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Found Katie! And a baby kitten... some care questions...?
For those of you that haven't heard the story: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t=54726&page=2
I had a BAD weekend. BUT! Yesterday I went out driving around again, trying to find Katie... and found her! She was less than a block from my house, laying in the grass on the other side of the street. She was terrified and a little scuffed up---she has some scrapes on her face and one of her canines is chipped---but otherwise doing just fine. She seems a little sore this morning, but definitely still jumped the kiddie-gate to follow me into the shower, so I think she'll be okay
I'm soooo happy!!!! I think this is what happened: she fell out of the bottom of the car when mom went to run her errand, and ran into a bush or something on my neighbor's property. But, he mowed yesterday afternoon. When he started mowing, she got frightened and ran across the road, but didn't know where to go so she just lay down in the grass. This would explain why I couldn't find her earlier in the day.
I don't really care, though, I'm just glad I found her! I wouldn't leave her alone at all last night, lol.
Anyway, here's the second part to that story. Somewhere along the way, Katie picked up a stowaway. When I found her, she was curled up with a little kitten... and I mean little. Maybe a couple weeks old at the most. He's walking, barely, and his eyes and ears are open. But he's definitely still on mother's milk.
I immediately went out and bought some Just Born milk replacement and have been feeding that with an eye dropper. He was really weak in taking it yesterday, but this morning gulped it down. He's taking about 4.0 mL at a time... every four-six hours. I'm just wondering if this is enough?
He's still so small... I have to wipe him down after he eats and stimulate him to pee/poo. Like I said, he seemed really weak last night, but was much better this morning after a few meals in him.
Any help with this would be appreciated! I think Katie was looking for any company she could get yesterday evening, because she won't come around the kitten anymore---she gets this pissy look when she sees me with him. LOL... I have to be careful to feed him when she's not around
Thanks for any help and for all your support!!!
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