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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 14, 2015 1:56:43 GMT
Stray cat had kittens in my garage. They still have umbilical cords attached. I spent the last hour trapping her in my garage. They are all now living in my upstairs bathroom. There are 5 little fluffies. Plan is so tame them, fix them, find homes for them. Mom can keep living here outside after spaying.
Fuck.
Yes I know. Useless without pictures. Will post later.
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Post by freecharlie on May 14, 2015 1:57:51 GMT
I'm glad you are taking care of them.
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Post by johnnysmom on May 14, 2015 1:59:20 GMT
lol I think you have a huge neon light on your house that says "cat motel, vacancy" Can't wait to see pics.
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Post by scrapmaven on May 14, 2015 1:59:43 GMT
They are lucky that they landed in your garage, because you love cats. And ya, this thread was completely useless. Pictures are mandatory.
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 14, 2015 2:00:37 GMT
It actually says "No Fucking Vacancy" but unfortunately cats are illiterate.
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Post by hop2 on May 14, 2015 2:01:34 GMT
Yubon, for all the crabbyness and sarcasm you like to portray on the internets, your really just a sweet crazy cat lady. Obviously the mama cat knows who you really are, she chose you.
Enjoy your new little fuzzies.
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Post by greenlegume on May 14, 2015 2:04:50 GMT
Face the inevitable, Yubon. You are the cat whisperer, and all the kitties in your area know this. You talk a tough game, but you are a softie.
Thank you for treating all the kitties so humanely.
I will now share my all-time favorite commercial with you. You deserve some comic relief.
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Post by Zee on May 14, 2015 2:06:19 GMT
Haha that's my favorite commercial too!
Patiently waiting for kitten pics...
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Post by Skellinton on May 14, 2015 2:06:58 GMT
I am glad you are taking care of them. The last cat who had kittens at our house (on our porch) is snoring sweetly away on a pile of pillows about 3 feet from me. Her daughter is lounging in a box not far away awaiting bedtime so she can play with her mousie toy. It is a pain in the butt catching them and caring for them, but I am glad you are!!! How DO they know where to go? ? No stray cats show up on our neighbors porches??
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Post by akathy on May 14, 2015 2:10:03 GMT
This really made me chuckle! So you actually do have a heart!
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Post by alittleintrepid on May 14, 2015 2:19:40 GMT
Thank you Yubon!
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Post by sweetpeasmom on May 14, 2015 2:20:51 GMT
Awww! Can't wait to see pictures. Glad you are able to get take care of them. They are lucky to have been born in your garage.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 2:27:41 GMT
It actually says "No Fucking Vacancy" but unfortunately cats are illiterate. No no. The cat knew exactly what the sign said. But she figured it didn't apply to her. Another one thanking you for taking care of these little little guys.
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Post by *christine* on May 14, 2015 2:46:00 GMT
Maybe someone showed Mama Cat your thread about coloring and she was afraid you were thinking of picking up a new hobby so she put the kibosh on that right away.
Is this one of the outdoor cats that you take care of? Don't you have a garage as well as an indoor set up?
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Post by scrapulous on May 14, 2015 2:51:31 GMT
I wanna see pics tooooooooo
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 14, 2015 2:57:19 GMT
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Post by elaine on May 14, 2015 3:03:10 GMT
What you need is one of these to help you pass the time while raising kitties: If you pm me your address I'll ship one out to you.
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Post by eebud on May 14, 2015 3:16:42 GMT
What you need is one of these to help you pass the time while raising kitties: If you pm me your address I'll ship one out to you. Be sure and include colors!! LOL
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Post by gryroagain on May 14, 2015 3:33:52 GMT
Aw Yubon, I can so relate. I have 14 cats in my house right now. 14. 14!!! We have 1, 17 year old Rocko. We acquired Phoebe and Ursula as semi ferals to try taming...no luck with the taming, DD loves them, haven't signed the papers but we will be hauling them to Korea in the fall with Rocko. Add Tuxi, a svelte 22 pounder, who is a foster with a placement who needs some time to find senior housing that will allow pets. Tuxi came to us at 30 pounds, after her elderly owner died. Also Libby, a foster who can't be in a Petco cage because freaks out- she is obsessed with me and she bites. Tiger and Ginger are lovely laid back fosters who live in DDs room with Phoebe and Ursula, and are teaching them to be cats, and hopefully will be adopted at the next adoption fair because they are just lovely, sweet boys. And Ozzy, a black boy who is here only temporarily from his petco cage to stretch out and play. Libby, Tuxi and Rocko are shut up at night (they are bitchy) and the others have what we call The Wild Rumpus through the house, zooming around like possessed crack heads.
Still with me? That's only 8, but the neighbor brought a box (like a cardboard freaking box) with a scared shitless very young mom and 5 kittens on Monday. He knows we have cats...they will hopefully go to another foster tomorrow, as they live in DHs basement right now, the only available space.
All that to say- you, like me, have the invisible to all but cats flashing sign above your house that says "crazy cat lady this way". And that's why even if you are bitchy now and again, I know you secretly totally ROCK. They come to you because you can help. And you do. And while we can't save them all (dh thinks I am apparently trying to) helping where we can makes such a difference. Bless you! (and me. Prefer to be blessed with litter and food...)
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Post by knotlazy on May 14, 2015 3:48:01 GMT
Aw Yubon, I can so relate. I have 14 cats in my house right now. 14. 14!!! We have 1, 17 year old Rocko. We acquired Phoebe and Ursula as semi ferals to try taming...no luck with the taming, DD loves them, haven't signed the papers but we will be hauling them to Korea in the fall with Rocko. Add Tuxi, a svelte 22 pounder, who is a foster with a placement who needs some time to find senior housing that will allow pets. Tuxi came to us at 30 pounds, after her elderly owner died. Also Libby, a foster who can't be in a Petco cage because freaks out- she is obsessed with me and she bites. Tiger and Ginger are lovely laid back fosters who live in DDs room with Phoebe and Ursula, and are teaching them to be cats, and hopefully will be adopted at the next adoption fair because they are just lovely, sweet boys. And Ozzy, a black boy who is here only temporarily from his petco cage to stretch out and play. Libby, Tuxi and Rocko are shut up at night (they are bitchy) and the others have what we call The Wild Rumpus through the house, zooming around like possessed crack heads. Still with me? That's only 8, but the neighbor brought a box (like a cardboard freaking box) with a scared shitless very young mom and 5 kittens on Monday. He knows we have cats...they will hopefully go to another foster tomorrow, as they live in DHs basement right now, the only available space. All that to say- you, like me, have the invisible to all but cats flashing sign above your house that says "crazy cat lady this way". And that's why even if you are bitchy now and again, I know you secretly totally ROCK. They come to you because you can help. And you do. And while we can't save them all (dh thinks I am apparently trying to) helping where we can makes such a difference. Bless you! (and me. Prefer to be blessed with litter and food...) Wow! yryroagain...you are my hero! Soooo...many cats....
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Post by Outspoken on May 14, 2015 3:52:46 GMT
Yubon Peatlejuice - all of my cats are spayed and I've never seen a newborn litter. How does the umbilical cord get taken care of? Does Mom take care of it? thank you for opening your home and heart!
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 4:08:30 GMT
If one has say 5 cats (not singling anyone out here) but does your house not smell like cat? I used to look after a neighbour's cat (at least 10-15 years ago) and their house still smells like rancid cat pee. That cat died before 2005 and yet the house smells of cat pee. I know they don't have another one. Does the smell not go away?
My house does smell like dog. My dogs don't smell but you still know there are dogs in the house.
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on May 14, 2015 4:14:40 GMT
I took in a stray one time. We thought she was a kitten because she was tiny like a 6 or 8 week kitten but she was an adult cat. She ended up having babies and I had to bottle feed them because she didn't have any milk. She was a bitch to take the babies away from when it was time to feed them... She was a really sweet cat until I went to touch a baby. So I had to take her out of the room close the door behind me and then take the kittens out of the room and put her back in the room. If I stayed in the room with the kittens and the door closed with her on the outside she would freak out. She had to had a c section and had a belly full of stitches so we had to keep her as calm as possible. after a couple weeks I had mamma and babies all sleeping in bed with me. It didn't take her long to figure out that I was helping her take care of the babies and I wasn't hurting them. We rehomed them. She only had 3. We gave one to some friends of ours and we cat sat for them the following Christmas he hated our house. He hid behind the toilet under the tank in the dark bathroom and even after turning on the lights we couldn't see him.... We gave one to my grandma. He grew up to be a very very large cat. The third one went to my grandmas neighbor.
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Post by houston249 on May 14, 2015 4:17:34 GMT
Ahhhhhh! So cute! Can I name the little black kitten Espresso?
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Post by Skellinton on May 14, 2015 4:26:55 GMT
If one has say 5 cats (not singling anyone out here) but does your house not smell like cat? I used to look after a neighbour's cat (at least 10-15 years ago) and their house still smells like rancid cat pee. That cat died before 2005 and yet the house smells of cat pee. I know they don't have another one. Does the smell not go away? My house does smell like dog. My dogs don't smell but you still know there are dogs in the house. Clean the litter boxes every single day. Use good litter and box deorderizer. A house smelling like cat pee like you described probably means someone is peeing outside the litter box.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 4:29:52 GMT
If one has say 5 cats (not singling anyone out here) but does your house not smell like cat? I used to look after a neighbour's cat (at least 10-15 years ago) and their house still smells like rancid cat pee. That cat died before 2005 and yet the house smells of cat pee. I know they don't have another one. Does the smell not go away? My house does smell like dog. My dogs don't smell but you still know there are dogs in the house. Clean the litter boxes every single day. Use good litter and box deorderizer. A house smelling like cat pee like you described probably means someone is peeing outside the litter box. It could be they didn't change the litter often enough. I cleaned it out 2x day because I didn't want their cats peeing in the house. (One cat lived to be 16 and the other 18 or 19). I only had to do it a couple of times a year. I was over there for an emergency the other night and still cat pee. It's been 10 years!
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Post by tracylynn on May 14, 2015 4:32:18 GMT
My brother and SIL live in a 40 foot motor home with 2 cats. It doesn't smell like cats, but they clean the litter box multiple times a day and keep it clean.
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Post by linda~lou on May 14, 2015 5:21:22 GMT
Thank you. Seriously, thank you. Pea S: I color. A lot.
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Post by camcas on May 14, 2015 5:29:34 GMT
Yubon..... :)thank you
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Post by Why on May 14, 2015 6:01:16 GMT
We have 2 Calico cats that showed up in our neighborhood recently. There are some new people in the area but don't know if they belong to them or not. They both come to my deck to eat (I feed a cat there that appears to be stray and will not let me near him). They run if they see me. I noticed yesterday that the smallest one has a big tummy and about an hour later I saw the other one "locked in an embrace" in another neighbors yard. Going to be a fun summer. Thanks for helping those kitties.
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