Introducing..... Flint!

We got an urgent email from the neonatal program director two weeks ago about an urgent medical case. A foster kitten had been brought in for emergency surgery. His litter-mates had been suckling on his genitalia and the skin had grown over the area, completely blocking the urethra and causing him to be unable to urinate. If this had gone uncorrected, he would have been dead within 48 hours.

As a result of this condition Flint had to be removed from his home. Since he would need constant care for the surgical site and administration of medication I was contacted to take the baby boy in.

Flint was quite healthy aside from the blocked urethra. He was at a normal weight for his age (6 weeks) and ate on his own.

We picked up Flint during one of Elliot's check-ups.


.....They definitely did NOT hit it off. Elliot greeted Flint by growling and hissing. However there was no where else for Flint to go, so we loaded him up in the carrier and brought him home.


Flint had some behavioral issues due to his problems with his own littermates. He was extremely aggressive and attacked and bit just about everything. He would lock his little jaw down when he bit and would break skin and draw blood with every bite. Our first two weeks was dedicated to simply calming the little boy down.

Elliot eventually warmed up to Flint and the two of them ran around and played non-stop. For kittens there are only two speeds: Supernova and Nap!