I was at my cousin's house last Saturday for a barbecue, and she is the ultimate cat lover. She has 6 cats and one kitten, and her daughter who lives upstairs has 12 cats and one kitten, and almost all of them were found in her backyard, because she feeds stray cats outside. I always joked that if she found a really cute kitten, then maybe I would develop cat lust!
Anyway, she went to light the barbecue and called me outside, because there was the tiniest grey and white kitten laying right next to the barbecue all by himself. It was love at first sight. Once I picked him up, it was all over.
We named him Louie (for Louie Vuitton, of course!), because he was a boy, or he would have been Fendi or Gucci! I know absolutely nothing about kittens or cats, so I have had a crash course in one week. We have to bottle feed him, because he is so small, and we even have to stimulate him with a wet cotton ball to make him pee and poop, just like a mother cat would at this age!
I took him to the vet last week, and he said he looks healthy, and he laughed when I told him that my cousin gave him to me, because he's the vet for all of her cats. He said he was about four weeks old, and he was probably abandoned when the mother was moving him from one place to another. I do have to give him medicine because he has a parasite, but the vet said not to worry.
My biggest challenge now is to get him to eat on his own and use the litter box before I go back to work after Labor Day (I am a teacher). I better see lots of changes in the next two weeks!
Any suggestions to teach him to eat or use the litter box would be greatly appreciated! I got him to eat some soft kitten food yesterday, but he wouldn't go near it on his own yet. Wish me luck!
Anyway, she went to light the barbecue and called me outside, because there was the tiniest grey and white kitten laying right next to the barbecue all by himself. It was love at first sight. Once I picked him up, it was all over.
We named him Louie (for Louie Vuitton, of course!), because he was a boy, or he would have been Fendi or Gucci! I know absolutely nothing about kittens or cats, so I have had a crash course in one week. We have to bottle feed him, because he is so small, and we even have to stimulate him with a wet cotton ball to make him pee and poop, just like a mother cat would at this age!
I took him to the vet last week, and he said he looks healthy, and he laughed when I told him that my cousin gave him to me, because he's the vet for all of her cats. He said he was about four weeks old, and he was probably abandoned when the mother was moving him from one place to another. I do have to give him medicine because he has a parasite, but the vet said not to worry.
My biggest challenge now is to get him to eat on his own and use the litter box before I go back to work after Labor Day (I am a teacher). I better see lots of changes in the next two weeks!
Any suggestions to teach him to eat or use the litter box would be greatly appreciated! I got him to eat some soft kitten food yesterday, but he wouldn't go near it on his own yet. Wish me luck!
I hope little Louie learns fast! Wish I had some advice! If anything, try to keep him confined, maybe in a bathroom with his litter box and food until he gets used to the idea, but that's all I can think of.
