On 12/7/2012 4:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> The kitten was given to the OP to *foster* by the Humane Society. I'm
> pretty sure they have vets. They just don't have room for all these
> kittens, probably from strays. And foster parents are "vetted". They
> try not to just give animals that need fostering to whatever Joe walks
> in the door. I gather Janet has fostered animals before.
>
> It's a tiny kitten that won't nurse. She's trying to make sure it
> survives. If it takes an eye dropper, a syringe or the corner of a
> towel... the point is to feed the kitten. Nursing behaviour or not.
> (Cats do grow out of that behaviour eventually, you know, even if men
> don't.)
>
> Kudos are in order for her doing her best to get food into the kitten
> every couple of hours, making sure he/she pees regularly. She's
> obviously hovering over the little one like a mother cat. I've done the
> same when treating sick birds.
>
> Jill

She and her husband have nursed a few kittens in the past, and I have
faith that they will do a great job with this little one. Animal
shelters, in this state, can not keep kittens; every animal taken into
the shelter, is required to have vaccinations and this one is too young.
If the shelter can not find angels like Janet to foster them, they put
them down.

Becca