Meep was one of 20 kittens brought in during the third trip. She had four littermates, but was markedly smaller than her siblings. At four weeks old, Meep should have weighed one pound, but she came in weighing less than half a pound, tiny and frail. After a thorough examination, Lawrence Humane staff made the decision to separate her from her siblings so that she could have individualized attention and not have to compete for food with kittens twice her size. Unfortunately, no matter what we tried, Meep just couldn’t gain any weight. Our clinic staff provided every resource possible – dewormer, vaccines, a fecal test, and a variety of medicines and antibiotics. Because kittens can’t regulate their own body temperature, we kept Meep on a heating pad at all times. And while her littermates were eating dry kibble and thriving in foster care, Meep couldn’t gain an ounce even with us syringe feeding her every two hours, including through the night!