Hubert and TED - Questions

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

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

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
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Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

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

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

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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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

ROTFLMAO!!! OK, I didn't take the male of the (human) species into
account!! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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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

ROTFLMAO!!! OK, I didn't take the male of the (human) species into
account!! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

"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

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

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