thats pretty crap that like, try the jill on a bit of kitten food for now to build her energy up slowly, can also give her a saucer of milk with a raw egg cracked into it, for the hob with the ticks, I wouldn't remove them with tweezers or anything like that as the risk of infection would be too great, if the ticks are too small for a tick twister seek professional advice from your local vet on which spray to use chances are they will frontline him there and then, not the cheapest stuff on the market but by far the best, also although the frontline will kill the ticks that are there already an