A cat day

It was so odd going to the vet with a pride of cats instead of a pack of dogs. The four babies were in the litter puppy stroller. Cloud and Axle (the two big boys) were in a crate balanced on top of the stroller; and Zac the cat was in a smaller crate that I carried. Here is the results:

Zac The Cat: Feline Leukemia negative, physical exam normal, healthy boy, received his annual immunizations including Leukemia since he goes outside.

Cloud and Axle are not littermates. The shelter guy had just guessed they were.

Axle: Feline Leukemia negative, teeth in bad shape and two need to be removed. He is approximately nine years old. He weighs 19 pounds and has likely been fed a junky diet. Between his mouth hurting and him being so overweight, he is not doing a good job grooming himself. He needs to be brushed everyday. He also needs to be fed a high quality diet (of course). He received his annual vaccinations. He needs a follow in six month, after having stability in my house and eating a good diet, so he can have a geriatic blood profile drawn. The vet thinks Axle is healthy, the follow bloodwork is at my request.

Cloud: Feline Leukemia test was negative. Cloud is approximately seven years old and weighs 19 1/2 pounds (I had weighed them at home. I don't like my dogs/cats to use a community scale at the vet). His teeth are in good shape but his body is not in as good a shape. He has fatty-type masses under his arms and in his abdomen. He also has a thin haircoat. He received annual vaccinations. The vet is somewhat concerned about Clouds health status and wants him in for follow up blood work after stabilizing at my house and eating good food in a few months.

Baby Kittens:
Calli is the biggest and healthiest and weighs 13.5 ounces.
Midnight is also big and healthy weighing 12.1 ounces.
Pumkin Face is active like the other two, but is small and starting to
lose weight, 9.5 ounces. He needs help and there is a chance he might
not make it.
Kitty JR is the littlest, scrawniest one. He is not very active at all 7.8
ounces. He need a bunch of help and still might not make it.
The vet said the formula I'm making is good and said to add some of the canned high cal diet tube feeding food I have left from Ellie the Cleft Palate Puppy. I need to continue syringe feeding Kitty JR and Pumkin Face, and give them injections of normal saline with vitamins twice a day. They all are to get a squirt of liquid vitamins twice a day. These kitties are 4 or 5 weeks old. That means they were taken away from their mom and put in the shelter when they were 3 or 4 weeks old. She said kittens should not be weaned until they are at least 6 weeks. She cautioned me that sometimes once a kitten starts to fail, no matter what we do or how hard we try, they will die. She said not to feel guilty. She was holding Kitty JR and I think she was very gently telling me that kitty was probably not going to make it.