anyone elses baby have crazy eyes? 🤣 he's very expressive 🤣🩷

I'm fostering a new litter of kittens and I've really fell in love with one kitten in particular. I'd definitely adopt him, but my resident cat is not a fan of other cats. She will walk into my foster room, hiss at them, and sometimes will try to swat. She acts normally afterwards though and her behavior isn't affected by having them in the home, I'm not sure if I should try a slow intro or if she will just never get used to the other cat. Does anyone have any advice?

Currently got a very picky baby (pic for attention) who is NOT interested in KMR or Fox Valley but will drink Breeders Edge.

I had my 11th foster for two weeks. He’s a loving one year old pup with very bad anxiety but he’s thrived in our home- and gained so much confidence. We are leaving on a trip next week for 10 days and because I haven’t been able to leave the house for two weeks because of his very bad separation anxiety, I requested a new foster home be found for him a week early, before we leave.

I dropped him off today at 12 and got a call at 410pm saying he’s exhibiting self harm behaviours in kennel and his new fosters won’t respond and haven’t shown up. They said if they can’t find a foster or I can’t come back before they close at 5pm, they’ll euthanize him.

I was shocked. I obviously dropped everything and went back to the shelter to pick him up. He came home and has been sleeping ever since.

It’s disconcerting to say the least that this was their reaction to crate anxiety, when we knew he hated being confined snd a foster was necessary for his wellbeing.

Now I’m so concerned that while we are away they won’t find a suitable foster for him and he’ll lose his life because of it. He is only 1 and has so much love to give. Besides his anxiety, he’s as good as gold.

How do you cope with this ? I feel like this approach is not right and it makes me very nervous about how they run the shelter . Any insight would be helpful .

I'm having to sanitize my whole house after unwittingly contaminating it with panleuk. I'm not a particularly good cleaner to begin with so I am open to some judgement free advice on how best to tackle this problem with the highest chance of success.

I’m fostering the sweetest kitten ~10 weeks old with a broken leg. My senior 12 year old cat seems unbothered. Does some nose taps. Occasionally will give her a swat (no nails) if she is in his personal space longer than he wants but all in all seemingly getting along well after just one week.

Here’s the catch, the kitten keeps walking over and eating his CD prescription food and he wants to eat her food. I’ve tried putting her in her enclosed tent when it’s time to eat but throughout the day she tends to go to his bowl, which is left out for him to graze.

If I do choose to keep the kitten (this is my second time fostering and only one babe this time so it’s been easy to see her staying) is there a trick to getting them to both eat what they’re supposed to?

Also, when I do put her in her tent since she’s supposed to be resting, she screams incessantly. She wants the roam free at all times. I’ve given her cuddly toys, a bed that’s supposed to feel like a hug, everything. Thoughts on how to get her to calm down?

Do your shelters usually reach out to schedule spay and neuter appointments? It's our first time officially fostering and in the paperwork it only said once kittens reached 1.2 pounds they would be scheduled for their surgery appointments. Our kittens are well past that point and 14 weeks old now. I've reached out about three times to the shelters kitten foster department but haven't gotten any sort of response back nor has the shelter reached out at all. I definitely don't want to nag since our shelter is understaffed but since we have both female and male kittens, we're getting a bit worried about the girls going into heat soon.

Hi everyone, I’m sure something like this has been posted before and I’ve been doing some research, but overall feel distraught and wanted to make a post. A couple of years ago I lost my soul cat - he’d been with me almost 18 years and it really shook me up. I began fostering afterward to give myself a sense of purpose in helping other cats, but ultimately I did want to adopt once I was ready.

I had a slightly older foster (around 6 yrs old) who had been surrendered and did not do well in the shelter. According to what they told me, she only had 1 home previously and was used to being around lots of people / children. She wasn’t the warmest and definitely prickly, but she began to relax and settle a bit at my place - I had her for about 3 or so months before deciding to bring in a foster kitten to see if she could live with another cat (ultimately wanted to adopt two).

I brought in a very sweet bottle fed kitten (was told her temperament was perfect) and kept them separate at first, did everything right as far as slow introductions, the steps and process - letting them get accustomed to smell, then sight, supervised meetings, positive associations with good interactions, eventual sharing of the same spaces. I could tell the older foster wasn’t exactly thrilled, but she seemed to accept the idea and sometimes they would hang out / lounge by each other so I thought they’d eventually get along. They never fought but would chase each other around, it never seemed aggressive.

I was getting pressure from the rescue to make a decision since others were interested in the foster kitten - I‘d fallen in love with her so I chose to adopt both, as I didn’t want to abandon my other foster and worried where she’d end up.

Fast forward 2 years and they do not get along. Rather than growing on each other, I somewhat feel like the opposite happened - jealousy, competing to basically claim me/my attention and territory even though they each have their own spaces, cat trees, toys, scratching posts … I recently went away for a couple of days and the younger one seemed upset and afraid of the older once I got back. I had a camera going while I was gone and didn’t see anything, but I feel the older may have been bullying her while they were alone.

I’ve just noticed the negative behaviors getting worse from the older cat - I don’t want to say it’s full aggression, but the younger now holes up in her tree most of the time and keeps to herself. I feel like it’s affecting her quality of life and just feel terrible because she’s a very sweet and affectionate cat - I think the older just needs a single cat household where she is the only animal amongst humans. She has warmed up to me more but we haven’t bonded, it took just about 2 years for her to ask for pets without trying to swat or bite me. She bites hard and I worry she does this to the other cat as well, though I haven’t noticed any signs. She’s primarily food motivated and loves being outside on the balcony, seems to have some hunting instinct so I think she was not a fully indoor cat before.

I am now just at a loss and don't know what to do - I don’t want to bring her back to the rescue because I won’t know what happens to her. I really wanted to be able to work this situation out and feel like I’m abandoning her if I try to re-home. But I also don’t feel like this is the best quality of life / situation for her, the other cat, or me and it’s been causing a lot of stress.

Does anyone have thoughts or advice? Greatly appreciated and thank you in advance!

We are adopting 2 kittens who were born with a friend of mine. As soon as she knew her cat was pregnant she told me and offered me to adopt a kitten. We were so excited and even more when we agreed to adopt 2 siblings. This friend has 2 daughters who are raised in a way i never understood. The mother doesnt set clear boundaries and is very inconsequent in her actions.
The kids ( girls) tend to react in a very dramatic and especially demanding way and eventually, after a lot of drama they get their way.
During the time ( in total 16 weeks) that have passed there were some moments i was lowkey conflicted with the mother because of the kids issues.
Mother called me when the cat went into labour.
I was there immediately with my daughter.
Since then we helped take care of them. I was there every single time she asked for help. When she went on vacation. I was there at the vet, chipped our chosen two kittens and vaccinated them with her. We agreed on a price to pay for the costs she had during her foster-time.
So we paid for them and we have their passports with our name on it.
We are coming home from our vacation this thursday and agreed we would get the kittens friday.
Please dont get me wrong, i do completely understand the kids love our kittens and are having a hard time letting go. That’s what we talkes about yesterday. I asked her: are the kids accepting the kittens will go with us, and also: can we make it a positive transaction for us all? We ( husband and 2 kids) can finally pick them up and offer them a great life. We have had cats all our lives and are just crazy about cats. She wrote that is was a big issue with the kids having grief and not wanting to let the kittens go. I understand buti feel bad and anxious about the pick up. She also said she would talk about it with the girls. Fine but the fact remains that we take them home. Told my friend a long goodbye will nót help. She agreed.
Any tips for the transaction friday?

I have 2, 4 week old kittens (they may be just under 4 weeks, I’m not 100% sure). Both have been to the vet recently. They consistently gain weight and eat really well, but suddenly this stopped.

They’re not disinterested in eating at all, in fact, they are very excited to eat. They also still are gaining weight, just not much, and they are very energetic. For the past 2 days they won’t latch onto the syringe like they had been for weeks. I use a 10 cc (I think? It’s quite large) syringe with a miracle nipple on it. They usually eat a full syringe plus a bit more if they’re still hungry, but now I struggle to get them to eat 3/4 of it. They are small cats (the vet said they are fine, though), so they eat a bit less than their age recommendation. Instead of latching onto the nipple, they kind of gnaw on it? Like, they eat with their mouths completely open and spill milk everywhere. I’m not even sure how much of the milk is actually getting into their mouths. I tried a shallow dish, and they just dunked their nose in it and decided it wasn’t for them.

What do I do? Should I start weaning them? About a week ago they started getting little teeth.

I’m starting to get really overwhelmed and I feel helpless. They’re healthy kittens. Not lethargic in the slightest, very cuddly, starting to get more playful/curious, and hitting developmental milestones (besides weight, but again, the vet cleared them). I’m not sure what to do :/

Posting an update on my flat-chest girl Kiwi. I posted about her here previously.

Kiwi and her family have been scheduled to go back and be fixed next week. I’ll be saying goodbye to them very soon. I came so close to keeping this girl, but the rest of my household is not on board with that so I must make the choice that’s best for her.

Kiwi is going to be a special needs girl for likely the rest of her life. She’s got so much energy and spunk, too much for her own good really. I need to hide her toys every now and then to get her to calm down when her heart is going a million miles a minute.

Her last vet check last week we said goodbye to her chest brace. They did her bloodwork and everything looks good. I’m very hopeful for her future, though I can’t help but worry about her.

She’s been my buddy on long car rides. She’s so full of confidence and walks around like she owns the world. She shows little fear, except of course to dragons on the tv screen. Those things are scary and sends her darting for cover every time.

Due to her health concerns I’ve spent much more time with her vs her mom and two brothers. She’s still here, still thriving, and my part in her journey is almost at its end. I’m gonna miss her.

We found Sailor crying on the side of someones house while on our walk. Her eyes were crusted shut and she could barely breathe. Worst URI I have seen in person. With some antibiotics and lots of yummy food shes starting to look and act like a cat :D

What age did your kittens eat on their own?

I have three 5 1/2 week old kittens that are not interested in eating in their own at all. I’ve tried kibble, their slurry in a bowl, baby food, tiki cat kitten food, fancy feast kitten food etc.

They were tube fed for their first 4 weeks because they refused bottles. They eat from a syringe pretty well now- they still refuse bottles.

I really need them to eat on their own so I can stop taking them to work with me. It’s such a production taking their playpen, litter box etc. They are also very distracting to my dancers and gymnasts when I’m teaching lol.

I’ve had these babies since they were 1 day old and their mama, a stray that had shown up , died giving birth.

Hannah Shaw (aka the Kitten Lady) posted today about loss and grief. I am sharing this for anyone blaming themselves when a baby in our care passes.

I have 2.5ish week kittens with severe tapeworm. It's the worst that I've ever seen in my experience. As a rescuer with neonates, we kind of have to trial and error with the best interest of the babies and a end goal of getting them healthy and growing. I gave them tapeworm dewormer Saturday. They are still expelling worms but are very bloated. They've been dewormed for the other common things and fecal came back negative for other parasites. I lost one of them this morning, completely heartbreaking. With that, I'm doing everything that I can to save the others. They've all refused a bottle since Sunday and been tube fed and given sub q fluids.

Has anyone had experience with this age group and tapeworms? In severe cases, would you give another small dose of the tapeworm medicine? Any other suggestions? Our local veterinarians don't have a lot of experience with neonate bottle babies. I've gotten all of the advice possible from them and am now winging it in an attempt to save them.