well my little sickie is still clueless. I put her down among her litter mates as they were all eatting nicely (well ok.. not so nicely.. they usually end up covered in the stuff) and she just looked around completely confused, and screaming like an idiot. She so reminds me of someone.. :) I medicated her first, I think she thought I was feeding her, cause after the medicine hit her tongue she gave me the nastiest look. But hey.. its for her own good. Then when I tried to feed her she wasn't all that interested... till a few drops hit her lips.. then it was all yes yes.. give me that.. give me that.
Not much new to report on her siblings. The little black one that had a sty type thing on her eye.. that has cleared up. A couple of them have eye issues relating to the URI.. but I keep them medicated and hopefully this will clear up. They HATE the warm packs I put on their faces to help clear up their sinuses. I so wish there was something.. a kitty decongestant if you would. But hey..its only a little snot. At least they are all eating well, and playing well, and climbing up on my lap when Im in there (and that's a good thing why? lol.. do you know how hard it is to dish out food when you have six kittens in your lap?)
Bugsy, izzy and melvin have to be of size to go back now. They so have to have their noses clear up first *crosses fingers that happens by tuesday* I don't know when scooter will be. but then he's always been on the small size, I think he was a week younger than the others and they just put them all together to get mom to nurse.
Speaking of mom.. she's become a quite friendly cat. She still doesn't like jack, but that's understandable. She's also loaded with milk. Im surprised she doesn't willingly let the kittens nurse to get rid of it all.. but nope.. she doesn't. They get a few suckles in when she's trying to eat. I feel bad for them, but they are growing and doing really well, so Im not going to push it on her. She didn't give birth to 9 kittens. I can understand her reluctance.
I was cuddling with the little black one last night. She looked up at me with her big eyes, and I got a mental image of the black kit that died. It felt like little one missed her. I started crying all over again. I have to say, I really have to applaud the people who work at the shelter. They must go through a lot.
One of the set of five kittens Im rescuing, has a major case of URI.. so she has NO sence of smell.. and at this point I think she has no sence at all. Since she can't smell, she isn't eating on her own, actually, I just think she doesn't want to take what is offered to her.. so I have to force feed her. I bring her outside the kitten room and let her run while I prepare her food, and she starts routing around looking for something from the resident kitties.. which is pointless not only cause they aren't her mother, but because they aren't even girls.. :)
she just doesn't have a clue that she's routing around in the totally wrong place, and they just couldn't care less about her. :)
two weeks with URI.. Bugsy is blowing nose bubbles.. :) He's so cute though.. Goldie decided she was NOT going to eat solid food this morning.. no sir-ree bob.. :) she's cute when she's obstanant.. the room was a mess again, but I suppose when you have 10 cats living in one room you kinda have to expect that. Im going through so much litter and food.. and clavamox.. ugh.
Today was shelter day, and I didn't go cause I wasn't feeling all that well. I most definately have to go on thursday though as there is no way the food that I have will last me that long.
Pretty uneventful day so far as I have been a little under the weather, and they have all been pretty quiet.
oh my freakin goodness.. those kittens of mine are a handful and a half and do NOT listen!! I got home tonight and brought in some mush (KMR, pumpkin, and kitten food) to supplement the kittens. They are supposed to be weaning on to solid foods.. they are currently all eating solid foods, but when I walked in there with a cup full of mush, they would have tackled me and held me down if a) they could and b) they thought it would do any good. They were HUNGRY and wanted their mush!! they got all up in my face No idea why.. my face has NEVER fed them.. but.. whatever. they were pushing each other out of the way, licking off the syringe as it was in someone elses mouth, and when I moved them to the ground so I could deal, they would scale up my leg and be right back in the fray. Goldie was the worst.. the give me's didn't stop.. her belly was about to explode and she still wanted more. I so just want to chain that mom cat down so they can nurse..
bunny girl is also starting to annoy me. I still feel the need to put ointment in her eye, but she fights me at every move. I had to wash her foot cause she stepped in something and she fought me on that one too. I don't mind a little good natured "I don't like this" but when they start saying to me "I don't think so" its annoying.
