But it’s a common thing with street cats. Not worrying.
Samantha has been having frequent defecation of soft stools, so I thought I should check with the vet over texts. The vet says it sounds like “large bowel diarrhoea” which is quite common.
Google says:
Small bowel diarrhea is characterized by weight loss, a mildly increased frequency of defecation and a large amount of feces produced per defecation. Patients with large bowel diarrhea do not lose weight but have an increased defecation frequency but less feces produced per defecation.
It could be due to worms, but because of her pregnancy, the vet says to just give her probiotics.
So I sneaked in a pack of Max Pro GI into a half amount of canned food to ensure she eats it up first. She did, but only half of it, so I withheld giving more food until she finished the entire bowl. Then only I gave her more food.
That’s the only way to trick her into eating it since I still cannot touch her. She shies away as though I’m the enemy. Comparatively, Gerald and Creamy allow me to carry them anywhere!
And I started feeding Samantha way, way back. The ever cautious Calico cat with cattitude!
A treat of tasty Cindy’s Babycat and Mother kibble.
Tabs is curious and wants to know what’s happening, but she always ends up with a hissing fight with Sam, so I cannot leave Tabs alone in the room with Sam.
I can leave Riley for hours. The two get along fine because they were always together when they were on the street.
Riley wants to play with Tabs.
There is a possibility that Samantha is Minnie’s long-lost daughter and that Riley is Samantha’s daughter. It’s all possible.
Minnie (grandmother) – grey tabby
Samantha (mother) – calico
Riley (daughter) – dark grey tabby
Calicos can give birth to grey tabbies, I’m told.
Grey tabbies giving birth to calicos is more rare. But it can happen. Minnie was definitely clutching a calico newborn in her mouth and walking up the street when I first sighted her.