Purrcilla is showing me that she wants to be here, but everything she attempts to do just drains her. She was screaming every time she tried to poop. I thought it might be because she was impacted, but instead, I found that her rear has been attacked by what looks like fire ant bites! No wonder she stopped screaming after I put the Desitin on her.
Her temp went down overnight, so we made her two additional sock heaters and put them in the box with her. She immediately found her way to the warmth and snuggled on down into its comfort.
Come on little girl, your week birthday is two days away- you CAN do this!
How are the ‘sock-heaters’ made?
You take an old pair of clean socks. Fill one sock halfway up with long-grain rice (not the instant kind) knot the end of the sock and nuke the whole thing in the microwave for about 2 minutes. Then you take the other sock and slip it over the first one without knotting it and lay it near the kitten who needs the heat. Heat lasts for several hours before needing to be reheated. The extra cover for the heated sock just prevents the kitten from being burned, if in the case of Purrcilla- they are too young to move away from the heat. She is a heat seeking missle and I have caught her several times burrowed underneath the many layers of towels right next to the pet heating pad- not good. This heater sock gives her a way of getting heat without being broiled alive.
Go, Purrscilla…go!
I have faith in you, little one…and in your human who is giving her life force to hold on to.
Hoping to hear an update with good news today or tomorrow. C’mon little girl.