Meow Moe · @meowmoe
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Sterling Ericsson · @sterlingericsson
190 followers · 186 posts · Server mstdn.scienceMany urban areas deal with escaped pets and a plethora of other once domestic companion animals. The practice of TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) is paramount in trying to deal with the population explosion and is a constant struggle.
Now, Harvard scientists have developed a gene therapy using anti-müllerian hormone that acts as a contraceptive and lasts years with no reduction in effectiveness.
#Cat #Cats #TNR #Biology #Contraception #GeneTherapy #Science #Scicomm
#cat #cats #tnr #biology #contraception #genetherapy #Science #scicomm
Meow Moe · @meowmoe
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Desert Dweller · @jnye
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🐈 For #Caturday, a shot of "Mister," the last of my #feral colony from SC. It took almost 2yrs to lure & trap this slick old dude for vetting, but he eventually became an absolute lap cat, and now lives with a generous veterinarian friend near my old farm.
From 1998-2022, local #TNR programs funded & helped manage, capture, vet, &occasionally rehome 127. By the time I moved, we could not detect any more ferals. Please support your local programs. It's VERY worth it.
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
481 followers · 2758 posts · Server sfba.socialThe kittens are at the shelter, where they will be under veterinary care because two are still mildly symptomatic with URIs. If any of them are determined to be unadoptable, they will be TNRd to us ... but their chances are very good because they are young and accustomed to being handled.
Make no mistake, I was literally sick from anxiety about taking them ... and I'm crying a lot. This was not easy ... but it was the right thing to do.
I miss them already.
Meow Moe · @meowmoe
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Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
466 followers · 2684 posts · Server sfba.socialKitten update: for the first time, tonight the little gray kitten, Harry Houdini, cleaned his plate. He even smacked Tucker (black kitten) and Livia (tortie) away from it. I think he's turned the corner.
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
465 followers · 2675 posts · Server sfba.socialKitten update: everyone is eating on their own. They're getting in and out of the hospital box at will. And the little tortie (we can't decide if she's Dinah after Alice's cat or Livia after the scheming empress of Rome) is feeling well enough to spit, swat, and yes, bite (she did not break skin ... but she was indeed furious). So now you know.
Meow Moe · @meowmoe
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Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
465 followers · 2660 posts · Server sfba.socialKittens were all out and exploring this morning. Everyone ate on their own. /progress report
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
465 followers · 2660 posts · Server sfba.socialGrey kitten ate wet food on his own!!
I got more saline drops (they didn't have the ampules that I wanted, but I am making the bottle work) and put them in his nose about an hour before I put down food. I put a separate plate for Tortie and Black so that they'd leave him alone ... and I used smaller plates so it was easy to get closer to the food. At first I held him in my lap and held the plate for him, but once he got going I put him and the plate on the floor and let him go until he walked away from the food.
If this didn't work, I had two jars of chicken baby food, which was our secret weapon in the nursery at HSSV.
I did get a good amount of KMR into him this morning as well ... which, now that I'm getting used to the new feeder, is much easier than before. But eating on his own is better.
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
464 followers · 2652 posts · Server sfba.socialBack to syringe feeding with the grey tabby kitten, but the new syringe with a kitten nipple makes that much easier I got probably 5ml in him this morning before he pretty much fell asleep. Black and tortie kittens are alert and eating enthusiastically on their own.
I need to pick up more infant saline solution today for the little grey guy; he's still kind of snotty around the nose.
It's possible that he's just sicker than the others and will take longer to turn the corner.
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
458 followers · 2641 posts · Server sfba.socialKittens ate on their own again this morning ... not a lot before they wanted back in the hospital box, but still. We did wake them up for meds, etc., so it makes sense they'd want to go back to sleep. I'll try them again around noon.
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
456 followers · 2638 posts · Server sfba.socialWhen I went in to check on the kittens, all three were out of the hospital box! I stuck them back in while I hurried and made a slurry of warm water, stinky wet food, and KMR powder. I am relieved to report that all three of them ate on their own! Grey tabby was done first; he tried to get back in the hospital box, so I helped him. Black and tortie kittens ate more than he did, but considering how little I was getting into him with the syringe, I'll take it.
Of course, now we'll have to be really careful when we open the door; the kittens are feeling a bit better!
Stable Genius Liberal · @StableGeniusLib
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#lolibertarian #ramaswamy #tnr
https://newrepublic.com/post/174613/vivek-ramaswamy-lousy-wannabe-rapper-lousy-wannabe-candidate
#lolibertarian #ramaswamy #tnr