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On 5/21/2013 11:17 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:24:58 -0700 (PDT), Michael OConnor wrote: > >> The best cat toy for kittens is ping pong balls; they'll chase them >> all over the room. My two younger cats, their new favorite toy is the >> yoyo; they love to swat at the yoyo when it comes down, and they also >> love to bat it around if I hold it above their heads. > > The best cats toys, IMO, is 3-foot long the stiff wire with the 4 1" > cardboard pegs on the end. You can stuff the end of that into a any > secure crevice and it will provide months worth of fun (until they > chew the cardboard off). So simple but very effective. > > Peacock feathers and of course the laser pointer work very well also. > > -sw > We got a laser pointer for Mickey when he was a puppy. Took him under 5 minutes to figure out that the light was coming from the pen so he want after the pen. The kitten likes a ping pong-size ball with a bell inside it. She also likes some of the dog's small stuffed toys. The kitten and the dog play with each other. It's so cute to watch them. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message eb.com... > We are still raising a foster kitten. She's about 5 weeks old now and > doing fabulously well. She'll go to the shelter for shots and a forever > home next Wednesday. > > This morning our Toy Poodle found three tiny kittens under our motorhome. > Their eyes were closed. Two were huddled together and the third was off > to the side. > > We waited several hours to see if the mom would come back, but she did > not. One of them managed to move out from under the motorhome and was > exposed. I had to put it in a box and take it into the garage as we have > a lot of large raptor birds around here. Could not bring it in the house > and possibly expose the kitten and my dog to any diseases they might have > had. Probably nothing to fear as I am not aware of diseases that cross the two species. > Waited again, but still no mom, so DH moved the motorhome and scooped up > the other two and took the three of them to the shelter before the fire > ants found them. > > There was no way I could handle 3 babies of less than a week old. The > shelter confirmed that they were about 4 days old and put them down. (Of > course I feel horrible, but I can't handle 3 newborns who would need more > care than I am capable of giving) > > My question is why do mother cats abandon their babies? I tried looking > on the Internet but could not find a reasonable answer. There are a > number of cat experts here, so I thought I'd ask. Momma was probably killed by a car. It happens all the time. Or she was killed by wild animals or domestic dogs. |
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"dsi1" > wrote in message ... > On 5/20/2013 8:52 AM, Janet Wilder wrote: >> We are still raising a foster kitten. She's about 5 weeks old now and >> doing fabulously well. She'll go to the shelter for shots and a forever >> home next Wednesday. >> >> This morning our Toy Poodle found three tiny kittens under our >> motorhome. Their eyes were closed. Two were huddled together and the >> third was off to the side. >> >> We waited several hours to see if the mom would come back, but she did >> not. One of them managed to move out from under the motorhome and was >> exposed. I had to put it in a box and take it into the garage as we >> have a lot of large raptor birds around here. Could not bring it in the >> house and possibly expose the kitten and my dog to any diseases they >> might have had. >> >> Waited again, but still no mom, so DH moved the motorhome and scooped up >> the other two and took the three of them to the shelter before the fire >> ants found them. >> >> There was no way I could handle 3 babies of less than a week old. The >> shelter confirmed that they were about 4 days old and put them down. (Of >> course I feel horrible, but I can't handle 3 newborns who would need >> more care than I am capable of giving) >> >> My question is why do mother cats abandon their babies? I tried looking >> on the Internet but could not find a reasonable answer. There are a >> number of cat experts here, so I thought I'd ask. > > > My guess is that the mother most often gets killed by a car - around here > anyway. My daughter just brought home another baby kitten. That thing was > just skin and bones. That makes three so far. > > My wife has recommended that she gets rid of the cats because she's > pregnant. I don't know the details but my understanding is that cats are > dangerous during a pregnancy. I thought that she understood this and was > surprised that she brought the cat home with her last night. Ancient medical BS. Toxoplasmosis has a 1 in 2 million chance of infecting a human. She should avoid cleaning the litter boxes and was her hands thoroughly when she does. |
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On 5/21/2013 1:56 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> Right now our little one is eating dry kibble, but is having some > intestinal distress. Stopped for some kaopectate on the way home and > dosed her. Hope it works or we'll need a trip to the vet. Good luck! Just be careful with the kaopectate as they've changed the formula and have something in it they can't have. Since you foster I'm sure you're aware of this. -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. |
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"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message eb.com... > We give our foster babies cat milk replacement from the pet store. They > thrive on it, but it's so tasty that it's often difficult to wean them > onto regular food. > > Right now our little one is eating dry kibble, but is having some > intestinal distress. Stopped for some kaopectate on the way home and > dosed her. Hope it works or we'll need a trip to the vet. I had to give Maui the milk replacer for a few weeks. When I got her, I was told that she was 10 weeks old but the vet said she couldn't possibly be that old. Her veins were too tiny for shots. And she was very underweight. She did not want to eat. I would feed her from a spoon. She liked that! So when she got old and sick, using the spoon was one way to sometimes get her to eat a little. And a very good way to get her medicine in her. She had the milk replacer from a spoon too. Within about two weeks I got her eating from a bowl. And she quickly put on weight. |
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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message ... > On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:24:58 -0700 (PDT), Michael OConnor wrote: > >> The best cat toy for kittens is ping pong balls; they'll chase them >> all over the room. My two younger cats, their new favorite toy is the >> yoyo; they love to swat at the yoyo when it comes down, and they also >> love to bat it around if I hold it above their heads. > > The best cats toys, IMO, is 3-foot long the stiff wire with the 4 1" > cardboard pegs on the end. You can stuff the end of that into a any > secure crevice and it will provide months worth of fun (until they > chew the cardboard off). So simple but very effective. > > Peacock feathers and of course the laser pointer work very well also. Ballerina got ahold of a magnolia petal the other day. She played with that for hours! |
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On 5/21/2013 6:05 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> That was my point. Doctors have for many years condemned cats to death over > what is a very, very unlikely scenario. And simple hygiene further reduces > the odds as does a blood test. Not every cat has the organism. > > I've never heard of a doctor saying or doing that, not to me or any of my many pregnant friends at the time of our lives we were all having babies. They say not to do the litter. Testing was my idea. Susan |
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"Susan" > wrote in message ... > On 5/21/2013 6:05 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote: > >> That was my point. Doctors have for many years condemned cats to death >> over >> what is a very, very unlikely scenario. And simple hygiene further >> reduces >> the odds as does a blood test. Not every cat has the organism. >> >> > > I've never heard of a doctor saying or doing that, not to me or any of my > many pregnant friends at the time of our lives we were all having babies. My mother was told every time she was pregnant to get rid of any cats she had. It was the norm for many decades. > They say not to do the litter. Testing was my idea. Yes, avoiding the litter is a good idea. |
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On 5/20/2013 11:32 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> They may have a disease in their poop. Don't let your pregnant daughter > near the litter box. > Thanks for the info, my wife has taken over the litter box duties for now. |
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On 5/21/2013 9:31 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > Ancient medical BS. Toxoplasmosis has a 1 in 2 million chance of infecting > a human. She should avoid cleaning the litter boxes and was her hands > thoroughly when she does. > Thanks, I'll tell my daughter to clean her own damn litter box! |
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On 5/22/2013 8:29 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> I read because it's easy for them to aspirate on it because they can > barely feel it in their mouth and it's easy to squirt in too much if you > use a dropper. And once in the lungs it can cause all kinds of > problems. That's just what I read. Our vet suggested we place the medication on our cat's arm, but not their paw. He showed us by demonstrating it on the cat, and she licked it right off. Maybe it could be administered that way. Becca |
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