Special needs kitten

[MichaelSoE]

My wife and I have been rescuing "bottle babies" for the last 15 years. 5 months ago we took in a kindle of 5, age 2 weeks old. The 2 smallest were severely compromised with respiratory problems, one of them didn't make it. The other managed to survive through 2 courses of antibiotics and nebulizer treatments. Her lungs cleared but she continued to have nasal problems. She would sneeze and snot constantly. The vet finally gave us eye drops for bacterial infections and we would put a drop in each nostril twice a day for a week.

Needless to say, it finally cleared up but she still was the runt of the group. Her siblings had normal weight gain and were spayed/neutered at 3 months and have since been adopted.

Wheezer, as she was named, has finally been come around to the point that she can be spayed. And instead of placing her we have decided to keep her. I posted a short video on the youtube of her meowing. It sounds as if she has laryngitis. She is special indeed.

[SheltieLover]

1. Beautiful! 😍

Ty for helping them!

[Siwsan]

2. What a treasure!

I thought fostering 4 week old kittens was a challenge! Wheezer is a beauty!

[MLAA]

3. Congratulations! It's a good thing you adopted her. I don't think she would have

left willingly and it would have been a long, drawn out and expensive eviction!

[CurtEastPoint]

4. You and Mrs. are very special people. Thank you so much.

[niyad]

5. She is adorable. Blessings to you two for the work that you do with these

special babies.

[wendyb-NC]

6. She is so cute

Glad she will have a permanent home, you and your wife, who love her, and know how to address her special, care needs.

[Solly Mack]

7. She's great!

And so are you and your wife!

[japple]

8. Wheezer is adorable and that little rusty meow just melted me into a puddle.

I have a little foster kitty girl named Raisin who lost an eye to infection and is FIV+. She and her foster brother, Cubby Bear--a parking lot kitten will be sp/neutered next month and Raisin will also have the dead eye removed. She is the spunkiest kitten I've ever had and Cubby Bear is the sweetest. They will go for adoption in October.

Bless you and your wife for the work you do with bottle babies. Wish there were more people like you. You make miracles happen every day!

[lark]

9. Thank you so much for your care of this special kitten.

We finally adopted the special needs cat we'd been feeding for 2 years, after the death of our geriatric fur babies. He's got chronic sinus and eye problems. We spent a year with him on and off antibiotics and got him surgically cleaned out and they still don't know what's wrong, so now we have an appt. with a specialist because he needs to have a special type of nasal scope done that requires specialized training and equipment. We're just taking him for a consult because he doesn't feel bad and is quite strong and healthy looking & acting, other than sneezing ugly green and very stinky snot all over everything. I hope they can figure out what's wrong with him and that it won't cost a fortune AND they take payment plans.

We had to reschedule because now he has bladder issues, was in dire shape a week ago and we couldn't keep him off food for 12 hours as we have to do for his appt. The food is the medicine, helps break up those nasty hurty crystals that block his tube, so have to wait until his bladder is healed.

Foggy is the sweetest most loving cat we've ever had, luckily with all his problems, he is easy to dose with medicine - amazingly easy compared to our other cats over the years..

So anyway, good luck with your special fur baby.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. Weezer's rough little meow

Turned me into jello.

He is so cute! Glad Wheezy was a foster fail.

And thanks for raising the bottle babies. It's a tough job.