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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, January 21, 2007 - 6:02 pm
OG - she doesn't seem to be in ANY pain, and she's not fussing with them any more than usual. Thank heavens for small mercies, eh?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 21, 2007 - 7:12 pm
I guess it's just going to take a bit of time for the body to absorb the fluid. Sounding good though.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:40 pm
My DD's babies after my DH filled her bird feeder.

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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 3:50 pm
Just too cute, Hypermom!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, January 26, 2007 - 6:58 pm
New kitten alert (sigh). Do cats have a network where the information is posted for where and when to find food/water/scratches/heat? Because it's starting to feel like that to us. Last Friday Colossus and I were trying to finish off a long day of work so we could head off for our cruise. I open the front door and in runs a kitten. He doesn't just run in, he streaks in, rubs all over our legs, rolls across the carpet for some food and drink, uses the litterbox and climbs up into my arms for purrs and pushy-paws. Now, kitten doesn't strike us as lacking a home - he wasn't filthy and wild like Linus, he was round and playful and very social. We played with him for awhile and then spent some time getting him to go back out the door to go home. Well, while we were gone little kitten worked over Colossus's entire staff, waiting at the door crying in the morning, sleeping indoors all day, snuggling up to all the employees, trying to climb in their cars at night so they'd take him home. He was living under the dumpster, just like Puss and Linus used to do. We came back from vacation to learn we had a new kitten named "Chuck." Whom I've identified to the vet as "Not Chuck" until we can find a more suitable name for the little guy. He is around 7 months old, a black and brown tabby with huge and expressive orange eyes. Beautiful tiger markings. Loves to be held, needs to learn not to bite when he's playing. His favorite game is to chase you down the hall and attack the back of your knees at full throttle. This is baby kitten number 7 for us, the vet assistants are starting to laugh when I call in. Today was the usual conversation . . . "baby kitten number 6 has a new home, but baby kitten number 7 is here and needs an appointment." I need to start investigating where these kittens are coming from, if there's a feral colony that hasn't been rounded up and neutered or if there's a family that adopts and abandons kittens regularly near us or what. I don't know, but it's just crazy how these kittens find us and latch on. Will post pictures later, LOL!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 26, 2007 - 7:23 pm
It sounds like they gather at the dumpster and pass the word along "pssst! See those humans over there? Purrr.. The really tall good looking one and his goddess of a wife? Purrr.. Remember when Linus disappeared? Purrr.. Well, I hear that Linus got a really sweeeet deal and is set up for life! Purrr.. I'm making a run for that border myself, tonight! Won't take no for an answer! Purrr... and so the legend grows!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 2:05 am
LOL Good one, Sea!!! GAL - You must just attract the kitties with your auras! 
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 6:46 am
ROFL Seamonkey!! It's actually starting to feel that way. Most of the kittens have been a bit skittish and required coaxing to gain their trust. This new kitten already knew this was his new home and had no intention of allowing us to think otherwise. I am going to put posters up around the neighborhood to see if someone has lost this kitten, though. I'm still not convinced that this one is totally homeless. On the other hand, it's possible this kitten comes from the same stock as PussPuss, who was also a homeless kitty from the neighborhood when we adopted him. The kitten looks startlingly like him, with a big round head, thick neck, huge round eyes and a stocky tom body. Just a different color, though the kitten's lil nose and mouth are the same orange as Puss. Oh and PS a Linus update: he is getting huge of course. Unfortunately, his new owner has renamed him . . . are you ready? Cookie. "Cookie the Maine Coon beastie." "Cookie the territorial tom." "Cookie la Rue." "Beware of the Cookie!" I dunno, maybe it's sort of a "Boy Named Sue" situation where they want to toughen him up. Then again, who am I to talk, I have an orange tom named "PussPuss." Anyway, he's happy and healthy and bouncing along. I guess the name came from his oreo markings, he almost became "Oreo the Cat." He'll always be Linus to us.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 11:30 am
Good news - although Bandy's ears are STILL puffy, both ears are starting to get wrinkly, which I have been told is a good sign, AND one ear definately seems to have less swelling. PHEW! I will try to get a pic at some point but she's not as much of a camera-diva as Scooty. She's more of a Garbo type when she sees the camera.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 2:39 pm
Yeah, Mame, ongoing pix of the healing would be interesting.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 3:08 pm
Aces, Mame. Sounds like things are looking up!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 3:25 pm
Good news on the ears! GAL it could be a feral colony or it could be that someone who hasn't bothered to spay his mama cat is dumping kittens at your dumpster? In which case some of them could indeed be related.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 4:01 pm
Seamonkey, I don't know but Linus clearly came from very different stock. We've had a few different-colored tabbies show up, so they might be from a domestic but homeless mom (we own a known feral, and these tabbies are not feral, they are domestic just downtrodden). The mail-lady in the neighborhood is a cat fanatic, she knows all the animals in the neighborhood and if one doesn't have a bead on a home she takes them in herself. She's never been able to identify any of the kittens that we've adopted. It's very possible there's a cat in the neighborhood that the owners have just been too negligent to spay who are turning kittens loose. They're coming pretty fast and furious these days, though. Whoever it is needs to let us take their kitty in to be spayed. Our resource of friends and relatives are only so far-reaching, and we feel lucky to have found homes for the kitties we've placed. But we need to keep the chain moving so the next kitten who comes along has room.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 4:54 pm
That would be the best, if you could trap and spay the mom. Meggieprice has a feral colony around her home and they do feed them (and their batch of indoor kitties too) but the trap them and have them neutered and the vet just puts a tiny notch in an ear so that they don't keep trapping the same kitty.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 11:54 pm
Ooops.. forgot to say how cute your DDs kitties are, Hypermom! Misha loves to look out the front window at the bird feeder and sits in the back window where they gather too. I have to laugh when she gets that "machine gun" noise going at the birds! Glad to hear Bandit is doing better MB! GAL, sometimes, it's just hard to tell where they're coming from unless you can actually see where they're living or catch someone dropping them off! We have a group here which also traps feral cats and takes them in for neutering and they also feed them. It's sad that people think they can just dump cats off in the "country" and assume they'll find someones barn to live in. I've had my issues when my DS would tell me one of his friends has had "more kittens." I kept harping on neutering and finally I heard they were getting the mother fixed after far too many litters! These are nice people and seem educated so I can't understand how they can be so neglectful and ignorant regarding their cats. It's really a pet peeve with me! Unfortunately, I didn't ever have the opportunity to talk with them about their cats or I certainly would have said something!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 1:33 pm
Well Lil #7 needs to find a new home immediately. We've discovered that he loves people but hates other animals. Poor Max, Everyone's Best Friend and a Most Patient Big Brother, is righteously pissed at this latest kitten - kitten has taken a viciously-fighting stance with him, and Max is a lover, not a fighter. Colossus, on the other hand, is extremely angry at the claw marks my hands have received from 7, he's inclined to take 7 for a ride. The most recent claw marks from an hour ago are deep and probably will scar. They're bleeding all over the place (and his nails have been clipped!!). Poor little guy doesn't know what's going on with his life right now, of course he's scared. He's just an adorable little punkin, but does not play well with other animals. He's missing a chunk of fur from when he was living outdoors, I imagine his other encounters with animals have not been kitten-friendly. Nonetheless, if he can't get along with Max definitely won't get along with Puss. Difference is, Puss will kick his ass. Max will let 7 kick his ass, just hoping later they can play. Does anyone know whether neutering will calm the little guy down? He is a serious handful right now, and I don't mean that in a good way LOL. Such a sweet little face, though, and very forgiving. He's been at the business end of a water bottle a couple of times this afternoon, and knows he hates it, but as soon as he shakes it off he comes over and is all purrs and pushy-paws. Right before he gets a bead on Max and off they go again. This is going to be a long night. Wish us luck (sigh). Oh, and PS Colossus backed off when he realized I wasn't pissed about the scratches, but he's going to make sure the little guy gets placed immediately.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 1:48 pm
You may want to discuss it with the vet. I know that fixing the animal does seem to calm down the aggression. It takes a while for the testosterone to go down, though. That's what we were told when our cats were fixed. In addition, there's always declawing, too. We had one of cats declawed, because he just loved to scratch screens and other things like new couches. I hated doing it, but he is an indoor cat. He defends himself just fine when he and the dog are play fighting.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 1:58 pm
Neutering should help, and the use of a squirt bottle of water, thought that doesn't work for some cats, they you make cans with coins in them and use them when kitty gets "mouthy". My brother's cat has been a project because he wa a biter when they got him.. and he puts his entire body into that.. mouth and all four sets of claws! But he is getting better. Does sound like he needs to be an only cat with humans who will work with him. Angelina, who was 4-6 when I adopted her, is a biter. We've made huge strides in the past year and a half and I've learned how to approach her and she's mellowed, I guess because she's learned to trust me more. I doubt if she'd still be prone to biting as much if she was an only cat and not stressed by hating Critter (and the feeling is mutual). GAL, hope you can do what you can for 7, but of course your own kitty comes first. With deep bites or scratches I do the disinfectant and then antibacterial cream slathered on bit and it has worked so far. I also made sure I was up on my tentanus shots.. got a fresh one when I realized that Angelina was going to take some time before she wasn't such a hazard. (I learned to roll her up like a burrito in a small throw rug and that made her calm down so I could get her where I wanted her to go without bloodshed). Good luck.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 2:10 pm
Seamonkey, do you throw the cans with coins in them at the kitty or just rattle them at them? LOL. I know what Colossus' pick would be. I hadn't thought about the tetanus shot . Colossus cleaned up my hand and arm with alcohol then put on Gold Bond before wrapping it. I suppose I'll know it's too late when I get lockjaw? LOL. Of course the little effer is curled up in the corner window looking like an angel with fur. Twiggy, if there was any chance at all we were going to keep this kitten his claws would be as good as gone (even though our other two kitties have theirs). He's much too willing to use them as weapons. Julio was a very contented indoor kitty with no front claws, although lord knows I suffered right along with him after he had the surgery. I really felt bad about it, even though he'd torn up a brand new love seat.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 2:38 pm
some kitties are wild as kittens and calm as they get older. I have found that males all get along but the girls do not, even fight with the boys I would rather see you take the kitty to the pound than to declaw him....it is something that should be outlawed!! It isnt just cutting fingernails like you think of ours it is acutally cutting into nerves. Think of it as cutting 1/2 off of your fingers. I acutally would rather see a cat put to sleep than to have to go thru that
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 3:09 pm
It's generally not a good idea to bring a new cat into another cat's territory right away. Most vets and cat behaviorists advocate gradual intros to minimize fighting. Keep them in neighboring but separate rooms, ocassionally switch them to each other's room; but no contact for a week at the least and more if they need it. There are medications that can be used to calm down male kitties, but neutering is the first step. If that doesn't work, they put them on birth control pills, yes, female hormones for male kitties. Works wonders. I'm just sayin... 
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 3:10 pm
No worries, Pamy, we won't declaw him we'll just find him a very good home and provide the new owners with steel-lined gloves LOL. Karin, I'm feelin ya, I've kept these two somewhat separated for most of the afternoon and they're fairly content to ignore one another for right now. 7 now thinks Max has a forcefield of water-spray around him, though, so he's become more wary of trying to start anything ROFL. Little steps little steps. If only my arm weren't throbbing.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 3:47 pm
YAH GAL!! I hope the situation gets better, I know how hard it is when the babies dont get along.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 5:15 pm
GAL, keep an eye on your scratch. Deep cat scratches can become infected easily due to fecal matter that gets trapped under their nails. Maybe some neosporin for you and some kitty valium for 7?
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 5:29 pm
definitely keep a watch on your scratches--my cat did that to me when angry about me giving meds and it got quite infected--and tetanus too--not sure if that's always neccessary but since i hadn't had a shot in 8 years or so anyway my doc did that too for good measure..
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