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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 11:40 am
Baby update - Target now has 5 kittens! All look like they will be yellow - various shades.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 11:48 am
Make that 6 - my bro went out to try and take pictures and saw a tail under Target's head. Went to look and saw a baby still in it's sac barely breathing. He pulled the sac off and put it by Target's head. She was panting and exhausted but she started licking it and the kitty started to mew.
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Bunkynut
Member
07-07-2004
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 2:52 pm
Josie had another shot this am plus her first bloodwork. Her vet called me and said that she has tested positive for feline leukemia. Her life expectancy is less than 2 years and he wants me to either put her outside (which I'm not doing) or put her down. I said when I got her that I'd put her down if she had it, but now that she has it, isn't a hard decision to basically agree to kill a kitten. She's asleep in my clothes basket right now and you'd never think anything was wrong.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 3:50 pm
Aw, Bunk, how sad. Poor little baby kitty!
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 3:54 pm

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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 3:58 am
Bunkynut I'm sorry for what's happening to your kitty. It's a hard decision.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 4:07 am
Kitty update - and then there were 7. My brother had taken one picture right after #5 was born with Target. A little later he took some more when Target got up to take a break. My brother and uncle counted 7 in the last picture [I had to really try hard to find 7 but finally did] so they went and counted the kitties and sure enough, 7. Anybody want a kitten? Super deal, buy one for $0.00 get 6 free!

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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 5:14 am
OK, everybody together now... AAAWWWWWW!!!!!

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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 7:41 am
"Awwwwwww!"
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 1:24 pm
"awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" to all the newborns! My little one wanted to say hi. The first pic, I caught her in midyawn.. The second is just too cute.!

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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 2:54 pm
Serate, that is one gorgeous litter - orange cats are a weakness for me. I am so glad I am not there - I'd have to keep them all! Saxy, what a cutie! My black stick cat Booboo had a red collar too. She keeps taking it off and hiding it - I don't know where she hid it this time and I have no idea how she keeps getting out of it either.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 3:35 pm
They are probably all male as it is very unusual for a female to be yellow. However, I see the mama is a dilute yellow.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 5:26 am
Saxy, the second picture is too cute. The first, however, could be from a horror movie. Vampire Kitty!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 6:42 am
When Ophelia yawns, we call it her 'flip-top' kitty look.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 6:12 pm
Adorable kittens!!!!!! BTW.. my brother has a female yellow cat, so they're not always male. ETA = Well, duh... since it was mentioned that Target is yellow! LOL Bunkynut - I know how you feel. I did everything I could to save the little baby I got from the Humane Society and had Feline Distemper, which she gave to my other kitten among others! I posted it somewhere, but they didn't want to refund my neutering deposit (this was almost 28 yrs ago) because I should have returned her when I found out she was sick. Well, I had to treat one kitten, so why not two?!!! I only had her a very short time, but I cried my eyes out when she had to be put down or die within a few hours anyway. I can't even stand to let let that happen. If they're going to die for sure, I don't care, I want their suffering stopped, no waiting for nature to take its course! I would think the major problem with having an FIV+ kitten is if you have other cats which could be infected. Shame on that vet for saving to keep her outside. How many other cats might get infected? I'm really surprised that would be suggested by a vet. I know our rescue groups try to find homes for FIV+ kitties w/people who already have other FIV+ cats. Saxy - as always, Leia is adorable in her pics!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 8:25 am
Josie I'm so sorry, Bunkynut. It isn't fair.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 9:03 am
(((Bunkynut and Josie))) I'm so sorry. That is really sad.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 9:04 am
Serate, thanks for the Target update. Wow. I am tired for Target and glad she's done! The pics of the babies are cute. Saxy, cute pics!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 11:14 am
(((Bunkynut))) I'm so sorry about Josie.
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 6:40 pm
If anyone cares to take a look, I received a pm today regarding Sweetie Pie which I posted, word for word, in my folder. Bunkynut, I am so sorry to hear about Josie. You both will be in my thoughts and prayers!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 5:52 am
i do not know if this is a true story or not. In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, died shortly after birth. The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve. After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only "orphans" that could be found quickly, were a litter of wiener pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger.

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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 7:49 am
Real pictures, creative story: Snopes
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 7:50 am
Real pictures but inaccurate description according to Snopes http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/tigerpig.asp
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 9:59 am
thanks for the info!
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 12:07 pm
Honestly, I think the real story is even more bizarre than the creative one! That is one unusual zoo.
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