#neonatalkittens

[kittenrescuer]

An intro

Hello to anyone who finds this page. I have no clue how Tumblr works but I wanted to start writing about the kittens I take care of and this seemed like a good place to do so. Some background, ever since I was a kid I have loved animals. When I was little, my friends and I used to make plans to rent available retail spaces near me where we would open up animal shelters. Growing up, my family owned and fostered all types of animals (including cats, dogs, fish, birds, and hamsters) but now that I am an adult and have no clue what I want to do with my life, I find myself drawn back into my desire to rescue and care for animals, specifically kittens. So I’m taking a gap year (maybe foregoing college altogether who knows) and trying to start my own nonprofit where I can take in orphaned and abandoned neonatal kittens (kittens aged 0-4 weeks old). I’m just starting out and have no clue where it will go or if it will even go anywhere. I thought it would be fun to start documenting everything that happens. So if anyone is reading this, welcome to my blog, and oh boy are we in for a wild ride!

[nerdy-two-shoes]

We finally have names! Introducing Mama Camellia and her little kit-teas, Darjeeling, Earl Grey, Chai, Matcha, and Ceylon! It's been a very difficult past few days. After Ceylon and Matcha got sick, we figured out that Camellia isn't making enough milk to sustain all five babies, which was exacerbating the issue for the two sick babies. Unfortunately, this meant we ended up separating her from her kittens, to keep her from getting irritated or injured from them working too hard to try to eat, and to get the babies to agree to take a bottle from me instead. Sadly, we couldn't save sweet Ceylon and Matcha. The good news is that Darjeeljng, Chai, and Earl Grey are now taking a bottle without much resistance and they are gaining weight super quickly! Sweet Camellia, who is very underweight herself, has also found a food she enjoys and has started eating more too! We are very hopeful that our sweet Mama and her three boys will soon all be fat and happy and we should be able to reunite them soon! This sweet family has been through enough hardship, so here's hoping it is smooth sailing from here on out! 💖 #mamaandbabies #neonatalkittens #nursingmama #babykittens #bottlebabies #adoptdontshop #fosteringsaveslives #bfashouston #camelliaandherlittlekitteas https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0sVSDJork/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[fourbulliesandacookie]

Don’t forget to get your holiday shopping done while helping the kittens of Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance. Helping save lives one warmer at a time. Link in bio #neonatalkittens #fundraiser #shopthecause #helpingsavelivesonewarmeratatime #scentsyindependentconsultant #fourbulliesandacookie https://www.instagram.com/fourbulliesandacookie/p/CXOZJK9u9We/?utm_medium=tumblr

[whiskertalesrescue-blog]

Hansel & Gretel are getting so much needed TLC with our Director-extraordinaire Marie!! She is AMAZING with the teeny-tinnies!! They were found abandoned and we will keep you updated on their progress as they THRIVE! #rescuekittens #neonatalkittenrescue #neonatalkittens #rescuefosteradopt #teenykitty #teenykittens #tinykittens #adoptkittens #tinykittensofinstagram #babykittens #babykitty #babykitties #bottlebabiesrecue (at Lugoff, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz6tqCvl_7f/?igshid=1ix4cuu8ah4i7

[jaythevoid]

Three lil brothers 🤍🖤 #cat #cats #kitten #kittens #neonatal #neonatalkitten #newbornkitten https://www.instagram.com/p/CbfseiOod8q/?utm_medium=tumblr

[windycityfosters-blog]

I’m so excited that I got some mini tigers. It’s been so long since I’ve had teeny tiny tabbies!🐯 ______________________________________________________ #neonatalkitten #1weekoldkitten #loaslavarocks #mamaloa #nursingkitten #kittendrinkingmilk #adorable #meowpurrtee #kittensareawesome #tabbycat #tabbycatsofinstagram #tabbykitten #tabbykittensofinstagram #minitiger #teenytinytiger #fostercat #fosterkitten #fosterkittens #fosteringsaveslives #fostercatsofinstagram #fosterkittensofinstagram #adoptdontshop

[joyyywd]

Regrann from @urgentcatsofmiami - 🚨🚨🚨NEED FOSTER/RESCUE BY 6PM OR WILL BE EUTHANIZED 🚨🚨🚨#Repost @miamifostercoordinator Can you lend a helping hand today? Our shelter has 11 #NeonatalKittens that urgently need a #FosterHome for the weekend! If you can help, call us right now 305-418-7185 🐱💜🍼 #MiamiFosterProgram #KittenSeason #Cat #Kittens #Miami #Donate #Volunteer #TNR #SpayNeuter - #regrann

[samantharatcliffe]

Learned so much about caring for neonatal kittens in @kittenxlady class here in Vegas. It was great to see so many people in the cat and kitten rescue foster community come together. If you'd like more info on how to start fostering kittens head on over to Hannah's site. The link is in my bio. #kittens #advocacy #neonatalkittens #vegas

[thefoxandthepip]

Animal Welfare!

Everyone please please please go check out Hannah Shaw, a.k.a Kitten Lady right now!

She’s changing the world by rescuing and fostering neonatal kittens who are otherwise not given a chance in shelters and are euthanised. 

Foster, Donate, buy from her shop, spread the word or even just follow her on her social media outlets (listed below)! ANY LITTLE THING YOU DO MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 

From my soul to yours

Molly xx

Kitten Lady Website: http://www.kittenlady.org/

Kitten Lady Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VvB6tmC4lu_WCx7hE0PZA

Kitten Lady Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kittenxlady/?hl=en

Kitten Lady Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kittenxlady/

[officiallyhen-blog]

Let me tell you about Cow. At just 5 days old, Cow and his brother and sisters were orphaned when their mum was hit by a car. Cow and his siblings were picked up by a Good Samaritan who heard them crying and eventually found a safe place for them, my house! Cow was very sick when I first met him. Animals without their mum have a very high fatality rate and I was warned that; even with my best efforts, it was likely that at least some of the litter wouldn't make it. I fed them every 2 hours, even overnight. I kept them warm, kept them clean, took care of every single aspect of their lives as they were growing and then it happened. Cow stopped eating, stopped drinking, stopped purring. Cow had been the cuddliest, most loving, happy kitten and suddenly he was just a shell of himself. I took him to the vet and he was put on antibiotics but the vet wasn't very hopeful. @eligreendrums and I stayed up all night with him, syringe feeding him water and a high energy gel cat food and after 24 hours of touch and go, Cow pulled through. Since then he's been going from strength to strength and worming his way even further into our hearts. So much so that we decided we couldn't say goodbye. I promised cow that if he got better, I would find him the best home possible and I hope I've fulfilled that promise, because Cow is going to live with us! ☺❤ Welcome to the family little guy! 😀🐱It's a happy ending for all of Cow's siblings too, they've all found amazing homes and are happily settling in. ☺ #fosterkittens #fostercat #cat #kitten #cow #babycat #fosteringsaveslives #fosterfail #blackandwhitecat #adoptdontshop #happyupdate #welcometothefamily #animal #cute #life #family #love #neonatal #neonatalkitten #orphanedkittens

[kittenrescuer]

The First Kittens

Originally, the plan was to become a nonprofit and then start taking in kittens. As usual, things didn’t go to plan. Currently, I’m fostering six kittens. They’re the sweetest little babies. They were rescued from a horrible 30+ cat hoarding situation. I got them when they were sick little four-week-old babies. Now they’re seven weeks old and still dealing with health issues.

They came with upper respiratory infections and very bad eye infections. After a week of treating that, they were doing just fine. Their fecal came back clean, which shocked me. I reached out to the rescue to find out that they had been dewormed after they’d been pulled from the house. The next afternoon, I noticed something stringy and white on one of the kittens’ butts. I pulled it off with a wipe and examined it. It was a tapeworm. Normally kittens are dewormed once to kill adult worms and then again two weeks later to kill the eggs. I didn’t know about the first deworming until a day prior to finding the tapeworm, so they missed their second deworming and the worm eggs hatched. I emailed my vet with a picture of the worm in question and got them a prescription for tapeworm medication. I also noticed that they were scratching their ears and shaking their heads a lot. I decided to look inside and lo and behold, their ears were filled with something that looked dirt or coffee grounds: a clear sign of ear mites. So, I emailed my vet again and sent her that picture and was able to go in and pick up both ear mite and tapeworm medicine. They were also having very loose stools, something I attributed to the tapeworms. But I decided to take in a fecal sample anyways. To get rid of the mites, I had to flush out their ears with a medicated solution, clean out all the mites/mite dirt, and apply a miticide. For three days I had to mix in their dewormer with their food and feed each kitten separately to ensure they all got the correct dosages. The day after I had finally finished administering the tapeworm medication, I get a call from the vet. The kittens have giardia (also known as giardiasis, a parasite rarely found in cats and kittens—lucky me!). If you don’t already know this (like me before I frantically googled giardia after receiving the phone call), but giardia is a single-celled organism that is most commonly found in dirty water and causes diarrhea, malabsorption, dehydration, and a whole host of other symptoms that can kill a kitten. So yesterday I went back to vets to pick up Flagyl, the medicine used to treat giardia. Apparently, it is extremely bitter, and the poor kittens absolutely hate it. But I do not want them to have giardia, so they just have to suffer and take the medicine twice daily. Giardia is pretty easily spread so my room is on lockdown. They need daily baths, everything in the room needs to be washed daily (including my bedding), and the whole room has to be disinfected daily. Wednesday (2/27) was the first day of starting this new extreme cleaning regimen. I have taken comfort in counting down the days until it will be over, and they will be giardia free. Although I do have to admit, deep-cleaning my room the other day was very comforting. My room is probably cleaner than it has been in years. But to cut down on the daily cleaning, I have confined them to a spacious corner of my room (I had to get rid of my desk to make room) that is much easier to disinfect. The kittens were scheduled to have their FIV/FeLV tests and spay/neuter surgeries on the 6th but they will still be on medication then and probably not big enough yet. So, I will probably have to reschedule that.

As someone with OCD tendencies, it has been quite a lot to deal with so much dirtiness, fear of contamination, worms literally hanging out of kitten butts, and constant disease, but I have somehow been able to manage it. I seem to have an override where if these kittens need something, no matter how disgusting or dirty, I am able to do it for them because they need me. And I am so happy that I was able to take them in. I can’t imagine the filth they must have lived in to contract so many diseases/parasites. I’m glad that they were pulled from that environment and are able to get healthy and eventually find forever homes.

Their names are Blue (M) Bean (M), Bug (F), Binx (M), Billie (F), and Banner (M) and despite their horrible beginning they are some of the sweetest, most social kittens I have ever met. All they want is love and attention (and to attack your toes) and will swarm anyone who enters their room. Five of them are all black with several white hairs sprinkled over their bodies. Binx is mostly black with some white on his chin, chest, belly, and tips of his paws. They all look like they’re going to have green eyes. I put soft colorful collars on them so that they can be identified. If several of them were to slip out of theirs at the same time, I would have a hard time telling them apart. Maybe I could do it based on size and personality, but it would be extremely difficult and there’s no guarantee I’d get it right.

Long story short, even though they have been disease-ridden, stress-inducing, money-hemorrhaging kittens, they are still one of the best decisions I have ever made.

[nerdy-two-shoes]

Today has been a stressful day! Mama and her babies weren't doing so hot with their regular foster, and Mama was feeling stressy, so on Wednesday we got this sweet little family back. Other than being a bit underweight, everyone was doing fine. Until last night. Two of the babies have diarrhea and today have stopped eating and dropped weight. We've got them on meds, I'm forcing a bottle on them so they can get something in their bellies, and I've given them both fluids to keep hydrated. Luckily, they both seemed to perk up a bit after fluids and went to try to nurse with mama instead of just snuggle. We will continue to monitor them and hoping they will turn it around very soon! #sickkittens #diarrheasucks #mamaandbabies #neonatalkittens #nursingmama #adoptdontshop #fosteringsaveslives #bfashouston https://www.instagram.com/p/ChvhylQp-t5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mascotamanias]

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Reposted from @catfecancun - ¿Hay algo más hermoso que esto? 😻 #TotuEnCatfe #CatfeCancun . . . . . #foster #kitten #adoptdontshop #nocompresadopta #adoptanocompres #rescue #baby #neonatal #neonatalkitten #kittensofinstagram #tinybutmighty #rescate #catlovers #aristocats #tolouse #babycat #CatAdvocate #bottlefeeding #bottlefed @MascotaManias - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/Bub1OeVIo3y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g1xzhoeflnax

[shemreznauman]

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Harry my #neonatalkitten Yawning and enjoying the petting 😻😽 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqOcoXwhwDT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x8hw0ghoea4w

[cybersecuritynetwork-blog]

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Regrann from @whosyourfostermommy - It’s so strange having a mother cat around for this round of foster kittens. Anyone ever wonder where/how the babies poop? Kittens aren’t able to poop on their own so they need to be stimulated for the bowel movements to flow. This video shows Jasmine stimulating Jafar, by licking his butt so that his poo and pee are able to flow out while he is nursing so that more milk is able to fill his tummy. With an orphan kitten, you have to this yourself at least every 2 hours since mama isn’t there to do so or else he will be blocked up and constipated and will end in death. . . . #newbornkittens #bottlebaby #spayandneuteryourpets #neonatalkitten #foster #fosterkitten #kitten #cat #tnr #bottlebabykitten #kittenseason #rescuekitten #adopt #fostersaveslives #fostercats #catsofinstagram #kittensofinstagram #cats #catagram #baby #newborn #kittensofinsta #catsofinsta #adoptdontshop #fosterkittensofinsta #mothercat #rescuekitten #humanesociety #fostermom

[fosterthefelines-blog]

Tomato loves getting her belly rubbed after her bottle. 😍 I've been busy with Bear tonight but our 6 screamers are still getting their snuggle time in too 😉 #neonatalkitten #screamingkittens #litter24 #bottlebabies #orphankittens #KittenSeason #foodiekittens #catsofinstagram #kittensofinstagram #FosterKittens #Kittens #cats #FosterTheFelines