I Didn't Order a Kitten!

[ShrekDawg]

Oooh, poor baby! She's lucky she found you.

Nah, that's just how the CDS works. You may not have known you needed a cat, but the CDS knew!

The dog distribution system (DDS) is definitely broken though… it hasn’t given me another dog yet!!!!! JK. I can’t have another anyways but it would be nice LOL maybe eventually!!!!!!!

 

[cassie]

The CDS is how I got my barn kitty, Princess. Slowly working on the other feral kitty, Jack Sparrow (Jack for short), but he's so terrified of people you can't even see him fully before he's bolted for the next several weeks.

Can you set up a live trap? If you do, leave it open for a few days so he gets comfortable going in and out of it.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Can you set up a live trap? If you do, leave it open for a few days so he gets comfortable going in and out of it.

Nope. The birds make livetraps too much of a hassle

 

[Jkbaca]

Agree that she looks older than your stated best guess.
What's her weight?
Mary

Sorry! I've been super busy, so I missed all the replies.

The vet said she was between 4 and 5 weeks, and we had her on kitten milk replacer for a week. She weighed just under 1 lb at that time.

 

[Jkbaca]

I haven’t found that mothers make good mousers either. There is a somewhat feral cat that eats my nice barn cats’ food, and I tolerate her. I need to spay her, but I can’t catch her. (Because of her feral-ness and she’s pretty smart) She kills songbirds all the time, but she ran off when she saw a mouse. What a baby.

Interesting!

 

[Jkbaca]

Cooper because chicken coop?
(Cooper is a popular name here, so I didn't even think of coop)

Also, looks like she might be a little older than 4-5 weeks? (Is my guess).
Month old kittens need cat milk (or a kitten formula)

That's what the vet said. She was on kitten formula for a week, then formula+canned food for a week.

 

[Jkbaca]

Went fine. Except that free pets end up being very expensive.

Truth!

 

[Folly's place]

For any critter: the purchase price is the down payment!!!
Mary

 

[Finchbreeder]

All of our cats over the past 40yrs have been CDS decisions - we just went along for the ride. The good/bad side of having only one neighbour and lots of bush on the other 2 sides - in the middle of a large country town.