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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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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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Mishi wrote:
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. Hi Krista, I have a 7 month old kitten who still nurses her (spayed) mom, and I have seen even older kits do this. As long as Lula is gaining weight and she isn't bothered by it, then I would let them do it. He will stop eventually, either on his own or Lula will stop him. That's what my instinct says, too. As long as they're both alright with it, let them do it. I once knew a cat who still nursed off and on when she was one year old! She only did it once a week or so. Neither mother nor 'kitten' seemed to mind. No ill effects seemed to come of it. The mother was hardly lactating at that stage any more. It continued long after they where both spayed. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Mishi wrote:
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. Hi Krista, I have a 7 month old kitten who still nurses her (spayed) mom, and I have seen even older kits do this. As long as Lula is gaining weight and she isn't bothered by it, then I would let them do it. He will stop eventually, either on his own or Lula will stop him. That's what my instinct says, too. As long as they're both alright with it, let them do it. I once knew a cat who still nursed off and on when she was one year old! She only did it once a week or so. Neither mother nor 'kitten' seemed to mind. No ill effects seemed to come of it. The mother was hardly lactating at that stage any more. It continued long after they where both spayed. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Mishi wrote:
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. Hi Krista, I have a 7 month old kitten who still nurses her (spayed) mom, and I have seen even older kits do this. As long as Lula is gaining weight and she isn't bothered by it, then I would let them do it. He will stop eventually, either on his own or Lula will stop him. That's what my instinct says, too. As long as they're both alright with it, let them do it. I once knew a cat who still nursed off and on when she was one year old! She only did it once a week or so. Neither mother nor 'kitten' seemed to mind. No ill effects seemed to come of it. The mother was hardly lactating at that stage any more. It continued long after they where both spayed. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
. .. 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 ROTFLMAO!!! OK, I didn't take the male of the (human) species into account!! ; Hugs, CatNipped |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
. .. 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 ROTFLMAO!!! OK, I didn't take the male of the (human) species into account!! ; Hugs, CatNipped |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
. .. 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 ROTFLMAO!!! OK, I didn't take the male of the (human) species into account!! ; Hugs, CatNipped |
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LOL wrote:
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." Every mother cat I've had here who was spayed while still nursing her kittens (always over 8-9 weeks), hasn't minded them nursing afterwards at all. They will use a perfectly good way of stopping the kittens getting there if they want to - lie down on them :-)) (the teats, not the kittens, that is) Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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LOL wrote:
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." Every mother cat I've had here who was spayed while still nursing her kittens (always over 8-9 weeks), hasn't minded them nursing afterwards at all. They will use a perfectly good way of stopping the kittens getting there if they want to - lie down on them :-)) (the teats, not the kittens, that is) Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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