Sanctuary Life
Kittens doing well
It’s unusual to have kittens this time of year but Demelza’s little beauties are thriving.- they are two boys and a girl (the ginger on the right) and she is feeding them well so they are plump and cuddly. Their eyes are still blue but will start to change colour any time now, sometimes the ‘fixed’ eye colour doesn’t come till much later.
The kits are eating as well as nursing, they have kitten pouches and biscuits – we like Purina Kitten biscuits, also Royal Canin and Hills Science Diet. Don’t forget to put a shallow saucer of water down and change it twice a day.
Already they are starting to use a litter tray, it has to be a shallow one for kits to get in and out easily but doesn’t need to be especially large. A cardboard box does fine and then you can throw the whole thing away and get another.
We’re socializing the kits and they like to be picked up and fussed then they run back to mommy. Demelza is as feisty as ever though, we have to accept that she is a feral cat and it may take along time (if ever) to persuade her to friendly.
The kits will be offered for adoption when they are over nine weeks old and have been vaccinated and had a vet health check. Watch this space!