ARE YOU KITTEN ME?
We rescued some terrific new best friends and they are now ready to begin their "furever" lives with caring and loving homes.
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Forgotten Angels Cat Rescue has been helping the Antelope Valley for over 20 years. Please support their efforts.
JAMES BOND
The unofficial "leader of the pack," James ' cuddles are just as big as his personality.
PIERRE
You could not find a sweeter guy. Pierre is very playful with his brothers and sister but also loves to explore and entertain himself.
DOLLFACE & JACKIE CHAN
These two are a dream team (pun intended), they have it all - brains and brawn.
LINCOLN
Lincoln, a crowd favorite, is a tiny fury of fantastic fun and forever friendship.
TIGER LILY
This ultimate athlete and independent thinker is looking for a special home.
FALLING IN LOVE?
Let us know if you'd like some more information or you're interested in applying to home one of these fantastic felines.
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What To Do IF you Find a Kitten
More importantly... what not to do
Kitten Season has been especially brutal the past couple of years. It’s likely you, or someone you know, has come across a baby kitten or litter recently. It’s important to know what to do to best serve the kitten or litter, in this instance, because far too often kittens are stolen from their mothers and brought to overpopulated shelters - where there are no bottle feeders - and their future quickly becomes very grim.Feline mothers who are nursing must produce a massive amount of milk in order to feed a whole litter. A nursing mother can consume three times as much as an adult cat, sometimes more, per day. Even community cats who are tended to by a feeder may need to supplement their diet. In order to do this, a mother cat must leave her kittens to hunt. So please keep in mind that the absence of the mother does not necessarily mean the kittens have been abandoned. If the mother is feral, she could be close by waiting for you to leave.If you find a kitten or litter (of nursing age) that appear clean and well-fed, please monitor them before you act. Baby kittens are fragile and difficult to care for by anyone other than their mothers. If you are unsure as to whether or not you should intervene, please contact a rescue or shelter for their advice and also be prepared to foster.If it is determined by following all best practices for evaluating the situation (approximate age, health, safety conditions, etc.) that it is the right decision for you pull the kitten or litter into a foster situation, “The Kitten Lady,” Hannah Shaw has many YouTube videos available online for free to help guide you. Some local shelters and rescues can offer you supplies and guidance for fostering as well, but you will need to contact them first to be sure resources are available.When bringing a kitten or litter into your home, quarantine, quarantine, quarantine. Baby kittens, especially those in need of immediate rescue, can be carrying fleas, ticks, intestinal parasites, and diseases. Any new animal that comes into a home should be quarantined to a room where there is no contact with resident animals, even if they are vaccinated, and you should be especially hygienic to prevent the transfer of any germs or parasites.If the kitten is of nursing age (newborn to about 5 weeks old), you will need to learn how to properly bottle feed them. Certain things, like never feeding a baby kitten cradled back like a human baby, are extremely important to know. Aspiration is a life and death concern and every precaution to avoid it should be taken. The mini size Miracle Nipple®, designed by a wildlife rescuer, is a favorite among bottle feeders when nursing baby kittens and you will want to feed them a feline specific formula called Kitten Milk Replacer, also referred to as KMR. Cow milk or goat milk or any other type of diet at this age will not give them all the nutrition they need.Baby kittens need to be stimulated to urinate and defecate. You must learn how to do this effectively as it is crucially important to their survival. Without help, baby kittens cannot relieve themselves of waste and will perish.Be sure to get the kitten or litter seen by a vet ASAP. A baby kitten’s delicate immune system is directly dependent on their mother and they can succumb to illness very quickly, especially under the stress of being removed from their home and mother. Early diagnosis and veterinary recommended treatment is your best course of action and defense.Please be mindful that there are a lot of products and medications that are marketed for kittens but are still inappropriate or dangerous to kittens under 8 weeks of age. Especially kittens who may be undersized due to malnutrition or sickness. Check labels carefully and ask your veterinarian.If the kittens are old enough to eat and go to the bathroom on their own, feed them a good quality wet food several times a day. Kittens have small stomachs but require a lot of protein and calories to grow and flourish. Also provide them multiple litter boxes with a non-clumping, unscented kitten safe litter such as newspaper pellets to get their training off to a good start and help prevent accidents. Kittens explore everything with their mouths, like human babies, and clumping litters are very dangerous for them to ingest.Of course, you will also want to give them lots of attention and love so they will be well-suited to find good homes. Plenty of kitten safe toys will also add to their enrichment and happiness. Most kittens should be adopted out with a sibling or an age-appropriate friend. Feline companionship is an important part of their lives and it doesn’t take anything away from their relationship with humans.Thank you for helping kittens.