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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 6:34 pm
Here's a photo of Strider loving on his best bud, Max.

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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 6:39 pm
So cute! I am glad that he is holding food down.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 6:42 pm
Aw. They're both adorable. Hope Strider gets well soon.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 6:49 pm
oh I adore that pic! looks like they were caught in the act LOL continued prayers for Strider
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 8:37 pm
Good luck, Strider. Get well soon. That photo needs to go in the Captions thread.
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 9:43 pm
AWWWWW How adorable they are! I hope Strider continues to hold his food down and improves Karuuna. Continued prayers and hugs for you all!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 11:30 pm
I hope Strider is well soon, Kar! There are 2 kittens that have been hanging out around my next door neighbor's house but they don't belong to them. I couldn't take hearing their hungry meows at night so I've been putting cat food out for them. Is there anything else I can do for them? I don't want to bring them in because they could have something my 2 cats could get. In a few months either I will be moved away and/or it will be winter. What should I do? I don't want them destroyed but I also don't want them to suffer through winter outdoors.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 11:31 pm
They are so cute. I sympathize about trying to get fresh pee.. Angelina and Critter both "gave at the office" luckily. Costacat recently wrote about having to get a sample from Costa and how much FUN that was.. Glad he kept down the food and antibiotics.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 11:32 pm
I'm so sorry Strider has been sick. I hope he's better soon. Has the vet suggested any subcu fluid injections? He might be able to pee if he had more than a little bit of fluids at a time. I sure hope he's better soon! DolphinC - Your new kitties are adorable!! So is your DD!!! 
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 6:44 am
Glad to hear Strider is doing better. What a cute picture! 
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 6:48 am
Twinkie, maybe you can borrow a have-a-heart cage from a local shelter and catch them and take them there. Either way, they are going to need to be fixed so there aren't more kittens hanging around in the very near future.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 9:21 am
Thanks, Grooch! Never heard of that and its good to know about!
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 9:45 am
Thank you Watching2 
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 11:25 pm
Twinkie, ITA with Grooch. Might seem mean for the moment, twinges of guilt trips. But my sister did that for one kitten and now she's got a whole passel of feral cats&kittens hanging around her carport, didn't take much time. She's still feeding them, but when she sells and moves out what are they going to do for survival? At least Sis doesn't have raccoons down in her neck of the woods, attracted & chomping down the food and raising heck with the furbabies. At least, when that first kitten was cute, someone might have adopted it.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 12:30 am
Do I dare share this story? I took care of my friend with AIDS. His kitties Thelma & Louise had been tested, toxoplasmosis is a serious killing disease for AIDS patients. There was no way I was going to allow any incoming problems, plus Louise was jealous enough about Thelma. She would have eaten this kitten for breakfast! We had a HUGE feral cat population problem in the neighborhood and at the park across the street. For a couple of days we had this rather (in my perception) Ugly, brown patches all over, kitten crawling around his porch. Probably 3-4 month old kitten. Yeah, John WANTED that kitty bad!!!! But he was already spending most of his income on the expensive catfoods, he really couldn't afford another. So we agreed that I would take to it our Vet and have it tested for the normal tests that they perform at the Humane Society (per the Vet's suggestion). What do you know, nothing Wrong with that kitty, no diseases, quite adoptable. I kept it quarantined at my own apartment while waiting the test results. Discovered it was sweet little girl, somehow housebroken to a litter box. Nice little kitten. No signs posted for missing cat, no notices that I could find on the web. Anyway, the Vet suggested that I bring a picture of this homely kitten with a description and post at the office. DANG! My only camera was back at John's house and he was sure going to insist on knowing WHY I needed my camera suddenly. So I did what I would hope most rational people might think I should do. I took the kitten down to my Mailboxes Etc, the mailbox store. Had seen that they did Passport pictures. The assistant (who later became the owner still to this day) was so cool. He just took the kitten and posed it on his chair. $8 and I had my instant pics (still have the 2nd passport duplicate, as a matter of fact). A couple of hours later, got a call from the vet that I needed to bring the little girl for a meeting, she had a home. Somebody's Mom was doing her pet exam stuff and called her daughter. I had never heard of such a thing, but that homely little kitten is what they call a Tortoise Shell Calico. She was actually intended to look that way, not considered homely at all. Well, John was of course disappointed but so glad that he helped to find the poor kitten a good home. Louise was HAPPY to not get another sister. In this day of Homeland Security, do you think they might have snagged Mailboxes' camera as proof that they're photographing Tortoise Terrorists? Hmmm...there's a thought.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 12:36 am
BTW, as far at the tests and the passport pics for that little Tortie, I still think it was money well spent.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 9:43 am
Twinkie, I have been feeding a mommy and baby kitty for over a month now. They still look stick thin but show up for demand feedings several times a day. The baby watched me drive off to the market last night and gave me such a look that I actually felt guilty for leaving. These two cuddle up with each other and are so cute when playing. As I said in an earlier post, the mommy jumps up in the birdbath for water and the baby drinks out of a dog bowl that I put under the birdbath. Yes, I have purchased all kinds of foods and dishes for these two. They watch for signs of movement inside and if they don't see these signs, somehow they let my inside kitty know that they would appreciate my getting up to give them food. My goal has been to catch them and take them to a shelter. They both need to be fixed and find good homes. They still will not come close enough for me to pet them but they do seem to enjoy my talking to them. Twinkie, I have become attached to these little furry creatures but I cannot keep them. The baby got into some sort of tiff the other night and I ran outside to intervene. That little one knows enough to know that I will try to help. I would like to throttle people that do not get their pets fixed and then allow them to run loose and get pregnant. Let everyone else take care of these poor, starving babies having babies themsleves. Someday, I hope to get them both to the shelter but no idea when that will happen. My heart breaks at the thought of separating them. It would be easier to catch the baby when she is really hungry but doubt that I will ever be able to catch the mommy. They are both so frightened. Without catching the mommy, the cycle will continue with new baby kitties.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 06, 2007 - 9:05 pm
In my condo complex we have at least two "nice people" who put out food for all the strays and what we've ended up with is an endless supply of feral cats. I tried to adopt one and it turned out to have full blown cat aids, and even though she was friendly outside and with people she FREAKED at the vet and they said she was completely untreatable and unadaptable. So I had to pay to have her put down. We also have a tomcat out there who apparently wants the food my neighbor puts out for himself and so he makes nightly rounds and sprays all four front door in our building, so our entrances just STINK. The problem is unless you catch and have then neutered, in very little time you will have a population explosion. Rosie, yeah, it takes so much patience and it is horrible to think of saperating.. but some rescues will give discounts for taking two bonded cats.
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Cathlene
Member
07-28-2007
| Friday, August 17, 2007 - 8:45 am
Hi All! I was just told about this thread and I'm hoping you all can give me some advice! I could use all I can get. Have any of you ever traveled in the car long distances with your cats? I am moving from Atlanta to Ohio ( 700 miles )in Oct, just me & my babies ( 2 cats ),in a small car with NO AIR CONDITIONING. Do you have any advice how I can keep them comfortable yet safe in the car? I will have to keep my windows down the whole time. What is the best way to let them eat, drink, & poop? I'd appreciate any advice you can give me. Thanks! Cathlene ( Simon & Cassie, too )
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Friday, August 17, 2007 - 3:02 pm
I think that by October things will have cooled down a bit, so the no air conditioning won't matter too much. Do you ever take them places in the car now? How do they do?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, August 17, 2007 - 3:12 pm
Start getting them used to a harness/leash now. That's how you can let them poop. Stop at a rest stop, if they have to go, they'll go. I would keep them each in a ventilated crate/pet carrier with a puppy pad in the bottom just incase. I'd also put some food in it, but water them when you stop. Talk to your vet, see if there is something you can give them for traveling that will help "calm" them for the trip. You never know, they may sleep the entire time.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 11:49 am
And if you decide to try tranquilzers, do a test run at home, because some cats react to some tranquizers strangely..
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 5:48 pm
Cathlene, I just made that long of a move with my two kitties. When I made it with just Eddie the vet gave me pills. Said to take food and water away from him the night before and I gave him his first pill then. It went ok, he was pretty dopey. When we moved in January the vet in Kentucky didn't like to use the tranqs. He said to use Benadryl and said it might or might not work. Eddie started foaming at the mouth and I knew there was no way I could get anything down Zippy and I was FREAKED out that my 14lb kitties would take more Benadryl than fat me! So we ended up not giving them anything. Eddie was fine, Zippy cried the first hour if I stopped talking or singing so I sang and sang and sang until he finally settled down. Both vets said NO FOOD during the trip or the night before. So I'd contact your vet and get his/her opinion as the 2 vets I contacted had different ideas on w hat to do.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 12:11 am
Sounds like good advice, Serate. I was also shocked that our vet said to give our dog double the dose we take of Benadryl. I thought I heard wrong! She has trouble with allergies and irritants with her eyes, but I've never given her more than what we take.
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Cathlene
Member
07-28-2007
| Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:15 am
I want to sincerely thank you all for taking the time to give me advise. I've written it all down. Maybe I'm just being a worry-wort. I just don't want them to be uncomfortable. I know both Simon & Cassie are grateful to you all too!!!
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