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!!!!! and SH*T!!
OK, first the SH*T parts...
I thought I was at the point where we could put the kittens in with Tayla full time since they've been in there loose for as long as an hour at a time. But yesterday, when they were playing with the stick with feathers, Archer ran into Tayla and she beat the crap out of him - growling like she meant it. She didn't draw any blood or rip out any fur - he's fine, just had to stuffing scared out of him - but this was definitely not play, she meant business. So... we have to take a step backwards and back off of her a little bit (she's *REAL* spooky - probably the result of being kicked out of her house into the OUT and left to fend for herself and her kittens). Secondly, I brought my resident three to the vet on Friday to get a bivalent (Heska) UltraNasal FVRC. That one takes effect after 48 hours - I figured with Ben off tomorrow he could put the screened door up and let all six cats get used to seeing and smelling each other. But... the vet didn't have any in stock so we had to use the parental vaccine (intra-muscular injection) which takes 2 weeks to take effect. So it's another 2 weeks before we can even put the screen on the door (we're taking ultra precautions - sterilizing dishes, using Purell hand sanitizer when we leave a room, etc., so our resident 3 don't pick up the URI virus). However, I'm thinking that Tayla, as spooky as she is, may use the extra 2 weeks to become more confident and relaxed (although, with humans, she's a total love bug - crawling all over anyone who might give her a pet or two! ;) Now the !!!!! I was at PetsMart picking up the kittens' Nutra-Max and decided to pick up some claw clippers - I figured that if we start getting all 6 used to claws being clipped (my resident 3 have never had it done since they use their scratching posts and we really don't give a rat's a$$ about our raggedy a$$ furniture). That way when they do all get together there will be less chance of blood being drawn if they do get into a scrap. As predicted, Jessie went ballistic and, for now, still has her sharpened claws. Demi disappeared when she saw something was up; and I'm thinking about buying a tranquilizer gun before we even try it on Sammy. The kittens, of course, were really easy to clip, but I was leery about Tayla and brought out a big beach towel. However, she is such a pettin's slut that she sat quietly on Ben's desk and let Ben clip three of her paws as long as I was scritching and praising. We did have to use the towel to get the last hind paw done, but it was also easy - as soon as her head was covered she lay there quietly. Well folks, the adventure continues! ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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