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Wed 20 Aug, 2003 09:09 am
Misti will know that i have desperately wanted two kittens for ages. Sadly our cats (each 17) died and with the death of the second one my husband refused to consider any more. He was devastated at her death.
Well ..... i came home from late night shopping last night to find 3 women with a box, looking for a neighbour who works with animal rescue - he's away on holiday. Fate????
they had 2 tiny kittens, only 2-3 weeks old, whose mother had died - they had a Rottweiler and couldn't keep them.
My husband said NO but i took them in overnight saying that i could take them to the animal rescue/RSPCA today.
He wouldn't look at them last night but did this morning but still wouldn't touch them or get involved.
I haven't been to the RSPCA but to the vet! I fed them overnight according to the emergency instructions on the net and now have the proper formula. they are doing well and are absolutely gorgeous.
I don't know what David will say when he gets home or how i am going to cope with 3 hourly feeds and toiletting - watch this space! So far so good.
The girl, tabby, weighs just 250g and the male, ginger, 200g - i think he was the runt of the litter as he is much more of a baby. His sister is very alert and responsive.
They are at the staggering about but not yet walking properly stage.
I do so want to keep them.
Good luck!!!!!! Go kittens - win his heart!
Girl kittens are generally much stronger than boy kittens - so the breeders say - they do better when there is adversity that the boys.
Have they tried the silent miaow thingy on your husband yet?
No - that is a killer isn't it? makes the strongest man go weak at the knees!
They were both hollering and shouting at the tops of their voices as he left for work this morning as they were being fed from a teaspoon, the emergency milk.water, sugar mix! they now have a syringe and proper formula and are much much easier to feed.
Just hope he doesn't spot the fleas! I have some stuff that i have to spray onto rubber gloves and then stroke them with it but they are blissfully asleep and i haven't the heart to disturb them at the moment.
Disturb! Fleas are a major passion killer in the romance between man and cat....
Such tiny babies! Wow!
Do you know how long they have been motherless?
Well, naturally you can't turn them over to some unreliable stranger before they are weened from the bottle.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Good luck with them and Himself, Vivien. I think you may have gotten to him already if he's held them. Names? Perhaps if you had him help with names... or named one after his mother? So great for you and for the kittens to keep two from the same litter.
Right. Get him to name at least one. It worked with my boss and Barney.
The girl is Rosie and .... sorry Misti ... the ginger is Paddy ( David is Irish)
My girl kitty is named Rosie, too. Mine are indoor cats, but nevertheless I spotted a flea on one of them yesterday. I just squirted some of that liquid flea-killer-stuff on the back of her neck where she can't reach it. (I watched her try for about ten minutes. Aaarrgh! She is going to pull a muscle if she doesn't stop!) She is sitting here beside me right now, giving me a look that clearly says, "You have betrayed me."
Hey, my cats are indoor cats, too. Barney snuck out (Barney is the troublemaker) when I opened the door. You should have seen the reproachful looks I was getting from the other two.
We seem to have very little problem with fleas here. Can't say if it's the altitude or the low humidity, but we're very lucky.
Wow, Just a few weeks old. Ya gots da patience of a saint if you take on something like that. Best of luck to the you and the lil furballs!
(Wot? No pics yet?
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Rosie's a good name.
Vivien, the reason I asked is because if there is a large (or even medium-sized) gap between motherlove and good care, the kittens can be severely compromised both physically (health issues) and emotionally. It sounds like it was just a matter of a day or so, and that the intervening care wasn't so bad, either.
Good luck to the little guys!
Oh, this is Vivien's chance for some serious bonding.
I got David to hold Rosie today while I fed Paddy - I can't persuade him to feed them but he was stroking Rosie and talking to her so his resolve is crumbling. She'll get to him, she's got the sweetest little face.
where are misti and rae?????
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
HEAVY fur!
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