December 15, 2009

December 15, 2009

Where's this past month gone?? I learned today that VOKRA has a one-month return policy if a cat doesn't work out (say the resident cat and the adopted one don't get along at all). Elizabeth says that you should know by two weeks whether or not they're a good match.

I also learned that a nursing mother has to have stopped nursing for 2 weeks before she can be spayed. And of course she can't be in heat, because there's a big risk of blood loss during the surgery. Also a male kitten at 15 weeks can impregnate his nursing mother.

The bottom line is I need to separate Stella from her kittens soon, because she's showing symptoms of going in and out of heat while she still nurses Boo and Buster. (Chico was adopted on the 13th by a young couple.) A woman will be coming to see Buster this afternoon. I hate to see "the twins" split up, but Elizabeth says they often make out fine.

December 8th: All cats were given their second dose of Revolution today: Michelle came and put a number of drops on the backs of their necks. She suspected she'd put too much on mom and said Stella may lose some fur on her neck as a result. Her fur there did actually go white and stiff over the next couple of days, but there wasn't any visible fur loss.

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