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Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Alrighty, Like mame said, I am not so sure about calling the humane society right away since they probably know I'm keeping an eye. But, i did find out that this cat was around before these people moved in, so my guess is the little girl just kinda "adopted" the kitty. So, my plan is to keep feeding it and try to clean it up some and hope that the food it's getting from my porch sticks. I think it's been by today to eat. I plan to leave a heaping bowl full of food when we leave in the morning. I might leave a baggie of food with another neighbor girl (she's in 8th grade and her sis and I are the same age) just in case Gizzy runs out. She doesn't think these people feed the cat. In fact, she said she used to sneak food out to the cat! LOL

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mizinvanccouver a private message Print Post    
Saxywildcat--Glad to hear you're still looking over this poor kitty.

Have you nicknamed it "Gizzy"? Is that it's new name??

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Miz: Gizzy is the name that this little girl gave it. I figured I might as well keep it.

My plan is working! I am pretty sure Gizzy is liking my porch more and more! When I came home from the store, Paige and Gizzy came over. (Paige is the little girl). Anywho, I got Gizzy a treat, and I brushed it some. Little girl says that she brushes it sometimes, but it doesn't like it when she does. She said several times that he likes me. She doesn't mind that he comes to eat on my porch. When she asked why I had cat food on my porch, I said it was for the other neighborhood cat. I figured that was a good answer.

Oooh, i gotta get back to my chicken.

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mizinvanccouver a private message Print Post    
Very good answer to the little girl Saxywildcat, because you know she's going to tell her parents.

Maybe you'll both 'share' Gizzy. lol

Are the matts coming out a bit with the brushing?

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 7:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Ok these were too cute not to post! The gray kitties are a week old today, the darker one will be a week old tomorrow. My brother is calling them Larry, Darryl, and Darryl because the gray fuzzy kitties look exactly alike at the moment.





Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
They are super cute! It's hard to believe how big they are already.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Jimmer all they do is eat. Fuzzy - the mama - is trying to stay away more and more but when she's away they cry and cry so she comes back to them, then tries to sneak away when they all are sleeping. This afternoon my brother let her out to use the litter box - she refuses to use the one in the cage - and they started crying and she just looked at my brother like "can't I pee in peace?". My brother kinda crawled in, laid his head on the basket, and the kitties snuggled up in his beard and went to sleep. When Fuzzy came back she snuggled next to my brother - but far away from the kitties. I think my dad and brother are keeping the house way too hot because of the babies and she's just overheating.

Here's how big they are compared to a pop can.
Never being around baby kitties except when I was 3, I have no idea how big they are supposed to be.



Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL – All babies do eat a lot (as the Mom is finding out)!

I like the picture with the pop can. You can get a better idea of how tiny they are when they are next to it.

Regee
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10-09-2005

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Regee a private message Print Post    
Oh My Gosh Serate:

THEY ARE SO CUTE, if I knew where in Iowa I would be down to get one teeheeeeee.

That is where I was raised in Cherokee, which my Mother still lives there.

PLEASE keep the photo's coming, they are just precious.

Reg'ee

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 9:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Welpers, the cat came back to the porch earlier and camped out for quite a while. He wasn't here when I got back from work, but then we heard a scratch at the door, and there he was. I completely filled the dish with water and food. He should be fine until we get home on Sunday.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Saxy, that kitty will be yours before long. He/she knows a good thing.

My kitty took her pill this morning. Some how I managed to be 'mater of fact' about the whole thing. Plopped the pill in her mouth and she swallowed it. Then I gave her some extra canned food.

She usually gets her canned food in the evening but I have not seen her touch any of her dry food since her vet visit so am giving her extra canned food.

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
welp, guess who came to visit shortly after we got home? He wasn't there when we got home, and not the first time I went back outside, but shortly thereafter, I look out the front door, and there's the kitty, lookin up at me! LOL Then we went to get food, we got back, and he was up in our porch swing. I hope that I'll eventually be able to clean him up. I hope he'll let me go near him with scissors.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, May 15, 2006 - 6:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
More cute kitties.. here are Sugar and Spice, lucky kitties of Retired!

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Retired
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07-11-2001

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 5:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Awwww. Thanks Sea. Very proud mommy here!!

Spice is on the left, and Sugar on the right. They are 12 now. This pic was taken about 3 years ago. I got them when they were 10 wks old after the second of my previous pair of kitties passed. These 2 are also littermates and were adopted from a rescue group here in NJ called PUFF (People for Unwanted Feline Friends).

They (like me) have some kidney problems now. Two weeks after I was released from the hospital last year with my disease, Spice was diagnosed with hers and spent 5 weeks in the hospital. Almost lost her. Sugar was diagnosed 2 months later, but wasn't as critical. Both have bounced back like I have (I'm off dialysis now). Though their kidney values aren't normal, they are better than what they were (like me). I give Spice daily subq fluids. Sugar only needs hers weekly. They're also on special food. Like mother, like daughters.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I'm so glad your beautiful littermate girls were able to stay together. I love their names. I'm glad you (all three of you) are doing better with your kidneys.

Serate, those babies are absolutely adorable!

Thanks Sea and Serate for posting those great pics.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Thanks Happymom. They went for their 6 wk. renal panel checkup today. I expect good news again.

And yes, Serate's brother's kittens are just precious.

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mizinvanccouver a private message Print Post    
Thanks EVERYONE for the kitty pictures. I love looking at cat pics.

Saxywildcat--How's Gizzy today?? Any more luck with the matts?

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Hi Miz, Gizzy (which i hate that name, i'm contemplating thinking of a new one) is fine. He wandered over when I went out to check th email. He might still be on the porch. He has takenn to the porch swing lol!

I did some brushing last night. The worst thing is he either has mud or poo matted in the underside of his tail... That is going to not be easy.... the top and sides of him look nicer, even though there are still some matts.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 4:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
You're a good person, Saxy. Keep pruning away and you'll finally get to the end of it. (No pun intended.)

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mizinvanccouver a private message Print Post    
Hi Saxywildcat-I thought you might not like the the name because in your previous entry you called him "he". So have you determined he's a "he" then?

Does he respond to Gizzy? Kitty kinda sounds like Gizzy. Or if he doesn't know his name you could rename him. LOL

As for the matts and mudd/poo under his tail, yuck! I hope it's not the latter. lol Oh well, maybe in a few more weeks when he trusts you more you can give him a bath.

Glad to hear he likes the porch swing. lol

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I call by 'stop-by' outdoor cats, Duchess, Butch and Rusty. I have no idea what the owners call them. Have you ever seen 'CATS'? TS Eliot says that all cats have a secret name all their own that no one else knows.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Ok, need some advice on how to give a cat liquid medicine. I have been able to pill Blackie but I couldn't figure out how to get his mouth open and hold him and hold the syringe. I got a little bit down him, mostly on him and me. So any advice??? Thanks

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
I've seen cats twice. maybe i'll pick a name from that..

The naming of cats is a difficult matter
It isn't just one of your holiday games
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three different names

First of all, there's the name that the family use daily
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey
All of them sensible, everyday names

There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames
Such as Plato, Admetas, Electra, Demeter
But all of them sensible everyday names

But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?

Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum
Names that never belong to more than one cat

But above and beyond there's still one name left over
And that is the name that you never will guess
The name that no human research can discover
But the cat himself knows, and will never confess

When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought
Of the thought
Of the thought
Of his name

His ineffable effable effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name


Jasper
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 6:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
In case Saxy comes back here, you forgot to assing your points in the AI game

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Dipo, I was able to give our cats liquid med by just holding them like babies and sticking the syringe in the side of their mouths near the back. But my cats were old and docile in my arms and liked being carried like babies.

Another way would be if he will sit still for a moment just to open his mouth as if to pill him and squirt it in.

You could burrito him and hold him like a baby or even just hold him down with one hand once he is all wrapped up. The good thing about a syringe is that you can lay it down without all the med running out of it.

Good luck.

Retired, I hope you get good news again.

Saxy, I used to just cut the mats out with baby nail scissors (not the kind with the circular ends, but the kind with the rounded ends) very slowly and carefully making really sure I didn't cut their skin. It was so much easier and gentle for them than the dematting brush for the large older mats. There is a way to hold the scissors and cut so that there is no way skin will get cut. Will this cat let you hold him?

Good luck