We have a litter of 4, 6 week old kittens currently.
My son has a favorite that he loves on constantly and carrys around and plays with, he named him Cubby when he was really tiny because he had the face of a cub and he's been down the last couple of weeks because he thinks that Cubby is leaving with the others (which he was supposed to originally) at 8 weeks.
I have been planning to give Alex Cubby on Christmas morning and tell him that he can stay because I know what it's like to have a special bond with an animal, it doesn't happen often and these two certainly have "it".
Anyway, this morning hubs and I are outside doing morning farm chores and all of a sudden we hear my son SCREAMING for us to come quick and he's sobbing that there is something wrong with Cubby.
I RUN full throttle into my house and skid to a stop to find my boy completely crushed and he's holding the limp body of Cubby who is dead except for nerves making his jaw gape. He had absolutly no heart beat and wasn't breathing, his eyes were completely dialated and everything.
He's pushing him into my hands begging me to help save him. I started to tear up because the little guy looked completely GONE but I figured I would take him into the kitchen and for my sons sake work on him for a few minutes. I started to give him CPR (I'm animal certified) after I checked his airway for obstruction, which isn't easy with such a tiny kitten because you can over-inflate their lungs but I swear within 30-40 seconds I had his beating again, another minute and he was breathing on his own.
Within 5 minutes I had taken his temp (found it to be 96), rushed him onto a heating pad, and found that he was responsive to touch in all four paws and tail, his pupils were responsive to light, and he was responsive to being tapped around his eyes by closing the eye you were tapping near.
By 20 minutes after the intial finding of him his rectal temp was 100, his gums were pink again, he had cried out for his mama, and even nursed on her while I held her.
By 30 minutes he was trying to walk, though very clumsy.
He's currently back in the nest with his brothers and sister, has been nursing and moving around, his temp is steady and I'd say he's about 96% normal.
My little boy couldn't be happier.
Apparently while we were outside (we had only just run out, right outside the door really) our 3 year old toddler had gotten into the kitten room and was holding Cubby. Alex was with her watching and says that Cubby was clinging to our toddlers shirt and fell off, and that our little girl accidentally stepped on him. He does seem to have a couple of broken ribs but both of his lungs seem to be working and he's had no blood coming from the nose or mouth.
Our vet is coming out tomorrow morning to have a look at him (our vet does housecalls).
That kitten was DEAD. It's a miracle to me
My son has a favorite that he loves on constantly and carrys around and plays with, he named him Cubby when he was really tiny because he had the face of a cub and he's been down the last couple of weeks because he thinks that Cubby is leaving with the others (which he was supposed to originally) at 8 weeks.
I have been planning to give Alex Cubby on Christmas morning and tell him that he can stay because I know what it's like to have a special bond with an animal, it doesn't happen often and these two certainly have "it".
Anyway, this morning hubs and I are outside doing morning farm chores and all of a sudden we hear my son SCREAMING for us to come quick and he's sobbing that there is something wrong with Cubby.
I RUN full throttle into my house and skid to a stop to find my boy completely crushed and he's holding the limp body of Cubby who is dead except for nerves making his jaw gape. He had absolutly no heart beat and wasn't breathing, his eyes were completely dialated and everything.
He's pushing him into my hands begging me to help save him. I started to tear up because the little guy looked completely GONE but I figured I would take him into the kitchen and for my sons sake work on him for a few minutes. I started to give him CPR (I'm animal certified) after I checked his airway for obstruction, which isn't easy with such a tiny kitten because you can over-inflate their lungs but I swear within 30-40 seconds I had his beating again, another minute and he was breathing on his own.
Within 5 minutes I had taken his temp (found it to be 96), rushed him onto a heating pad, and found that he was responsive to touch in all four paws and tail, his pupils were responsive to light, and he was responsive to being tapped around his eyes by closing the eye you were tapping near.
By 20 minutes after the intial finding of him his rectal temp was 100, his gums were pink again, he had cried out for his mama, and even nursed on her while I held her.
By 30 minutes he was trying to walk, though very clumsy.
He's currently back in the nest with his brothers and sister, has been nursing and moving around, his temp is steady and I'd say he's about 96% normal.
My little boy couldn't be happier.
Apparently while we were outside (we had only just run out, right outside the door really) our 3 year old toddler had gotten into the kitten room and was holding Cubby. Alex was with her watching and says that Cubby was clinging to our toddlers shirt and fell off, and that our little girl accidentally stepped on him. He does seem to have a couple of broken ribs but both of his lungs seem to be working and he's had no blood coming from the nose or mouth.
Our vet is coming out tomorrow morning to have a look at him (our vet does housecalls).
That kitten was DEAD. It's a miracle to me
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