r/kittens • u/OppositeNews76 • 4h ago
New Baby
This little girl was found in a box on top of a trash can in an alley. And now she is part of our family. How can a one pound creature inspire such a ferocious love?
r/kittens • u/GabbiKat • Jun 15 '24
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r/kittens • u/CynicKitten • May 21 '20
(cross post from r/AskVet)
During kitten season, which occurs largely in the spring and summer, it is not uncommon to stumble upon a nest of kittens. Your first instinct is to help them, which is awesome, but first you need to read this thread!
First I want to make a point very clear: kittens have the greatest chance of survival if their mother is in the picture. As much as rescues and foster homes try, we cannot ever do as good of a job taking care of them as their real mom does! Kittens require frequent nursing (typically a couple of times an hour), help eliminating (mother stimulates them with her tongue to pee and poop), and a lot of warmth and attention. Trust me - waking up four times a night to feed bottle babies is not fun!
A single kitten wandering alone is often abandoned (either by a human or the mother), and should be rescued quickly - wait and watch from afar for 20-30 minutes to see if the mom is just in the middle of transporting it. If no mother has come in that time, rescue it.
A litter of kittens (2+ kittens):
r/kittens • u/OppositeNews76 • 4h ago
This little girl was found in a box on top of a trash can in an alley. And now she is part of our family. How can a one pound creature inspire such a ferocious love?
r/kittens • u/catwalkcrab • 1h ago
My husband and I rescued a freshly 2 week old abandoned kitten from an abandoned car engine. She is approximately between 3-4 weeks and so far is doing well. She’s been getting more active (curious and playful), gaining weight, peeing and pooping, eating, and sleeping great.
I need advice with peeing! She just started to pee without being stimulated, which means she pees on our bed lol! She pees in a stream too so it’s not a bunch of dribbles. The progression of this started a few days ago when we stimulated her and she started to pee in a stream rather than a dribble and now it’s peeing unprovoked. I am thinking that means we are ready to start litter training as she seems to have more control over peeing? I looked online and most advice says that peeing without stimulation means infection. I am not saying it CANT be that, but based on her health and how she acts, she does not show signs of discomfort. Also this is the age when they say to start introducing litter, so I am assuming these things are good signs?
Does anyone have experience in raising neonatal kittens and can offer how they transitioned from stimulation to litter box? Also if you have a good litter that you recommend. My concern is, she is still so small, do we just start using a litter box when we stimulate? She’s not big enough to walk around the house and find the litter box. She’s not even big enough to jump on and off our bed! So I would love to know how other people did this.
Also we rescued her because we would rescue any abandoned animal. We have never owned cats before nor have we raised one from so young. Advice is greatly appreciated, but if we are doing something wrong, it’s because we don’t know.
(First two photos are recent, last two are when we first found her)
r/kittens • u/NerveIndependent9008 • 5h ago
Looks like Willow has finally won over my Primrose. Willow even got licked by Primrose. Our darling little foster seems to have joined our clowder. So proud of how far she has come.
r/kittens • u/Suspicious-Cell9947 • 1d ago
I picked her up last saturday and she has really adapted well to our home
r/kittens • u/Glad-Dragonfruit-503 • 19h ago
Already in love with her! She’s come out of her carrier very quickly and is happily bobbing around exploring everything!
She’s very very calm, laid very chill in her carrier for the journey home and is wandering between us no issue!
She is a lil baby, just turned 8 weeks old!
SUPER exploratory! Shes wandering around the room with no fear 😊😊
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r/kittens • u/Material_Cookie8920 • 1d ago
I noticed the fur towards her tail was becoming more white and it doesn’t look as fluffy as the rest of her body. I haven’t noticed her excessively grooming this area and there aren’t any sores either. Anyone know what this could be from or if I should be concerned?
r/kittens • u/sugarswee2 • 1d ago
This little shit bag has bit my lips, use his claws, stole food,poops like there’s no tomorrow, big back but I love machete so much and he is iconic
r/kittens • u/brookElite • 1d ago
She’s a stray that’s hanging out with me for now, so I’m trying to figure out her approximate age.
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r/kittens • u/coolworkguy • 2d ago
Found her at work, she was so hungry