12/06/2026
Donations needed! Again 🫣
Words are hard on the best of days but I think everyone can agree that cutting a ball of hair, fleas, and dirt off of the knotted together umbilical cords of three kittens is not a good day.
It took over an hour with three people carefully assessing each cut to get close to freeing them, plus 10 more minutes of soaking the remaining clump of dirty matted hair in betadine to free the first kitten. He was in the best shape you could hope for having been literally tied to his siblings and untended by Mom for many hours.
I don't even remember the details of assessing and splitting the last two kittens apart but my heart fell seeing that even with our best efforts to protect the umbilical cords one of the cords had been tugged too hard. We carefully cleaned the umbilical site with more betadine and sent photos for assessment by professionals. The three siblings, 2 boys and a girl, have joined their brother who thankfully didn't need to be untangled, with a bottle feeder for the night.
There's so many lessons we can take from today, use a higher table, mix more milk up, breathe, always keep an extra and clean pair of nail clippers on hand, don't forget to use the Capstar early in the process, sanitize your heating pad before the new kittens arrive. 🙃 However the two things sticking with me tonight are how lucky we are to have the people and skills to safely free these babies and that you can't ever have enough kitten formula.
Which brings me to what we need, Kitten Milk Replacer or KMR. The generous donations from 8 days ago are already being put to use but even the 5lb bag of KMR will only last us two to three weeks, and that was before we added 4 more hungry mouths. Newborn kittens usually drink about 2 mls every 2 hours but these 4 drank about 35 MLS in one feeding! 🫣 Hungry babies!
Please consider donating some KMR or money for us to purchase some. .
We primarily use the powder form of KMR. And another 5-lb bag or two would be amazing while the 12 oz and 28 oz sizes are perfect for single kittens or to hand out to people needing emergency supplies.
https://www.chewy.com/dp/179472
Please ship to BMSCR, 2296 Cobblestone Ct, Beavercreek OH 45431-2505. And remember, Pet Supplies Plus price matches Chewy!
If you want to donate in person? We'll be at 3 locations on Saturday! The Pet Supplies Plus in Beavercreek by Walmart, Pet Supplies Plus in Beavercreek by Kroger and at the Fairborn Pride Event located at the Amphitheatre in Community Park East.
If you'd like to donate through PayPal please do so through our website bluesmews.org/donate
Thank you so much for the continued support!
Sincerely,
One very tired, sore, and grateful kitten rescuer and her friends