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Saturday, April 5
Last night mew still didn't seem right. Was mewing in that croaked type of mew, but this time it seemed almost 'wet'. Im going to call the shelter this morning. *waits paitently for it to open* She hadn't thrown up all afternoon, I thought that was a good sign, but she wasn't doing well at all. very lethargic, totally not caring about stuff around her. Very cute still mind you.. but just sitting there. It reminded me a lot of kodi. She would occasionally toddle after her mom, but mom - who being stuck in a cage with them all afternoon - just walked off. Understandable, wanting a little alone time. She started to make throw up noises, so I picked her up and brought her back to the table cloth I have the cage on. I didn't quite make it, but fortunately it was thick enough that it just sort of hung out of her mouth. Curly knew the throw up noises and came looking for her. Proceeded to eat it right out of her mouth.. man these kittens are obsessed. After about an hour of running around time, I them medicate everyone (with clavimox for the URI) and put them back in the cage. Moe was the last one to be caught. He was standing by the door, and I called to him to come over, and I reached my hand out. He started walking toward my hand. When he got up to it he slapped it, then did a bounce back.. (a hunting type reflex) It was so cute.. it was like he was giving me 'five'. Once I got them all in the cage, Mew just sat there while her brothers clammored to get out to run around a bit more. she walked over to the far side of the cage near the litter box, sat there for a while, still crying, then threw up.. in the litter... which of course curly wanted to eat... She does get agitated before she throws up.. mewing, and seeming uncomfortable. But then she does and she's totally fine, hungry and thirsty.. I wouldn't worry about it if she were even close to the same size as her brothers. but since she's a half or even a third of their size, I think she's just not able to get all that she needs out of the food. Thursday, April 3
MommyTig asked: What is a 'money cat' I see the pic, but can you educate me a little more? I posted in yahoo that the mom was a money cat. I was asked there if it was a typo, so I went to google to find some info on the term Money Cat. Ive come to the conclusion that it must be a regional thing because after 20 pages of google searches, I came up with only three references of it, and two were from New England (not sure where the third was from) For some reason calico cats are called money cats around here. Its when they are white in base, and have orange and black spots.. here is a little money cat story. Went down to feed the kittens tonight. Mew was doing worse. She only took a nibble of food then started mewing at me.. but in a harsh pathetic way.. well as harsh as a half pound cat can muster.. more of a croak really. she then started blowing snot bubbles.. poor thing can't breath. I tried to help her out with a warm wash cloth, but she was not very pleased with that, and for a half pound kitten she's kind determined. I put her down in the middle of the floor, and she just sat there for a while... with her brothers running around like.. well terrors.. she tottled off to the far side of the room and proceeded to throw up. Which of course was promptly eaten by larry (Ive named them larry moe and curly) She immediately felt better and started chasing after her brothers. She couldn't keep up, but they would eventually work their way back around the room and she'd go after them again. :) The boys found the trash bin in the room too. Moe decided to throw himself away.. it was quite adorable. it was the new big cat toy.. in, out, on, over, in, out, in, over, in.. and with the introduction of the belled ball and the trash can, oh they were in heaven.. :) I reintroduced the food, and Mew decided she was hungry. That made me feel a lot better about her condition. I kept interrupting her eating though.. letting her stomach have a chance to tell the brain how full it was. *crosses fingers* she hadn't thrown up by the time I left. Hopefully she'll keep some of it down. Poor thing. Redid the foster kitten page of pictures. Got a few more in there of them not in the cage so you can see them a bit better :)
ok. the kittens did the GROSSEST thing this morning. the little one, she eats too fast, so then she throws it up. Well she did that.. and then ate it back up again. now I know what your thinking.. but it gets worse. She then threw it back up again, and one of her brothers decided that it was absolutely yummy and ate it all up and even got protective of it. ok.. say it with me.. EEEEWWW. I cleaned up the cage while they ran around the room. I had it all nice and neat, and so I medicated them and stuck them back in the cage. Mom immediately had to go poop. One of the boys decided he had to go as well and was trying to get in the box. Did I mention its a very small box. Somehow he got out with out getting any on him. I don't know how. Everyone else decided they had to go too.. so after a few minutes I decided to let them out so I could clean the box yet again. Mew decided she wanted to play.. it was absolutely adorable. The boys were quite rough with her. but she loved it. I ended up catching them all and putting them back in the cage with the left over food. Mew decided she wanted to eat yet again VERY big appetite, tiny little stomach.. so after a few bites I took her back out of the cage. She crawled up my shirt and sat on my shoulder. She is ultra cute.. :) So cute she's almost evil.. *grin* I usually have a brood of kittens waiting for me when I come out of the room. they aren't all that happy that I "go away" Wednesday, April 2
Well.. the fosters are in the house. There are four kitties and a mom. One is a little black and white girl kitty and the other three are male orange tigers with white bibs and paws. The girl is so much smaller than her brothers, and someone (Im assuming it was her cause she did it again once at home) threw up on the way home. So they aren't quite picture worth right now. The mom is a money cat. Im assuming dad was a manx, because the girl kitty has half a tail, one of the marmalade trio has 3/4ths of a tail, and one of the other has a very skinny one. We've got case of URI.. so we are treating with clavimox. Not fun with the dropper they give with the medicine.. and my syringes are all missing the print hash marks, so Im going to have to pick a new one up when I go back. One of the boys does NOT like it at all.. its not a good tasting medicine by any stretch of the imagination, but he reacted quite badly to it. and now the fun part.. names.. *ugh* otis otis otis and runt girl? lol. Tuesday, April 1
Not feeling very well today. Ended up taking a very long nap this afternoon.. Woke up to jack sitting on my chest purring. I finally got up out of bed and got on line for a while. I sit in a big comfy chair with my legs curlled up to the side of me. Jack came and sat on my hip/lap, and laid on my arm and purred. It was so cute, and so sweet.. I love him. Got a call from the shelter this afternoon. There are kittens to be had. So this shall once again be the foster kitten blog :) More tomorrow once they make it home.. hopefully I'll be feeling well enough to post a few pictures. Sunday, March 30
wow.. its amazing how quickly the kitties can turn a few piles of papers and a stack of crafting supplies into a huge mess. We were out of the house most of the weekend.. and right now the living room is absolutely trashed. The stack of papers and coupons from the sunday newspaper are all over the livingroom, along with a few other items that were at one point neatly stacked in an out of the way spot. Boy did they have fun. I still can't find any of their balls either. Not a one. When they hide them, they hide them good. It should be kitten season soon. I so miss fostering. I can not wait. |
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