misidawnrn Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 We have a litter of kittens that will be 6 weeks old on Saturday. When they were 2 1/2 weeks old DD-8 found one that wasn't moving and was limp. We brought him in the house and have nursed him back to health but he is still significantly smaller than the other kittens. He eats well, is fiesty but still has funny balance and walks funny. He is going to be our inside kitten (even though DH said we can't keep one when they were born...my how things change :lol:) His name is Stevie Wonder. When we first brought him in, he had the newborn hazy look to his eyes and my sister thought he was blind. I said we will call him Stevie because it will be a Wonder if he lives through this. His is living through fine, but small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Glad he lived. He is cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I have runt kitten envy! So cute. Hope baby continues to do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 my oldest cat Blackie (12 in July)_ and my youngest Cali (2 in July) are the runts. Blackie is my most gentle and Cali , well she is NOT my most gentle.They are both very tiny even now as adults. Cali is very feisty and bosses all the other cats around, she is fearless. She looks like your little one except she has a smidge of orange on her. Hope your little runt does well. forgot to tell you that your little runt looks cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 We had a little runt kitten, too. He was a stray, but we'd been feeding the mother cat, so she brought the whole litter to live under our deck. The littlest one wasn't looking good and needed surgery at 4 weeks old, and when he came out of the surgery, the vet said he was already the runt of the litter, and because of his health issues, would probably never attain his full size. We kept him in the house and spoiled him rotten. He grew to be absolutely huge -- almost 30 pounds and not fat -- and my dh and I often used to comment on what his "full size" would have been. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Cat, you almost made me choke on my peanut butter, I was laughing at your post. A 30 pound runt. If you go to my page, you can see a picture of our youngest runt Cali with Ginger our huge 20 pounder (I can't imagine a 30 pounder). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bensmom Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Awww so cute! Our runt is now 11 year old and in perfect health. She is a petite 7lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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