Much to my dismay this morning, when I went into the bedroom to check on everybody, I discovered four big piles of emesis, courtesy of Mattie. I decided not to feed her and because she has been vomiting since the beginning of her time here (just little bits not like her offerings this morning) I placed a call to the vet and was told to bring her in. I took her babies with me and off we went.
She has a motility problem so she got a shot, we de-wormed her and they gave me a shot to go in case her stomach upheaves again. The anti-emetic we gave her was said to be safe for lactating and nursing moms but I am still keeping a sharp eye on her kittens for any warning signs that it has emoted through her milk.
I was so proud of her though. She was so easy to handle, she is almost 8 pounds now and one of the vets (I think) flipped for Mack Dabby and wants him badly. She has to talk to her husband, because they already have five cats. I think the selling point came when she lifted him up and held him to her face and he lightly bit her nose. LOL He has such purrsonality for one so young. She agrees Mattie is around 5 months old and the kittens barely over three weeks.
Mattie is on a special diet now IE canned from Royal Canin with a bit of cooked white rice thrown in. They did not find anything majorly wrong with her other than she is way too thin. We will see how it goes- but everyone is home now and safe.
Five months! And already a mum? Good Heavens, there are better reasons for neutering and spaying, but this is a pretty good one, too. Poor girl. Now, thank goodness – and you – she will have a chance at a fun, care-free life.
I’d write that, with five cats, one more won’t matter, but of course that’s just it, he does matter, and he needs a good home. Best wishes for an early adoption!
If a kitten just showed up on the front porch, I know The Hubby would take it in!