Fate??? KITTENS!!!!!! with added pics

too late too late - the warning came too late! She plagues me to have a share of anything i have, however unsuitable! she had the tail end of a cup of tea this morning! (head buried down at the bottom of a mug and most of her body in with it) She still can't work out solid kitten food but is glurking her milk from a dish with horrific sound effects at a rapid rate of knots at each feed now.

She then retires to bed looking decidedly pear shaped and full

Casey used to want a share of our dinner and David indulged her terribly - so no doubt Rosie will get her share!


Yes I hear the voice of deeeep experience!

Good for you Vivien! And good for the kits and your husband too. A house with cats is a better house. I'm allergic to cats, but have had at least one since high school. The benefits outweigh the disadvantages!

My current cat, Biggs, sits above my head on the back of my recliner. My tiny doggie lays on my lap. I read a book in between them and we're all happy.

Vivien -- Try soaking the kitten food in milk until it is soft, then drain off the excess milk. It will smell more familiar to her, and she will be more tempted to try it. Later on you can soak it less so it is a little harder, then a little harder, and eventually the kitten will be able to eat it dry.

Oh c'mon. We have a couple of yard cats at work, who occasionally bless us with some newborns. You wouldn't believe how fast they learn to latch onto that kibble.

She's caught on a last! I mixed a pate-like kitten food with her milk and sort of added it as she was drinking the milk and she just carried on. Before when she was offered a dish of milk/kitten pate mixed, she just wouldn't consider it and cried pitfifully.

And Margo - yes she's intent on anything we have now! she insisted on a taste of fudge at lunchtime! and I've caught her with her nose in my tea more than once.

She's much bigger now (though still tiny as she's still only 6 weeks old) and very very very lively. She climbs vertical surfaces and ends up hanging by one claw looking mildly bewildered ....

Wy I'm allergic too I have to be careful not to touch my eyes after touching furry animals or they get itchy and bloodshot and swollen. It[s easy enough to make sure to wash your hands first though. I agree a cat makes a home

Roger - the yard cats have their mums to teach them and poor lil Rosie is an orphling - I don't speak cat but have to explain as best i can

everyone's thriving!

You'll never eat alone

oh how true!

Oh dear, seeing all these lovely posts makes me wish Paddy and Lacey were small kittens again, they are sooooooooooo cute!

I notice they go through different stages, out with the old, in with the new!

Rosie, we love you!

While my sister was visiting {she is such an animal lover} I bought her a little furry kitten, rolled up in a ball, sleeping, to place on her mantle. When I brought it home, Lacey picked it up in her mouth, thinking it was her baby, and marched off with it! It looked so real, it was hard to tell it was not a real baby kitten.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Finally got a look at Rosie. Thanks for putting her into the gallery, Vivian. God, they always look so innocent when they're young.

She may look innocent Roger but she's a little minx!

She plays for hours - galloping around the house, bopping everything in sight, fighting a little teddy we gave her, fighting us (gently thank heavens!), scrounging our dinner, demanding to go to sleep on us ....

She's absolutely gorgeous and is now eating properly and getting long legged - she's going to be a tall slim cat I think.

I've taken a couple of great photos and will post them to the site soon.

thanks to everyone for the encouragement and advice.

Thanks for the update on the babykittie, Vivien.

Vivien, yes, thank you so much, can't wait to see Rosie and we love hearing about her antics!

Hugs!

thanks both

my email is playing up at the moment misti but will be in touch as soon as i can persuade it to behave!

Rosie seems positively huge to us now but people seeing her for the first time think she is tiny! She would be about ready to leave her mum next week if she hadn't been an orphling (nice word dlowan )

She wears me out just watching her tearing about and climbing vertical surfaces and falling off things and bopping everything and hiding and pouncing out and....... on and on until she collapses!

We've been shutting Rosie in the living room overnight, with the door blocked by a 3 foot tall painting on canvas of mine. (litter tray and overnight snaks available...)

Last night she decided for the first time that she didn't think much of being left behind when we went to bed so wailed pitifully. Tiredness made me hard hearted so i ignored it! David was asleep. Next thing - she's scaled the canvas and arrived in bed purring with pride. Too tired to take her down so she smugly spent the night with us - why do i have a feeling this was a baaaaad mistake?

Vivien, as much as I love having Nisse and Mysan with me when I go to sleep - it is no fun at all to be woken up at four or five in the morning by Nisse. He wants me to go downstairs with him, see how much food is still left in their bowls, then watch him eat a while, then I can go back to bed...

Yes, it might be a mistake to let them come into the bedroom. But it's also very cozy! :-)

Uh-oh!

Well, that's the end of peaceful sleep for you!

Sure is, Margo. I have a friend who has three cats. At the moment, they live in a two room appartment. She hardly sleeps at all. She is spending this weekend at her parents' house and is sleeping all the time...

I have only one cat (who's the size of 3 ) - and sleeping is a bit haphazard here. Why else would I be up playing here at 5am on a Sunday??

I've tried locking him out, but the whole house shakes when he bangs on the doors. And the RSPCA will come to investigate the animal torture if I persist.

In my next life, I'm gunna get a goldfish!

:-) Margo! Sometimes I think I am the only one not being able to teach our cats how to behave. But no... That's comforting.