Awww, I know what you mean, @kittylicious! It was touch-and-go with my little guy when I received him. Emergency vet trips in a rural area to a very small city to get help, et cetera. I would have been pretty devastated to see him perish.

I'm sorry your family had to go through that. It's always difficult to see a being suffering, especially one in your care. 💘It's good you have had the little ones there to co-nurture. That's how it really works too. They're little healing secret agents, undercover(fur).

As for my Johnny-boy, he sort of bounced back. He was all full of piss and vinegar. As soon as he was being held (he was constantly on my chest) and fed this stuff, he kinda tore the place up. lol He just started ripping around and got stronger and stronger. He would run up my leg (especially when I was in shorts, OUCH!) and climb me.

Those little curly legs straightened themselves out, if you ask me.

Colostrum gives the naive immune system the polypeptides carrying messenger data from a more robust immune system. While they're so little like that, it is easily assimilated for them to integrate into their growing bodies. I have a feeling that's what helped give my little guy the edge, plus I'm a kanga-daddy, so he was spoiled with constant love.