Peanut the foster kitty

I would actually guess she was a little older than 4 weeks.Ours are 3 weeks and no where near a pound yet! Heres a pic,you can see how small their ears are and they still look like "infants" still very wobbly.Wont be able to start trying to eat solid food for atleast a couple more weeks.Fortunately we also have their mom! Once they can eat and poop on their own they dont really need much except love,some toys and litter training.NO clumping cat litter!If she doesnt seem to be eating enough try wetting the food.She is adorable! By the way,yes i know my kitties have giant feet!7 toes with opposable thumbs! Scary.[]

Ohhhhhh, so SWEET!  How good of you to not make her wait any longer. She needs lots of kisses, that's what she needs.
 
Agreed on the no clumping or at least clay/silica cat litter.  Dusty and bad for little lungs.  I think you CAN use one that clumps, but is not clay - World's Best comes to mind.  One of my adult cats had mild asthma and it went away when I switched from Scoop Away (supposedly far less dusty then other clay litters) to World's Best.
 
Sounds like you've got the rest of the bases covered.  Give her some lap time and lovin' from me!

I've got non-clumping litter--I had to pick some up at the store today. They sent dry food home with her, so I'll see how she does on that and if she's not eating enough, I'll give her some wet too.
 
She seems to be litter box trained. She pooped in their already. I went in to pet her and play with her, but I'm not sure she likes me. She keeps rolling over, grabbing me with her paws (or pushing me away with her paws) and trying to nibble on my fingers. Is she trying to drink from my fingers??
 
She saw Loki and Odin for a few minutes. They were excited, but very nice. And she hissed at them. She must've had some previous dog experience.
 
I'm just sort of lost. I haven't had a kitten for 14 years. She's adorable, but I just can't read her the way I can my cat (of course I know 14 years vs. 3 hours is different).

Kittens ALWAYS hiss at new large fast moving objects. It's their only real defence. Even our cats kittens who grew up with dogs always hissed the first time...lol! It's like "HEY...oh yeah I know you". The ones I fostered also hissed at my kids the first time and my husband's deeper voice. Hold the kitten if you can and stroke her and stuff like that...or you can get a string and encite her to play with that. I try not to get them used to biting fingers as they will do that later and it's NOT pleasant...haha!

I try not to get them used to biting fingers as they will do that later and it's NOT pleasant...haha!

 
Yeah, that's what I thought too. But I thought she might just stop on her own, since she's not getting milk--if that's in fact why she's doing it.
 
I've got tons of cat toys, so we're going to get them out tomorrow and start playing. Mainly I want her used to human interaction, but it would be great if she could get to meet the dogs and my cat at some point. But I don't want to freak her out too soon. []

Sounds like shes playing with you! I also forgot that some cats,like dogs like a den like place to sleep in.You could put in a small box or enclosed kitty bed for her and something to scratch!

Cats like dogs, have a window where they are really open to accepting new things. It occurs MUCH earlier in kittens than in dogs. In cats you really need to make sure the big stuff, people socilization....dogs...children...stuff like that, is done before I'd say 7 weeks...right around 6 weeks on is good. They say truly feral kittens will ALWAYS be shy of people if the handling starts later than 8 weeks...which is quite a bit different than a dog...so don't be afraid to really keep her guessing.
 
Just make sure it's brief, positive exposures that happen daily so it will lodge in her long memory as nothing to worry about. Make sure she has a 'base to run back to during the exposure and be sure to be upbeat and relaxed thruout...they are CURIOUS as all get out and they will come around []

I disappeared for a while - Sorry, had a killer exam tonight!

Anyway, you received good advice on the litter.  Food wise, I would definitely get her some wet.  You can leave her kibble out, but feed her some wet at least once a day.  You may try kitten milk for about the next 4 weeks.

The playing can scratch up your hands.  As for the biting, my cats continued to nip through adulthood when playing, although it wasn't hard.  I liked to call them "lovenips," once I got one, I stopped playing with them.  Definitely continue handling her, especially to promote that human bonding.  Kittens seem to get imprinted with handling, so if you don't handle them at an early age, they are difficult to handle as adults.  The "milking" thing, my adults continue doing that by grabbing a blanket in their mouths & milking it with their paws.  SU says they're massaging the couch.

As for meeting you other pets, cats hiss.  Don't freak out, she's just scared of that big black wet nose sniffing her.    I'd be cautious of the cat meeting since she wasn't vaccinated yet. 

Whatever you do, PLEASE, do NOT bathe her often (daily, weekly, or even monthly).  Cats, especially inoor cats, rarely need a bath.  I have a friend who bathed hers daily, poor cat got pneumonia and is left with chronic bronchitis.

What a cutie pie!  Give her lots of head strokes and belly rubs for us!  BTW love the name Peanut (my dog's name-hehehe).

I would mix some wet food and some KMR for her to eat in addition to the dry food. She may need to have her bottom cleaned after she eats to stimulate her to go potty.

Just give her lots of love and she will be fine! 

Whatever you do, PLEASE, do NOT bathe her often (daily, weekly, or even monthly). Cats, especially inoor cats, rarely need a bath. I have a friend who bathed hers daily, poor cat got pneumonia and is left with chronic bronchitis.

 
Oh no, I wouldn't bathe her more than once. I think I've only bathed my other cat twice in her 14 years! I gave her a bath when she came home today, because she was brown and smelly. I dried her off real quick, though, and then warmed up a towel in the dryer to get her to stop shaking.
 
My cat has her vaccinations (she's due in January), so should I worry about her catching something from the little one? How cautious do I need to be? I'm not sure if Kristy has been vaccinated against that nasty kitten virus that can kill (cat parvo?).

If you r cat is vaccinated, she's fine.  But you don't know what this kitten has been exposed to.  I hope you can get her vaccinated soon, that's the safest bet for everyone. 
Check here for more info on Parvo:
[linkhttp://www.vet4petz.com/articles/feline_panleu_vir.htm]http://www.vet4petz.com/articles/feline_panleu_vir.htm[/link]
 
[linkhttp://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/mcninch/]http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/mcninch/[/link]

I'm going to take my cat into the vet next week just to make sure that everything is up to date anyway. She's 14, so I want to make sure that she'll be ok. She is not too pleased by little Peanut, by the way.
 
So this morning I went into the bathroom and Peanut meowed as soon as she saw me and then started purring! Yay, I think she likes me. I felt so bad having to leave her. I almost stuck her in my pocket and brought her to work.
 
The dogs are completely insane about having a little kitten in the bathroom too. I don't know how I'm going to control them. They wouldn't hurt her on purpose, but she's so tiny that I'm worried about her.

Yeah, I'm not surprised your 14 year old isn't happy about the kitten.  In my experience, the resident cat would just barely tolerate the newcomer.  This was especially true if the resident was an older female, the males were a bit better (all were altered).  If the resident was younger, especially under 5, they seemed to get along.
I'm not surprised Peanut is happy to see you, you are the one who's cared for her, she's bonding.  And I know how easily I get attached, I want to take my pets with me to work all the time (they ehlp keep me sane).  Just a warning, if you plan on finding eanut another home, keep that in your mind so your heart doesn't break when the transfer day comes.
Considering her size, I too would be cautious to keep the dogs separate from her.  They may just want to play, but get a little rough, and she'd be hurt.  When you can supervise, it's a good idea to expose her to the dogs.
When she's alone in the bathroom, leave her lots of toys.  My boys LOVE the little fake-fur mice I buy them at Petsmart (89cents each).  Xebby had a thread in the Dog-Cycle about cat toys.
One last thing I thought of this morning, if you could start clipping her nails, at the very least start handling her paws, pushing the nails out, checking between the toes, etc.  People don't think of this, but just like dogs, cats have to be conditioned to this.  And the earlier you start, the easier it is!  Also, check her eyes, ears, and under the tail regularly, just so she's used to it.

Keep the kitten away from your other cat for a while like it sounds like you are doing. I would take her to the vet for a check up. A friend got a cat from the pound with a resp. problem as many of them have and the older cat died. That broke my heart. I loved the older cat she had.