She (torties are girls) wouldn’t get in the teensy trap we found at Lowe’s this afternoon, but she did manage to make it into the garage. We’ve been leaving the garage door cracked for Tyler, resident mostly-feral, but right now he is asleep on the back porch and didn’t notice her.
Four-Five weeks do you guess?
We cornered her, gave her kitten milk and now we’re all besties. She’s all situated in the office bathroom sleeping in a kitty cube.
Tomorrow I’ll start making kitten food mush. Blech.
Edited to Add: Teensy Kitty was FIV positive. She likely got it from her mother. FIV and FeLV don’t have to be death sentences for cats. Kittens may show positive on their tests and have only gotten antibodies from their mamas not the actual virus (like a vaccinated cat will show positive). But kittens need to be isolated for 8-12 months to determine if they really are infected. We have no infrastructure in our area to provide infected cats with isolated care. So we have no more teensy kitty and I am very sad. I’m also worried: Teensy Kitty is the first infected cat to show up in our yard in the 12 years we’ve lived here and I hope it’s not a trend. Spay/Neuter and Vaccinate. You’ll save lives.
She looks pretty alert! I’d say six weeks, maybe even more. She might do just fine on dry food. They say that torties have distinct personalities, but my two are complete opposites.
Looks about the size of Faustus when we saved him – I’d say 6-8 weeks old.
I almost just not-ranted about dry food versus pate wet food in regards to carbs and feline diabetes. Let’s all take a moment to be glad I came to my senses early enough. (:
Torties are toughies. She’ll make it. I found some kittens prefer hard kibble to soft canned food..oddly enough. Any mites in her ears? What will you name her?
Wow. You are totally the kitty magnet! Hope she is ok.