http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Abandoned Kittys-Need Help en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:33:35 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-395184 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:37:27 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 395184@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thank you Katzen!!! I will look into this!<br /> =^.^= </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-394812 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:44:09 +0000 katzenmother 394812@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Think twice about giving up being a vet. Years ago when I was in college I thought that I too couldn't put an animal down. However, I have different thoughts now. While it would never be pleasant, animals that are being put down are usually terminal cases, so euthanesia is an act of mercy and kindness as the animal is out of the terrible pain. I still couldn't work for a humane society that put down animals because they'd been in the shelter for too long however. I really wish I'd become a vet but hindsight isn't even 20-20; its 20-10.<br /> I have considered becoming a vet tech but have moderate back problems which limits how long I can stand in one place. Anyway, this is a topic I've researched in depth so perhaps you can benefit kiddo.<br /> Here is the accredited AVMA website for vet techs:<br /> <a href="http://www.avma.org/education/cvea/default.asp." rel="nofollow">http://www.avma.org/education/cvea/default.asp.</a> A person can make this either a two year or four year program. Each state has its requirements for licensing. There are a number of quality online/distance programs as well. On the left side of the page you'll see a tab for that. The program in Texas is oustanding and can be taken via distance ed. The program in NM is the most affordable or used to be. Here is another nice page:<br /> <a href="http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/animatedjourneys/aboutvets/becomingtech.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/animatedjourneys/aboutvets/becomingtech.asp</a><br /> I encourage you to rethink about not becoming a vet. The one thing that concerns me about being a vet tech is possibly working for a veterinarian that cuts corners and doesn't give the animals the best care. I wouldn't stay working there long for sure. However, if you became a vet you could create the kind of clinic YOU would want to have. I always thought I'd devote some of my time to low-income families or the elderly who are on fixed incomes, with reduced or free care so their pets would be healthy. Anyway, if you have any other questions or concerns let me know as I'll be back to keep track of your "kids" and you. Take care and God bless! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-394767 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:50:53 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 394767@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>And great news, found Nox and Chev a home. Rav will be staying with us( I know a shocking turn of events) Chev is very VERY independant, and though I think Nox's unique color and markings and coat is very pretty, he seems to be very detached and independant, just not as much as Chev lol. Rav on the other hand is pure lap kitty material...personality wise I think Rav is the one to keep.<br /> They are going to a family friends' mothers place and will be kept together. What more could I ask for? It is going to be hard on Rav I think not having his siblings. :( I need to take more pics!!! They are so precious.</p> <p>The new owners will never know the hrs I have spent with these guys, the nights up bottle feeding them every 2 hrs, and all the messes I have had to pick up. But they are alive and healthy, and I hope they will bring as many smiles to them as I am sure my lil Rav will bring to me in the years to come. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-394761 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:46:48 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 394761@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ahh cool! Thank you, please share when you can. I do have 3 or so years of college I just never decided on a major...<br /> I do love animals, I just couldnt stand putting an animal down, reason I wouldnt ever persue being a vet... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-394694 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:02:11 +0000 katzenmother 394694@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>You have done an excellent job raising these precious babies! Since you aren't employed I thought of something. With your skills at animal care and love for animals, did you ever think of becoming a veterinary technician? If this is something you want to do there are several websites I can recommend. There are even online/distance programs you can take. Texas has an outstanding program. Just had to mention this. Take care and given smooches to all the kittens for me! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-394003 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:15:38 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 394003@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>What a great idea Cheetah!<br /> I wouldnt have thought of that one... =D </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-392849 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:55:35 +0000 CheetahBoysmommy 392849@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>If you had to keep them all, how many animals would that make for you? A hoarder and a person with lots of pets aren't necessarily the same thing. If you can provide food, medical care and good living for 15 animals, you aren't a hoarder. If you can't provide decent living for 5 animals, but refuse to let them go to other homes, then the hoarder definition would probably be right. It's more a matter of the quality of life, rather than the quantity of pets.</p> <p>How socialized are the kittens? If you could take them to visit at nursing homes and provide those people with a couple of hours of quality purr time each week, that would make your clan 'working' cats. You might eventually find that one or two of them were adopted by the rest home staff. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-392744 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:00:27 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 392744@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hes acting fine, very active, and the swelling has gone down tremendously. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-392741 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:52:27 +0000 Tigerlilly 392741@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>How is Nox doing? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-392738 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:49:31 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 392738@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p><a href="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/SugarKitty/chevpose.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/SugarKitty/chevpose.jpg</a> And Chev...evil girl! lol </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-392708 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:19:54 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 392708@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p><a href="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/SugarKitty/Nox1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/SugarKitty/Nox1.jpg</a> Updated Nox Pic 1 month old!</p> <p><a href="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/SugarKitty/Rav1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/SugarKitty/Rav1.jpg</a> and Rav!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/3#post-392697 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:57:06 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 392697@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ya Nawlings you are right, I just didnt want to give them up to total strangers...Nobody I know wants a kitten :( </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-392626 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:17:01 +0000 nawlins catmom 392626@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Bummer! But if they didn't know that they might not have been the best place sore Chev anyway... I am sure you will find a new home for the baby... Don't give up! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-392623 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:10:01 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 392623@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>The people who were suppose to take Chev backed out. Their cat had 4 kittens...they didnt bother to call or anything...we had to call them and thats how we found out...how can you not know your cat is pregnate...bleh! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-388359 Sat, 30 May 2009 06:17:18 +0000 nawlins catmom 388359@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>KT - Now you understand how all our mothers felt when we finally left the nest, or why mamacats wean their kits with such skill!!! It is exhausting! You have done a wonderful thing, as all foster moms do, in saving these babies! Congratulations. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-388297 Fri, 29 May 2009 22:29:42 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 388297@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Glad to report that Nox is doing better, his boy parts are healing up and are going down in swelling. Applying the polysporen 3 X a day and keeping him isolated has done the trick.<br /> They are growing SO fast, and I am glad they are not drinking formula anymore, as they would eat me out of house and home!!!<br /> Raising these little ones has been a life experience. To see them so small and helpless, and now they are lil devils with so much energy, and growing so fast!!!<br /> I am already sad, because in a few weeks the 2 will be leaving me...but at the same time I am exhausted, and want them to go to good homes. I know that I cannot keep all 3...but I am happy to keep 1...but I want to keep Rav as well...It is very very hard to let Rav go. I am kinda thinking of keeping Rav and maybe giving Nox away...I am torn and heartbroken. Chev, the girl, I dont know why but I just do not click with her, she is really rumbuxious and kinda mean...she has a totally diffrent personality than the two boys.<br /> =^.^= Thank you Nawlins for all your advice and all the replys to my post, seems you have been with me every step of the way!<br /> =^.^= And thanks to all the other TDK'ers that have helped with posts and replys, really has helped me more than ya know!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-387845 Fri, 29 May 2009 07:48:33 +0000 nawlins catmom 387845@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>it is hard to give kits you have raised, but as long as they are going to good homes, and will be loved (and spay/neutered) you have done what is best... This way you have room to foster the next batch that finds you... you are id'd on the angel network now, y'know!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-387731 Thu, 28 May 2009 19:29:23 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 387731@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thank you Ailur :)</p> <p>We have found a home for Rav, but NOX is STAYING for sure!!! I am so happy!!! He is the one that is 'messed up' but I love him so much!!! I really want to keep Rav too but...=sigh= I really really want to keep him. I dont know what you are suppose to do but I do not want to be an animal horder, and with the amount of animals...ya...this sucks!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-387665 Thu, 28 May 2009 17:55:38 +0000 ailuromaniac 387665@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Here is a kitten pacifier you can purchase. Or if you are inventive you can make your own</p> <p><a href="http://www.kittenpacifier.com/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.kittenpacifier.com/index.htm</a> </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-387584 Thu, 28 May 2009 14:52:09 +0000 nawlins catmom 387584@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>KT - glad to hear he is improving! and glad Chev has a home in the offing! Congrats! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-387580 Thu, 28 May 2009 14:47:03 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 387580@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Chev will be going to a new home in about 2 weeks, found her a good one. I am sad but...anyways...ya...:( </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-387521 Thu, 28 May 2009 12:47:06 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 387521@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hes eatting, energetic like the others, the site is red and pussy/infected but the polysporn and keeping him away from the others for 2 days now you can see a big diffrence.<br /> I also sprayed the kittens stomach and rear with bitter apple spray...Chev is the one still wanting to suckle so bad she has turned to Rav for suckling...They did not like the bitter apple at all but this is tough love!!! I wont be spraying Nox till he is healed up...for now he will have to do without his littermates till he is healed. I need to go to the store to get some fun little toys for the little monsters. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-387110 Wed, 27 May 2009 19:54:15 +0000 nawlins catmom 387110@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Is he acting somewhat normal, or does he seem to have no energy? Is he bleeding? Is he eating? How about pee and poop? Be sure he does not eat/lick any of the medicine! How are you doing with this develoment? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-387092 Wed, 27 May 2009 19:09:17 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 387092@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>They been drinking outta a saucer for a week now. I am keeping polysorine on his rear...and keeping him quiet as I can, letting him rest up.Its still very scarry. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-386989 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:41:38 +0000 nawlins catmom 386989@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Can you get the black and white to the vet? Poor baby? Is it possible they need to be bottle fed more/lnoger? are they still on bottle at all? I have never dealt with this personally - hopefully others will have specific ideas! Hang in there! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-386987 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:33:47 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 386987@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>You are telling me! I would take a pic of the damage but it is very graphic. My parents are scared he might die...it is that severe. It litterally happened in minutes, with their teeth and everything it did not take long to do some horrific damage to the boy. I have to keep the 2 greys seperated because they do the same thing AND I have caught them fighting, very violently...I wonder if it is play fighting or what but it didnt look like romping/playing and it was over their food bowl. It looked like 2 grown cats having a fight, not something some lil kittens could do. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-386983 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:18:35 +0000 nawlins catmom 386983@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>KT - That is not very nice of them! someone on the site mentioned something that might help - A snuggle cat, I think it was called... I have not seen one, but perhaps it has pseudo nipples that they could latch on to...? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-386982 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:13:32 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 386982@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Doing fine on #2...sad thing is they are still wanting to suckle on eachother, and now they have teeth...they have hurt the black and white one badly by suckling, now they are all 3 seperated from eachother because it is so bad. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-386131 Mon, 25 May 2009 19:59:37 +0000 nawlins catmom 386131@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>That is great news - how is pooping going??? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17004/page/2#post-386129 Mon, 25 May 2009 19:54:21 +0000 ~*~Rav's Mom~*~ 386129@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Blind scare over, the one is just a few days behind on development... lol... </p>