Green Room - Week 36 - 4

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Good late morning/early afternoon!!

A special thanks to kithan for keeping an eye on things this weekend and/or not banning everyone who didn't agree to send her bacon. Unless of course she did! I should probably go check that ban list. :P

Where was I? Glad you asked!

I was attending a family reunion in rural Ohio. How rural? The roads around the house have signs telling people to "travel at your own risk" and going out on the roads in better condition we ended up behind a Amish horse and buggy several times!

It was the first time my feet were on Ohio soil since the mid-80s!!

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What have you folks been up to??? Hopefully the Top 3 have been writing their entries http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/372154.html considering that the deadline is Tonight!!

But what about the rest of you?

Comments

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

Gizmo wouldn't take the bottle the first couple of days that I had her. I gave her a bit of wet food, but she would only take it when I put it on my finger and sort of rubbed it around her mouth. Eventually I tricked her into taking the bottle - held her on her back in the crook of my arm so that she would meow, and then I kind of squirted some down her throat and prodded her with the nipple of the bottle until she clamped down on it. It took a few days of doing it that way before she seemed to get the hang of it and take the bottle regularly. At first, she would only drink in tiny spurts. Stressed me out!!

And I second beautyofgrey - get it to a vet for a check up ASAP if you can. The vet can give a deworming medication, check for any serious health problems, and give you advice on care, for about $50.

One other thought - make sure you keep the kitten really warm. At that young of an age, they expend all their energy in eating and growing, and they don't have the metabolism to heat their own bodies. Since this kitten isn't with its mom or its littermates, it'll need another heat source. Ideally, they should be kept at temperatures in the high 70s or low 80s. You can accomplish this with blankets - no need to crank up the heater.

And of course, one other important thing to know about kitten rescue - WE ALL NEED TO SEE PICTURES. This is possibly the most important thing to remember!

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

I took pictures already, but have yet to upload them. I did put her in a box with a flat, fluffy stuffed animal covering the bottom. She seems to like it. It is fairly warm here so that should be fine, at least for a little while.

I will keep trying the bottle, and find an eye dropper, someone suggested that.

Did you use a special bottle, or a regular one? I have a special animal one but it came with three different nipples and I'm not sure which one to use.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Not sure what the different nipples are, but if there is a smaller one, use that.

The rubbing it around the mouth trick does tend to work. Just make sure you keep trying regardless of how stubborn the kitten seems. Sometimes they just don't know what to make of the bottle.