Kitten status

I'm happy to report that the kitten seems to be out of any immediate danger. Thanks to everyone expressing their support during this ordeal. Primary concerns leading to the veterinary's initial pessimism were that the kitten wasn't showing much interest in food and was unusually inactive – bad signs for any cat, but especially problematic for a growing kitten.

Maybe the kitten got as scared as everyone else by the dire news from that vet visit, because pretty soon after that he started eating ferociously. He has been putting on a lot of weight (gaining 300 grams in a week) and is also much more active, playing and fighting with his brother.

The vet was very impressed by this change and couldn't find any major health problems in a recent, more thorough, examination. The kitten is obviously still somewhat behind in development, but if he keeps this pace up the coming weeks he should be fine.

3 May, 2006