So super helpless
Having said that, there's no going back now. They're getting stronger, pulling themselves up and around with their front legs. Their eyes are starting to open and it looks pretty creepy, to be honest.
Lorri, my stepmom, with a half-eyes-opened Tan kitten. David bonds with his grand-kitten, Black.
Amber also came over to visit the little monsters. Here she demonstrates proper feeding technique, with jelly bracelet accent.
Amber feeds Orange 1
The most irritating development of week 2 was their ability to escape from the laundry basket.
Jailbreak- Spot goes AWOL.
The first day of week 2 included a trip to the vet because their little anuses were so swollen and raw that there was blood on the cotton ball after pooping. The diarrhea was watery, but the right color. The vet looked at a stool sample with the microscope and proclaimed no parasitic issues, so we went home with antibiotic butt ointment for frequent application. It definitely helped.
A healthy steaming pile of kitten excrement
3 comments:
You did it because they were Alive, and because they would not have stayed that way without intervention, and because in general, Life is Good in a way that is tangible and real. It's natural. You did it because you are a person of action, and inaction is a choice that speaks apathy, weakness of spirit and resolve, or abdication of responsibility. You did it because this way you could live with yourself.
Or, at least, those are all the reasons I would have done it, put in your shoes, and cat-allergic to boot.
When they have all forgotten - when they're adopted out, renamed, grown up and spoiled fat in some stranger's apartment - I'll still remember that you were a hero, and spent eight weeks of sleepless nights and poop detail saving as many little lives as you could. It's not glamorous, but you rose to the task. Amen.
- Cyn
I am eternally in your debt, Sara, for the visual sample of healthy steaming kitten excrement. I will now have a standard to compare to, should I ever find myself with blood on the cotton ball.
;-)
yeah, i don't know why you did it either. kittens are so overrated!
haw.
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