I have the kittens back
Posted by SlumSlut
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Re: I have the kittens back September 26, 2008 |
I am so glad! I love all of the little critters who show up at my house. I get them fixed and the shots when I can catch them, but several of them do not want to be caught and a few get a few free meals and move on. At last count there were 21 out there, but I think I have lost a few. Several of them look a lot alike so I am not positive until I can get them in one big group. There are only 13 that actually "belong" to me, meaning I actively adopted them, but I still love all of them. I like to lay on the deck and let them make one big kitty blanket across my body, but they pin me in North, South, East, and West, so it's kinda hard to get back up.
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Re: I have the kittens back September 26, 2008 |
poofy_puff Wrote:
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> That is so excellent. I won't be keeping these
> because they're so friendly that they will be
> adopted. I had to keep 6 black babies (2 litters,
> same father, 2 mothers) from last summer. One of
> them is "D-Babby" from the slideshow. She is not
> too happy to have the kids back. She does not
> like them and has been extra friendly to me since
> they arrived because she perceives her position as
> "threatened". The other black babies from last
> year are OK with the little ones, but they don't
> like people all that much.
I can't download videos/slide shows in under 6 hours due to the inavailability of high speed internet in my area at present or I would have taken a look at the critters. I have a vicious little kitten who has hissed at me since she figured out she could hiss. She is probably about 3 months old now and she is still a grump, although at least she is somewhat pettable now. She will kitty head butt me sometimes in solicitation of a pet, but within a minute she cowers down like I have beaten her, hisses, and runs. I have several who have scaredy cat personalities who are among the outsiders, but some of the others act like an insider cat. I think they develop their personalities early on.
I have one kitten inside now who is about 6 months old. Someone dumped off a preggo cat and she disappeared one day and came back later all thin. So, I went looking for her kittens and found them in a barn. That cat (the mother) kept lounging around on my porch like she hadn't a care in the world, so I knew she wasn't taking care of her kittens. I guess she was a CF kitty. Anyway, the next time I went to the barn there was only one left and she was all alone in a HUGE old feed barrel,(so pitiful looking) so I brought her in and bottle fed her. Now, she sucks her paw like she's nursing and it's hilarious. We are egging her on to do it because it is so funny to watch. She gets all relaxed in our arms, infant style, and then all you have to do is pull her back foot toward her face and say, "You want binky?", and she goes to town. She will "nurse" her foot for an hour if you let her and makes air biscuits with the other three paws the whole time.
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> That is so excellent. I won't be keeping these
> because they're so friendly that they will be
> adopted. I had to keep 6 black babies (2 litters,
> same father, 2 mothers) from last summer. One of
> them is "D-Babby" from the slideshow. She is not
> too happy to have the kids back. She does not
> like them and has been extra friendly to me since
> they arrived because she perceives her position as
> "threatened". The other black babies from last
> year are OK with the little ones, but they don't
> like people all that much.
I can't download videos/slide shows in under 6 hours due to the inavailability of high speed internet in my area at present or I would have taken a look at the critters. I have a vicious little kitten who has hissed at me since she figured out she could hiss. She is probably about 3 months old now and she is still a grump, although at least she is somewhat pettable now. She will kitty head butt me sometimes in solicitation of a pet, but within a minute she cowers down like I have beaten her, hisses, and runs. I have several who have scaredy cat personalities who are among the outsiders, but some of the others act like an insider cat. I think they develop their personalities early on.
I have one kitten inside now who is about 6 months old. Someone dumped off a preggo cat and she disappeared one day and came back later all thin. So, I went looking for her kittens and found them in a barn. That cat (the mother) kept lounging around on my porch like she hadn't a care in the world, so I knew she wasn't taking care of her kittens. I guess she was a CF kitty. Anyway, the next time I went to the barn there was only one left and she was all alone in a HUGE old feed barrel,(so pitiful looking) so I brought her in and bottle fed her. Now, she sucks her paw like she's nursing and it's hilarious. We are egging her on to do it because it is so funny to watch. She gets all relaxed in our arms, infant style, and then all you have to do is pull her back foot toward her face and say, "You want binky?", and she goes to town. She will "nurse" her foot for an hour if you let her and makes air biscuits with the other three paws the whole time.
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Re: I have the kittens back September 27, 2008 |
bratBgone Wrote:
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> Kidlesskim wrote:
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> "Now, she sucks her paw like she's nursing and
> it's hilarious. We are egging her on to do it
> because it is so funny to watch. She gets all
> relaxed in our arms, infant style, and then all
> you have to do is pull her back foot toward her
> face and say, "You want binky?", and she goes to
> town. She will "nurse" her foot for an hour if you
> let her and makes air biscuits with the other
> three paws the whole time."
>
>
> Gee, kidlesskim, it sounds like you're trying out
> extended nursing with that little fur baby! I
> hope you're not letting her MIO (meow it out)!!
LOL, I am such the hypocrite! My husband says she is AK (attachment kitty), and EBF(extended breastfed). I would never let her MIO either. She also co-sleeps.
She is really smart as well, and CERTAINLY "gifted" and how do I know this? She runs to the kitchen when a can of wet food is opened, she can fetch crumpled tissue paper, and she can "pull up" on furniture and stick her paws under the bathroom door. She also catches bugs and spiders without being told. I am a bit worried that she might have ADHD though because she is VERY hyper and always chasing things that move and pouncing as if she can't be still. It's possible she has ODD (oppostional defiance disorder) because no matter how many times I have told her GENTLY not to, she STILL hangs from my clothing and drags my socks into the litter box.
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> Kidlesskim wrote:
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> "Now, she sucks her paw like she's nursing and
> it's hilarious. We are egging her on to do it
> because it is so funny to watch. She gets all
> relaxed in our arms, infant style, and then all
> you have to do is pull her back foot toward her
> face and say, "You want binky?", and she goes to
> town. She will "nurse" her foot for an hour if you
> let her and makes air biscuits with the other
> three paws the whole time."
>
>
> Gee, kidlesskim, it sounds like you're trying out
> extended nursing with that little fur baby! I
> hope you're not letting her MIO (meow it out)!!
LOL, I am such the hypocrite! My husband says she is AK (attachment kitty), and EBF(extended breastfed). I would never let her MIO either. She also co-sleeps. She is really smart as well, and CERTAINLY "gifted" and how do I know this? She runs to the kitchen when a can of wet food is opened, she can fetch crumpled tissue paper, and she can "pull up" on furniture and stick her paws under the bathroom door. She also catches bugs and spiders without being told. I am a bit worried that she might have ADHD though because she is VERY hyper and always chasing things that move and pouncing as if she can't be still. It's possible she has ODD (oppostional defiance disorder) because no matter how many times I have told her GENTLY not to, she STILL hangs from my clothing and drags my socks into the litter box.|
Re: I have the kittens back September 27, 2008 |
Gee, kidlesskim, it sounds like you're trying out extended nursing with that little fur baby! I hope you're not letting her MIO (meow it out)!!
All righty, I may as well stop commenting right there; can't top that.
All righty, I may as well stop commenting right there; can't top that.
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Re: I have the kittens back September 27, 2008 |
kidlesskim Wrote:
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> LOL, I am such the hypocrite! My husband
> says she is AK (attachment kitty), and
> EBF(extended breastfed). I would never let her MIO
> either. She also co-sleeps. She is really
> smart as well, and CERTAINLY "gifted" and how do I
> know this? She runs to the kitchen when a can of
> wet food is opened, she can fetch crumpled tissue
> paper, and she can "pull up" on furniture and
> stick her paws under the bathroom door. She also
> catches bugs and spiders without being told.
It sounds like she is clearly gifted. Has she joined Meownsa yet? My Sophie has been a member since kittenhood. She can unroll an entire roll of toilet paper, chew through a bag of treats in under 5 minutes, and clearly says "no!!" to us when we ask her nicely to use her scratching post instead of our bedroom door. Of course, we practice GD, and would NEVER stop her if she wanted to explore the woody texture of our door. She's just expressing herself! She's also excellent at opening our bathroom cabinet. One day she walked into the livingroom with an entire softpack of maxipads in her mouth (for real, dh and I died laughing). Later that day I started my period, proving that she's a sensitive, psychic, indigo kitty.
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LOL, I am such the hypocrite! My husband> says she is AK (attachment kitty), and
> EBF(extended breastfed). I would never let her MIO
> either.
She also co-sleeps. She is really> smart as well, and CERTAINLY "gifted" and how do I
> know this? She runs to the kitchen when a can of
> wet food is opened, she can fetch crumpled tissue
> paper, and she can "pull up" on furniture and
> stick her paws under the bathroom door. She also
> catches bugs and spiders without being told.
It sounds like she is clearly gifted. Has she joined Meownsa yet? My Sophie has been a member since kittenhood. She can unroll an entire roll of toilet paper, chew through a bag of treats in under 5 minutes, and clearly says "no!!" to us when we ask her nicely to use her scratching post instead of our bedroom door. Of course, we practice GD, and would NEVER stop her if she wanted to explore the woody texture of our door. She's just expressing herself! She's also excellent at opening our bathroom cabinet. One day she walked into the livingroom with an entire softpack of maxipads in her mouth (for real, dh and I died laughing). Later that day I started my period, proving that she's a sensitive, psychic, indigo kitty.
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