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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 12:15 pm
I wouldn't douse the kitty again until the one-month time frame then, since it seems he had a flea bath and a neck treatment. The flea collar should help until then. Roughly one month from when you got him from the neighbors, give him a Hartz kitten-flea treatment on his neck. It will take care of it.
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 1:08 pm
Hi everybody! On August 14th I was sitting in my apartment after work and kept hearing this little mewing noises. Turns out a feral cat had 7 kittens on my patio!!! Well, I couldn't let them starve to death so I started feeding Mom cat. Poor Mom cat was so skinny! I kept fresh water and food out there daily for mom. Pretty soon kittens were walking, eating food, etc. Everyday my dog and me would sit at the sliding glass door and talk to the kittens. Before I knew it several of them would come to see me and even let me pet them. The Mom never did warm up and some of the kittens were pretty wary. Now the only cat I had ever been around was an older cat that I inherieted from my Great aunt. Long story short, I had to part with him when I moved here. It was very sad and I felt horrible that I had to give him away. I even had to leave my dog with a relative for 3 months until I found a place to live. Anyways fastforward to today. I kept 2 of the kittens, brother and sister. Lucy and Linus! Of course they had ring worms and I had ring worms. Then one day I was laying on my bed with the dog and saw rice particles that were really tape worms! eeeewww. Well, we got everything cleared up and I am having the best time with these kittens. They are so funny to watch and much easier than having a puppy. ( I still love puppies too!) My brother took the other kittens to a rancher that wanted them. I couldn't find them individual homes unfortunately. This is the most I have posted in several years. Whew!!! Sorry ya'll! 
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 1:09 pm
I forgot to say hi Goddess! LOL
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 1:28 pm
Okay, for you folks with indoor animals and fleas, here is a miracle solution. I learned it from the Miami Herald Action Line column in the late 1980's and never had fleas again, even though we lived in subtropical climates for another fifteen years. Go to the grocery store and get some 20 Mule Team Borax in the laundry detergent section. Scatter the borax around on your rugs and carpets, especially those areas where the animals like to sleep or play. Leave it on for a few hours, then vacuum it up. Do this once a week or so until you realize you no longer have fleas, then maybe once a month. Here's how it works. Borax is a dessicant (drying agent). The fleas complete their life cycles OFF your animals. They drop their eggs onto the carpets where the eggs hatch. When the borax is there, it dries out the eggs, and they don't hatch. No more fleas. If you hire a professional to get the fleas out of your house, s/he will use borax. Save yourself $65 and get a $4 box of 20 Mule Team Borax.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 1:44 pm
Hopefully I won't ever need to use it but that sounds like good advice Juju. That is a nice story Sisalou. They are very lucky kittens!
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 2:13 pm
Thanks Jimmer!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 7:56 pm
Jimmer, you probably live in a cold enough climate that you don't have much of a flea problem. In sub-tropical areas of the United States where they don't get hard freezes, fleas can be a real problem.
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 12:24 pm
Juju, I am going to get some and put it out on my patio. The other day I went out there and had about 50 fleas all over my feet. It freezes here a little bit in the winter but that probably won't be until January.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 12:31 pm
Not trying to rain on anyone's flea parade... My friend's big long-haired cat got out and returned days later with fleas, infesting the other 2 cats and the basement (where they sleep and their litter box is). When I was researching how best to rid the basement of fleas, I came across the Borax suggestion. There are probably an equal number of sites telling you that it is toxic (especially for the animals) and to not use it. Just recommending that if you're going to use it, read up on it first, k?
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 5:47 pm
Thanks for the info Hukd. As of right now all the animals are flea free. I have decided these kittens are going to be house cats so hopefully we won't have anymore infestations of any kind. I was very ignorant about the worming medicine they give them when they get their shots. I assumed that it took care of all worms but as I found out it doesn't take care of tape worms.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:31 am
I think this picture is so cute! It's from my local animal shelter, and these 4 are currently in a foster home until they're old enough to be adopted.
One is picking on the one "playing dead" while another looks on. The last one is yelling for Mom. O.k., so I'm just making this up, but that's what I see...
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, November 12, 2007 - 7:59 pm
That picture is adorable. I think your scenario is pretty good. 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 1:24 am
Congratulations to our newest kitty owners! Oh Huk... I see one of those kittens has YOUR NAME on it!!! Yep... they're yelling... TAKE ME!! NO, TAKE ME!!!!!!!!! SHE'S MY OWNER SO QUIT IT!!!! MOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! 
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Ducky
Member
08-27-2000
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 2:33 pm
We had help while we are getting the Christmas lights up on the house. BD got the ladder out and had two helpers.
Socks is our baby kitty on the left, and Marble is over 2 years old on the right.
I helped Socks get down. Turned around and Lucky was there waiting for Marble to get down.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 12:54 am
LOL Sounds like how our Misha is always "helping." Very cute!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 7:54 pm
Man alive. Wierd cat-people alert. So Eight-ball, sweetest black kitty in the history of black-kittie-ness, was supposed to go to his new home with Colossus' employee for the next ten days while we are in Mexico. Colossus tells me I have to quiz the employee, who has asked to have Eightball as his pet, whether he's ready for this today. Even though we've planned it for the past 4 weeks, giving him incremental visits with Eightball. Employee says "well, I've been meaning to talk to you about this, I just planned a trip to Ohio with a friend for the next 5 days, but I'll take care of him when I get back." Colossus and I leave in 3 days. I am HONKED!! Puss has never met Eightball and will tear him to shreds on sight. We're going to have to work out some weird arrangement where Puss and Max are home and Eightball is down at the shop with our office manager, who has never met Eightball because of maternity leave, takes care of him during the day but the poor little kitty is alone at night. Have I reminded you he has separation anxiety? Fortunately a number of Colossus' employees are very attached to the little guy and will do what they can to make sure he knows he is loved. But they all have animals of their own who will not permit his integration while we're gone. And we will NOT put him in a kennel. Man am I mad. I am PISSED!!! This kitten is the sweetest little baby in the history of kittendom, and to think I almost let this selfish, self-centered employee have him. I thought they'd be a good match, because the kid SEEMED every bit as sweet and sincerely interested in having a kitty companion. Puss is going to have to learn to get along with him after we get home.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 10:11 am
I take it that he will not be going to live with the employee?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 5:04 pm
Ummmm .... that would be a nope, Slinky. He's ours now.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 9:02 pm
"employee?" bwahahahahahahaha
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 11:14 pm
Anyone else think this was GAL's plan all along? 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, November 23, 2007 - 1:11 am
Well, all's well that ends well. 
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, November 23, 2007 - 1:59 am
To quote GAL: "...sweetest black kitty in the history of black-kittie-ness..." hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I wonder? lol!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, November 23, 2007 - 2:14 am
This YouTube took forever to load on my dialup. But pretty interesting and absolutely heartwarming. Don't know if anyone has posted before. Crow and Kitten are Friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JiJzqXxgxo&mode=related&search I know that crows are seriously intelligent birds, very careful to take care of their own. When one occasionally goes down at the park across the street, they all gather around cawing and making their upset known. During warmer weather, when I open my shades the crows come swooping in the minute they see me. Knowing I will toss peanuts for the squirrels and that I don't mind them getting some too. Definitely a pecking order and sense of manners. Youngster crows are NOT allowed to swoop to the peanuts until the Matriarch has taken her fill. Anyway, this was fun tape to watch! Bisc
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, November 23, 2007 - 8:30 am
Bisc, do some online research about crows. They are a wonder!...more than most people would guess. One of the things that warms my heart is that the younger, previous years siblings help raise their parents current broods. They all don't go on to raise families of their own. Wonderful video, thanks for sharing Bisc.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, November 23, 2007 - 12:56 pm
Gal, well we know 8ball will be loved dearly!!! Bisc, thx for sharing! that was sooo heartwarming.
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