Can a kitten leave it's mum at 3 weeks?

calicocat

OMG what a stupid cow......the owner of the mother and kittens I mean.:eek::mad:


Rising....you have just described mine....vicious isn't the word at times for someone who can't leave my side for long......and with other people.....hence nickname of Asbo. When I have guests her favourite game is to sit in the bath until they go to use the toilet,she waits until they are busy and can't really move then launches at them. I have various friends who won't use the bathroom unless I remove her , and most people are frightened of her unless they have fairly regular contact over a couple of years. Crazy bint that she is.:)

Fire_Fox

jen007 wrote: »

Harsh but probably true.

Get the wee thing to a vet ASAP. Shame on your pal/neighbour for taking one when it was so wee and shame on the Mother cat's owner for being so...... EURGH! No words.
And for lords sake, don't let her feed it cows milk thinking it'll do good. It will need a supplemented milk full of the nutrition which the wee thing could have got from it's mother.

And if she doesn't take it to a vet, report to RSPCA/Cats protection ASAP.

I give you this link to show where she might be breaking the law:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/section/4

Agree wholeheartedly. :mad:

zaksmum

Well...just been told to mind my own business...!

The kitten will be fine, the neighbour said.

Why are people so thoughtless?

I mean, it looks ok now but...3 weeks old. How sad.

gettingready

Zaksmum - so sorry to hear they would not listen to you. YOu have tried, not sure if there is anything else you can do for the poor mite

zaksmum

gettingready wrote: »

Zaksmum - so sorry to hear they would not listen to you. YOu have tried, not sure if there is anything else you can do for the poor mite

Obviously I can't do any more, but I just hope the poor little creature will prove us all wrong and be all right.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

zaksmum wrote: »

Obviously I can't do any more, but I just hope the poor little creature will prove us all wrong and be all right.

I actually think - whilst it sounds AWFUL, and I would hate it to happen - losing the kitten could be an important lesson.

Or at least, a very expensive dash to the emergency vet where they get a bollocking about it.


And if it gets mentioned that something unpleasant happened, just a shrug of the shoulders and no sympathy for the once cooing owner.

Hillbilly1

zaksmum wrote: »

Obviously I can't do any more, but I just hope the poor little creature will prove us all wrong and be all right.

She really needs help. You can start weaning at 3 weeks, but its cat milk (NOT THE WHISKAS CRAP) and mashed up food. The kitten will swim in this for a few days and start eating by grooming it off the fur. Slowly it will start to eat and be able to progress onto solids by 5-6 weeks at earliest. Girls usually quicker than boys.

It will need fed every 2-3 hours, bathed ALOT and possibly still need stimulating to toilet.

When I was still nursing we would feed every 2 hours until 3 weeks - poss missing 1 night feed if they had eaten well and were asleep. at 3 weeks mush as above would be introduced, and try to take milk only down to 3-4 hourly.

She will need proper milk, bottles or syringes, tonnes of cotton wool. A cat basket with heat pad or other heat source and be able to cope without sleep.

Even with all this if she hasnt done this before the kitten is likely to get aspiration pneumonia.

Personally I would check to see how many people she has shown it too (I suspect loads) and then report the owner of the mother cat. Everyone will know there are kittens around, so it wouldnt look like it was obviously you!

zaksmum

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

I actually think - whilst it sounds AWFUL, and I would hate it to happen - losing the kitten could be an important lesson.

Or at least, a very expensive dash to the emergency vet where they get a bollocking about it.


And if it gets mentioned that something unpleasant happened, just a shrug of the shoulders and no sympathy for the once cooing owner.

An expensive dash to the vet? You must be joking.

These people don't PAY vets! At best it's the PDSA - they look at me as if I'm mad when I mention vet costs and the taking out of insurance to cover them.

Puffing away on fags they announce they couldn't afford insurance OR vet fees, so it's the PDSA or nothing.

God help that poor kitten.

moggymutt

I'm not exactly the subtlest of people at times, and if someone showed me that kitten and expected me to coo over it, I'd wait Til I had the poor sod in my hands, and then tell her to ring the police because she wouldn't be having it back. Sadly RSPCA (in Nottingham about 25 years ago) do break confidentiality (they did it with me once, but I wasnt bothered- but does mean that I can say for certain that they cant always keep their mouths shut when it comes to where they get their information from).

Dont suppose a local rescue would pay a visit to the owner of the mum and at least offer (quite persuadingly) to get mum neutered. Possibly if a rescue has lactating mums who have already reared their own kittens, they could take some of the remaing kittens. (Cats are incredibly obliging at rearing kittens that aren't actually their own)

I have a friend who deserves an Oscar for her acting skills in getting cats and kittens (quite legally) away from hell homes.

A rescue might be prepared to report the situation for you, but the RSPCA have in the past refused to take complaints from those other than people who have actually seen the animals involved, but that means that the rescue just has to point out the potential bad publicity if the RSPCA do nothing.

If this b****y owner does not get her cat spayed, then I f*****g despair.

gettingready

Zaksmum - I have no idea where you are .. in London I am sure Celia Hammond would be happy to help in case like that.....