[LongElegantLegs]

Sorry to bother you, would you mind pinging your list for me?

[Valpal1]

If you have a digital camera, pictures are a good idea.

The mottled brown and black male sounds like a tortoise shell and are considered rare.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=male+tortoise+shell+cat

[HungarianGypsy]

My cat was four weeks old when our neighbor said a friend couldn't keep her in his apartment. She had fleas, wouldn't eat, and looked ready to die. Another neighbor told me to moisten some cat food, open the cat's mouth, and force feed her. After this was done she started eating on her own. She is a gorgeous and silly nearly adult cat now.
Other boards have suggested some sort of formula, but this is what worked for us.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Kitties in need ping

[Rodney King]

Uh, this is the Doggie Ping list. Cats and Dogs are mortal enemies. Cats and Mice are mortal enemies. As a result, Mice and Dogs are sort of friends.

I learned all this by watching Tom and Jerry, btw.

It is true that you can make a dog and a cat live together and be friends. It is also true that Heather can have two mommies. It doesn't mean it is not a perversion of nature.

[302damnfast]

If their eyes are open, they shouldn't have too much of a problem with feeding them regular cat food.

If they don't want to eat, try feeding them a meat flavored baby food. Most cats LOVE lamb flavor baby food. (dunno why) Chicken works too.

[Andy'smom]

Some of the canned food is made for kittens.

[Servant of the 9]

Call some local Vetrinarians.
Most of them seem to have signs up offereing free kittens all the time.

So9

[Young Werther]

There's always the WalMart option.

A poster board that says "Free Kitties". Saturday in the WalMart parking lot and it'll take less than an hour.

I found a cute short haired dog with no tag. I kept it in my backyard for several days and would have adopted it if my Huskies had taken to it. This dog knew "fetch", "come" "sit" and for the most part was more intelligent than my huskies. When I took him to my WalMart, one of the first people to ask was a woman with a stroller. She asked whether the dog was well mannered, and as if on cue he stood on his hind legs perched on the stroller and began to lick the baby!! the woman said "that's a fine dog and my 7 year old will take to him". 22 minutes!!!

[Humidston]

I don't mean to be gross here, but someone told me that lots of people watch for free kittens so that they can feed them to boa constrictors. BE CAREFUL.

[najida]

Just be careful who you give them to...

There are those who get 'free kitties' to feed their snakes.

Sorry, but just beware.

In the meantime, canned food, a mini-litterbox and lots of love.

[GovernmentShrinker]

At 5 weeks, I'd give them some milk with IAMS canned kitten food mixed in. Gradually increase the proportion of kitten food, 'til they're eating the canned food only.

And I'd second the warnings about being careful who you give them to. Boa owners are the least of the problem -- at least that's a very quick death. There are people who sell cats to wholesalers who provide dead cats for biology class experiments, etc. The cats are often treated VERY poorly before they're killed, since they're just being rounded up by someone who's looking at them as livestock worth $5 or so a head, and who doesn't care if they're starving and dehydrated for several days or longer.

I'm rooting for your husband to get attached :-)

[U S Army EOD]

Please tell me where you live, I think the kittens need company and I have a lots and lots for them. Just found another litter yesterday.

[The_Victor]

I have four cats already, and three of them are still kittens (technically). I'll have to exempt myself from adopting.

[BADROTOFINGER]

At 5 weeks old, they will not eat enough of any sort of cat or kitten food to be healthy. You will need to get them some kitten formula ASAP. It is sold at pretty much any pet store, but on my last trip to WalMart, it was sold there too and for the money, WalMart is probably the best bet.

A friend of mine recently got a kitten that was weaned too soon, and the cat would try to bite her lip and nose. She thought that it was just being playful, but it was desperate to feed and was not able to digest even the canned kitten food. It is likely that those kittens are near starving as I type this and need some formula pretty badly. It isnt too expensive though...JFK

[Mjaye]

I got Fred and Rickey when they were two week old orphans, they are 4 months old now and getting quite porky, weighing nearly as much as my two big girl cats. I fed them cat formula from the pet store from a kitten nursing bottle, then had to use a large syringe (no needle, of course).

The kitten food in cans is fine, but I mixed it with the formula at first to make the transition. Parasites are the biggest problem, they had to be treated several times. Good luck, and please don't give them away on the street. I will say that two cats entertain themselves very well when raised together.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

You can always send them here.

I have two females.