We bought a property some moths ago with a large number of semi-feral cats. With the help of the Cats' Protection we have manged to neuter pretty much all of them, and they all seem healthy and to have suffered no ill effects.
My two eldest daughters went to feed them on Monday to find a smallish kitten wandering amongst them. It wasn't at all scared, and didn't seem to have a mother protecting it. They caught it and brought it home, having stopped at Pets at Home to stock up on kitten essentials. It doesn't seem at all fazed and by Tuesday morning was purring when stroked, and is now playing with toys, sitting on knees and using its litter tray.
It is very thin, you can really feel its backbone and ribs, and was starving, but is eating well, purring as soon as its food is put down. I'm taking it to the vets tomorrow for flea and worming treatments (and to find out its sex). But there is one problem, it has hard poo stuck its fur, on its tail and hind leg. How do I get this off? It appears to be old, as it's very meticulous about its personal hygiene now. I don't want to hurt the kitten by pulling on its fur. Do you think the vet will be able to trim it off?
Here are some photos, can anyone tell how old it might be?
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Feral kitten and personal hygiene
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Molecule · 07/09/2016 13:47
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