Keeping Kittens Healthy - Preventative Care and Common Health Issues

Dive into a comprehensive webinar on maintaining kitten health, designed for first-time foster parents. Learn essential preventative care techniques, including administering dewormers and probiotics. Explore effective strategies for managing common health issues such as gastrointestinal problems, respiratory and eye infections, fleas, ringworm, and various viruses. Gain valuable insights on proper sanitation and quarantine procedures to maximize kitten health. Discover how to monitor vital signs, growth patterns, and physical conditions of kittens. Understand the importance of temperature regulation, weighing techniques, and interpreting kitten weight gain. Examine the significance of bladder health, urine and fecal scalding prevention, and recognizing healthy versus problematic stool. Acquire knowledge on identifying and addressing dehydration in kittens. This extensive 2-hour and 35-minute session, part of the Catology Kitten Care Webinar Series, is presented in collaboration with Royal Canin and offers a wealth of information to support foster parents in providing optimal care for vulnerable felines.

Introduction
Meet Hannah Shaw
Partnering with a good veterinarian
Kittens are fragile
Core message
What are we monitoring
Temperament
Physical Condition
Temperature
Heat Sources
Why is this important
Weighing
Kitten Growth Monitoring Chart
When to Weigh Kittens
Kitten Weight Gain
Sibling suckling
What to do with suckling
Check your kittens bladder
Urine and fecal scalding
Why poop is important
Healthy poop
Color wheel of poop
What to expect
Photos
Happy Poop
Diarrhea
Constipation
Signs of dehydration
How to deal with dehydration