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  #21  
Old August 21st 05, 03:32 AM
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
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kilikini wrote:
Posted new pix taken this morning. Her belly looks about to burst,
but she's no longer devouring the cat food as if there's no tomorrow.
She knows there's a tomorrow. :~)

kili

http://www.geocities.com/kilikini1/newkitty.html


She's looking soooo much better! Here's to a good vet check next week!

Jill



Thanks, sweetie! Got my fingers (and paws) crossed. :~)

kili


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Old August 21st 05, 03:33 AM
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"Chris Havlicek" wrote in message
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kilikini wrote:
Posted new pix taken this morning. Her belly looks about to burst, but
she's no longer devouring the cat food as if there's no tomorrow. She

knows
there's a tomorrow. :~)

kili

http://www.geocities.com/kilikini1/newkitty.html



Aww....and good to see that she's staying around...

Purrs and good thoughts for a good TED visit on the 27th, and even
more purrs and good thoughts to you for taking the wee bit in and
giving her the attention and care she needs.

Chris, Tripper, Katie, and Hazard


Thanks, Chris. Now the problem will be getting all my critters adjusted.
How does one go about doing that????

kili


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Old August 21st 05, 03:43 AM
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kilikini wrote:
Posted new pix taken this morning. Her belly looks about to burst,
but she's no longer devouring the cat food as if there's no

tomorrow.
She knows there's a tomorrow. :~)

kili

http://www.geocities.com/kilikini1/newkitty.html


Oh wow, she does look a lot better already. Just imagine how great
she'll be after her vet appt. and a few more weeks of good feeding and
brushings.
--
Britta
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Old August 21st 05, 03:57 AM
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She's such a beauty. I'm so glad she found you -- her guardian angel must
have led her to your door.

Donna, Captain, and Stanley

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Old August 21st 05, 04:16 AM
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kilikini wrote:
Posted new pix taken this morning. Her belly looks about to burst, but
she's no longer devouring the cat food as if there's no tomorrow. She knows
there's a tomorrow. :~)


She looks so much better already. Glad to hear that she is starting to
trust you and the food bowls. I see further on in the thread that you
took her inside. We will be purring for the integration to go well, and
also for the vet's appointment.

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Old August 21st 05, 06:28 AM
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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:00:37 GMT, "kilikini"
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Posted new pix taken this morning. Her belly looks about to burst, but
she's no longer devouring the cat food as if there's no tomorrow. She knows
there's a tomorrow. :~)

kili

http://www.geocities.com/kilikini1/newkitty.html


She's a very, very lucky cat to have found you! She looks starved close
to death in the early pictures! She must not have hunting skills, poor
Kitty, who was trying to feed a litter, too!

She looks SOOO much better now! I do hope her vet visit turns up nothing
bad (except the 'usual', completely curable parasites...) and she lives
a very long, healthy and happy life with you.

I do believe you've already saved her life; so you both deserve a good
vet report and treatment.

She's got the makings of an absolutely gorgeous kitty already; I've
never seen blue eyes that color before! Saying 'ice blue' just doesn't
do them justice!

Purrs coming for both of you!

~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie.

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein

Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier.
-Buddha

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Old August 21st 05, 07:16 AM
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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:00:37 GMT, "kilikini"
wrote:

Posted new pix taken this morning. Her belly looks about to burst, but
she's no longer devouring the cat food as if there's no tomorrow. She knows
there's a tomorrow. :~)

kili

http://www.geocities.com/kilikini1/newkitty.html


She certainly looks better ;-) Thanks for taking such good care of her
- though she's probably all the reward you'll ever need.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot
with loving memories of Rocky (RB)

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Old August 21st 05, 09:36 AM
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:33:15 GMT, "kilikini"
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Thanks, Chris. Now the problem will be getting all my critters adjusted.
How does one go about doing that????


The lucky ones just plop the new cat cat, and after a little sniffing
out and the occassional hiss the cats work things out for themselves.
With me, when I brought Spotty inside she had a couple problems, so
things didn't go quite so moothly. First, she was obviously a first
time momma, and didn't want Sammy or Little Bit anywhere near her
babies. Also, she was awfuly skinny and had a real problem if anyone
else tried to eat - to the point where she would guard the food bowl
and chase anyone who tried to eat. The third problem was that I didn't
really want to let her in until I could be sure she didn't have any
diseases which could be given to my girls.

In fact, I started out a lot like you're doing, planning on keeping
her and her babies outside until I could get them vetted and found
homes for them all. Her kittens were around 8 weeks old when she
finally brought them around to my patio, and I wanted to keep and
socialize them a couple weeks before sending them all off to good
homes. I lucked out, as my vet wanted a couple kittens and had a
patient who wanted a third, so only had one who I had to find a home
for, and two people at work wanted her. I wanted to find another home
for Spotty at first, but am now happy that I didn't ;-)

Anyway, back to the topic, with Spotty I kept her and my girls
separate the first couple weeks unless I was around. I live in a small
one bedroom apartment, not exactly ideal for this sort of thing, but
managed by keeping the bedroom door closed. I swapped them around
between the rooms so everyone was used to the different scents. Over
time, I let them into the same room more often, and just gradually
increased the time until I felt they could be left together. She's
still not 100% integrated as far as LB goes, but she and Sammy play
together, and LB is coming around and lately has even been seen
grooming Spotty.

I've heard of others who had much more trouble bringing in a cat into
an established family, and if you really have problems I know you can
get advice from the folks who have dealt with that. I remember reading
about someone who had a bedroom (?) door replaced with a screen door
so the cats would all get used to the sight and scent of the new cat
during a difficult integration. I didn't have to go to that length,
but did put rubber mats on each side of my bedroom door since there
was some carpet pulled up by those on the opposing sides trying to get
in the other room.
--
Steve Touchstone,
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with loving memories of Rocky (RB)

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Old August 21st 05, 09:36 AM
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:30:09 GMT, "kilikini"
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Thanks. We had a thundestorm tonight so I chose to bring her inside. I've
isolated her in the back bedroom. She's sleeping like a baby. She's happy.


The old storm ploy - both Little Bit and Spotty used that one on me to
get me to let them inside LOL Once they made it inside they were here
to stay, of course. I belive it was four months before Little Bit
would venture out after getting inside, and Spotty still won't come
out when I put everyone's collar on and I take Sammy and LB out for
their supervised visits to the OUT. In fact, I had a break in recently
and the crooks left the window wide open, and I found Spotty sitting
in the window looking out and not indicating any desire to actually Go
out.
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Steve Touchstone,
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with loving memories of Rocky (RB)

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Old August 21st 05, 09:36 AM
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:31:17 GMT, "kilikini"
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I brought her inside today. It's a good thing although my other two aren't
real pleased. She's isolated in the back bedroom until her vet appointment
in a week. I hope she doesn't mind a room for now.


Good, now you won't have to keep going out every half hour to check on
her - that's how Spotty got in, too, I let her in out of a thundertorm
with her babies. I had to keep her separate for a few days, also,
until they were all vetted. As I said up thread, my girls and she
didn't get along well at first, but they're getting along much better
now.
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