First off, a huge thank you to everyone who, during the thick of it, would come over for part of the day (or even take some cats to their house for a day or two!) to help take care all the special needs critters. It helped so much more than you know.
The three bottle-fed kittens are thriving! The big tabby is Dumpling, the runt tabby is Clementine and the black kitten is Jellybean. They're back to plain formula, nursing well and having good poops. They're old enough to start litter box training soon and Dumpling has started to figure out how to lap their formula from a saucer! Jellybean and Clementine are a little slow on that. As soon as they all figure that out, we can begin to introduce wet kitten food!
Here's Big Papa, chillin' with the kittens!
Big Papa started eating on his own, came out of isolation to hang out with the rest of the cats, took a liking to the bottle-fed kittens and then was adopted! Congratulations, sweetheart! I know the kittens will miss you, but we're so happy that you have your own forever home.
Unfortunately Anne Bonny, the sweet one eyed kitten, didn't make it. She went downhill so fast. After two days of back-to-back emergency vet appointments, the vet recommended euthanasia as the only humane option, she was too far gone. Anne Bonny was brought to the pound with her eyeball hanging out of her eye socket, went through a surgery when very young, still ended up on death row, was saved by a friend and given to us only to sub come to the horrible Upper Respiratory Infection she caught at the pound. Despite all this, she was the sweetest girl until the end and we spoiled her with as many hugs and kisses as we could. I'm sorry we failed you, sweetheart, but I'm honored to have cared for you in your last days.
Bedtime cuddling is serious business for Mara.
Mara continues to do well. She is so cuddly and sweet- and so very, very smart. What a cutie!
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