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  • scrunchthecat
    scrunchthecat Member Posts: 138
    edited March 2016

    I am supposed to pick up my friend from the airport at midnight. I might not make it.

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  • 70charger
    70charger Member Posts: 591
    edited March 2016

    Do NOT Disturb!


  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,931
    edited March 2016

    70Charger, Playing soft music might help her relax. And provide a hiding place. Box on it's side with a towel over it might make her feel safer. A lot of cats come into the shelter frozen with fear. Usually they feel safer after a couple of days. We now have a curtain to put over the cage. It makes it dark and safer. Do you know if she's really feral? Or was she just abandoned a while ago? In any case it will take a while.

    Is there an animal shelter where you live? Ours loans out traps. You might be able to trap the other one.

  • 70charger
    70charger Member Posts: 591
    edited March 2016

    one of the rescues has loaned the trap to me. I don't know if she is true feral or not. She's scared but not acting "wild" I have given her a crate without the door, hope she uses it. Fingers crossed I get the injured one.

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,931
    edited March 2016

    Just took my cat to the vet. He has an ulcer on his eye and needs eye drops 3 x day for a week. He also has a cone and is running into everything. Poor guy. He weighs 16 lbs now. We're going to try to help him lose a pound or two.

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited March 2016

    ouch😢

  • 70charger
    70charger Member Posts: 591
    edited March 2016

    We have success!! Kitty #2

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  • 70charger
    70charger Member Posts: 591
    edited March 2016

    We will be taking them to EHs tomorrow morning. (Humane Society)


  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited March 2016

    Kiwi, how are the two sick rescue kittens doing? I've been thinking about them off and on today.

  • KiwiCatMom
    KiwiCatMom Member Posts: 2,337
    edited March 2016

    They are doing really well, Kathindc! They finally found a mom cat and kittens they could be with and not get pushed out of the way. So they're doing super! The one is a camera hog and so the fosterer said it's hard to get a pic of them both.

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  • KiwiCatMom
    KiwiCatMom Member Posts: 2,337
    edited March 2016

    One of the fosterers has the world's most patient cat, Tygee. She's given me permission to share pics of her little girl with Tygee. Wish I could share one of the videos here...hilarious.

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited March 2016

    Oh what a cute pair! The little girl is absolutely adorable and you can tell Tygee is very patient. Squeeze!

  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 1,664
    edited March 2016

    A true kiddie cat! Ha ha Our old man Percy (brown Tabby) is the most patient cat. The kids would put him in their doll carriage and wheel him around and he just sat there and purred. That was years ago.. He's still Mr. Mellow and my favorite.

    70charger- thank goodness you got the cats to get them the help they need. Good luck. I hope it goes well.

    Love the folks held hostage to lap cats!

  • Purplegurll
    Purplegurll Member Posts: 89
    edited March 2016

    My cats always find a way to make me feel better with their snuggliness. image

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2016

    Love the pics. Well done 70 - hoping the poor scared kitties get super love and attention at the Humane Society.

    Wren - I hope your cat makes a speedy recovery and that you can ditch the cone soon.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,691
    edited March 2016

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    How true this is!


  • Smaarty
    Smaarty Member Posts: 2,618
    edited March 2016

    Ruth, I have one like that. Only gets lovey when she can sit on my lap when I'm on the toilet! Otherwise she can't be bothered.



  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,931
    edited March 2016

    Rusty, our foster cat, had his hernia repaired today. He's in a cone and on cage rest for 2 weeks. In the meantime our cat, Squeakers, has an eye ulcer and he's on eye drops and has a cone. Going to be fun around here. At least cage rest means they won't be able to interact.

  • KiwiCatMom
    KiwiCatMom Member Posts: 2,337
    edited March 2016

    Challenging, Wren! Love the lap kitties. :)

    I have awesome adoption news. Kitten Inn got 2 female cats, mother and daughter. Both with kittens. They co-parented and it was amazing to watch. They are very bonded. One of them was ill and the other one took care of the entire 9 kitten brood until she recovered. Anyway...they have been adopted together - into a rest home!!! They are extremely snuggly lap cats, love attention. They had been at the rest home for about 20 minutes and were already playing and rolling around on the carpet. Everyone at Kitten Inn is thrilled. Best possible outcome.

    Wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the laughter thread...but too good not to share.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,691
    edited March 2016

    Happyhahahha

  • 70charger
    70charger Member Posts: 591
    edited March 2016

    HAHA!!image

  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited March 2016

    Kiwi, love that mother and daughter found a furrever home. Animals are amazing to watch.

    Live the memes! ThumbsUp

  • cuddyclothes
    cuddyclothes Member Posts: 98
    edited March 2016

    Here's my beautiful girl, Cleo. She's 11.

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    This is her littermate, Rupert. He died roughly a month after this photo was taken, of cancer.

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    Here's a better photo, from earlier that year.

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    Note cat damage on chair!

  • KiwiCatMom
    KiwiCatMom Member Posts: 2,337
    edited March 2016

    Awww..Cleo and Rupert. Rupert is nearly identical to our GC who went missing a year ago and hasn't returned. :( So sorry for your loss. Cleo is lovely!


  • KiwiCatMom
    KiwiCatMom Member Posts: 2,337
    edited March 2016

    a few posts/days back, I posted some pics of Tygee, the world's most patient cat. He has this incredibly expressive face. Here's another one..made me laugh!

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited March 2016

    Oh, the captions that could go along with that face. It's a meme waiting to happen! What a patient boy he is.

  • meow13
    meow13 Member Posts: 1,363
    edited March 2016

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    Meow, bird watching is my favourite hobby

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2016

    Wonderful. Love the photos.


    RIP Rupert.


    XX

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,691
    edited March 2016

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    Release the Beasts!

    Henry and Oreo enjoy the sun on a nice early spring day.

  • meow13
    meow13 Member Posts: 1,363
    edited March 2016

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    Hmm, but I need to brush my teeth!

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