azredhead
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Post by azredhead on May 14, 2015 20:36:35 GMT
This thread is awesome! That's very kind of you to take care of them! That car viynl had me ROFL!
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mimima
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Post by mimima on May 14, 2015 20:41:49 GMT
You know how hoboes during the depression had a system of signs to indicate whether the person at the house or farm would give them food or call the police or chase them off the property via a shotgun? Well, I think stray cats have a system to indicate a warm heart. link to hobo signsI've long thought the same thing about my dear friend, whose husband is a cat whisperer
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Post by librarylady on May 14, 2015 21:06:57 GMT
Have not read all the comments--but, at that young age--How do you plan to provide a nipple for nursing several times per day? Even if you have the tiny bottle etc., you'd have to be there every couple of hours 'round the clock. According to Greg Focker, you can milk a cat! link to "I had no idea you could milk a cat"Somehow I don't think Yubon will want to milk a cat.....just saying..
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 14, 2015 22:11:40 GMT
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Post by padresfan619 on May 14, 2015 22:36:20 GMT
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Post by gramasue on May 14, 2015 22:57:29 GMT
Aw, so sweet. It's so good of you to take these helpless little kitties in. Bless you!
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conchita
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Post by conchita on May 14, 2015 23:05:38 GMT
Damnit! This post should come with a cuteness overload warning.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 23:07:18 GMT
oh gosh, now I want them ALL including mamma! she's gorgeous!
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Post by lovinlife on May 14, 2015 23:14:44 GMT
Awwwwww
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 23:20:43 GMT
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Post by kandie on May 14, 2015 23:59:43 GMT
Awww momma cat is beautiful!
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Post by gryroagain on May 15, 2015 1:19:22 GMT
So beautiful!!
My momma cat is barely more than a kitten herself, it's sad. She is pretty beat up and scraggly. Yours is much more photogenic!
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 15, 2015 22:59:44 GMT
So it's been a rough 24 hours. The bathroom was not a good place for them. The air got really rank really fast between the canned cat food and the litter. There is no window in there. They couldn't stay in there. Mom also didn't eat for like 36 hours. She wouldn't drink either. She was terrified. I put them all back in the garage this morning and put dishes of tuna, canned cat food, chicken broth, beef broth, cooked chicken in broth, cat-safe milk, and water and she didn't touch any of it all day. I finally decided to take the kittens in the house and kick her out of the garage for a few hours. She started running around with the other ferals, started eating and drinking and chasing bugs. I think she just needed some "me" time and to remember what it's like to be a cat. She needed fresh air and to be around other cats to feel comfortable enough to eat.
Anyway she is at the garage meowing now so I will put the kittens back and shut them in there for the night. They all took really well to the bottle feeding except for the biggest one who wasn't hungry. He is a bruiser ( he's the Orange and white one) and definitely a boy. I think the other 4 are all girls.
I think that may be our daily routine. Mom has them all night and all day in the garage (with food and water and litter) and then I kick her outside from 6-8pm so she can eat and run around and then I will put them back together. I will supplement feed any kitten who feels underweight and handle them daily. She doesn't seem to mind.
It takes a village, right?
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Post by alittleintrepid on May 15, 2015 23:32:32 GMT
Yubon Peatlejuice , not sure if you know offhand but can she get pregnant again if she's cavorting with the other ferals? I know you've been taking them to a spay and release program but just wonder if she could get herself knocked up again before she can be spayed?
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 15, 2015 23:50:26 GMT
She's cavorting with a neutered male right now. She would have to come into heat again to get any action and that won't happen again for 2 months. She could get raped I guess but I'm keeping an eye out. There haven't been any unknown cats around lately.
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 15, 2015 23:52:24 GMT
And they can still spay pregnant queens unless they are 2-3 weeks from delivering. They would abort the babies.
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 18, 2015 13:15:41 GMT
Update 5/18:
I had no weekend. I spent the whole time feeding the kittens every 4 hours (which took 90 minutes each time).
I had let the mom out of the garage Friday night and couldn't trap her back in there until Sunday night. The bitch just doesn't want to be trapped. The one time she went in there on Saturday, before I could run out to shut the door, she had grabbed a kitten and took it under the bushes. Luckily I was able to retrieve him.
So long story short, she is now a permanent resident of the garage for another 4-5 weeks and then she gets spayed and released.
I miss the kittens. They smell so good and I love their little noises. But I couldn't keep them clean or make them poo or pee.
I checked on them this morning and they were all eating off of mom and were all clean and fluffy again. Mom had eaten her food too.
I will post more pics in a few days when they are bigger.
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Post by miominmio on May 18, 2015 14:19:51 GMT
oh gosh, now I want them ALL including mamma! she's gorgeous! Me too! And I'm on another continent.
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Post by miominmio on May 18, 2015 14:21:58 GMT
And thank you for taking care of this little family!
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 18, 2015 16:22:42 GMT
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Post by red88 on May 18, 2015 17:27:56 GMT
I'll admit, I'm not a cat person, but damn...she's a cute cat & her babies are adorable! Thank you for helping them!
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Post by krazykatlady on May 18, 2015 18:00:08 GMT
I admire what you're doing. As much as I love cats I would not be a good foster mom. It's a lot of work! They are adorable.
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angie w
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Jun 26, 2014 2:35:35 GMT
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Post by angie w on May 18, 2015 18:05:06 GMT
she is beautiful and those babies are just too cute!
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Post by Woobster on May 18, 2015 20:39:59 GMT
Oh, she is a beauty... And her babies are so cute! For some reason, that little light colored one by mom's tail has caught my eye... I wish I lived closer.
And that cat vinyl is freaking hysterical!!
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Post by Zee on May 18, 2015 21:34:15 GMT
Awwwwww
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 30, 2015 17:08:51 GMT
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 30, 2015 17:09:37 GMT
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 30, 2015 17:14:34 GMT
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on May 30, 2015 17:17:17 GMT
Update May 30th - kittens are almost 3 weeks old and doing well (see the 3 pics above - sorry they are so big). They are still shut in my garage. On June 5th, I am taking the Mom in to get fixed and the kittens in for a check-up. They will be 4 weeks old then and ready to be weaned. I don't think the Mom cat will get them back, which is kind of sad. She is a good Mom and really loves them. I think I have homes for 3 of them. The rest can live outside with their Mom and my other ferals. I have 6 cats in the house already and no room for more. At least these kittens will be well-socialized and not afraid of me like the other ferals. The Mom really hates my guts. Wish me luck in getting her into a cat carrier without me being torn to shreds.
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Post by *christine* on May 30, 2015 17:23:09 GMT
I'm not a cat person but they look like they're all doing well. I'm sure it's all consuming, but it's just a few weeks and such an important few weeks in the lives of those kitties.
I know you said you'd take the mom to be spayed and then let her go, but what happens to the babies when they are old enough to leave mom? How old do they need to be to be fixed?
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