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When Cindy cautioned me that the mortality rate for bottle-raised kittens is 50%, I assured her I was tough. “I was a wildlife rehabilitator for ten years,” I told her. “I saw things die all the time. I had to euthanize birds. I’m OK.” “Kittens are different,” she warned me. I had never raised a baby kitten on a bottle.… read more

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Everyone's pets are cute. When I do the pet wars, I sometimes pick the uncuter picture, to give the owners hope. But little Jelly here has 1 win and 3 losses. ???????????????????????????????????? read more

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Jellybelly is fine. Like most of the things I actually worry about, this one was groundless, and she thrived. She has grown and stills grows daily. She runs, she plays, she pounces, she purrs. She's a kitten. There is a pool at work whether I will keep her. I do love her, and my cat Sofie attends to her. But yesterday I received a letter from… read more

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I'm a little worried about Jellybelly, and I don't know if I should be. I have never raised a bottle-fed tiny kitten before. I have raised tiny wild birds, but I know how to do that. Tiny kittens: not so much. I worry about feeding her enough. She takes from the little bottle a maximum of one tablespoon of kitten formula at each feeding. Then… read more