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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:48:43 -0600, Karen
yodeled: in article , LOL at wrote on 9/28/04 1:27 AM: This afternoon I took Hubert to TED; as long as we were there, he had his second round of shots, which were due later in the week; we also re-affirmed his Giant Kitten status - 4.75 pounds! He's only 9 weeks old! TED said he's the biggest kitten he's ever seen - he's bigger than lots of six month old kittens he sees. I made the vet appointment because on Saturday and Sunday we'd noticed that Hubert's left eye droops sometimes. It's not red or watering or otherwise unusual-looking, and it doesn't seem to bother him, but there's a definite droop, quite pronounced when he's tired. TED looked at his eye and said it looked perfectly normal, and suggested that it might be a behavioral quirk. I am not entirely happy with this answer. Does anyone have any ideas about this? I am hoping the collective wisdom of this group will know just what this is and that it's nothing to worry about; certainly nothing to go whisking him off to a feline neurologist about. Right? (I am trying to talk myself out of said whisking, at least without waiting to see if it keeps happening.) Also, I mentioned in the context of Hubert's enormousness that he's still nursing, and it looks hilarious because he's so big. TED said, "Separate them." I said "Do we *need* to?" TED said "Yes." I said "For how long? I'd thought that Lula might cut him off when she was spayed, but she didn't." TED said "For two to three weeks, until she dries up." Noooooo!!! I don't want to do this! They will both be *very* distressed by this! Is there any harm in his still nursing at 9 weeks? Lula's put on some weight, so even though he's a huge kitten she's getting plenty of nutrition for herself. We're still feeding them both kitten formula dry food, available all the time; their canned food is adult formula for Lula and kitten formula for Hube. He doesn't nurse as much as he used to; just once or twice a day as best I can tell. Is there any harm in giving them more time for Lula to wean him herself? *sigh* Help me Obi-Wan-RPCA, you're my only hope. ;-) ------ Krista Don't know about the eye, but our cat Meow would NOT wean her kittens. They were Hubert's age and the doctor finally just spayed her. Kept her separated for a bit after the spay but she dried up fine and continued to groom and nuzzle her kittens until they all died at ripe old ages. Reminds me of the joke about the eternally squabbling couple-- "We're staying together until the children die." Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:48:43 -0600, Karen
yodeled: in article , LOL at wrote on 9/28/04 1:27 AM: This afternoon I took Hubert to TED; as long as we were there, he had his second round of shots, which were due later in the week; we also re-affirmed his Giant Kitten status - 4.75 pounds! He's only 9 weeks old! TED said he's the biggest kitten he's ever seen - he's bigger than lots of six month old kittens he sees. I made the vet appointment because on Saturday and Sunday we'd noticed that Hubert's left eye droops sometimes. It's not red or watering or otherwise unusual-looking, and it doesn't seem to bother him, but there's a definite droop, quite pronounced when he's tired. TED looked at his eye and said it looked perfectly normal, and suggested that it might be a behavioral quirk. I am not entirely happy with this answer. Does anyone have any ideas about this? I am hoping the collective wisdom of this group will know just what this is and that it's nothing to worry about; certainly nothing to go whisking him off to a feline neurologist about. Right? (I am trying to talk myself out of said whisking, at least without waiting to see if it keeps happening.) Also, I mentioned in the context of Hubert's enormousness that he's still nursing, and it looks hilarious because he's so big. TED said, "Separate them." I said "Do we *need* to?" TED said "Yes." I said "For how long? I'd thought that Lula might cut him off when she was spayed, but she didn't." TED said "For two to three weeks, until she dries up." Noooooo!!! I don't want to do this! They will both be *very* distressed by this! Is there any harm in his still nursing at 9 weeks? Lula's put on some weight, so even though he's a huge kitten she's getting plenty of nutrition for herself. We're still feeding them both kitten formula dry food, available all the time; their canned food is adult formula for Lula and kitten formula for Hube. He doesn't nurse as much as he used to; just once or twice a day as best I can tell. Is there any harm in giving them more time for Lula to wean him herself? *sigh* Help me Obi-Wan-RPCA, you're my only hope. ;-) ------ Krista Don't know about the eye, but our cat Meow would NOT wean her kittens. They were Hubert's age and the doctor finally just spayed her. Kept her separated for a bit after the spay but she dried up fine and continued to groom and nuzzle her kittens until they all died at ripe old ages. Reminds me of the joke about the eternally squabbling couple-- "We're staying together until the children die." Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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in article , LOL at
wrote on 9/28/04 1:27 AM: This afternoon I took Hubert to TED; as long as we were there, he had his second round of shots, which were due later in the week; we also re-affirmed his Giant Kitten status - 4.75 pounds! He's only 9 weeks old! TED said he's the biggest kitten he's ever seen - he's bigger than lots of six month old kittens he sees. I made the vet appointment because on Saturday and Sunday we'd noticed that Hubert's left eye droops sometimes. It's not red or watering or otherwise unusual-looking, and it doesn't seem to bother him, but there's a definite droop, quite pronounced when he's tired. TED looked at his eye and said it looked perfectly normal, and suggested that it might be a behavioral quirk. I am not entirely happy with this answer. Does anyone have any ideas about this? I am hoping the collective wisdom of this group will know just what this is and that it's nothing to worry about; certainly nothing to go whisking him off to a feline neurologist about. Right? (I am trying to talk myself out of said whisking, at least without waiting to see if it keeps happening.) Also, I mentioned in the context of Hubert's enormousness that he's still nursing, and it looks hilarious because he's so big. TED said, "Separate them." I said "Do we *need* to?" TED said "Yes." I said "For how long? I'd thought that Lula might cut him off when she was spayed, but she didn't." TED said "For two to three weeks, until she dries up." Noooooo!!! I don't want to do this! They will both be *very* distressed by this! Is there any harm in his still nursing at 9 weeks? Lula's put on some weight, so even though he's a huge kitten she's getting plenty of nutrition for herself. We're still feeding them both kitten formula dry food, available all the time; their canned food is adult formula for Lula and kitten formula for Hube. He doesn't nurse as much as he used to; just once or twice a day as best I can tell. Is there any harm in giving them more time for Lula to wean him herself? *sigh* Help me Obi-Wan-RPCA, you're my only hope. ;-) ------ Krista Don't know about the eye, but our cat Meow would NOT wean her kittens. They were Hubert's age and the doctor finally just spayed her. Kept her separated for a bit after the spay but she dried up fine and continued to groom and nuzzle her kittens until they all died at ripe old ages. |
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in article , LOL at
wrote on 9/28/04 1:27 AM: This afternoon I took Hubert to TED; as long as we were there, he had his second round of shots, which were due later in the week; we also re-affirmed his Giant Kitten status - 4.75 pounds! He's only 9 weeks old! TED said he's the biggest kitten he's ever seen - he's bigger than lots of six month old kittens he sees. I made the vet appointment because on Saturday and Sunday we'd noticed that Hubert's left eye droops sometimes. It's not red or watering or otherwise unusual-looking, and it doesn't seem to bother him, but there's a definite droop, quite pronounced when he's tired. TED looked at his eye and said it looked perfectly normal, and suggested that it might be a behavioral quirk. I am not entirely happy with this answer. Does anyone have any ideas about this? I am hoping the collective wisdom of this group will know just what this is and that it's nothing to worry about; certainly nothing to go whisking him off to a feline neurologist about. Right? (I am trying to talk myself out of said whisking, at least without waiting to see if it keeps happening.) Also, I mentioned in the context of Hubert's enormousness that he's still nursing, and it looks hilarious because he's so big. TED said, "Separate them." I said "Do we *need* to?" TED said "Yes." I said "For how long? I'd thought that Lula might cut him off when she was spayed, but she didn't." TED said "For two to three weeks, until she dries up." Noooooo!!! I don't want to do this! They will both be *very* distressed by this! Is there any harm in his still nursing at 9 weeks? Lula's put on some weight, so even though he's a huge kitten she's getting plenty of nutrition for herself. We're still feeding them both kitten formula dry food, available all the time; their canned food is adult formula for Lula and kitten formula for Hube. He doesn't nurse as much as he used to; just once or twice a day as best I can tell. Is there any harm in giving them more time for Lula to wean him herself? *sigh* Help me Obi-Wan-RPCA, you're my only hope. ;-) ------ Krista Don't know about the eye, but our cat Meow would NOT wean her kittens. They were Hubert's age and the doctor finally just spayed her. Kept her separated for a bit after the spay but she dried up fine and continued to groom and nuzzle her kittens until they all died at ripe old ages. |
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in article , LOL at
wrote on 9/28/04 1:27 AM: This afternoon I took Hubert to TED; as long as we were there, he had his second round of shots, which were due later in the week; we also re-affirmed his Giant Kitten status - 4.75 pounds! He's only 9 weeks old! TED said he's the biggest kitten he's ever seen - he's bigger than lots of six month old kittens he sees. I made the vet appointment because on Saturday and Sunday we'd noticed that Hubert's left eye droops sometimes. It's not red or watering or otherwise unusual-looking, and it doesn't seem to bother him, but there's a definite droop, quite pronounced when he's tired. TED looked at his eye and said it looked perfectly normal, and suggested that it might be a behavioral quirk. I am not entirely happy with this answer. Does anyone have any ideas about this? I am hoping the collective wisdom of this group will know just what this is and that it's nothing to worry about; certainly nothing to go whisking him off to a feline neurologist about. Right? (I am trying to talk myself out of said whisking, at least without waiting to see if it keeps happening.) Also, I mentioned in the context of Hubert's enormousness that he's still nursing, and it looks hilarious because he's so big. TED said, "Separate them." I said "Do we *need* to?" TED said "Yes." I said "For how long? I'd thought that Lula might cut him off when she was spayed, but she didn't." TED said "For two to three weeks, until she dries up." Noooooo!!! I don't want to do this! They will both be *very* distressed by this! Is there any harm in his still nursing at 9 weeks? Lula's put on some weight, so even though he's a huge kitten she's getting plenty of nutrition for herself. We're still feeding them both kitten formula dry food, available all the time; their canned food is adult formula for Lula and kitten formula for Hube. He doesn't nurse as much as he used to; just once or twice a day as best I can tell. Is there any harm in giving them more time for Lula to wean him herself? *sigh* Help me Obi-Wan-RPCA, you're my only hope. ;-) ------ Krista Don't know about the eye, but our cat Meow would NOT wean her kittens. They were Hubert's age and the doctor finally just spayed her. Kept her separated for a bit after the spay but she dried up fine and continued to groom and nuzzle her kittens until they all died at ripe old ages. |
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CatNipped wrote:
"LOL" wrote in message om... I've never seen a teenager (snippage) still nursing. Ahem... would you like to explain the nursing thing to my 57 year old boyfriend? Actually, it doesn't bother me a bit as long as he doesn't do it in public LOL Jill |
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CatNipped wrote:
"LOL" wrote in message om... I've never seen a teenager (snippage) still nursing. Ahem... would you like to explain the nursing thing to my 57 year old boyfriend? Actually, it doesn't bother me a bit as long as he doesn't do it in public LOL Jill |
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CatNipped wrote:
"LOL" wrote in message om... I've never seen a teenager (snippage) still nursing. Ahem... would you like to explain the nursing thing to my 57 year old boyfriend? Actually, it doesn't bother me a bit as long as he doesn't do it in public LOL Jill |
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LOL wrote:
This afternoon I took Hubert to TED; as long as we were there, he had his second round of shots, which were due later in the week; we also re-affirmed his Giant Kitten status - 4.75 pounds! He's only 9 weeks old! TED said he's the biggest kitten he's ever seen - he's bigger than lots of six month old kittens he sees. I made the vet appointment because on Saturday and Sunday we'd noticed that Hubert's left eye droops sometimes. It's not red or watering or otherwise unusual-looking, and it doesn't seem to bother him, but there's a definite droop, quite pronounced when he's tired. TED looked at his eye and said it looked perfectly normal, and suggested that it might be a behavioral quirk. I am not entirely happy with this answer. Does anyone have any ideas about this? Persia has a slightly droopy eye... when she is tired it tends to get that way. Frankly, so does one of mine so I never considered it to be a problem. As others have said, as long as Hubert doesn't exhibit any other symptoms (runny or weepy eye, etc.) I wouldn't worry too much about it. I'm sorry I can't help with the nursing question but it seems to me they Lula will stop him when she's ready. I can't see the point in stressing them out unnecessarily. Jill |
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