I’ve fostered newborn kittens before and watching these tiny fuzzballs discover the world around them is something truly wonderful.
Something similar happened to Jamie, better known as Kitten Foster Mom. She is a wonderful foster hero, working closely with Baby Kitten Rescue located in Los Angeles, CA.
They were contacted by another foster mom who did her best to care for a litter of three kittens. However, one of the kittens from the litter named Lucy needed special care.
The woman contacted Jamie, knowing she was more than capable of such a task. Without hesitation, Jamie took the litter under her caring hand and was ready to face any challenge.
Lucy had pneumonia, but what worried Jamie was her size. Lucy and her brothers were 5-week-old kittens, however, compared to her brothers Lucy looked likе a newborn kitten, as Jamie shаrеd in a post:
“This tiny little baby is 5 weeks old and weighs only 128 grams. For scale, some newborns to one week olds weigh this much, so needless to say, she is very underdeveloped.”
Luckily, Lucy’s appetite was strong and Jamie soon realized the tiny fluffball had a strong will to survive!
Her foster mom made an appointment with a neurologist wanting to rule out any serious health issues that might be causing her delayed growth. In the meantime, Jamie did her best to care for little Lucy.
In just 48 hours Lucy went from a lethargic little kitten to a bundle of energy. She started using the litter box all by herself and even made a bunch of biscuits with her tiny paws! As Jamie shаrеd in an update:
“Lucy still sleeps a lot, but she is having longer and more energized periods of awake time than she had previously, so I’m feeling more confident about her recovery. The goal is to get her well enough so she can be reunited with her brothers. I’m taking it day by day, but today was a huge milestone.”
Unfortunately, the tiny soul was still battling pneumonia and breathing was an extremely exhausting task for her. However, Jamie was there by her side to comfort her and carefully monitor her medication.
Finally, the appointment with the neurologist arrived and luckily Jamie had some amazing news for Lucy’s followers, as she shаrеd:
“Dr. O’Neil said Lucy looks likе a perfectly normal kitten, she’s just smol. He did say that she should be checked for hypothyroidism once she’s big enough to have blood drawn. Dr. O’Neil said Lucy needs to be twice the size she is now before taking blood, so we’ll have to wait on that testing.”
