Unfortunately when kittens come in without a mom, there can be immunity issues. The rat pack kittens were about 5 weeks old when they were brought to the rescue and vaccinated upon intake. However, they started getting snotty before their second round and then moved on to runny eyes. Harlow seemed to take the runny eyeballs to an extreme and hers swelled up and she was put on medication. Since she chose not to go it alone, she promptly gave her cooties to Romero.
Bless, the boy, he took them and ran with it......
His one eye got worse and worse and mom took him to the rescue to have it checked out. We will spare you any pictures...cause you know it is bad when even mom says "ewww".
There was an opening at the clinic yesterday, so mom dropped him off on the way to work and the head of the rescue took him down. They neutered him and removed his right eye. It won't look nice for a while, but kittens adapt pretty quickly and we are sure he was very uncomfortable.
Mom picked him up after work and set him up in the large crate (that mom still hasn't returned to her friend Kelly). He was NOT happy. Mom worried at first that he wasn't comfortable or the cone was bothering him, but after a while she began to suspect he is lonely. He has never been without his siblings and now he is locked up by himself.
He does need to be crated and wear the cone until the stitches come out in 2 weeks just to avoid anything happened accidentally (cause we are sure he is going to want to scratch at it). Mom may give him some VERY supervised time out and is thinking maybe of seeing how he does with one of his sisters in there with him (his brothers are WAY to nutty to be allowed near him at this point). But he HOWLED all last night and no one got much sleep, so something has to give.
Wish us luck....it could be a very long 2 weeks. Oh - and we don't mention this very often, but if you have ever thought about helping out the rescue, we would certainly appreciate it. His surgery was $157 (including his neuter) and unexpected. Panache will have to have a dental when she is spayed. It all adds up.... if you want to help out even a little, you can go to Colony Cats and click on the donate button.
Bless, the boy, he took them and ran with it......
Romero prior to his eye issues
His one eye got worse and worse and mom took him to the rescue to have it checked out. We will spare you any pictures...cause you know it is bad when even mom says "ewww".
There was an opening at the clinic yesterday, so mom dropped him off on the way to work and the head of the rescue took him down. They neutered him and removed his right eye. It won't look nice for a while, but kittens adapt pretty quickly and we are sure he was very uncomfortable.
Mom picked him up after work and set him up in the large crate (that mom still hasn't returned to her friend Kelly). He was NOT happy. Mom worried at first that he wasn't comfortable or the cone was bothering him, but after a while she began to suspect he is lonely. He has never been without his siblings and now he is locked up by himself.
He does need to be crated and wear the cone until the stitches come out in 2 weeks just to avoid anything happened accidentally (cause we are sure he is going to want to scratch at it). Mom may give him some VERY supervised time out and is thinking maybe of seeing how he does with one of his sisters in there with him (his brothers are WAY to nutty to be allowed near him at this point). But he HOWLED all last night and no one got much sleep, so something has to give.
Wish us luck....it could be a very long 2 weeks. Oh - and we don't mention this very often, but if you have ever thought about helping out the rescue, we would certainly appreciate it. His surgery was $157 (including his neuter) and unexpected. Panache will have to have a dental when she is spayed. It all adds up.... if you want to help out even a little, you can go to Colony Cats and click on the donate button.
