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Post by kritter on Jul 26, 2015 17:00:37 GMT
Shirley, as you know, it goes downhill the older they get. Eight weeks is the beginning of the end until they hit 3 years old. They have their fast legs going at that age and they are fleet feet furballs. Just when you grab one, another one streaks by.
A snip will not slow Boris down at all. Age is the only thing that will and that is a long road ahead.
Ninja weighed in at two pounds and Saki weighed in at 1.13 so hopefully they will go back to the rescue with China soon. It depends on how much room she has available. I know she picked up 9 kittens on Friday from Animal Control but don't know how many she moved out to the Petsmarts this weekend.
The other three weighed between 1.9 and 1.10 so they will be here a little longer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 17:05:32 GMT
Kritter you are truly a child of God! What you do for these animals is so amazing!!
Mom is so precious and the kitties are to die for!
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Post by jellybeanscloset412 on Jul 26, 2015 19:43:46 GMT
Yes, when the kittens get to this 7-8 week age, I am ready for them to go. They were all up on the couch with me last night during the reading time. All would be quiet and then one would start picking on the one next to her and the game was on. I remember back 6 or 7 years ago when I was working at the shelter, I would have 10 to 15 of them running around at one time. Now 5 are getting the best of me. Its a bitch to get old. You have your hands full! Those babies need a time out! Doesn't China know how to discipline her children? |
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Post by kritter on Jul 26, 2015 19:50:37 GMT
China is not with her children because she insists on nursing them and they are close to 8 weeks old.
Most Moms are ready to ditch the kiddos by now but not China. She is part of the problem rather than part of the solution.
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Post by titus730 on Jul 26, 2015 20:04:08 GMT
Kritter, I empathize completely. Kittens are adorable but, damn, they get underfoot and drive you crazy. This is why, if I adopt, I want an adult.
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Post by kritter on Jul 26, 2015 20:16:58 GMT
After this group, I am going back to fostering injured or whatever adults.
These kittens are way too much work. I will leave them to the younger foster volunteers.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 20:59:09 GMT
Siamese are particularly troublesome from what I understand too. I have a friend who's always had mellow long haired breeds and she got two Siamese sisters and they were very wild and crazy.
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Post by kritter on Jul 26, 2015 21:17:33 GMT
Kittens are a different breed no matter what their heritage. They are all bat shit crazy.
China will be a great cat once these kittens get out of her frame of reference. She gets along with other cats and other then wanting to go outside and the kitten issue, she is a good girl.
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Post by val2525 on Jul 26, 2015 21:24:23 GMT
China is not with her children because she insists on nursing them and they are close to 8 weeks old. Most Moms are ready to ditch the kiddos by now but not China. She is part of the problem rather than part of the solution. Poor China. Here she is, trying to be a responsible mom, and she's getting ragged about it.   |
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Post by kritter on Jul 26, 2015 21:40:22 GMT
I have told China time after time that she has done a great job. Now it is time for her to lay back and enjoy life and let me deal with the little misfits.
Hopefully they will all be gone in 2 weeks at the most. I am going to step up the canned food selections to make sure all are packing on the ounces.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 23:41:03 GMT
Kritter, I empathize completely. Kittens are adorable but, damn, they get underfoot and drive you crazy. This is why, if I adopt, I want an adult. You need to meet my 13 year old. Instead of avoiding my feet she runs straight at them, and she's getting naughtier by the day - she's currently investigating the possibility of stealing food off the stove. I've had her since she was a responsible mother at 2 years old, and now she's more of a kitten than ever! |
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Jul 26, 2015 23:56:13 GMT
AMEN to that.  But it is one of the reasons I like them. Just in small doses.
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Post by jellybeanscloset412 on Jul 27, 2015 0:08:01 GMT
I have told China time after time that she has done a great job. Now it is time for her to lay back and enjoy life and let me deal with the little misfits. Hmmm... do you mind talking to my human kids? I think they need a dose of Kritter! LOL! |
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Post by kritter on Jul 27, 2015 0:40:56 GMT
LOL Jelly, your kids wouldn't like me very much. I have no patience at all with children. Good thing I never wanted any of my own.
Shirley, 5 kittens is about 4 kittens more than a small dose.
When I came in from outside, China was playing with a catnip mouse so maybe she is starting to channel her playful self. She is such a great lil cat that I hope she finds a good home.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jul 27, 2015 19:24:19 GMT
Kritter, I empathize completely. Kittens are adorable but, damn, they get underfoot and drive you crazy. This is why, if I adopt, I want an adult. You need to meet my 13 year old. Instead of avoiding my feet she runs straight at them, and she's getting naughtier by the day - she's currently investigating the possibility of stealing food off the stove. I've had her since she was a responsible mother at 2 years old, and now she's more of a kitten than ever! Both of our cats (sisters) are about 13 years old - we call them the World's Oldest Kittens. Particularly the tuxedo - she runs laps around the house, and the fluffy part-persian darts back and forth in front of us when we go anywhere. We hear bashing and banging downstairs and it's those two, wrassling in the kitchen, knocking into chairs and thumping each other. And the tux never stops talking - she has this loud, tinny, insistent meow with endless variations and sometimes she just.doesn't.stop. If I'm on the phone and she's next to me, she starts meowing along - the person on the other end will say "what's that screaming?" lol. They still hunt and patrol the grounds, and have laid claim to all front stoops on our little road. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 0:43:14 GMT
Your road sounds so cat-friendly, Chap. I wish mine was, but no, they're all fluffy white dog fans.  |
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Post by kritter on Jul 28, 2015 2:06:52 GMT
China shot out the back door again tonight when I went out to get in the outside food. She got to the sidewalk and then stopped. I was still on he porch and hadn't seen her shoot out so major surprise when I did see her.
Fortunately Mirage ran up to her and she was distracted enough for me to grab her.
She is fast on her feet and sneaky too. Hot or not, I think we will try the cat pen tomorrow.
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Jul 28, 2015 2:43:57 GMT
Well that sneaky little devil.
Short of putting a harness and leash on her the cat pen is the only alternative.
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Post by kritter on Jul 28, 2015 3:13:33 GMT
She is a sneak. I looked for her before I opened the door and didn't see her.
Next thing I knew she was on the sidewalk. I couldn't believe my eyes.
No doubt in my mind that she will do the same thing when she is adopted. Once they live the outside life, it is hard for some of them to forget.
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Post by blissfullymiserable on Jul 28, 2015 6:00:29 GMT
I just went to my storage unit, on the way back I saw about 5 kittehs prowling the hood, thankfully they all run from the street or stop away from the road when they see the lights or sounds of a car.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jul 30, 2015 20:08:03 GMT
Our cats would be outside 24/7 if they could. On nice days they come in and eat and go right back outside. They have to be in at night and sometimes we have to really finagle to get them inside as they play coy and have little tricks. They have their little late snack and immediately crowd to the front door again. Nope, can't go outside. So LB trots upstairs and takes her usual spot on the big bed and the tux herds me upstairs so that I will tuck her into her little bed in my office. Then, of course, I must sit in my desk chair and tap at the keyboard while she curls up and sleeps.
Our little road is very cat friendly, one big reason the DH rescued them (they couldn't be trained to be indoor cats) - the only dog is a floppy, happy, brown dog named Rylo who just wants to play with our cats (they won't go along with it).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2015 22:14:21 GMT
Chap it is true that cats seem to want to be outside. It's in born I think. But like I've said I lost two of mine in this neighborhood. The guy down the street raised pigeons and I believe he poisoned the one. And the other went out and never came back. Now that my little maltese died I'm thinking about a cat.
I love my daughter's cats. They stand right at the back door looking outside. So so funny, you know they want to be there.
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Post by kritter on Jul 30, 2015 23:07:57 GMT
None of my inside cats are inclined at all to go outside. All of them were either born here or were fostered here so they have never been outside.
I can leave the front door open when I go out to get the paper and they aren't even interested.
It is very evident that China was an inside/outside cat by the way she tries to get back out. I wouldn't be so nervous about her getting out if she was spayed.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jul 31, 2015 1:12:36 GMT
If they're raised to be indoor cats, I think they'll pretty much stay indoors - if they jet outside, they get really disoriented, which is why it's better to keep an eye on them. The indoors becomes their territory, especially if they have lots of opportunities to climb and stalk. But they'll always stare outside because cats stare at things. Ours are outside all the time, but if they happen to be inside and not want to go outside, they still sit on the windowsill and stare.
If they start outside, though, it's really hard to train them to be indoor cats, I think. DH adopted ours because they simply couldn't abide being indoors, no matter how hard their loving family tried, and they tried everything for months - they also had a cat go missing, so they were really worried.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2015 7:38:11 GMT
I remember when I first took Bubby outside and put her on the grass - she stood there stiff-legged and meowed at me until I picked her up again. She only had little supervised outings until she was 7 months old, when I got her desexed. Even now I don't think she's been further than the fascinating drain at the corner of the cul-de-sac, and she's getting more indoorsy as she gets older. I'm just too damned interesting.
Lydia bolts out after dinner if given the chance, then bangs in the front door at 11pm. She's very punctual. It amazes me how she gets the timing so right.
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Post by kritter on Aug 1, 2015 15:18:33 GMT
China and the kits are going to Petsmart today at 1:00 for preadoption applications. Then they will go home with the rescue or another foster, I hope, until they are spayed/neutered and then go to their furever homes.
Sabrina and I are ready for them to move on with their lives.
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Aug 1, 2015 16:42:51 GMT
YIPPEE You did a wonderful job with those little hellions and deserve a break from kittens for awhile.  |
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Post by kritter on Aug 1, 2015 16:47:09 GMT
Just got confirmation for sure. None of the China family will be coming home with me after their showing at Petsmart.
In fact, Tofu, the lynx Siamese has already been preadopted.
Yes, I am definitely taking a break from kittens. At least that is what I plan to do.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2015 17:05:22 GMT
Kritter you are an amazing person. We're so lucky to have you here!
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Post by kritter on Aug 1, 2015 21:09:16 GMT
Thank you, roy. I think we are all pretty amazing on this forum.
I had a crate equipment malfunction as I was loading the kittehs and in all the confusion, I forgot to take my camera. The kits were kinda scared with all the noise and people poking at them so I stayed with them for about an hour. Not too much action at that Petsmart so I doubt any were preadopted today. Once she gets them up on Petfinder and FB, I think they well be snapped up.
It is already nice to go in and out the backdoor without having to watch for China Houdini. Its going to be quiet without her yelling at the kittens too.
Sparkle and Shine, China and Kittehs, Sparkle and Shine!
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