• Date: 3/3/2018
  Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
  Location: ARL Main, Mapes Auditorium
  5452 NE 22nd St
  Des Moines, IA 50313

The National Kitten Coalition will be doing a one-day workshop specific to kittens and will cover multiple topics about general kitten health, how to care for kittens, and more!

Primary audience: those who work or volunteer in the animal rescue field, veterinary field, those who foster kittens, and those who may provide care for young/sick cats.

The conference is from 9 a.m. - 5: p.m. (check-in starting at 8:30 a.m.) and includes lunch. Tickets are $15/person.

These topics will be covered in the Kitten Conference:

• Stabilizing kittens and immediate critical care
• Performing an intake exam; what to look for
• Care of orphaned kittens; proper housing, feeding and daily care
• Socializing kittens and feral kittens
• Common concerns of kittens – singles, genital suckling, etc.
• Appropriate housing for kittens of all ages
• Quarantine and ways to minimize or eliminate disease transmission
• Cleaning and sanitation protocols
• Vaccines and protocols
• Nutrition
• Parasites
• How to safely bathe kittens
• Ringworm
• Diarrhea
• Eye issues

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Registration closes at midnight Wednesday, Feb. 28.