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Post by val2525 on Jan 16, 2018 2:34:09 GMT
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Post by kritter on Jan 16, 2018 3:28:26 GMT
Nobody even grumpy cats can resist kittens. Kittens won't let you ignore them.
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Post by val2525 on Jan 16, 2018 3:50:00 GMT
I loved the video clip of them sleeping on him. Awwwwwww.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 4:50:49 GMT
That was a beautiful story. That seems to be the first time that that old grumpy cat actually felt love. Thank you for sharing.
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Post by val2525 on Jan 16, 2018 5:57:02 GMT
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Post by Desire on Jan 16, 2018 15:15:32 GMT
I loved the videos too. The little kittens sleeping with him were just precious.
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Post by Tabby on Jan 16, 2018 15:52:29 GMT
Val, thanks so much for sharing Mason's story. What an amazing and inspiring kitten wrangler he's turned out to be.  |
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Post by kritter on Jan 16, 2018 17:05:57 GMT
Maybe I need to get Lily some kittens.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 17:39:05 GMT
Any excuse, kritter! Missing the kittens, are we? lol. The video of him being groomed is interesting. When he's got his back to the woman she's actually able to touch him, scratch behind his ears. He must know she's doing it because it'd feel different to the comb and he'd be able to smell her hand. So when he hisses and bats at her he's not scared - it's only pride and bravado to keep her on her toes. I'm still scouring the shelter cat sites for Bubby, but it's killing me. So many beautiful cats, and sooooo many one year olds, as if they grew out of kittenhood and people dumped them. I see fostering very clearly in my future. But I need a different house to go hardcore about it.  |
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Post by Tabby on Jan 16, 2018 18:18:47 GMT
If you search for "Mason and kittens" on You Tube, there are several more videos. One has Mason purring while the human is scratching under his chin! It says the only time you can pet him is while the kittens are crawling on him, because he thinks he's being scritched by the kittens. I think they called it the "Trojan Kitten" plan.  |
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Post by kritter on Jan 16, 2018 18:31:33 GMT
Nope, not missing kittens but if they would help Lily be happier about her current situation, Sabrina and I would step up to the plate.
No excuses about housing, Petti. Fosters are not picky about things like that. They just want to be safe and fed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 21:45:32 GMT
OMG, I love him! Look at his face!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 1:03:36 GMT
Nope, not missing kittens but if they would help Lily be happier about her current situation, Sabrina and I would step up to the plate. No excuses about housing, Petti. Fosters are not picky about things like that. They just want to be safe and fed. But I would need more rooms to accommodate all the diva personalities. At the moment it's all open-plan. You know, you could try her with two little kittens. She's had time to settle into the new environment, so adding company might not hurt. And if you get two they can play with each other if she ignores them. Is she very unhappy? |
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Post by val2525 on Jan 17, 2018 1:12:27 GMT
I forget, what was the deal with Lily?
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Post by kritter on Jan 17, 2018 1:20:44 GMT
I don't really know if she is unhappy in general. Today she is unhappy because Gracie is in with her and Sabrina on cold weather days and Gracie is mean to her. Gracie is mean to all the cats so nothing personal.
Val, Lily is the blind cat that was rescued from a feral colony last year. She is not feral feral but just not socialized. She is OK except that she doesn't want me to touch her. She doesn't run from me and will walk around me when I am in with them but no touching.
Definitely no touching allowed.
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Post by Desire on Jan 17, 2018 1:22:13 GMT
I wonder if a kitten would be good for Rusty. I want to get a little kitten so bad, but after Rusty started with the bites I got afraid that he might accidently kill the kitten or hurt it. Maybe he would be OK and actually be a bit nicer to me. He used to love our older cat Boss that died. Rusty was a baby kitten and Boss was about 3 years old. Boss took to him and Rusty took to Boss - two buddies. Always sitting and cuddling together. They had 3 good years together.
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Post by kritter on Jan 17, 2018 1:25:34 GMT
Desire, you could always try fostering kittens to see how he is around them.
I have several cats that don't like the foster kittens but they just teach the little ones about personal space rather than actually hurting them or even trying to hurt them.
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