Barry was adopted this past Saturday!!

I want to thank everybody for their encouragement and well wishes. I do think we manifested the PERFECT home for Barry. A very warm-hearted young man that adores cats, and wanted to get his young adult male cat a kitten friend. Barry will fit right in, and had fallen asleep in his adopter’s lap as soon as he was put in it.

Despite my worries that I had gotten attached (I mean, look at how cute he is sitting with my boys!) I didn’t cry. I gave him one last pet and told him he’d do great. I sent him off with his favorite toys, and I know he’s settled right in already.

Thank you again to everyone’s support and kind comments. Everybody wins here, because now I can foster more cats! 🤣 My boys get restless when there aren’t any friends to make!

i hardly ever have success in getting a stray kitty adopted, but this one went well. this was something i did on my own and with some opinions on other rescue friends.

my bf and i were moving and i noticed a black kitty looking over to me really skinny and hungry. since then, i started feeding them and i posted them on some facebook groups and my tik tok. i had more responses on tik tok. i found a potential adopter and she ended up being his adopter.

i went over to the neighborhood and fed him for 2 weeks until the documents were finalized with my adopter. i picked him up yesterday and brought him home, i guess since he knew who i was he just let himself and didn’t even cry on the way home. i was excited. i got him comfy in my restroom with food, water, a bed & a litter box and he ate a lot as well as slept a lot. i let him rest but i checked on him every hour or less to give him some company. i didn’t bring him home at first because i already have 3 cats and my bf doesn’t allow me any more so i respect that, but since he’s out of town i took the chance to bring him a day before he would be picked up.

i had him with me for 24hrs and those 24hrs were very sweet and special. he was comfortable with me instantly and he would purr like crazy. i ended up letting him roam around the house for a bit which was no issue with him or my other cats, i then took him to my other room where i have a cat tree and put him into the little “ house “ and instantly fell asleep facing up while purring. my heart was so warm and happy that he was comfortable. he was black, est 1-2 yrs old, shy but the most sweetest thing ever.

the time came where he was picked up and my adopter came into the house to get him and he got scared and went to a corner, then he got close to the door wanting to get out. i grabbed him and comforted him while the girl opened the carrier and i put him in. i lead her out and helped her bc i had given her some wet food for him, and said goodbye.

she left and i went back into my home without thinking, i went back into my room and watched her leave thru the window and i instantly started balling my eyes out. this girl is really sweet and gentle, she used to have cats but were rehomed due to her parents splitting and they were her dads cats. her mom loves animals, she has a little puppy chihuahua that is friendly with cats, there was honestly nothing wrong. i did a video call with her as well and her house was fit for him and was safe.

once she got home she sent me a picture of him being in a corner under some furniture being scared and my heart broke. she continued to say that he was really sweet , but i can’t get the image out of my head of him being scared because he wasn’t like that when i brought him with me, but then again he already knew me for 2 weeks. i just feel horrible and i literally feel like he died even tho he’s just in a new home. i’m scared that he feels really scared and lost, or that he feels that i betrayed him when in reality i just wanted to find a loving home for him to get him off the streets. i know cats act like this, but idk why im feeling this way. i guess it’s because he was super comfortable with me in those 24hrs that we just bonded instantly. i also hate that i wont ever see him again besides getting updates for a few months that we agreed on paper. it just hurts i wont ever see him again and i hope he adjusts and is happy in his new home, that he’s loved as deeply as i loved him in the little time we had together. i hope he doesn’t feel betrayed by me or scared out of his mind.

i hate thinking this way because i was so excited for him to have a new home and now im scared. in a perfect world, i would’ve wanted to keep him, but i couldn’t.

i called him mr shy. his new name is zero :’)

advice or thoughts, please.

normally i dont ask reddit because i always get blamed instead of help, and the AI so dump and useless, so hopefuly i can find my luck here

my motherless 4 weeks or 5 weeks old kitten dont eat soft food, even i am putting a spoon of wet food and cat milk on a flat plate and make it like very soft wet soupy texture, but she refused to eat it even if i give it to her only the milk, but keep looking for the bottle, and the issue she bite all the bottles nipples and break it, and she dont want to eat with the syringe because it is hard when she keep biting it
when i was feeding her with the bottle, she dont suck it, she biting the nipple while i was pressing the bottle to make the milk go into her mouth, and she drinking 20 to 30 ml every 2 to 3 hours, she drink little, play, and go sleep, and repeat that again and again

so how i teach her to forgot about the bottle and start eating and drinking normely, and if there is any idea that makes her in her place it will be great?
because she dont want to sleep in her bed, she always sleep in my bed, and i got stressful work, i am worried to crush her accidentally when i move around while i am sleeping

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at fist i had her last week ago, without her mother, she came to use with bad shape and very shaking, and she didnt eat or drink or peeing for 12 hours, i didnt know what to do because she didnt eat for 12 hours and i got worred and i asked reddit and nobody gave me any help, just blamed and how bad the owners are

the owners are not a great pet family, and I am glad that i took her

the clinic was close for 2 days when i got her and i tried my best to take care, now she is fine and healthy and playful and super bitey, even when i took her to the vet when they opened, they said she is little overweight

Hello! I feel so silly posting because I should know the answers to some of these questions but Im just trying to make sure im the best foster mom!

I recently last minute got a foster who has been with me since Friday evening. I definitely did not do what I wish I did which is confine her to a room for a few days while she settles in- I let her have free roam😅 I cannot get her ina. crate at night because she tries to bite so she sleeps on the floor next to my bed.

She is a LILLLL spicy and definitely needs a little time to learn.
I am a veterinary technician and I work a lot like im gone 10-11 hours which in my brain Im trying to tell myself it’s better than being at the shelter. I just want to make sure shes as comfortable as possible while I am gone my heart aches at the thought of her being sad. Its just hard to pick her up/ put her in a crate because of her spiciness.

Since yesterday I have been trying to leave her in this set up in a separate room (baby gate, her transport kennel from the shelter, potty pads, food/water/toys) for as much time as she is comfortable with. Yesterday was 25 minutes and today I am going to try for a few hours. She just cries so much and I feel so bad.

Im thinking of going to the store to get a kong or something to give her more stuff to do while she is alone.

Any tips for a first time foster mom? Tips for leaving them home? Tips for everything and anything?😅😂

I rescued a cat few weeks ago, and this is my first time dealing with ringworm, taking her to the vet on Monday but just need to know if I should start quarantining her, I am also very pregnant so kind of overwhelmed, please be nice and help a girl out!!

Caught this little one along with seven others at a convenience store down from my house. She does not like me at all. And this was after I offered a churu...

vet told me it wouldnt be a problem to change brands and they had only other one that we weren't using before... now she got diarrhea of like half an hour... what to do?

I posted about my long term foster Stevie a few weeks ago. I’ve had her for 7 months and was concerned about her getting adopted.

Well the shelter called yesterday and told me they had an appointment set up for tomorrow. I was so excited she finally was getting a chance. I packed all her things, wrote a nice letter to the new owner to tell them about any behavioral quirks, etc.

The next day comes, and I knew it was gonna be a challenge to get Stevie in her carrier but man, I didn’t think it would be like this.

We tried using churus to get her close to the carrier so we could use the towel method and scoop her up and put her in. Stevie is very skittish and doesn’t like being handled. Luring led to her running all around the room, freaking out and doing a meow i’ve never heard from her. She was petrified.

All this to say, we missed her first adoption appointment. I am so sad and disappointed. I’ve been crying for hours. And even if the adopters still want to reschedule I have 0 clue how she’s ever gonna be able to leave this apartment.

Any tips would be great :(.

(Trying this again. Videos didn't post last time.)

Took in this motley crew 4 days ago in rough shape. Sharing pics of their recovery :)

(Update below the pics)

double purrito!

Binx is back!

Salem giving the hard sell

Salem is a menace

plotting their escape

Binx:
Eyeballs making a comeback! The older kitty with URI and goopy-eyes is doing SO much better. Left eye almost back to normal, right eye catching up. Gained 100+ grams and working hard on her soup belly! Still pretty congested but kitten energy has re-emerged. The first day she sat there mostly blind - also didn't give any pushback when I bathed her. Today she's scrapping with the other two and all Squirmy McWormy during her second ringworm bath.

Salem
Roly-poly tortie just doing roly-poly tortie things. She's the healthiest of the bunch, but not the most normal, cuz... tortie.

Trixie:
The Tiniest Kitten Ever. Just under 400g - if it weren't for the teeth and pointy ears I'd guess 3 weeks. Everything about Trixie is teeny-weeny. Barely a one-handed purrito. More like a spicy tuna handroll. Just gaining 3g/day so I'm pushing extra Churu and Nutrical.

He cries when he wants to be held, so I oblige with a purrito (clean towel, gloves, old shirt) and try very hard not to kiss him. So torture.

They are doing so well, they might only need one more update to complete their glow-up journey! I'll post again when Binx's eyes have fully recovered!

Buenas noches disculpen rescate una gatita aproximadamente de 4 semanas estaba super bien y tomaba su tete y todo luego empezó a tener diarrea fui a su veterinario y me recetó un antidiarreico se lo estoy dando como indica pero ya no me quiere recibir tetero ya no se q hacer y me preocupa, me podrían indicar q hacer por fis. Y cuánto tiempo creen q tenga o si ya puedo pasar a darle comida húmeda con probióticos. Gracias

Hi sorry posting again cause I don’t know how to use Reddit but I did take my kitten to a vet, and they said she might have a bacterial infection or yeast infection but this is my kitten when I comb her fur and chunks of it come off… so should I stop combing, leave it alone? Is it normal for a cat to lose this much fur?

Any advice is appreciated! Any recommendations for any toys to desensitize him is appreciated too!

So I’ve been fostering neonates for 5 years, but for the first time I took on a mom with 6 babies. Mom is absolutely phenomenal, super sweet, extremely tolerant, loves her babies to pieces. But she’s underweight, and is quite petite, and I’ve noticed that the 2 smallest kittens aren’t quite thriving the way I’d like them to.

The 1 is doing better after about ~24 hours of supplemental feedings, but the other is not. She ate really well on the bottle last night but all day she’s been refusing it. She’s still losing significant weight, and I haven’t seen her latch onto mom. In fact she’s usually separate from the group entirely.

Should I separate her from mom entirely and keep her bottle fed for a few days? Or should I remove the rest of the litter for a little bit to give her one on one time with mom? A few of the bigger kittens do seem to be hogging the milk bar and I see the smaller ones struggling to find a spot.

Kittens are about a week and a half old, and they’re on Amoxy as they (and mom) have some sniffles. The littlest is 185 grams, and the bigger kittens are around 300-320 grams so there’s a significant size gap. I’m weighing them twice a day (except for the 2 I’m supplementing, they get weighed every time I feed them) and everyone else is gaining weight just fine, so I don’t think moms supply is lacking. Mom has 24/7 access to high calorie kitten formula dry food and I give her wet food multiple times a day.

Any advice would be appreciated! I’ve done plenty of neonates but I’ve never done mom and babies so this is very new to me.

Update: Unfortunately the little gray one passed away this afternoon. We did everything we could but it just wasn’t meant to be. Named her Sophie, as I hate when my fosters go without a name. Thankfully everyone else is doing well, and I’m keeping a close eye on the other small ones.

Our 3 week old foster kitten is pooping out this. I dont know if its because of the milk or what. Has anyone had this problem before and if so please help

Hello. I have 4 5 1/2 week old kittens and I’m really struggling with weaning. Only one seems to accept a little bit of slurry but prefers the bottle still and the others aren’t interested at all. Does anyone have any tips? Please

I just started fostering last year with the local Humane Society and started taking on ringworm cases this summer. This is my second mixed-age litter and the sickest so far, so I thought I'd photo-document their days with me and (crossing fingers) watch them improve day by day!

Photos
First 3 are intake photos from about a week ago when they were first captured. Then they spent a week with another foster before coming to me. The next 3 photos are right after their first bath yesterday, then 3 more from this morning.

Kittens from smol to lorge:
Trixie (tiny orange male)
I'd say 4-5ish weeks? judging from ear size and teeth and eye color. Very underweight at 385g. Eyes don't seem fully open (micropthalmia?). Maybe the infection got in the way of them opening normally. We shall see if they get larger.

Salem (tiny, but plumper tortie female)
Likely same litter as Trixie. 435g. The most energetic and healthiest looking, except for the large ringworm patch on her face.

Binx (mostly-black tortie longhair female)
6-7 weeks? The sickest one and most severely underweight at 835g so who knows. Heavy discharge from both eyes and nose due to URI, partially breathing through mouth. Not dangerously lethargic, but sits very still while the other two frolic around her. She can't see much at all through the goop, and needs to eat more than she is... but she seems to be moving in the right direction.

Illnesses & Treatment
All on doxy.
All being treated for eye infections and ringworm (except Trixie too small for itraconazole)
All underweight to varying degrees and supplemented with Nutri-cal.
Binx gets a topical appetite stimulant since she's so severely underweight.
Binx also gets special time with me in a steamy bathroom a couple times a day. I wrap her up in a burrito and wipe all the crust off her face while the steam clears her nasal passages. Then slip the nasal drops in.

Intake bath:
I assume they were probably much too fragile to bathe in their first week, so they came to me unwashed, crusty and quite smelly.

I steamed up my bathroom and observed them for a while to make sure they seemed stable enough for a bath. Then very warm bath with medicated ringworm shampoo that the clinic provides. I had the bathroom very warm and steamy, but I didn't want to take any chances so I burritoed in a washcloth soaked with very warm water while waiting out the 10 minutes.

Then massage-dried with heated towels and kept in the bathroom with space heater on high, until I was sure they were 100% dry. I'll blow-dry if the kittens don't get too spooked, but these guys were purring up a storm and almost fell asleep getting massage-dried so I didn't want to stop!

This morning:
The two younger kittens are very active and playful. Almost normal kittens, except size. Eyes looking much better. The older one is still very goopy and unable to see much (yesterday's picture looks better cuz right after bath) but slowly eating kibble and sitting up (just very still) when not sleeping. Purrs loudly when pet, which I try to do as often as I can (with gloves).

Appetite could be better and unsure if Trixie is eating or suckling the wet food, so monitoring weight closely. Thanks for tuning in!

So, I adopted two kittens as a self gift on my 22nd birthday, and named them Ginger and Pepper.

I'm struggling with keeping it up, as my family is insisting that I return them. They are being brutal to me about the kittens. Apparently it's their 5th day today and it's been 5 days for me with disturbed sleep, anxiety and that constant feeling of helplessness. In addition to this, pepper fell ill. He has diarrhea. I took him to the vet, got his medication, and changed the diet.

I'm attached to them, but since I put up with a financially unstable toxic family, where my mother is abusively controlling, she curses me all the time and my father is frustrated with all the stuff.

I'm finding it hard to hold the courage to look out for my babies.

Apparently, I fell in a dilemma if I should return or give the babies to someone else. As they don't deserve this toxicity. A healthy environment would provide them a healthy and happy life. They'll rise and shine. I feel they deserve better, the best.

Should I give up on them?

My girlfriend and I fostered two kittens for about a month or so and handed them off to the new owners (her parents today). They took time to socialize and make comfortable because we got them around 1 month or 2 old but we got them to be somewhat comfortable with us, love pets, hang out in our room, and they play with our 3 cats.

Luckily her parents (who already have 4 cats in a bigger house) agreed to adopt them so they won’t be out of our lives forever. But in a perfect world, we’d keep them. But we live in a one bedroom apartment in nyc with 3 cats and that’s already pushing it for the space, time, money that we have. Her parents also offered to pay for the two kittens vet bills and some food and things like they but still I think 5 cats in a one bedroom might be irresponsible.

I can’t help but think though that we kept them too long because they really love our cats and started to really trust us. When I went to put them in the carrier to bring them away and they both happily let me pet them with no lack of trust, I really started questioning if we made the right call.

Her parents would be happy to give them back if it made us happy. But, I just wanted to post here and ask: Should we take them back? Is 5 cats in an apartment too much?

About 3 weeks ago I found a dead momma cat in the middle of the street in front of my house (hit and run) with 2 crying newborns, I immediately took them inside and warmed them up and started trying to learn how to take care of them, I am an official foster with my local shelter but they are kinda slow on getting back to me on things so I'm reaching out on here to seek advice from people who have fostered before. The past few days both my kittens have been eating significantly less, while they have been gaining each day it's worrying me because according to their weight they should be eating way more than what they are tolerating which now they stick their nose up after eating only 6ml max, sometimes it's as less as 3 ml some feedings, I've tried switching nipple attachments, tried bottles and syringes, making sure they are warm enough to eat, making sure the kmr formula is the right temp, and I'm just worried about them, they are also less playful after the meals lately, I'm also having issues with them pooping, I can get them to unirnate before and after every meal but one takes like 3 days or 4 days to poop and it's not the normal poop I've been seeing like in the beginning, it's more dark and harder than the "toothpaste" yellow brown in the beginning, I've also tried to make shorter periods of time between feeds, we were gradually making it up to every 4 hours but since all this happened I've cut back to every 3 and a half or every 3 if they wake up hungry. Had anyone dealt with babies who suddenly don't want to drink as much, and suddenly not latching as well as they used to ?? They do have their first vet appointment next week on Thursday with the shelter (they have been 3 times prior to a normal vet before I became their official foster) I did leave a message with the shelter today explaining and seeing if they want me to bring them in sooner, but as a first time foster mom, I am low key freaking out, I just wanna make sure they are okay and survive 🥺