Newborn (0-4 weeks)
This resource, written by Julie Levy, DVM, Maddies Professor of Shelter Medicine and Director, Maddies Fund Shelter Medicine Program at University of Florida, identifies sepsis as the most common cause…
This downloadable resource describes treating orphaned, neonatal kittens and puppies with a single penicillin G injection to pre-empt bacterial imbalance as these neonates switch from their mother’s milk to formula,…
The NKC Kitten Age Chart provides week-by-week photos with a list of developmental characteristics for kittens from newborn to 8 weeks of age.
Summary There are two ways that kittens acquire antibodies against diseases; one is active immunity and the other is passive immunity. Understanding the processes of acquiring immunity is an important…
Summary Once kittens have left your care, it’s essential to deep clean and disinfect their space and everything in it. This process will help minimize the transmission of pathogens to…
Summary Confining newly arrived kittens during a quarantine period, typically 10 to 14 days, is essential as they may be incubating a disease or shedding pathogens but not be showing…
Summary When you touch something contaminated—either in the kittens’ space or elsewhere—and then touch another thing or things, you are potentially a fomite transmitting pathogens. Learn how to minimize being…
Summary Cleaning and disinfecting are ways to minimize the transmission of pathogens, agents that live in a host and cause infections and diseases. This article outlines the differences between these…
Summary You’ve considered all the factors to help make your decision to intervene or not. There is a lot to think about; some situations may make it easy to decide…