We HAD to break the rule! We HAD to! The rule is “no more than four” but this little kitten was crying outside our door at 4 am so we brought it in. It’s soooo thin and doesn’t look to be more than about 12 weeks old. It was crying so hard! I gave it a coffee mug full of food and it ate every bit.
It’s still in quarantine until we can get to the vet. I don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl, but it needs us.
Little Miss Bitchypants (a.k.a. Quicksilver) is already pissed off.
I kinda like Destiny! It was her destiny to show up at our house when we have no resistance to kiddens in need. I’ll have to give it some thought.
I kind of checked her out…I think she’s a girl. She’s not real comfortable with being picked up yet, so I couldn’t get a real good look. I’ve never had a boy kidden. Are their little nadlettes readily visible at 12 weeks?
I believe the nadlettes are visible at birth. I could always tell the males from the females. But that might have been because the litters were mixed and you could see something on some and less of something on the others. The ones with something are the males.
Now, chickens are another story.
Awesome. After working the cat adoption over the weekend where not one single kitty found a home I’m glad a kitty somewhere found one. She’s beautiful.
Yeah, at 12 weeks you should be seeing little tufts of gonad so it’s probably a girl if you’re not seeing anything. Or it could have already been neutered. Do you see any sutures?
Well, it’s pretty young (and soooo thin…her back feels like a roller coaster). I called the vet to make an appointment, and they don’t fix 'em until they’re 6 months old so I’m thinking even the most aggressive vet wouldn’t go much before 3-4 months, which she looks to be about 3 months.
Well, it’s pretty young (and soooo thin…her back feels like a roller coaster). I called the vet to make an appointment, and they don’t fix 'em until they’re 6 months old so I’m thinking even the most aggressive vet wouldn’t go much before 3-4 months, which she looks to be about 3 months.
Apparently there’s a debate among the veterinary community about when to neuter males. Some say wait until 4-6 months some say you can do it as early as 8 weeks. According to my vet the reason for waiting is the belief that the urethra is not fully formed and neutering to young can cause urinary problems down the road. He think this is not true.
My male cat, whom I adopted as a kitten from the Humane Society was neutured at 8 weeks. He’s a year and a half now and guess what? He has urinary tract problems. I just don’t know. I guess the jury is still out but don’t be surprised if the cat spent any time at a shelter, he/she may have been fixed right away.
Yeah, that’s how I keep ending up with cats. Little bastards show up all hungry and thin and sucker my husband into naming them. The last poor, hungry stray now looks like a furry Hummer and terrorizes the vet’s assistants.
If she were mine, I’d name her Alien, but them my husband would start calling her something else.
Many shelters do them as young as 8 weeks if they are healthy. It helps get them adopted and all shelter animals must be spayed/neutered before they go to their new homes. For many years they used a voucher system, but it just didn’t work. People wouldn’t bring the animal back for sterilization and the puppies and kittens add up fast.
My vet does early spay/neuter and most of my cats were done young. If you wait with a female cat until she’s six months you are asking for a litter of kittens, and males may start spraying behavior before 6 months. I have read most of the arguments against early spay/neuter and my vet doesn’t agree with any of them. If it “stunts their growth” I have not seen any evidence of it in mine. None of my males have uninary troubles, but I feed a premium food which can help.
I’m very sorry your link wouldn’t work for me - I was hoping for a kitten fix this morning! Good luck with your new overlord, and I hope Little Miss Bitchypants gets over it soon. I just introduced a new cat into my herd, and it went better than expected. After two weeks there is almost no hissing, and that is just when 4 or more cats are trying to occupy a 3-cat desk.
There’s no chance of her getting preggers, as we have all fixed critters and a safe zone between the house and the outside world (in case anyone tries to go over the wall).
I’m glad a kitty somewhere found one. She’s beautiful.