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Hailey, Brooke, Heather, Rose & Belle
Location: Osceola, Indiana, USA
I got this litter when they were three weeks old. They were put in the night deposit box at the shelter with their mother, Melody. I hurried to get them that day, because young kittens often get exposed to diseases at the shelter and get sick. These five girls stayed healthy.347 Comments »
*Pounce*
Mornin’/Afternoon all. There was a comment left yesterday that I think some of you might be able to help with - it’s about helping out a feral cat with young kittens.
And the Kittenmaster is first
I saw her post and was going to repost it here, but I guess I don’t have to now. Thanks Kittenmaster, and I hope you have a very plesant afternoon and evening
Thank you Kittenmaster for reposting that. I hope someone can help! In the meantime, DIBS on the one on the right, Belle! Truly a dinger of a kitten
Dibs on the tortie!
Oops, sorry, I misread the one you wanted. How ’bout we share?
Sure thing…my mom told me to share the toys and not throw sand in the sandbox. Lemme have one last snorgle and I’ll pass her over
Sorry ladies, the tortie is mine, she will match my Sally Girl perfectly. I have a soft spot for calico’s and torties and am afraid I must keep this little gem for myself.
Hey, you already have one! Please can we share her–I have a Calico but love torties too.
That’s the problem with this world, too many greedy people. So I will be happy to share little Belle with you. Isn’t she adorable. I couldn’t help myself, I just fell in love with that face. And two of the other grays have a little color on them as well.
Okay you can call share Belle but I want the little dilute tortie far left Hailey. That bcute little cream paw and blaze is to die for.
Now this is what I call fluffy conversation - lighthearted “arguing” over the cute kitties!
…thud…thud…thud…thud…thud…
Don’t make me come down there with the wack-bonk stick…..
I grew up with torties in the family, so I’m pretty partial to them. As long as I can share in the cuddling, I’ll be happy.
If you don’t get that kitten on the right, I’d love to have her! Ever since I lost my two torties (old age) I miss them…
Hi KM and all
I’ve just done an online search for ‘cat rescue’ in ‘Kuala Lumpur’ . I think this organisation may be able to answer the queries about the feral cat. Good luck.
http://www.spca.org.my/
My story is similar: I fed a feral from Dec to Apr. At the time I did not know about TNR, and she had 5 kittens. I contined to feed all of them (luckily they liked the dry food I gave them). I fed closer and closer to the house, until after a point they would come into the house. It took about 4 months to socialize the kittens, at which point I had them neutered, took them into the house for good and now they are totally indoor cats.
The mom, on the other hand, would not let me near enough to even touch her, even after two years of feeding her. I had to trap her to get her neutered. She sleeps in the garage now, she waits at the door nearly every day to be fed, but she keeps her distance when I come out.
You should hve no problem taking in the kittens if thats your plan but I would not hold out too much hope for the mom.
Frank
This is in response to the questions about ferals yesterday… I’ve done a lot of feral spay/neuter clinics- the best time to take the mom in to get her fixed is when you can get her in a trap. Most vets can have the surgery done and the mom recovered enough to nurse her kittens within 12-15hrs. The kittens will be ok during this time. A trap would be best to catch her in, so no one gets chewed on when they try to sedate her. To make her friendly with you- it takes a lot of time and a lot of her associating you with food and other good things. You’ll probably want to take the kittens from her once they are eating solid food so they don’t learn too many bad feral cat behaviors from mom. Hope that helps!
Dear LWY/KL,
I don’t have any advice for you, just a warm welcome and blessing you for helping those cats.
LWY - There are some responses under yesterdays original post.
–LWY/KL–
About your post yesterday…
Whatever happens,don’t let the kittens get free. Mama will move them & odds are,you’ll never catch them again. Check into the rescue organizations in your area & see if they can help you with an animal-safe trap. You’ll also have to get pointers on how to be a kitten mommy,because you’ll have to feed them. If you can,put the kittens in a see-thru cage so mama can see they’re okay. Try & set the trap up against the cage so mama has to go into it in order to get to her babies. Hopefully,it will be long enuf so she trips the trap before she can turn & run. Be sure & cover cage & trap to camoflage it. Like others have said here on TDK, chicken works great. Just mix it w/some of the raw stuff she’s used to.
**Best of Luck to you**
**Oh,& Welcome to TDK
such cute kittens.
Can’t believe I got in so quickly!
*puts Hailey under jacket*
*sneaks away*
Sorry I know very little about feral cats
*Put checkmark on clipboard next to Hailey’s name*
Now remember, you can check her out for up to two hours but then she has to come back so everyone else can have a turn.
2 hours sounds fair! Maybe there will be some wonderful food to share by that time.
thanks Instinct for taking care of the paperwork
Hey! That’s a cool idea!
Could I have a bit more time? living in Europe and all??
please….
If you’re keeping track, Instinct, put a check by Rose’s name for me.
I think it’s great that we are having multiples. All that much more to love and pass around. (Or pass out…thud…whichever comes first.)
Now, now, share the kittens. These are a cute group. It is good that they were taken in so quickly and came out healthy. Lot’s of cuddles for them.
UMMMMMMMMMM Hey thats not fair……..I wanted Hailey
You can have her now Brani Lee. Remember, two hours and then on to the next person
b r a n d i say it wit me
Brrrraaaaannnnndiiiiii
You crack me up Instinct :))
Is this week’s theme Kitten Clumps? If so, let’s break out the protective gear.
I’m suggesting that we have a floor that’s made of airbag or maybe some really bouncy rubber. We’ll need it!
Hi, Kittenmaster!
Hi, Alex!
Bad idea with all the drinking that goes on around here
bouncy floor + hyperactive drunks = trouble
ok, maybe we should cover walls with rubber also
Isn’t that called a bouncing castle?
I love them!
Sounds more like a padded cell aka One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest!
hey wait padded cell’s. Okay but can’t be any shade of pink. Plus I request a lazer pointer and a few cute kitties too. It will be so much fun watching them climb up the walks. The padded walls will lend tracksion as well as claw holds.
We’d definitely need to make it fireproof!
Aww…soo cute…multiple kitties…
Thud-
boing-ong-oing-oing-oing!
Whee, this is fun!
Girl Gang! How sweet! I see Rose has that neck-craning thing goin’ on! kt
one of these cat’s is not like the others. ooohh…so cute.
What a lovely bunch of girls! Boxes of kittens a theme this week maybe?
Must be family week at TDK. This is the third litter of gorgeous kittens. And all girls! I want them all.
Oh goodness another box o’ cuteness. I don’t know if I can handle this!
*thud*
*Trying to rush to help Liz, but is becoming overcome herself by the incredible cuteness of another box of mischief*
Oh no - everything is going dark… Where’s my airbag…?
*THUD*
Dang it, where is Johnny Gauge when you need him (and if you don’t know who he is then that just means I’m too old)
*runs over to Rubia and liz with pillows, coffee and Chocolate Mousse pie*
I may have to pass out if Johnny Gauge comes to the rescue. I’m definitely feeling faint….need mouth to mouth!
I know who Johnny Gauge is but I misread it and thought you said Johnny Quest! lol forgive me, I am ill. I think someone stole your whack-bonk stick and beat me with it, this week, in the head and knees.
Oh Renee!!!
*shoves big sis an armful of kittens*
Here… fuzz cures all!
I remember Jonny Gage - I watched Emergency! all the time. Let’s see, Chet, Capt., Dr. Bracket - can’t remember the other responder’s name. Interesting how it is not re-running like many other shows of the 70’s.
Hi Pipa’s mum!
How’s my little sis? Sorry I haven’t talked to you in awhile. I missed our little chats. I have been really sick for the past week. How are your kitties?
I see your little brother hasn’t sold you off yet!
Awww Renee!!
So sorry to hear you’ve been sick!
My mail: marinaminas at gmail dot com
Write to me if you need anything at all…
I take adopting a big sis very seriously!!!
*huge gug*
Missed you!!!
Hi Pipa’s mum,
I started off with an excruciating headache, queasy stomach. I felt like I had been beat up with a whack-bonk stick. I finally got to eat something of a regular meal, Sunday. Saturday, I ate some grapes for breakfast. They were so good, I just wanted to keep eating them but they shoot my blood sugar up. Diabetis makes any little infection, harder to fight. I was so weak, I could hardly walk. Now, I have a dry cough. Have any cures for a cough? I have tried cough syrup, cough drops and gargling but when it gets tickled, I go into a coughing frenzy. Sorry to be such a drag.
Awwwwww!!!
Sweetie!
Darn being so far away!
Can you have honey? Or is this not allowed because of diabetis? Because three dolops of honey in a glass mixed with the juice of one lemon cures a cough in seconds!
And buy the face masks you can keep in the freezer for the headaches… they soothe a lot and it doesn’t upst you stomach…
And don’t make me mad saying you are a drag!!! You don’t want to make your Spanish sibling mad…
I’ll start shouting, talking Spanish very fast and wagging my arms above my head ferociously!!!
I care!!
Yes, Pipa’s mum, I have used cold packs for headaches. It felt good when I would be hot. I think I ended up with a bad sinus infection. I had forgot about the honey-lemon cure. We have that here too. You left me with a funny vision in my head. You speaking spanish really fast ( go ahead, I wouldn’t understand you) and waving your arms in the air! I’m not used to telling anyone about my problems. I didn’t want to to be a bit of a downer, on today’s kitten. I love honey but it is quite sweet for my diabetis. I sometimes eat a little honey, for I love it on hot rolls or homemade biscuits. I just don’t over do it, except when my blood sugar drops!
Pipa’s mum(Marina),
Thanks for your address, may take you up on it sometime. Will try to catch you tomorrow. Have a nice evening.
Ooo and Engine 51! Wasn’t that it? I remember that show, it started a life long fantacy about firemen….*sigh*
Sorry I haven’t posted in a few days-I’ve been soo busy, that’s the way it is here-feast or famine! Anyway, I have news!! My honey got a puppy! Small looks very beagle in the face, is sable and white and chews on everything!! My boys are in a quandry as to what to do. After living in the country they associate dog smell with danger, now this little bit of thing is here and they seem to reconcile their memories with this playful reality. Bug will watch her from a high point for hours. She’s very young, less than the 8 weeks I was told, I think. We named her “Muttstang Sally”
I just saw Randolph Mantooth on a soap I caught last week. I don’t remember witch one as I really don’t watch them anymore. I took a few days off and just happened to catch him. He still looks good for his age and it’s nice to see him working again.
I can’t remember Kevin Tigue’s character anymore either.
Instinct I am probably old enough to be your mother and I don’t know who the heck is Johnny Gauge. Please inform the rest of us who he is.
The kittens today just melted my heart.
He’s from the 70’s tv show “Emergency!” A hearthrob. He and his buddies from engine 51 fire dept. responded to a new situation every week. They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore. I recently saw a picture of Randolph Mantooth and he is still quite handsome.
I am wondering why Randolph Mantooth hasn’t gotten a lot of work. He was really cute, and the show was so popular. He co-stars have gotten a lot of exposure. I believe his partner on the show was recently on “Lost”, as Locke’s father.
Too bad, I would have liked to have seen more of the Mantooth!
Hey Kate the Grate -
I was wondering where I had seen him recently! He played a bad-a** guy. Randolph Mantooth, I believe, did some soap work for a while; that’s the last I heard about him. Like you said, too bad - he’s one handsome fella!
Negative on that Susan. Not unless you graduated from high school in the 50’s
No, I graduated from HS in ‘67 I turned 17 in March and graduated in May.
actually, Instinct, it was Johnny Gage and Roy Desoto, with Dr. Brackett & Dixie McCall as the Doc & nurse, can’t remember Bobby Troupe’s character, but he sang “Route 66″.
knew I spelled it wrong , dang it
And they were always able to do a trachiotomy with a ball point pen ;D
Roy Desoto!!! Thank you Thomas, for jogging my memory!
More like CLOGGING my memory! tee hee (You know I love you, Thomas!)
OMG I had such a crush on Johny………and cpt kirk LOL
I still like William Shatner…
Do you watch him on Boston Legal?
Nah - never got into that one, although I hear it is a great show. My crush was with Capt. Kirk. He has the same b-day as me.
Quickly passes out the Cute Overload Airbags for the rest of the group and puts pillows down for Liz and Rubia.
Waves chocolate croissants under their noses to bring them around
Thank God I got the patent on time!
*kichingggg*
oh thank goodness. chocolate and fuzz cures all!