Thanks to Kings this morning, he set a trap on Baldwin and
Grand to catch one of the newer cats hanging around, and voila! He got this little one.
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We had two spots, but were only able to trap one. Its hard doing it alone. I give him credit for trying. I was not able
to go with him this morning, so he was solo.
Thanks also to Kim and Satuday Sheryl for a fun morning on Saturday. It
felt good to drive for them, and have a few laughs along the way. Someone keeps messing with the Melville
shelter. Little tyrants I’ll bet.
Update on the bottle babies.
All four are thriving. One is
not. Our little boy “Rocky” appears to
maybe have some kind of birth defect. He
is definitely the runt, and is struggling, maybe neurological? Her words:
“I’m doing everything I can to keep him comfortable and give him extra
food every chance I get, but he is not thriving and I don’t think he will
ultimately make it. I suspect some type
of birth defect that is keeping him from putting on weight.” I am
not quite sure what can be done. I am so
thankful to Cyndy for bottle feeding them, and updating me on their progress. Two kittens will go to another rescue,
thankfully. Five bottle babies are a lot
to handle when you have a job, a life, etc.
I’ll keep you posted on Rocky. Prayers for Rocky.
The Importance of Colostrum for Puppies and Kittens
ReplyDeleteColostrum has powerful life-supporting immune and growth factors that ensure the health and vitality of the newborn puppy or kitten.
If an animal is orphaned and mom's milk isn't an option, colostrum substitutes provide the newborn's gut with proteins that can help fight viruses or bacteria.
Colostrum substitutes can be bought at Tractor Supply Company for about $12 (in a plastic pouch).
Goat colostrum is better for kittens, but cow colostrum will also work for kittens and puppies.
https://www.revivalanimal.com/pet-health/colostrum/learning-center
How to Use Colostrum Replacers
ReplyDeleteOrphan puppies or kittens that don't receive colostrum are difficult to raise. Because they don't have any borrowed resistance from mom's colostrum, orphans tend to catch every disease organism that comes by them.
Colostrum replacement allows us to effectively raise an orphan without the benefit of mom. We use the colostrum substitute daily for seven days to provide the gut with common proteins that can bind viruses or bacteria and carry them out of the system (or hold the viruses until the immune system has time to deal with them)...
The puppy [or kitten] that is 25 percent smaller than littermates has a 50 percent chance of having issues the first 10 days of life. Why not intercede and help this baby? Breeders have been effectively raising these high-risk babies by giving a colostrum replacement once daily for the first week. In the past, we called them runts, but in actuality they are often just a few days younger than littermates. Mom did not ovulate all the eggs at the same time, but all were born the same day.
https://www.revivalanimal.com/pet-health/colostrum-replacers-and-calcium/learning-center