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How do you know if a kitten is abandoned?

When I found my little Licorice at the bottom of my garden, I immediately picked it up and wondered how do you know if this kitten is abandoned?

Indeed, I did not want to immediately appropriate this adorable little kitten if it was not an orphan ... But how to know if a kitten is lost, abandoned by his mother, abandoned by unscrupulous owners, alone in the world or belonging to a family?

I am sharing with you below some useful information to understand whether or not a kitten is abandoned.

How do you know if a kitten is abandoned or lost?

And if you don't know how to feed the kitten you just found, I invite you to read: What to feed an abandoned kitten?


How to tell if a kitten is abandoned - Kitten condition

When I found Liquorice, I told myself that it was necessarily abandoned. Indeed, he was very thin, dirty, full of fleas and scared. I thought if it belonged to someone, the kitten would have been cleaner, bigger and less wild. But I had to be sure and so I did some research ...

How to know if a kitten is abandoned - 1st research

To be sure that Licorice was not part of a litter still protected by its mother, I immediately checked all around my garden if there were no cats or kittens. I looked in every corner of the garden, the garage, the outside of my house, in all the possible hiding places, in the wood reserve… I strained my ears to listen if I did not hear little meows. But nothing !

How to tell if a kitten is lost - Neighborhood

As my research was unsuccessful and there was no trace of cats or kittens, I called my neighbors to check around their homes as well. But nothing !

Then I made a call to the Town Hall, the pound, local shops and shelters in my area to inform them that I had found a kitten and leave them my contact details in case someone was looking for it.

How to tell if a kitten is lost - Identification

Moreover, I knew that we can report that a cat was found in the national identification file of domestic carnivores on the website of the Domestic Carnivore Identification Society (I-CAD). But this is only possible on condition that the cat or the kitten is microchipped or tattooed to have an identification number of its own and to look for it on the file of lost cats.

So, I thought to myself that the kitten I found might be identifiable. But without an ID collar and no visible tattoo, I had to take him to a vet to help me check if he had a chip and in which case help me find the owner. But nothing !

This kitten must have been around 1 month and a half, was a male but was neither tattooed nor chipped and therefore seemed to be lost or abandoned ...

Abandoned kitten first aid

What are the steps to adopt an abandoned or lost kitten?

Since I didn't want to leave him at the SPA or in the pound and not abandon it, I decided to adopt it. But how to do it legally?

Declare and wait 8 days

In fact, I learned that when you want to adopt a cat that is not identified, you must make a declaration to the town hall, to the veterinarian closest to you, to the pound and to shelters in the region ( what I had already done).

After 8 days of notifying these agencies that you have found the kitten, the kitten can be legally adopted.

Go to a vet

After giving him emergency care (warm him up especially if the aspen kitten, give him replacement milk bottles, clean him and reassure him ...), a visit to a veterinarian is essential.

Indeed, the veterinarian:

Chip it

But, to adopt your kitten, the veterinarian must also place the identification chip and register it in your name.

This is how I was fortunate enough to legally adopt my little Licorice which has since been filling up!

how do you know if a kitten is lost?

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