or a dab of vaseline. It also helps to grease the cats rectal area before inserting the catheter.

When inserting the catheter, I insert it in about an inch or so and inject a little water into the cats' rectum. I then push a little more in and empty the syringe.

About an hour or so later, repeat. Eventually some feces may come out when you withdraw the catheter. Until the kitten/cat shows normal bowel movement, I would suggest continuing the treatment on a schedule. Don't forget, try to keep the water lukewarm if possible.

I have treated one kitten for about a week on a 3/4 time per day schedule until it was passing stool on its own. Its bowels were plugged up and it needed repeat treatments to keep things flowing out until it all cleared the bowels. The kitten is now living a healthy life with me at my home.

I strongly suggest that you learn about this procedure and gain the necessary tools to do this because I have little faith in vets in my area. I have taken in several kittens to be helped due to constipation issues and have watched them get returned untreated and dead after suffering all day at the vets.

I ran across two recommended things from a discussion site on pet issues. For constipation: matchhead size of laxatone(human) or 1/4 tsp of miralax(human), but I have never tried either on a cat yet.

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