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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 18, 2007, 02:56:34 AM

Title: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 18, 2007, 02:56:34 AM
Here's a couple of pics of the gorgeous tabbies that have recently been caught  :Luv:  :Luv:  I have to admit, these two are my type of babies........I just lurvvvvvvvvvve tabbies, especially fluffy ones  :Luv:  :Luv:  :Luv:  You can see where the little one has had his leg amputated, poor babe but he's very bright, eating well and very vocal  ;)  I need names for these babes now, not sure what the other little one is yet but the little one with the 3 legs is a little boy  :Luv:







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Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Bazsmum on August 18, 2007, 14:46:29 PM
Aw Dawn they are so beautiful  :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Liz on August 18, 2007, 15:43:48 PM
Our 3 legged hooligan Maverick is asking if your 3 legged one can be called Maverick to - he was our smallest kitten and got the biggest name and has lived up to it since but still misses me when I am away and is my baby Mav. :Luv:

Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: blackcat on August 18, 2007, 16:02:01 PM
Knew a three-legged dog once called Tripod.
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on August 18, 2007, 16:12:16 PM
 :Flowers:  Awwwwwwwwwww just love your little kittens, glad they are doing well and the wee one who lost his leg is just scrummy wished I lived nearer then I would deffo have him from you, is Glasgow to far for him to travel, I'm serious
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 18, 2007, 16:55:48 PM
is Glasgow to far for him to travel, I'm serious

Sadly it would be a little too far......with him being a feral, I think it would be too stressful on him even when he's tamed down  :(  Can't you move a little closer  ;)
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on August 18, 2007, 17:05:36 PM
Awwwwwwwwwwww hes adorable, I'll keep looking thanks, thought it would be to far, if you dont ask you dont get  :rofl:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Rosiecat on August 18, 2007, 22:13:24 PM
Scrummy fluffies  :Luv: :Luv:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Sarah (seldom_use) on August 18, 2007, 22:16:23 PM
Dawn the little boy is soooo handsome, he's going to be a GORGEOUS cat :Luv:

Didn't know you were kitten hunting Angie? ;D
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on August 19, 2007, 20:00:45 PM
yes neither did I :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Pinkbear (Julie) on August 19, 2007, 22:22:15 PM
Have you spoken to Max about this, Angie?  :shify: :evillaugh:


http://www.lanarkshirecats.co.uk/

Go on... you know you want to!  :sneaky:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Bazsmum on August 20, 2007, 01:52:16 AM
Gosh dont they look like "Pinkbear's" little uns  :Luv:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on August 20, 2007, 20:30:43 PM
Have you spoken to Max about this, Angie?  :shify: :evillaugh:

http://www.lanarkshirecats.co.uk/

Go on... you know you want to!  :sneaky:

yeh had a word with Max, dont know if he was listening though,  :rofl:

 this is the same place we got him from, could have walked out with a dozen but sadly dont have the room for that many
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Michelle (furbabystar) on August 20, 2007, 23:32:22 PM
WOW
how yummy are they ?

What happened to the one with 3 legs ? (sorry behind on threads at the moment)
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 20, 2007, 23:56:17 PM
The one with the three legs is absolutely fine, he's still hissy, spitty but I'm sure he'll settle down.  He's due back in the vets tomorrow for a check up but the wound looks fab, I'm really pleased with the way it's healing  :)  :)
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: kelly-joy on August 21, 2007, 11:51:56 AM
Aww adoreable I want them :Luv:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 21, 2007, 11:59:16 AM
We've caught the 3rd and final kitten  :yayyy:  :yayyy:  :yayyy:  I've just got to trap mum, a sneaky black one that I didn't know existed, a large grey one, and Clyde's brother and then this colony is clear for now  :sneaky:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on August 21, 2007, 12:01:37 PM
 :yesss: :yesss: :yesss: :yesss:

God Luck with the rest of them
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: kelly-joy on August 21, 2007, 12:07:05 PM
Thats great news. good luck with the others
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 22, 2007, 02:33:44 AM
The little 3 legged one has been in for his check up tonight and the vet was really pleased with him  :)  :)  They were pleased to be reunited with their other sibling and were very vocal telling him everything that had happened since they'd been parted  ;)  I'll try and get some decent pics of them tomorrow........they are all virtually identicle and I'm not sure how I'm going to tell them apart, apart from the 3 legged one that is  :-:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on August 22, 2007, 08:21:13 AM
Good luck with them.
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: clarenmax on August 22, 2007, 09:19:33 AM
Well done in catching the others  ;D

Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 23, 2007, 16:52:33 PM
Mum has been caught this morning but haven't got a clue how far gone she is, so she's going to have to have her babes.  Speaking to Trevor, if she's nearly due to pop, the shock of aborting could kill her with losing so much weight in one go, the surgery is a lot riskier and takes twice as long so I can't take the chance on losing her.  I will just have to hope that she will settle back into her colony once the kittens are weaned and she's been spayed.  I'm a little worried this time round though as her last lister really took it out of her and she wasn't too good at all.  I'm going to have a chat with Sean or Trevor to see if there's any supplements she can have to keep her strength up.
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Bazsmum on August 23, 2007, 16:56:41 PM
"Good Luck" with mum Dawn......bless her, atleast this will be her last litter  :hug:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: clarenmax on August 23, 2007, 16:58:35 PM
Good luck  :hug:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 23, 2007, 17:00:54 PM
I've just spoken to Trevor now and he said decent food should sort her out and I'm going to pick a Profender up so she can be wormed properly, I'm going to put her in the crush cage and let the vet do her I think  :scared:  I'll take some piccies of her later  :Luv:  :Luv:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Millys Mum on August 23, 2007, 17:02:11 PM
Good luck with mum, hopefully she will only have a small litter to care for
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on August 23, 2007, 17:24:36 PM
hope the mum is ok and not going to have to big a litter  :hug:
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 23, 2007, 22:53:15 PM
Here's mum to the 3 tabbies, as you can see she is extremely frightened so only took one piccie.  She is a real sweetheart and I'm hoping she will settle down.  When she's on her home territory, you can get up quite close and she does nuzzle the guy's hand when putting food out so she may be alright.  I hope so anyway, I hate seeing them so stressed out and the fact she's got to be here for a few weeks is heartbreaking if she doesn't settle, I hate to see any of them unhappy   :sad no:  It's a shame it took so long to catch her, if she'd have been early on in the pregnancy, she could have been done.  Although I hate taking them in, I just think it's so much better for them and so much less stressful if they can be done and released back to their home turf asap.



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Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Bazsmum on August 23, 2007, 23:17:40 PM
Aw she's a babe.....im sure it wont take her too long to come round once she realises she wont be harmed  ;)
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 23, 2007, 23:23:51 PM
She is beauful and looks to be in gorgeous condition, they have a fab life but it's a shame the people left her kitten suffering so long  >:(  Once she's had the babies, and she's been spayed etc, she can go back and hopefully settle back in straightaway.  She's about 6 years old so in hindsight, I'm glad Trevor advised against aborting her babies, I think as he said, it would have been too much for her body to cope with.  At least now, this will be her last litter and she can go back to enjoying life in a few weeks.  As a mum, she is fantastic but she did start getting a little stroppy with the other babies which is to be expected really. 
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Bazsmum on August 23, 2007, 23:30:45 PM
Have you found out how far gone she may be Dawn?

Defo agree on not aborting......i think as well as the health risks it would also of been a very traumatising experience for her.....then having to go back into the wild....think she would of had probs trusting humans again  :scared: :)
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 23, 2007, 23:44:23 PM
We're not sure Ruth, it's just a game of wait until they emerge  :sneaky:  With cats, they don't actually realise they are pregnant and this is why when cats have to have a cesarean, some mums will neglect their young as they haven't got a clue where they've come from......they go to sleep and wham, they have a litter of kittens.  I just feel awful having to keep her caged for weeks on end  :'(  I don't agree with abortion but I think with the ferals, it's probably better for them than the loss of freedom.  Up until a few months ago, I wouldn't dream of taking a pregnant one to the vets but having had a few chats with Sean and plus going through the many problems with the kittens, I have started to put the cats feelings above my own.  I think before, it was my conscience that stopped me from taking them in and my views on abortion in general.  Sometimes you have to put your feelings aside and think what it's doing to them psychologically  :'( 
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on August 24, 2007, 07:56:26 AM
Aww, fingers crossed for her Dawn, am sure with lots of good quality kitten food, it will help her look after them, and am glad this will be her last litter.
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Millys Mum on August 24, 2007, 17:24:09 PM
Hopefully she will pop soon and be back to normal as soon as.
Its a hard call on aborting, i was against it but this year have decided that if they are early then its not so bad.  Doesnt bother me in humans tho.
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on August 27, 2007, 17:35:50 PM
Dawn how is the three legged baby and his mates, any pics pleeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeee Thanks
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on August 27, 2007, 18:02:24 PM
All the babies are fine  :Luv:  I've got to pop out shortly to pick my son up from the airport so I'll try and get some later  :)
Title: Re: Scrummy Tabby Babies
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on August 27, 2007, 18:08:10 PM
yippeeee, pics of kitties  :Luv: