Hi all,
unfortunately this is going to be quite a sad post. I bought a kitten from a couple after their cat gave birth to a litter (there were 6 in total). I bought the last female one who was absolutely tiny, she weighed just 420grams. DH picked her up and when she arrived home I was honestly shocked at how tiny she was - she was even wobbling when she was walking. I've had kittens before and none of them were this tiny at 8 weeks. She got comfortable straight away and we were cuddling almost immediately after she arrived and explored the house, she is incredibly cute. That night I noticed lots of little black specks on her and she had quite matted fur that had an unpleasant smell so I gave her a quick bath in some fairy as I suspected fleas. When her coat was wet after I'd wrapped her up and sat infront of the heater I couldn't even count the amount of fleas on her. When her fur was wet she absolutely stank of cigarettes despite owner claiming its a smoke free home. They also said she'd been deflead but I didn't believe a word of it. Also just to add, Shes not been eating any food at all just drinking kitten milk constantly! I took her to the vets the next morning who said she's borderline anaemic, most likely not 8 weeks and even younger, and that she has a lot of fleas on her. They applied a flea treatment but only a mild one as she's still too young and small to receive any stronger. Will RSPCA respond if I report this couple? I've seen that they don't care if the animal has shelter and food. In this case poor kitty did have shelter and food but if I didn't take her I don't think she would've survived in that household..