Our Second Rescue

Picture taken going home from Paco.

We already promised ourselves, no more taking in kittens! But we couldn't ignore this one. She was only 2-3 weeks old and abandoned.

It all started when our Human went on an adventure to this place called Paco Park. She said it's a place where people either get married or buried. Strange place, I know... After exploring the park, it was time for her to go home, but then she hears a tiny sound, it sounded more like a baby bird rather than a kitten meow. Then boom! We found Kitty#2 (we never officially named her) lying near a bench, crying. Mommy cat was no where in sight, all the other cats found were males and did not want anything to do with her, that's when our Human decided to take her in. Before they went, she gave kitty a little butt rub to make her pee. Judging from the amount of fly eggs on her head, it looks like she's been alone for a long time.

When we got her she could only
 open her left eye.

So cozy.

Taking care of a new born kitten isn't a walk in a park (even if that's how she was found). The first thing we did was prepare a bed for kitty; we placed a hot water bag under a towel so kitty would stay cozy and not burn her self. We then sent our Human away again to search for kitten milk and a bottle specially made for new born animals.

Both eyes open. Beautiful!

Learning how to sit up.

We had one of those moments when a vet would sell us things we don't really need. Since our favorite vet was a little far and our Human got a little tired from the park trip, she went to the nearest vet she knows (but never been to). The only baby animal milk they had was labeled for "baby animals". We did do our research before letting our Human go, and we know that getting milk specifically for kittens was important. Since we had no other choice (and the vet did recommend it), why not?

Diarrhea. That's why not. Which happened a few days later. When it did happen we decided to take her to our favorite vet, and showed them the milk we've been giving her and surprise! It was no good. According to our trusted vet, the milk we've been using is mostly used by bird owners.

We didn't know that PetAg KMR was being sold here, we could have bought that instead since it's been the most recommended among people who have nursed orphaned kittens before. It had the same price as the first milk we bought. It was a little hard to find, we had to go through a lot of pet stores but we eventually found one that has it. The milk smelled more like milk and kitty loved it. Do take caution if by any chance you're going to use this product; keep refrigerated after opening, and smell the powder first before using. It's supposed to smell like regular powdered milk, if not, return it.

Our human will miss you the most.

During her last days with us she
learns how to walk.
We will miss you little kitty...

Our human had to stay awake the whole time, taking really short naps since kitty needed to be fed every 4-5 hours. We'll be honest, it was a very stressful job, but as cliche as it may sound, it was worth it. We placed an ad in Cat Care Philippines asking for someone to adopt or foster our kitty, we needed help as soon as possible because we're not even allowed to have cats here. Luckily it only took less than a day for someone to take interest.

Kitty's new human is very nice, and a huge cat lover. If that isn't enough, she also has a nursing mommy cat. Legit Milk? New playmates? Sounds like heaven for our little kitty!

Myaw!

It's raining like crazy!

Humans (aka: Nomnomus Dispensurus) are known

to shed their multicolored skin during the monsoon season.

Amazing, lets go!

We love the rain, it keeps the grass fresh even if we can't eat them because they're highly polluted. We love the smell of wet soil, and the cool breeze that comes with the weather. But one thing we absolutely hate about tropical storms is how it keeps our human stranded at home.

Human stranded at home = no grocery kingdom = no veggies= sad sad sad piggies.

Based on our equation, we are very sad piggies. No veggies for us 'till tomorrow! *sad wheek*

Although Rainbow did manage to buy us natural hay (for secret reasons, we couldn't order Vitakraft meadow hay). After our past experience with natural hay, we never wanted to go back, but we had no choice. Our last batch was the worst! It was very yellow, dusty, and filled with these things we have no idea what they were but they were round and very pointy. It kept making holes on out human! This is unacceptable!

Pooping and eating. We piggies are known to multi-task!

But this new batch we recently bought is very different. It's softer, a little more green, no more pointy things, and it smells like oats. We're guessing that the grass that natural hay uses comes from various farms/meadows, hence different quality. Yum nom nom nom nom.

Pure Timothy Pellets

If you guys remember, we mentioned before about Princess Club Corp. selling pure timothy pellets. We had no idea what the ingredients were until we asked, and they replied to us that it's pure timothy in pellet form. So we looked it up to see if there are any information about feeding us pure grass pellets, even if it's originally meant for horses and boom! We stumbled upon this brand with the exact same information about the pure timothy pellets. What we found was this.

It all sounds nice, but one thing that makes us wonder; is it okay for us to consume it for the rest of our life? We piggies need more than just hay. Vitamin C wouldn't be a problem if we get it from our veggies everyday, syringe feeding us ascorbic acid be great too (just take it slow when starting). But what about our other vitamins? We have no idea what's really essential for us, so we compare analysis' from Hagen, Standlee, and the famous Oxbow, and KMS:

Standlee Timothy Pellets

Protein - Not Less Than 8%
Crude Fiber - Not More Than 35%Moisture - Not More Than 12% 

Crude Fat - Not Less Than 1.8% 

KMS Timothy Pellets

Crude Protein - (min)   14.00 %    
Crude Fat - (min)   2.5 %    
Crude Fiber - (min)   20.00 %    
Crude Fiber - (max)   25.00 %    
Vitamin A - (IU/KG)   30,000    
Vitamin D-3 - (ICU/KG)   1,000    
Vitamin C - (mg/kg)   1,000    
Calcium - (min)   0.7    
Phosphorus - (min)   0.4

Oxbow Cavy Cuisine

Crude Protein - min 14.00% 

Crude Fat - min 1.50% 
Crude Fiber - min 25.00% 
Crude Fiber - max 28.00% 
Calcium - min 0.35% 
Calcium - max 0.85% 
Phosphorus - min 0.25% 
Salt - min 0.50% 
Salt - max 1.00% 
Vitamin A, IU/lb min 13,000 
Vitamin C, mg/lb min 200

Hagen Guinea Pig Pellets

Protein - 18%

Oils and Fats - 2.5%

Fibre - 13%

Moisture - 12%

and so on..

So what does this tell us? We don't know, but we're sure that we need lots of fiber. Vitamins are also important stuff. We've noticed that out of the four pellets, the horse pellets have more fiber and less fats. Seems legit.

The timothy pellets sounds like they're worth a try! The only reasons why it's not recommended to feed piggies food meant for other animals is because of the nutritional needs. Sometimes feeds have toxic medicines in them, like some rabbit pellets, those could contain antibiotics which could be toxic to us. Pellets aren't even that important, it should be treated more of like a supplement while everything else needed is balanced out with veggies, or even better, fresh grass.

Unless we're completely convinced, why not? It's pure grass hay. All we have to do is balance all the vitamins we usually get in pellets with veggies. Plus the sun, we piggies need our vitamin D! So there, if only we're really convinced, we shall soon have these babies in our little piggy paws... I mean mouth.

Vitakraft Meadow Hay Review!

We didn't expect to get two new piggy products on the same day; we knew about the Carefresh, but the hay caught us by surprise. Feels just like Christmas... So we got this hay from Princess Club Corp., same people who sold us long stalked timothy hay. We received a text message about PCC having meadow/natural hay from Belgium, at first we thought it was the Versele-Laga type, turns out we have Vitakraft.

Knowing Vitakraft's product line filled with not so good guinea food and treats, we had low expectations when we saw the brand name "Vitakraft" on our bag of hay. Vitakraft sells a lot of hay varieties, the one we have is meadow hay, we have a feeling that it's hay possibly from the meadows. In the packaging it says that Vitakraft hay is taken from the Alpine mountains, sounds delicious. 

  

Surprisingly, it's not that bad compared to all the other hays we've had, this is by far the best. It's very stringy, soft, and more green compared to natural hay, which was getting dustier, more yellow, and became harder every time we purchased a new pack. Our PCC timothy hay smelled the strongest, it was really hard and stalky, and talk about dusty. We're not sure if dusty is the right word, but the leaves were falling off, crumbling, and it eventually turned into powder. Vitakraft hay smells like rasins, and it's really not that strong or dusty like, we had to bury our face in it to figure out what to compare the smell with. If we can recall, Natural Hay smelled musky, and our PCC hay didn't smell bad but it was just really strong, like dried strawberries right in your face.

It's also cheap, P250 per pack, each pack weighs 1kg. It's very light (if you're human), but we feel like our hay is going to last us for... a month. Two months since we bought two. No, we have a feeling it's going to last us probably more than that. We're too lazy to compute on what's more economical to buy. We're guessing that if you want more hay for less, go with Versele-Laga, but if you want a tiny bit more quality, go with Vitakraft. Versele-Laga isn't really low quality hay, we remember loving that stuff! The ones we've previously bought must be an old stock that's been sitting in the pet store for months, or even years. It all depends... Personally, we like buying or trying out different brands as long as they're piggy safe, it makes life fun.

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Timothy pellets!

We keep getting text messages from PCC about their new items for sale. Not that we're complaining. PCC's selling timothy pellets for P150 per 500 grams. Minimum order is five packs, but if you're interested in buying less than that, you could go buy it at their place, where? We don't know. Go ask. They're in Facebook and Sulit.

The pellets are from USA, the brand is called ASI Pellet, Ripon USA. We looked it up and we can't find enough information about it. All we know is that it's marketed for horses. Unless we know about the ingredients, we're staying skeptical. We know that it doesn't have vitamin C, but that could easily be supplemented by Lemon Cee, fresh grass, and veggies. We're just worried about the added vitamins and probably anti-biotics or whatevers mixed in it. Anyone willing to try it out, please do share info about it! Wheek.