These two adorable little monsters were left in a box out front of my wife's pet store, they purred so much when I was holding them. Don't worry they already have a foster, they will get well taken care of.
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About 4 weeks old. They are eating solid food, so even though it might not be ideal, they should be okay.
We also have no way of knowing the background. For all we know, they were found without their mother. Someone who didn't know what to do may have just wanted to do something.
If this was the best someone could do, it is a good outcome. And those two will be loved.
Physically they may be okay, but they'll probably have a really hard time socializing. The first ten weeks are so important to learn healthy behavior, hopefully there's other cats in their new home who could become surrogates.
But you're right, this may still be the best outcome, albeit rough.
You're not wrong, but it varies a lot.
My cat Tommy and his sisters were found in a tire when they were four weeks old. They all had severe eye infections and ear mites, and they were in an unsafe place. So they had to be taken from their parents' care.
All four kittens were wicked smart and grew up to be very social adults. Tommy loves people, and he wants to be friends with every cat he sees.
But he was rescued by someone who knew what they were doing, and I know how to socialize cats well.
It sounds like these two will be going to someone who knows what to do. So there's a lot of reason to be optimistic they will wind up social and happy. :)
Currently struggling to socialise a cat with other cats, shooting it with water seems to immediately stop the fights. Fights per hour has finally dropped well below 1
Can you separate them in different rooms? Slowly introducing them is more ideal than physical punishments like spraying with water.
Let them sniff each other under the door until they get used to each other's smells, then gradually increase supervised time in the same room together, separating them any time it turns feisty.
We did that for the first ~6 months, introduction was very slow
They're pretty good now, two of them used to fight on sight. Now they coexist in separate rooms (door open) without fighting
"Fights" happen when two try to play, but the unsocialised one doesn't know when to stop or back off
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