Giardia

Yep, the kittens have Giardiasis, which is an intestinal infection caused by a protozoan parasite called Giardia intestinalis. Seems to be quite common in the shelter kittens we've pulled lately. So the kittens will be on a course of metronidazole and will not be able to travel on the transport this weekend as planned. Their health is more important, so they will be staying a while longer to recover.

Spaghetti Cats

Meet Tortellini, Rigatoni and linguine! They are the Spaghetti Cats and they are my 3 new fosters. I've had them a week already, but they've had some pretty bad health issues. They are getting over URIs and the vet gave them clavamox that completely tore their bellies to shreds. For a few days, there were completely unable to control their bowels. It was a huge mess. The clavamox has been stopped and they are on Amforol for their tummies. It has worked for the most part, but two of them are still having some problems. Trust me, it's much better than it was!RigatoniLinguine

Tortellini

They will be traveling to their rescue in NJ on Saturday. They are going to the same rescue as Redford. By the way..... Redford was adopted the day after he arrived in NJ. This is what his new mom said:
"Hi. Thank u again for Redford. He's wonderful! I spent an hour with him and then left him alone to explore. I stopped by my house to check on him after he'd been alone a few hours and found him sleeping on my bed. He follows me from room to room and just wants to be wherever I am. It's cute that in my absence he sought my sent and camped out in my bed. I think he's accepted me as his mom :)"