http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Mina update & Kitten fostering questions en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:41:26 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-419977 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:06:13 +0000 CheetahBoysmommy 419977@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>What an adorable little face - his mustache is so unusual and his name is perfect for him. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-419952 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:53:06 +0000 mollycat71 419952@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Loving Fritz! Hope he and Mina become the best of kitty friends! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-419938 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:03:11 +0000 treether 419938@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Reviving an old thread... After the last foster kittens found their homes, Mina was really sad. She started bugging us all of the time, but even worse she started pouncing Vesper, who has a lingering cold and really doesn't care to put up with that.</p> <p>So we called around and tried to arrange getting a pet for Mina. We found a little 3 month-old black and white cow-cat we named Fritz and he just came home today! Fritz is skittish around humans, but he loves other cats. Hopefully they will be best friends, and play with each other instead of bugging Vesper...</p> <p>Fritzl:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treether/3756497514/in/set-72157600284231826/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/treether/3756497514/in/set-72157600284231826/</a></p> <p>I've never had a cow cat before! What a funny face. We like his curly white mustache. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-415943 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:34:33 +0000 mollycat71 415943@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>That is amazing, little Mina is the big girl now! She does need a furr-riend! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-415921 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:13:08 +0000 treether 415921@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Yeah it's sad my old cat doesn't want anything to do with Mina... I guess I can't blame her though, she hasn't been a kitten for a very long time. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-415917 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:10:15 +0000 WillowandWindismom 415917@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>What an adorable picture - Mina has gotten so big! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-415916 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:09:50 +0000 CheetahBoysmommy 415916@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>She does look like she wants a friend. That's a very sweet picture. And good for you for finding all of them homes. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-415913 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:05:31 +0000 treether 415913@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Yay! We found homes for the last two kittens today. I'm so excited that we were able to make sure all the kittens stayed with a sibling. One of the girls is clearly the alpha kitten, so I think they should get along well. The other one is very sweet and just likes to snuggle all day.</p> <p>I'm sad to lose them, but I think we are definitely going to get another kitten! Mina loved the two girls so much, I think she really needs a friend:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treether/3727914257/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/treether/3727914257/in/photostream/</a></p> <p>She just loved to watch them play, and she was very gentle with them! I am so psyched to foster more kittens :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-412396 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:17:09 +0000 GreatDane 412396@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Awwwww, sorry they took Blaze :(<br /> Sounds like you and your neighbor are doing a great job raising the little ones. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653/page/2#post-412283 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:04:09 +0000 treether 412283@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Today was a busy kitten day. I put a drop of olive oil in their formula last night and found out this morning that it was a great cure for kitten constipation! After cleaning them up and feeding them and cleaning them up again and then thoroughly cleaning out their nesting area... </p> <p>My neighbor calls and says she has found someone to take the tabby boy. We were sad because we've only had him for a couple of days, but happy because his new owners have hand reared kittens before and want to take him right away. We thought they might take his black sister too. So we dropped the 2 kittens off at our neighbors and when we got back we found out that they decided to take "blaze" -- our sweet little gray guy -- with the boy tabby instead! </p> <p>:(</p> <p>No, it's ok really -- we are happy he gets to stay with his brother and we're sure they are going to live in a very nice home. His new owners are a couple, and when the husband saw the little gray kitten he fell in love with them and couldn't bear to let him go.</p> <p>And if someone else will adopt the two girls we will be happy, but we would also be happy to keep little black and white Jackie! She is sassy. </p> <p>We have the two remaining girls in the meantime. The little gray tabby girl is totally dainty and cute. Tomorrow we are having a kitten open house, but I'm sure whoever sees them first will snap them up. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411813 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:54:36 +0000 GreatDane 411813@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Awwww, I hope you can get little grey one, Treether!</p> <p>Love the bouquet pic! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411789 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:13:54 +0000 mollycat71 411789@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I love that picture, I have seen it before! All those kittens! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411786 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:09 +0000 treether 411786@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Mollycat -- my kitten bouquet is dinky compared to this one!<br /> <a href="http://www.funnies.com/July06pics/kittenbouquet.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.funnies.com/July06pics/kittenbouquet.jpg</a></p> <p>Madcatwoman -- We want the little gray sick one!!! I hope his health is ok. But if someone else wants to take him and a sibling, we will let him go :( </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411756 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:41:05 +0000 MadcatwomanintheUK 411756@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Any more thoughts as to whether Mina's getting a playmate (and Vesper's getting some peace &#38; quiet!)? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411747 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:33:00 +0000 mollycat71 411747@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I want ALL OF THEM! Where can I find a kitten bouquet???? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411720 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:47:34 +0000 treether 411720@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Now my neighbor things the gray boy isn't blind -- just very listless and less developed than the others :( She did say that he is improving a lot since we took the bigger two kittens. </p> <p>The brown tabby literally bulldozes his sister down when it's her turn with the bottle, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was stealing all their mom's milk! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411200 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:18:41 +0000 CheetahBoysmommy 411200@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Blaze's little eyes do look different than the others. He doesn't have nearly as much blue showing. What other symptoms does he have to make you think he's blind?</p> <p>I really feel a connection to the little guy and would take him in a heartbeat if you don't and if he wasn't so far away. I wish you could just pop him into the transporter and he would materialize in front of me. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411185 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:47:20 +0000 GreatDane 411185@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Those are beautiful picturea, Treether. I like the idea of you volunteering to take pictures for adoption for shelters.<br /> Poor little grey kitty! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-411181 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:38:19 +0000 treether 411181@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I just posted photos of the two kittens we are fostering in a new thread. Unfortunately, it seems like the little gray kitten with the white nose is probably blind! Poor little guy, I guess that's why he looks so dazed. Hopefully that's the extent of his health problems, I'm sure we can still find him a good home (or keep him ourselves!) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-410142 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:27:26 +0000 linda 410142@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>That IS a great idea about taking pics of shelter animals needing homes (let's not forget about dogs and bunnies too!)</p> <p>And Mina is gorgeous! and the baby kittehs are so snorgleable!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-410133 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:11:11 +0000 CheetahBoysmommy 410133@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>What a great idea, taking pictures of animals that need homes. If you could get the local paper to run them and maybe get some posted in grocery stores, etc., some fur babies may get homes who might have otherwise been lost.</p> <p>I bet Vesper would be happier if Mina had someone her own age to pester. Then Vesper could get some rest. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-410054 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:17:01 +0000 treether 410054@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Haha, of course daily kitten chat would encourage me to get more kittens! Actually, I have an 18-year-old cat as well, and she is still not too happy about Mina. Best case scenario is a little brother will distract Mina from bothering our old cat, Vesper. Worse case is Vesper is 2x as annoyed as she is now :( </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-409973 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:30:08 +0000 MadcatwomanintheUK 409973@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I'm in love! Welcome to the wonderful world of multiple cat ownership Treether, I think it's a done deal that Mina's getting a little brother :o) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-409927 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:33:54 +0000 Kilroy 409927@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh what a wonderful photo! I want them all! :) And I agree, you take great pictures, Treether. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-409899 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:27:03 +0000 treether 409899@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks Cheetaboysmommy, I have a dream of some day quitting my day job and becoming a full time cat photographer. I have been wondering if I can volunteer to take pics of cats waiting to be adopted at shelters...</p> <p>Hopefully we'll have the chance to get some shot of the kittens poking out of teapots before they get too big! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-409754 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:16:51 +0000 CheetahBoysmommy 409754@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>My husband says thank goodness you live in NY. If you were within a day's drive of me, the little grey one with the white blaze would be mine, mine, all mine. </p> <p>You take really good photos.</p> <p>Since he is too far away for me to grab, I definitely think he should become Mina's brother. Cats are usually much happier with a friend and Blaze is as handsome as Mina is beautiful. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-409749 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:03:22 +0000 treether 409749@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I finally got the chance to take photos of the babies!</p> <p>This is my favorite:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treether/3696718362/in/set-72157620933117539/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/treether/3696718362/in/set-72157620933117539/</a></p> <p>They are all doing great! Their mom is a great mom, she's very small and timid and looks a lot like the little black and white girl. The cage they are in is big enough that she can escape the kittens and sit on the second level, so far she hasn't been aggressive, but she won't let you come near her.</p> <p>We are starting to look for homes! They are staying with their Mom until next week when she gets spayed. Then we will take two (they should be 5-6 weeks old) and foster them for a couple of weeks so they'll be trained for their new homes.</p> <p>Although, the tiny gray boy reminds me of Mina when we first found her. Maybe Mina needs a little brother to keep her occupied? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-409173 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:52:37 +0000 libbykate09 409173@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I know nothing about fostering, but I just had to comment about how big and adorable she is! I can't believe it. What a fantastic job! :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-409163 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:18:19 +0000 CheetahBoysmommy 409163@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>If two of the babies are weaker than the others, it would probably do them good to have some additional nourishment from a bottle. The more human contact they get the better. Mama doesn't sound like she will ever be tamed, but there's no reason the babies should have to live their lives as ferals.</p> <p>If there's no way to give them the run of a room, can you maybe add another cage and put the two together so they have a little more room to run in? You could probably find a cheap one on Craig's List or maybe even borrow/rent one from a breeder or shelter. Even though mama cat can't be allowed the whole room, as long as the babies are use to humans you can give them time out of their little home. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/18653#post-409067 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:55:58 +0000 treether 409067@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>OK, just talked to our neighbor -- she's agreed to try to keep the kittens with the Mom for another week until she gets neutered. I'm going to take photos or them tomorrow! </p>