Health & Well-Being
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Summary Kittens’ best chance of survival is being with their mother through their weaning process, and it’s best to leave them in place with their mother whenever possible. So, before…
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Summary Establishing and being familiar with a kitten’s baseline condition allows you to promptly provide necessary care and note changes over time. A caregiver needs to examine kittens even if…
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Summary Learn how to determine a kitten’s age, including the condition and/or presence of an umbilical cord and teeth, the degree of openness of eyes and ears, and mobility and…
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Summary Determining the sex of a very young kitten can be difficult. It should become easier with practice and as the kitten ages. Determining a Kitten’s Sex It may be…
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