http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Hello....I'm new. en Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:53:14 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445924 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:22:36 +0000 SoxsMom 445924@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Welcome to TDK IM. Remember to come to the cafe and chat or the night shift too! I look forward to hearing more about your lovely fur family! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445913 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:47:02 +0000 IronMaiden 445913@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>The Catster pages are coming along nicely, but with 5 cats, it's a bit of work! LOL! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445848 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:54:43 +0000 Buttercup 445848@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Welcome to TDK Lori,we do understand fully here,I'm sorry about the loss of O'Malley. We'd love to see pictures of your babies when your done with the catster pages,my avatar is my 3 year old kitty Jasper. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445841 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:03:21 +0000 feefee 445841@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>welcome aboard , and im so sorry for your loss .i cryied at the end . its so sad and it hurts so much .u get so close to these little ones and ur heart is filled with love the second u look into their little faces.i havent gone threw that yet my self but i can imagine how u must feel .im so so sorry again. i wish all the best for u and ur kittys. i have 3 in total my self and one of them is only 1 week old. and the day i saw him i cryied so much .tears of happyness and joy. cats are such wonderful little pets to have, and great little protectors too. my mommy cat is so caring and loving and spoiled by me (:) but i dont care they need love and attention in their lives and i love showing it to them.my male cat is so handsome and completely white but long hair,his fur goes all over the place i cant stand it but i love him so much .both were taking care by me since they were 3 weeks old and now they have their own little baby .im so happy to have them in my lives i love them dearly. i tell everyone im a grandmother for a kitten ,lol. everyone thinks its so cute. people in this site seem really nice and kind and with great advice.i never knew there was a website for cat lovers.im happy i found this one today.well i wish u happyness and joy .and i hope u enjoy this site as much as i have already. :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445787 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:41:10 +0000 Sheba's Mom in Phx, AZ 445787@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Welcome, and Bless you for being a military mother! Prayers your son in Iraq comes home safe soon. You have come to the most caring group on the 'net. I am sorry you lost your baby, but he knew love in his short life. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445696 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:11:42 +0000 eleniki 445696@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>So true Joan. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445648 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:08:49 +0000 JoanfromNewJersey 445648@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Welcome Lori! Love the story of your family, with and without fur, and sorry for the loss of the little one. I lost both my boy kitties last year. They were 16 and 17 and died within 5 months of each other. I've also had cats all my life. Better to know the love of kitties knowing we usually outlive them than to never know them at all. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445606 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:55:34 +0000 Renee 445606@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I am so sorry for your loss. I am also new to the website. I needed advise about a kitten we took in and the response and open arms have been great. This site is also great for looking up other issues I am having with my cats. Everyone here either has gone through what you are going through or can sympathize. Lately I have been coming back to check on others to see how they are holding up. </p> <p>I have 2 dogs brother and sister, Sarah and Simon 6yrs old, Maltese. 3 cats, Sammy 1yr (he's deaf) orange tabby, his brother, Scoti 1 yr all white with big blue eyes and Sadi 1yr grey tabby. Our new addition is Siera 9 weeks calico, she is the one that I am getting some great advise for and in the picture posted. </p> <p>Hope to see more posts from you. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445598 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:01:02 +0000 caroline 445598@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Welcome to TDK! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445587 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:17:52 +0000 IronMaiden 445587@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks for the warm welcomes, everyone. I'll be looking forward to getting to know you all!</p> <p>I'm still very much in a state of grief about O'Malley, so having his sister to love helps. </p> <p>Thanks for the tip about Catster. I've got a Facebook...errr...Catbook for Ed, but the Catster site is wonderful. I've begun building pages for the babies, and I'll post links when they're all finished. </p> <p>&lt;3 </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445565 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:45:07 +0000 2 Popoki 445565@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Welcome IM... and what a wonderful picture you paint of your family - both with and without fur. You certainly came to the right place for understanding people. Although I have not lost a cat, yet, most of the others here have. I have been a kitty-momma for only 4 years. We'd love to see pictures of your kits... many here have catster accounts for just that reason. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445563 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:43:45 +0000 Crazycatman - AZ 445563@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Welcome to TDK IronMaiden!! Give your sons and son-in-law a big thank you from a former USAF guy.</p> <p>Sounds like you have a wonderful furry family. My home is ruled by 5 adult cats, Penny, Gir, CC, Kuja and Ashe and 2 kittens Boo and Cali. Penny is in my avatar picture. We would all love to see pictures of your babies. </p> <p>Sorry about the lose of you little one.</p> <p>It is normally pretty slow here on the weekends, but a few people will be around. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445561 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:40:51 +0000 eleniki 445561@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Wow, Lori, you just brought me from laughter to tears in your first post! Welcome to TDK! If there is one quality this site has, it is understanding, in bucketfuls. I am so sorry for your loss, how terribly sad your description of poor tiny little O'Malley's struggle is. You have my deep sympathy. We all know what it's like here to nurse a baby kitten. It's harrowing. And to lose him at the end....just too sad. You did a fantastic job with both of them, it sounds like, and it's wonderful that little Morrigan (what lovely names) pulled through. I know exactly your feeling when you say 'the love of my life'. Five children of your own, and yet you feel this protective maternal love for your furbabies. Don't anyone tell me cats are for frustrated human mothers (I have no human children). More labels.<br /> Hope to see you posting lots more. We have a great cat community here, with support and advice, sympathy and laughs a-plenty! Hugs. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20997#post-445557 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:19:55 +0000 IronMaiden 445557@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hi there....my name is Lori, and I've been lurking here for a few weeks. I finally decided to join, based on my belief that this is a place with members who have a real love for their cats and a sense of community.</p> <p>I've always been a cat person, and always had a cat in my life, but up until the last year or so, my life has centered more around that of my family and raising my children. My cats have always been loved and cherished, but they were definitely "pets" if you understand my meaning. I don't know how to put it another way. I was also married to a man who didn't see cats as all that important. Needless to say, I got rid of the husband and kept the cats....LOL! I'm been remarried for 5 years to a wonderful man who, while he claims he's not a cat person, certainly indulges me in my love for our babies and gives them plenty of love and attention, too.</p> <p>Now that my children are grown and doing their own things, I guess I've had the empty nest syndrome descend upon me. The kitties have really become the foreground in my life. I have two sons in the military; one is in the Army and currently deployed in Iraq, and the other is in the Navy and a sonarman aboard the USS Alabama submarine. Anyone who's seen the movie Crimson Tide knows my boy's boat! I have a daughter living in South Korea with her Army MP husband and her son....my two other daughters live at home with us, but are pretty independent. I'm the proud Nana to 5 grandchildren, and one is scheduled to make his or her arrival sometime early next year. I guess my worries about my kids have given me this need for comfort that my cats provide. In turn, they are spoiled rotten. </p> <p>My brood:</p> <p>Edward, my big, fat domestic short hair. He is the most loveable, sweet guy on earth. He's also insanely jealous and loves attention.</p> <p>Lucy, a kitty we rescued last year after some tenents of a house across the street were evicted and just left her behind. She's an Oriental mix, and was skin and bones when we found her. Now she's fat and happy and loves to give kisses.</p> <p>Chicken, my daughter Kat (!)'s cat. She's a gray domestic longhair. She's very sweet and a little kooky.</p> <p>Seamus, a mackeral siamese mix. He's absolutely the most affectionate boy in the world.</p> <p>Morrigan Rose is our newest baby....she's Chicken's offspring. She's gray and white, shorthaired, and the love of my life. </p> <p>The reason why I began reading this forum is because when Chicken gave birth to Morrigan and her brother, O'Malley, there were a lot of complications. Both kittens were promised to people who backed out at the end, and when they were 4 weeks old, Chicken went a bit crazy and stopped caring for them. They were tiny and tenacious and I began caring for them in earnest, and something in me took over. It was like caring for a newborn. Both had some problems, and little Morrigan, who was the runt, developed an upper respiratory problem when she was just 6 weeks old. Frantic vet appointments ensued and she pulled through, but her brother contracted it, too....and he was just not strong enough. For 5 days we fought...he saw two vets....but in the end, he passed, and my heart has been broken ever since. I've never lost a baby like that. He was 13 weeks old. I held him in my arms and sobbed, and saw my husband cry for the first time in the 10 years I have known him.</p> <p>I guess I just need to be around people who understand. </p>