Kitten rescue...

[jessmarimba]

Hmm. Brown already. But the outside kittens are 3 months old and this one looks way smaller than they did a month ago. Maybe it's the runt...looks healthy at least. So adult canned food is ok until tomorrow?

[jessmarimba]

This one is remarkably friendly and doesn't seem to have been around a feral community (one of the tomcats had backed it into a trash can and it seemed happy to be rescued). It sits in my lap and purrs. Unfortunately I have too many already!

[Eden]

Sounds like a cutie... if her eyes are already completely turned she's older than 9 weeks, so canned food should be totally fine. Maybe she's just destined to be little.

[smilingcat]

Another good indication of age is the ear. How much of the ear has unfolded. Between that and the eye you can guess pretty well of their age. I don't remember exactly the amount of unfurled ear to weeks in age.

If it managed to jump to your window sill it may be older than you think.

Do give her high protein food. We mix kitten "milk" formula with wet food for kitten then gradually decrease the kitten "milk" formula gradually. Milk formula needs to be at the consistency per instruction on the container.

At 5-6weeks they should be mostly on wet kitten food.

[jessmarimba]

Sounds fantastic. Thanks all! She is happily purring and napping right now but I'll give more food in a little bit. I think she might be older than I'm used to seeing at that size but she's certainly not sickly. Wanted to escape and run around my living room. Still no sign of a mom. I'm hoping she didn't just escape from one of the neighbors' houses but no one has been looking for her.

[malkin]

Awwwww!

[indysteel]

Good luck with her! You and I are both suckers for cats! Our latest stray is currently living in an upstairs room while we try to get our other femsle used to her. We thought she was a relatively young kitten as she weighs just five pounds. Nope; she's at least a year old and was pregnant. So, it's sometimes hard to tell.