Oh for the love of ^$#@ ...

[phinnia]

Okay.
I blame myself for this. I honestly remember hearing from my vet ages ago that cats couldn't be fixed until they were a year old. So this is my fault. Let's just set aside blame for the moment and help me here.

Well, yeah. There's a kitten. It's very small. Velvet is nursing it, yes. We have a little bed for it, using some of Seaners' old recieving blankies and his wagon that he's not currently paying attention to. What now? Aside from the obvious 'get cat fixed' problem (yes, Monday we'll be calling vets) ...

Dear GOD it's a tenacious little thing. I have never seen such a climber/mover/mewer for its size.

I grew up in towns. I know NOTHING about kittens this little.

Help?

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[anoma.livejournal.com]

(wandered in from non_plot. lurk often. kittens are my secret weakness.)
If the kitten is active and the mother is caring for it, those are both excellent signs according to my limited knowledge of tiny kitten care.
Here is a website (http://petcaretips.net/newborn_kitten_care.html) that I hope provides some info. And here's another (http://www.kittencare.com/). Am not sure what you need.
Just use common sense and they should be fine. The kitten sounds like a survivor what with the moving and the noise-making. Check on them every so often to make sure everything is still going smoothly, but they'll most likely be fine.

I had heard the 1 year thing too, but when we took my kitten in (2 years ago?) they said they could do the operation earlier (6 months? my memory is full of holes tonight). They did it. She was fine.

Best of luck to you and the cats.

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Hi. :-D Thanks for the info. Feel free to stay if you like... we're all mad here.

[anoma.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I think I shall quietly hang around. I quite like mad people.

[sarvodaya.livejournal.com]

oh for the love of kittens!
Can I come visit it?
I might know of a good home you just need to wait for it to be 8-12 weeks old (10-12 weeks are better I think)...

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

Is Velvet the mother? If she gave birth to it just recently, it shouldn't be moving at all. I'm really confused. Just how big is this thing? If Velvet's taking care of it, that's a relief. You probably won't have to do much of anything for a while.

I fostered a kitten. You know that; I talked about it excessively. Catch me online and we can have some real conversations about it and once I know what the situation is, I can give you some real advice. I'd take it from you (unless it's Velvet's) except for that opposite coasts thing.

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Our Minerva chose us as her people just a couple months before dropping a litter of six kittens. As if that weren't enough feline fuzziness around here (even after giving away half the kittens), I was given an orphan kitten at the end of last summer who needed a momma.

As long as the kitten is nursing with its mom without problems, it should be fine. If you think mom isn't doing her job, KMR is the kitten-formula that we used with Leo.

If you have any other questions about kitten-raising in general, I'd be willing to answer to the best of my ability.

Good luck with the kitty!

[sixhours.livejournal.com]

We were told by one of the local shelters that it's not age so much as weight that matters in getting a cat fixed - our Nala was fixed at 4 months. :)

Good luck with the kitten! I know my family had a few barn cats that had litters when I was young. Likely if the baby is nursing and relatively active she is fine.

[starrynytes4me.livejournal.com]

Yay! I want a picture of the new baby. :) Ok,..I like furry kittens, but I know it is a bit disturbing.

[morgandavis.livejournal.com]

I won't add anything since you've gotten good advice already, except to echo that a year is a bit long to wait on the spay. I've always gone by the 6-9 month rule, depending on weight & general healthiness.

I added you back. ;-)

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Hi. :-D Being a Ben Folds fan, your username caught my immediate interest, and we seem to have at least a few things in common.

[canyoncat.livejournal.com]

LOL! You do manage to get into some interesting situations. I've always heard that it was 6 months for cats. Good luck with the kitten.

[tfcocs.livejournal.com]

Felix (see icon) was fixed when he was about three of four months old. Then again, he is a boy, so perhaps that is the reason he was nipped so young.

BTW, um----is the mommy cat an outdoor cat? When did you find out about this blessed event? Was it a surprise? Did she hide her PG well?

Good luck with Velvet and Velveteen!

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

She's an indoor cat. :-) She's fairly young and it was only the one kitten (plus I've only ever had male cats before, so I don't have a clue as to cat-pregnancy) so I figured she was just gaining weight.
I found out about it last night when I went into Sean's bedroom and found a small black kitten on the floor. Needless to say this was something of a shock.

[reannon.livejournal.com]

Peeeectures!

Yeah, you obviously waited a step too long. :) But hey, it's only one. Could be worse. Could be six times worse.

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Pictures are, in fact, a-coming. :-D And you're totally right. One kitten is not too bad to deal with.