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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Pinkbear (Julie) on September 05, 2010, 16:12:51 PM
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As a result of this thread... http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,34099.0.html
I now have 6 new bathroom residents! :evillaugh:
Sarah (Madkittyrescue) and I both grilled this poor man and he passed both our BS detectors. :innocent: He really was a very, very nice man who really did care about these kittens but who was totally out of his depth. He was convince he'd end up inadvertantly killing the kittens. :doh:
They were is really good shape when they got to me. Mum had done a good job... sadly she was just too young ans too small to cope with 6 kittens. She collapsed and died due to calcium deficiency. :'(
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More piccies
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I hope your 6 four weekers run you as ragged as my 6 four weekers :rofl:
How come they arent black, you slipped up there missus :rofl:
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I know..! :evillaugh: I didn't even bother asking the gentleman what colour they were over the phone as I KNEW they were going to be black. :tired: Nothing wrong with black ones, of course, but don't all all long for a change once in a while? :innocent: When he pulled back the towel to reveal this lot I nearly fainted. :faint: I was expecting Jeremy Beadle to spring out from behind a bush. :shify: I checked back my photo album and I haven't had tabbies in my care for 3 years! :shocked:
Such a pity about mum... if only she'd held on another week. :( They turned their noses up at milky mush and are very interested in plain mashed up meat. Some are sucking and nibbling at it. :sneaky: I'll have them weaned in no time. :naughty:
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Well done Julie & Sarah - just goes to show the power of Purrs eh? :) :hug:
Hope these little ones thrive in your care Julie :) Such a shame about their Mum :(
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I'm very grateful to Julie for helping in this situation as I just knew that this poor guy was terrified he did something to hurt the babies inadvertently and could hear the babies screaming in the background for food.
though with us several hundred miles away there was no way of getting them here in time - they needed something closer!!
they are looking great Julie and really pleased they are doing well. Think a great team effort all round thanks to purrs ;)
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Oh, give over woman! :rofl: Any one of us would have taken them given the circumstances, I just happened to be the closest in a position to offer. Another time it will be Teresa or Lesley or anyone else. :) But as you say, a classic example of how purrs workkds together. :briggin:
Mind you, if you compare the fluffy shiney pristine little balls that arrived to the crusted, spikey and sticky little gremlins I have now I'm not so sure I should be that proud. They have taken to food fights and experimenting finding new uses for food in a big way. A couple have even used the mush as a pillow and nodded off to sleep in the food bowl... all that gravy dries out overnight, you know. I had to prize two of them apart this morning. :shify: :-[ :evillaugh:
I may have to fish the hair dryer out and bath them if brushing doesn't do the trick. :sneaky:
The good news is that there are only two now who really hold out for milk in preference to the meat. The rest of them only want a few mils of milk then they are off back to the meat. :evillaugh:
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Yes I know but its nice to show appreciation and be appreciated ;)
sounds like they are getting there Julie I have to admit I dread the 4-6 week mark with baths and blow drys just adding to the list of 'to do's' - though that said the cuteness factor of them all soaking wet in the sink followed by the wee head poking out the towel is priceless and always makes you smile - far outweighs the 'bad' really doesn't it ;)
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How simply gorgeous :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:. Been waiting for these pics ......
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Brill pics Julie :wow: :Luv:
So glad they are in your care ;D Well done to ya both for helping them :hug: :hug: :hug:
Mind you, if you compare the fluffy shiney pristine little balls that arrived to the crusted, spikey and sticky little gremlins I have now I'm not so sure I should be that proud. They have taken to food fights and experimenting finding new uses for food in a big way. A couple have even used the mush as a pillow and nodded off to sleep in the food bowl... all that gravy dries out overnight, you know. I had to prize two of them apart this morning. :shify: :-[ :evillaugh:
:rofl: brilliant
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I is not joking. :doh: They don't look like those cute kittens that arrived here anymore. :scared: Still, at least they aren't hungry. :evillaugh:
Look what I just found doing when I went up to do the last feed of the day. :tired: I bathed him straight away as he had bits of Whiskas mush ground into his face and I'm sure he would have started to smell if left overnight. :innocent:
As you say, Sarah, another chore... didn't really plan on bathing kittens at nearly midnight when I signed up to CP. :evillaugh:
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Thank God you were able to take them Julie! :hug: It's so sad these mums, only kittens themselves, having babies. :'(
They are very sweet, tho! :Luv2:
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This is clearly your 'punishment' for having non hissy tabbies!!! Enjoy them, threads like this remind me why I just stick to adults. Such a shame about mum though
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Glad I`m not the only one who reeks of eau de kitten food :rofl:
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I thought of you today, Teresa. I ran out of cotton walls balls (again :tired: ) and had to go buy some more as the little darling needed a wash (again :tired:). As I was handing over my money the lady behind the counter in Boots sniffed at the air said "Can you smell that? There's a funny smell... a bit like meat going off?" :shify: " That'll be something to do with the Whiskas bomb that went off in my bathroom", says I. :innocent:
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Julie this is something to make you feel at home :rofl: :rofl:
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Awwwwwww! :Luv2:
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They're gorgeous. And messy.... ;)
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Julie this is something to make you feel at home :rofl: :rofl:
Yes, I can empathise with that feeling. :evillaugh:
It's lovely though because we are starting to see characters come out. Spike is just a piglet, plain and simple. He's had so may face and legs washes I lost count. :tired: He looks like a drowned rat ALL the time. :doh: Little Paleface is a mummy's girl... she's decided it's HER bot-bot and no one else can have it. :innocent: She grips onto it for grim death and when she sucks on it her ears wiggle. :evillaugh:
They are wanting out of the pen now and I let them have a little wander around. Paleface 'caught' a bath sponge after a dramatic rugby tackle and was so pleased... but she had to abandon it as it was too big to drag back to mummy. :briggin:
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Aww they are adorable!! so cute!!
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I thought of you today, Teresa. I ran out of cotton walls balls (again :tired: ) and had to go buy some more as the little darling needed a wash (again :tired:). As I was handing over my money the lady behind the counter in Boots sniffed at the air said "Can you smell that? There's a funny smell... a bit like meat going off?" :shify: " That'll be something to do with the Whiskas bomb that went off in my bathroom", says I. :innocent:
:rofl: But better than smelling of Poopy ... i think :shify: :evillaugh:
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It's lovely though because we are starting to see characters come out. Spike is just a piglet, plain and simple. He's had so may face and legs washes I lost count. :tired: He looks like a drowned rat ALL the time. :doh: Little Paleface is a mummy's girl... she's decided it's HER bot-bot and no one else can have it. :innocent: She grips onto it for grim death and when she sucks on it her ears wiggle. :evillaugh:
They are wanting out of the pen now and I let them have a little wander around. Paleface 'caught' a bath sponge after a dramatic rugby tackle and was so pleased... but she had to abandon it as it was too big to drag back to mummy. :briggin:
Wonderful. I bet it's heaven over there. Love the little wiggly ears :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
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Awww wish I was closer and could help with kitten bath time!!!! :Luv2: :Luv2:
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It's lovely though because we are starting to see characters come out. Spike is just a piglet, plain and simple. He's had so may face and legs washes I lost count. He looks like a drowned rat ALL the time. Little Paleface is a mummy's girl... she's decided it's HER bot-bot and no one else can have it. She grips onto it for grim death and when she sucks on it her ears wiggle.
i'm sooooo jealous ;D
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Just a wee update for you. :)
Things went well for a few days and then I started to worry. A few of the kittens point blank refused to take any milk from me, no matter what the form of its presentation was. :tired: We tried syringes, bottles, mixing it in with mush... zilch. :doh: They were having meat mush, mind you, but wouldn't touch it with milk mixed in. I also realised they weren't actually nibbling, just sucking up gravy. :scared: I did mash it fairly finely I thought but even so, they were just sucking up gravy and the lumps they were either leaving or sucking on them like ice cubes until they dissolved. :shocked: We tried different sorts of kitten food and they all had the same results.
We decided to take some radical action mid week when I discovered 2 of them had actually lost weight. :'( We split the litter and 2 in poorest condition went to our welfare lady Caroline. ;) The remaining 4, including the now famous Pale Face and Spike stayed with me. :innocent:
The two Caroline took clearly benefited from the split and started eating very well. Caroline does have a midas touch with small kittens. :evillaugh: My 4 improved slightly, but only slightly. :doh: Then on Thursday morning we had an emergency... during the night there had been an attack of sickness and diarrhoea and Pale Face was refusing her bottle and looking very dehydrated and looked like she was fainting. :scared:
We raced her to the vet where she was re hydrated, given antibiotics plus other meds to claim down her bowels. The vet thinks she may have had a small tummy bug. An hour later she was back home bombing around like a loony again. :innocent:
I had tried every trick I could think of bar one... to actually blend the kitten meat with a hand blender and make a puree. This, at last, has done the trick and I'm happy with the amount they are eating now. :)
We've come to the conclusion that either they were around a week younger than we believed or that mum had not been able to give them adequate nutrition. They are slowly catching up now, we hope. ;)
Pale Face continues to be a mummy's girl who loves her bot-bot. Spike looks like being semi long-haired and still needs daily baths due to her swimming in her food... when she's dried off and remains clean for 30 minutes, she's really pretty but is always having a bad hair day. :evillaugh:
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:scared: coo hun i bet you have been worried. :hug:
So glad they are ok and eating again ;D
I love little Pale face and Spike :evillaugh: love his bad hair days :rofl:
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That must have been so frightening :scared: Glad they've all perked up now :Luv2:
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Some people can't understand why I get through so many towels when I have kittens. So here's a pictorial explanation. :rofl: The kitty with her nose in the trough is our beloved, infamous Spike. :innocent: I've taken to bathing her in the evenings but this morning's breakfast was exceptionally messy so she's had a bath already. She is getting very annoyed at this process. :doh:
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very cute but rather you than me!
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LOL what a mess! Cute tho' :rofl:
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:ahh: wonderful pic hun ;D A bit of a messy one looks like another bath is due after then! :-: :naughty:
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The Essex crew have now been all reunited and have gone to stay with Caroline our welfare officer. They are all growed up now, well a BIT growed up. :naughty: I can't take credit for these pics as Caroline took them but I thought they were wonderful. :briggin:
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What a beautiful sight! :Luv2: :Luv2:
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What a beautiful sight! :Luv2: :Luv2:
I agree, just purrrfect :Luv:
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Too cute! :Luv:
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awww how adorable! :Luv2:
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That is so :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2:
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Fabulous piccies :Luv2: :Luv2:
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:wow: ;D ;D Brill pics
Don't they all just look scrummy :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
Brill care you lot have done with all of them :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Hows the Essex lot getting on hun ;D
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They are fine according to the last update I had, thanks Tan. :) They are with our welfare lady, Caroline. Two of them have been reserved, including my dear Pale Face (who was the first to be picked. :naughty: )
I am hoping to go and see them later this week if Caroline is free. Will try to get fresh pics. :shy:
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That's wonderful hun ;D ;D Well done to you and caroline, you both have done such a wonderful job with them :Luv: :Luv:
Would love to see pics of them ;D
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Caroline just sent me this recently taken picture of them. :Luv2: She can't figure out who is who. :evillaugh:
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Well done to you and Caroline - they are gorgeous :Luv: :Luv:
Those are some ears they will need to grow into :)
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Oh Julie. I just gasped and swooned. I cannot find the gasping swooney smiley ;)
So well done. They are all so incredibly beautiful :catluv: :catluv: :catluv:
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Awwwwww!!! :Luv2: :Luv2:
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:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: Coo what gorgeous little ones ;D
I am sure all of them will be snapped up so very soon. ;D
You both have done wonders for them :Luv: :Luv:
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Oh be still my heart :Luv2: :Luv2: I soooooo want them :Luv2: