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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 11:32 am
As promised.

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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 3:15 pm
YEAH, Cgdba!!!! I'm so glad she came back to you! Saxy, your furbaby is a cutie!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 3:56 pm
CDBA!!!!!!!!!! That's the best news I've had and I'm all choked up so happy you found her/him!!! I really needed a happy ending around now!!! I'm so happy for you all!!! Saxy, Leia gets to be more of a beauty everytime I see her!!! What an adorable kitten!! She looks so different from when you first got her. You've got yourself a beautiful torti there!!! YAY for a happy day of posts!!!!!!
 
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Monday, August 14, 2006 - 9:57 am
Thanks Saxy! Wow Leia (sp?) is getting so big! She sure is a cutie though!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, August 14, 2006 - 12:30 pm
Leia looks quite a bit like my Pitzy Mitzy! And she made it to 18 1/2!!! My nickname for her was 'my soul', cuz she could look right into my eyes and know what I was thinking or feeling. She was Very Special.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Monday, August 14, 2006 - 4:37 pm
Saxy, your cat is so pretty. Just love those colors. Retired, I meant to say this before...I'm glad to hear your cats are on the mend.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Monday, August 14, 2006 - 4:38 pm
Well, the first two days are almost over. Things are getting better. I think Whitney is starting to get past thinking of the kitten as an intruder and has accepted that she's staying. Whitney is SOOOO jealous, though. Any time the kitten is in sight, Whitney is stuck to me like glue. I don't mind it, though. I love having her close. We went shopping for kitten stuff today, which Whitney was jealous of (she has never taken that much interest in any of the million things I have bought her!). She claimed the kitten's bed as her own!
. The kitten seems happy. She's settled in nicely and has already found a few favorite places - like this pile of throw pillows that used to be on the couch in my pre-Whitney days:
. She is fine being alone, but also loves sitting in my lap. Earlier I was doing some beading and the she sat in my lap the whole time. And since this morning, it seems we've progressed to the point, that Whitney is actually sitting across the room from me right now, even though I'm holding the kitten (who is asleep in my lap). That is a very good thing. She seems to adore Whitney...just wants to rub up against her and play with her. Whitney is not feeling the same. This is about as close as Whitney cares to be to the kitten:
She has been "woofing" (which is a woof-y bark/growl with a chomp...never close enough to hurt the kitty, she is just aiming to scare it) at the kitten. Whitney had a lot of training with her last owner, and she seems to be "woofing" at the kitten when it does stuff she's been trained not to do. Which is, actually kind of cute. I am back to work tomorrow. I'll be leaving them in separate rooms while I'm gone. I don't think they'd hurt each other, but why take the chance? I got some of those plastic tips for the kitten claws that I have to figure out how to apply. Does anybody use those and have any suggestions?
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Monday, August 14, 2006 - 4:51 pm
There are days I feel just like these cats! LOL

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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, August 14, 2006 - 6:30 pm
Cdbga, It sounds like you and your two friends there are doing great together! They are both very cute!!! Separate rooms while you are away is probably a good idea for the first little while. We've never used plastic tips as we never found it to be much of an issue. You might want to try trimming her nails though once she gets really comfortable with you. That takes away much of the real sharpness but she can still use them. Just don't trim too much - stop well before where you can see the little red inside the nail.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 7:15 am
Thanks, Cdbga! Kitten and Whitney are adorable. Your vet can tell you which tips to get and show you how to put them on.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 10:38 am
Oh yea, Cdbga (hey, that rhymes)! Those pictures are so cute! Any ideas on a name for the kitten? I remember thinking I'd name my next cat Loki but then someone else used it and I didn't want to seem like a copycat, lol. And that's how my Linus became a Linus instead of a Loki. But I gotta tell ya, he really is more of mischievous trickster than a philosopher, lol. Saxy, Leia is beautiful, love her colors and expression. And thanks for the laugh, Dolphinschild.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 12:47 pm
Cdbga, I'm so happy you made that little sweetie a permanent part of your family. She's too cute not to!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 2:09 pm
This is Spot:
And here's Trouble:

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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 7:16 pm
Prisonerno6 - Gorgeous cats!!! Are they siblings? I'm sure seeing them in person you can pick out differences, but that almost look like twins from the pictures! Does Spot have a spot? 
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 2:28 am
Yes, they're brothers. Spot has a white Spot on his chest, and Trouble lives up to his name. Trouble is also quite a bit bigger than Spot, so it's easy to tell them apart when they're next to each other.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 7:55 am
Prisoner - beautiful cats!!! Very silky coats.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 8:29 am
Prisoner, glossy, shiny coats always make a cat look so healthy. You're doing a good job...one can tell by just looking at these beautiful boys.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 8:40 am
gorgeous kitties!! I keep looking at my little leia and realizing she's not so little anymore! I wonder how big she'll be! LOL
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 8:55 am
Thanks! I call them my boys. I got them the day after Christmas from the SPCA. Picked them both up and they immediately started nuzzling and burrowing in my hair, so I knew they were the ones for me. It's funny how different their personalities are. Trouble will sleep on the back of my overstuffed easy chair, while Spot prefers to sleep on the window perch. At night, Trouble sleeps on top of the covers on one side of me while Spot burrows under the covers on the other -- and they never switch sides. Spot is a climber, Trouble prefers his feet on the ground.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:23 am
Spot and Trouble are adorable. Have I said this before...I black kitties! =^..^=
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:53 am
My first cat was an all black cat without a single white hair on her. She had emerald eyes and was absolutely gorgeous. I called her Psycho. Then I found out all cats are a little bit crazy. Spot used to have a white whisker, but he lost it, and if it grew back, it grew back black. Trouble's nickname is Mr. Tubbs, because he's a hefty boy...
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:06 am
Aaargh, I was right at the end of composing my post, then refreshed the page and lost everything. Grrr...stupid Internet Explorer. That doesn't happen with my Mozilla. But, I am at work and not allowed to install Mozilla here. ANYWAY, Prisoner those are some cute cats you've got. They remind me very much of my childhood cats, Fred & Barney, who also had the glossy black coats. Things are improving with the kitten. The first 2 days after my last post were really stressful. Whitney started attacking the cat every time she saw her. So, I was on edge all the time trying to avoid run-ins. We finally had a long talk Tuesday night...I basically told her that I'm not going to try to force her to love, like or even be nice to the cat, but that she can't keep attacking it. If she can't be nice, then she should just ignore the cat. And, it may just be by coincidence, but ever since then, she has been completely ignoring the cat. So, not so much as a growl in the cat's direction since Tuesday night. When the cat starts to get rambunctious, she does give me a "How long do I have to put up with this?" look, but then she goes back to the ignoring. I think the fact that she's been able to start eating regular food again is helping, too. I would probably be pretty grumpy, too if all I could eat was rice, while the new kid in the house got food that smelled and looked really good! Oh, and also, Whitney seems to think the litter box is a snack bar or something. She definitely snacked out of it Tuesday night, so I had to elevate it a bit so that she can't get her head in it. But, now she's still trying to figure out how to get in there! I think I am going to move my sewing desk in the room temporarily and put the litter box on that. We'll see if it works for the kitty before I go out and buy something new to put it on (I am cheap!). With all that going on, I haven't even thought about names. I like people names for pets, and facially, she reminds me of someone, so I was thinking of using that name...but I can't figure out who it is! And, of course, I should probably confirm that she is, in fact, a she before I pick a name. I need to make a vet's appointment for Whitney soon, so maybe I can take her in then and have her checked out.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, August 18, 2006 - 2:02 pm
Moonie's beloved Shilo wnt to Rainbow Bridge this morning, I posted more info in her folder
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, August 18, 2006 - 2:10 pm
Oh no about Shilo. How sad. Cdbga, laughing about the snack bar.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, August 18, 2006 - 3:09 pm
((((((((Moonie))))))))

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