Cat loving EMT saves tiny kitten he found motionless in middle of road, and adopts the cat after a full ambulance shift of milk, bath time and cuddles, cat dad says: ‘I cannot emphasize how tiny this little thing is.’

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    "It's small enough to fit in a mug."
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    What happened is I work as an EMT and we were responding to a call. I saw the little thing just sitting in the middle of the road not moving or anything and we almost ran it over, but I had my partner pull over
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    and I just grabbed it. Ofc we had to keep going to jobs so I just put some sheets on the floor and we took it around with us. There weren't any pet stores open, but we got some wet food from a gas station and washed
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    it with some dawn and it knocked out after. Ended up getting some kitten formula powder from on of the nurses which was nice and it has been eating that stuff very well.
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    I already have cats at home so I needed to quarantine it, but it slept fine through the night in a separate room with a hot water bottle. I got a vet appointment today and they said it was
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    5-6 weeks old which is about a week older than I guessed. It's belly was pretty swollen up which they said it from worms so they gave it some dewormer and also gave some eye ointment since there was some
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    discharge. They suspect that it's a girl, but weren't 100% sure because it is so small. They said it was too early to test for FELV and FIV since they might get false positives, so I have a follow up in 2 weeks to test for
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    those and do a fecal test. They were pretty optimistic that it was old enough to survive on its own and doesn't need any extensive care like a 2 week old would. It just needs
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    to be fed the right food and fed very often. I decided to just get a banfield wellness plan for the first year to save the headache on all the shots and stuff. It was able to use a litter box today by
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    SMALL 19L 12V/WY
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    instinct so I'm very hopeful it won't start pig everywhere. I'm trying to feed it as often as possible and it has a good appetite. I got some mother/baby wet food and dry food
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    and I'm supplementing with the formula as well since it's a bit scrawny. I checked on it every 2 hours last night and I'm hoping it can use the litter box on its own and spare me some sleep loss lol.
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    I cannot emphasize how tiny this little thing is. It's 300 grams and I've never seen a cat this small. It's small enough to fit in a mug. I have a shawl thing which my mom for for one
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    of her cats that I carry it around in or it sleeps all day. Anyways, I'll do another update in 2 weeks when all the testing is done and maybe I can
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    introduce it to the other cats then. I still haven't named it yet because I'm still slightly worried that it could spontaneously combust, but I'm doing everything I can lol.
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    Pr... You should name her Amber. (Close enough to ambulance)
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    O... I'm so glad you were there at the right time to save him/her!

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