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Edited on Tue Apr-21-09 05:54 AM by MagickMuffin
Well things started turning bad. The kitty babies refused food, starting on Friday night and on through Sunday. Hubby found a recipe on the web ( from someone who claims to be a breeder ) and it involved cows milk. NO, NO, NO, cats are lactose intolerant. It made them have diarrhea and wasn't a good idea. Kohaku was also having an eye problem. I would use a warm moistened cotton-ball to rub them and that seemed to help a little but he was still have trouble keeping them open.
So, Sunday I went to Petco to buy some KRM (kitten replacement milk) and a bottle. Oh this has got to work. I spoke with someone there who seemed to be very helpful about nursing kitties.
I get home all excited about having food that the kitties will certainly like, except they didn't like it and were still refusing to eat. They were distressed and I was getting distressed along with them. They were crying a lot. I was crying a lot. I didn't understand why the Universe/Cosmos brought us together, and why I was having this problem. I was confused and bewildered.
So, I call back to talk to the girl at Petco who had helped me earlier. She had already gone home but was told someone else could help me, I waited and waited yet never got connected. I hung up and called back and told the guy I had been on hold for 10 minutes and needed to speak to someone about my sick kitties. He gave me some good info and even gave me a Rescue Clinics phone number. I called them and left an urgent message. I didn't think I would hear back from them until Monday. But around 7:00 someone called me and talked to me, I explained everything to her and she said I should put an ad thru Craigslist and asked if I had ever done one, Nope I replied. She said she would do it for me. She also put out calls to several people to try and help out. We hung up and she called me back and told me that I should go buy some Fancy Feast Ocean White Fish, and she would still try and find me help. I went out to make the purchase and called her from the store. She told me she hadn't had any luck on reaching anyone, but that they needed to see a Vet, and offered to pay for the visit if the Vet would take a credit card over the phone. I got home and the little boy (Kohaku) took to it without any problems, as a matter of fact he was eating it like it was going out of style. Kagome still refused eating anything. Again why is this happening.
I finally get a phone call from someone who said they were a bottle feeder. They lived too far away for us to meet up. Then at 10:00 I received a call from a very nice lady who wanted to know everything. I told her the long story about how we found the kitties and that there was someone who offered to pay the Vet bill. She also told me she would do the same, except the Clinic she uses has a Fund set up in honor of her deceased friend who was a huge animal lover and especially loved kitties. She gave me the info to call to make an appointment, but said she would call and let them know I was coming. She was just so happy to help me because I rescued these kitties.
On Monday the Rescue Clinic called and still wanted to pay for the Vet's visit, so I said I would make a couple of calls to some Clinics in my area. Nope none of them would take a credit card over the phone.
Oh well, I have a back up plan and decided to take up the other offer. Before going to the Vet I received another call from a bottle feeder (She saw the ad on Craigslist. I had looked earlier for the ad and finally saw it. It was a very generous ad and she was so nice for doing it.) and she REALLY wanted to help. She ask if she could come over and bring supplies, she said she can get them to eat. She brought some goats milk, she said she had real good luck with it. Nope, Kagome will NOT eat for her either. She left me a heating pad we placed under their bedding, she said it should help generate warmth and make them want to eat.
We see the Vet, and they take a stool sample the tests indicted they have intestinal worms :( and check them out. The Vet explained everything to us and said they couldn't test them for FVL and other diseases until they were 12 weeks old. He said Kagome was sicker than Kohaku because she had become so dehydrated. He gave us a lot of supplies for us to try and get them healthy again. They even showed us how to administer the medicine. They also gave us a couple cans of high calorie kitty food.
We get home and opened the new kitty food, once again Kohaku laps it up. Kagome won't go near it. "Damn it Kagome, it IS time for Tough Love. I will not just sit back and let you dictate your desire to waste away." I started forcing the milk into her mouth, she fights me, but I am persistent. I get some milk in her and she no longer gets to decide to refuse the food.
Hubby and I go out to check up on the garden, plants need watering and I have been pulling Queen Ann's Lace a terrible weed problem we are having. I wouldn't bother with it, but these pesky plants after they bloom they have those tiny stickers that stick to everything. So, I'm pulling the QAL by our building out back when I hear a tiny meow. I look over and lo and behold there is another little kitty baby. I start to walk over to her and she starts walking over to me. She lets me pick her up and we head over to the gravel part of our yard where we have some chairs set out. She is extremely gentle. I put her down and she walks over to where hubby has been building mounds for our squash plants. She hangs out with us. I decided to take her in to see if she recognizes her siblings. Apparently they seem to remember each other and they are glad to see her. She also had an eye problem and since we had some medicine for the other kitties we used it on her also. We have been feeding them throughout the night and mixing the moist food with some milk in a plunger. Kagome still is fighting but she is actually starting to eat and that is ALL that matters.
The kitties are starting to be more playful with each other, and whenever we come in they are happy to see us and get out of their bed to come and greet us.
I have a few pics and will post some later. I apologize that my stories are so long and detailed. But You guys are my only family that would care about my adventures. My family wouldn't understand the reincarnation part.
I need some sleep, having neglected having much because I have been so worried about the babies. I hope my story makes sense, since I have been sleep deprived and have read and reread it to make sure it does, but alas what can I say except I'm soooo sleepy.
Be sure to check back later for the pics. They are so cute.
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