What to do if you find Abandoned Orphaned Kittens

[BlueRose222]

thank you for the video. someone left kittens in our alley, i took them in and was sooo happy to see this video. thank you, thank you, thank you :) God Bless

[projenitor2387]

Now, I don't agree with not taking them to a shelter. I work at a no kill, free range shelter and we generally always take in orphans. I guess my shelter is sort of a rare occurance, but a lot of shelters won't euth kittens, especially around this time of year...our kittens come in and out the door as soon as they're old enough.

[chesterngiamzhenghao]

I dont understand a fucking single word sorry I need subtitles man!

[manny24lal]

@chesterngiamzhenghao ur an idiot then

[Grimripper]

i found a kitten last week and it was badly wounded maybe from the mother being mauled by dogs or something it was crying at the side of the road my girlfriend suggested we take it home but it was badly hurt and Veterinarians here don't care for stray cats i didn't know what to do, if i leave it it dies if i take it home i have no knowledge what so ever and it will die.

i remembered the scene from "Orphan"

let it suffer or let it die in your hands.

[Grimripper]

@Grimripper it pains me to say but

I put it in the Yellow lane on the road

Slowly watched the cars go by then as instant as a flash the kitten is ran over by a car

ending its life its either that or it dies from suffering the loss of its mother

[truflke]

@Grimripper that was sort of... disturbing?

[grozz111]

@Grimripper u should go to hell for wut u did =)

[notiteither]

@Grimripper

That was hardly letting it die in your hands. That was cold and harsh,.no matter how much you pride yourself on your backwoods survival skills. You shd hv takn it to the vet...held it in your warm hands and had it humanely euthanized. We didn't really need to be privy of your self-deemed cleverness.

Too bad you cldn't think 'out of your box'. Or, how 'bout this? You could have nursed it back to heath. The kitten was not a stray cat...it was a kitten foundling.

[twotigermum]

One very important thing to know. Very small kittens (still nursing) cannot urinate or defecate on their own. The mother cat licks the area to stimulate elimination. Use a damp cotton ball to mimic this action. It's not something we humans would think of on our own but kittens and indeed most mammals require it. They will die if you don't do this. I have raised my share of baby cats (4) and this stage doesn't last long. They are independent by 3-5 weeks old.

[vicx17]

i just found 5 kittens

[victoriayvictoria]

Two of my cats were abandoned kittens (I have three now) my oldest is 15, and when my brother found him, he was being ignored by his momma, in favor of his brothers and sisters (but we couldn't take them all, you know?) the other one was abandoned in a hole in the back of my old house, he's 5, and they're both such loving cats!

my third cat is the princess of the house, she's 2 and keeps the other two way older than her in check XD, she was born from a house cat, (belonging to a friend)

[victoriayvictoria]

oh, and one time we found a box in the trash with like 4 kittens! The trash! How can people be so callous?!

[Atvishees]

you know this guy is a diploma lawyer.

>Orphaned kittens? OMG Why?

[Skittleman1423]

i found a cat that looked like it was about to starve to death should i try to find someone to take it or should i take care of it

[ImHyper11]

1 of my 4 cats was abandoned by a feral mother. we found her a yr ago when she was 5 weeks old. 1 day, after my mom got 2 work (30 min. away), she heard meowing coming from her engine so she called a couple ppl that work @ the university where she teaches 2 come & help & 1 hour later they dug Missy out. she was in the engine mount as far back as you can reach. she was covered in flees but we cleaned her up & now shes happy & healthy :)

[iheartdogsnyc]

5* Very informative. I'm sure to pass this video around; I hope more people do as well. Thanks for posting!

[Kumbulu]

Something important that people need to know is to never bottle-feed or syringe-feed the kitten while he's on his back. Always feed the kitten with all four paws on the blanket or towel, so he's on his tummy, just as he would be if he was nursing from momcat.

[Kumbulu]

Here in Australia, you CAN take orphaned and abandoned kittens to the shelter. I am a foster-carer for the R.S.P.C.A. and care for orphaned, abandoned, feral, injured and sick kittens. When these kittens come in, they contact a foster-carer, rather than euthanasing the kittens.

[honeybgurl]

Yes, but the R.S.P.C.A is a no-kill shelter. its much like our A.S.P.C.A here in America.  Hes talking about like the pound and kill shelters.

[Kumbulu]

Ah right, yep.

[twotigermum]

Excellent...particularly about stimulating them to urinate and eliminate. They will die if you don't do this and it's not common knowledge.

[HattieLovesCattie]

@twotigermum This happened to me when I bottle fed a kitten.I didn't know anything really.The kitten died of kidney issues and it had been found in a field abandoned by the Mother cat.

[STACEYPRUSSMAN]

thanks it is great!!

Stacet