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Nina K Pettis - 04 Nov 2004 22:17 GMT
The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
Name Yet, adopted this afternoon from a nearby SPCA.  They said he was
four months, but he's tiny -- around two months, maybe less.  He's
strangely and marvellously marked in shades of brown and cream, with
undecided eyes; when he slows down, I'll try to get pictures.  Right
now he's inspecting the house, inch by inch, followed in slow motion
by the three cats.  Too cute!

I hope everyone is as pleased as we are; I think my roommate did a
fantastic job of finding him.

Nina in Texas, enslaved by:

Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
?????
Kreisleriana - 04 Nov 2004 23:13 GMT
>The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
>flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>now he's inspecting the house, inch by inch, followed in slow motion
>by the three cats.  Too cute!

Eeeeek!  Kitten!  Kitten!  Kitten!  
Pictures, quickly!

Theresa
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Steve Touchstone - 05 Nov 2004 01:00 GMT
Welcome home little No Name Yet

>The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
>flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
>?????

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Enfilade - 05 Nov 2004 12:56 GMT
> >I hope everyone is as pleased as we are; I think my roommate did a
> >fantastic job of finding him.

Congrats on your new family member!  Can't wait to see pics!

--Fil
Marina - 05 Nov 2004 05:01 GMT
> The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
> flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
> ?????

Cpngratulations! Can't wait for the pics. That must be so cute, with the
older cats following him around.

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Sam Nash - 05 Nov 2004 05:43 GMT
> The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
> flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
> ?????
Concatulations, Nina.  Here's a few purrs for peace in the family.
Sam
Nina K Pettis - 05 Nov 2004 15:20 GMT
> > The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
> > flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> Concatulations, Nina.  Here's a few purrs for peace in the family.
> Sam

I can't believe how smoothly this tiny fellow has slipped into place,
Sam!  Jack was giving him a bath this morning, and just now I found
him snuggled up to Skeeter, settling down for a nap.  And Jean said
she caught Kyle washing his ears.  The only one he isn't completely at
ease with is Abbie, and who knows what his previous experiences with
d*gs might have been?  But she's a nice girl, and they'll work it out.

Coke (working title -- Jack and Coke...) got quite annoyed when Jack
wanted a bite of his Kitten Chow, and ran him off, but then they
swapped food bowls a couple of times in complete amity.  He's
adorable.  And did I mention the XL purr in the XS body?

Nina in Texas, enslaved by:
Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
Coke??
jmcquown - 05 Nov 2004 15:39 GMT
>>> The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
>>> flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother,
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
> Coke??

LOL  I love the name!  Congratulations on the new baby!  I can't wait to see
pics!

Jill
Steve Touchstone - 05 Nov 2004 19:19 GMT
>I can't believe how smoothly this tiny fellow has slipped into place,
>Sam!  Jack was giving him a bath this morning, and just now I found
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>swapped food bowls a couple of times in complete amity.  He's
>adorable.  And did I mention the XL purr in the XS body?

Aww, glad that everyone is so accepting of little Coke. Hope he warms
up to Abbie soon.
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O J - 05 Nov 2004 20:28 GMT
>I can't believe how smoothly this tiny fellow has slipped into place,
>Sam!  Jack was giving him a bath this morning, and just now I found
>him snuggled up to Skeeter, settling down for a nap.  And Jean said
>she caught Kyle washing his ears.  The only one he isn't completely at
>ease with is Abbie, and who knows what his previous experiences with
>d*gs might have been?  But she's a nice girl, and they'll work it out.

It's just so precious when a Tom takes a kitten under his wing, washes
him, etc.  My Sumo did that to his little sister Squidget after
Squidget picked out my DH, Lynda, at the pet shop where Lynda had gone
to get some kitty greens.

His name will come to you.  Meantime, take pictures -- if you don't,
you'll wish you had once he's grown.

Welcome, what's-his-name!

Regards and Purrs,
O J
Howard Berkowitz - 05 Nov 2004 22:34 GMT
> >I can't believe how smoothly this tiny fellow has slipped into place,
> >Sam!  Jack was giving him a bath this morning, and just now I found
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Squidget picked out my DH, Lynda, at the pet shop where Lynda had gone
> to get some kitty greens.

Mr. Clark, adopted at the same time as the kittens, did that from the
beginning. Mind you, he did take on a martyred look when they nursed on
him, but he let them continue. There were times he'd walk by with a
kitten riding on his back.

He still washes everyone, and approves of my having grown a beard. I do
note that he's utterly fascinated with visiting humankittens.  He
doesn't mind sharing their bottle, but he's not demanding of it.
Kreisleriana - 05 Nov 2004 23:31 GMT
>> >I can't believe how smoothly this tiny fellow has slipped into place,
>> >Sam!  Jack was giving him a bath this morning, and just now I found
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>him, but he let them continue. There were times he'd walk by with a
>kitten riding on his back.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kitten-whipped! ;)

Theresa
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Marina - 06 Nov 2004 05:51 GMT
> Mr. Clark, adopted at the same time as the kittens, did that from the
> beginning. Mind you, he did take on a martyred look when they nursed on
> him, but he let them continue. There were times he'd walk by with a
> kitten riding on his back.

Frank used to suckle Nikki when she was still a kitten. He looked a bit
shocked at first, when she started nursing on him, and he gave me this
WTF look, but then he settled down and started washing her and purring
along with her. So cute.

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Steve Touchstone - 06 Nov 2004 01:45 GMT
>>I can't believe how smoothly this tiny fellow has slipped into place,
>>Sam!  Jack was giving him a bath this morning, and just now I found
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>Squidget picked out my DH, Lynda, at the pet shop where Lynda had gone
>to get some kitty greens.

Little Bit introduced Rocky to her kittens one day when I had them
outside and Rocky came visiting. This was back when Rocky was about
3/4 wild, willing to come to me when he wanted food, but just barely
tolerant of being touched. I was concerned about how he would react,
but he plopped down and let them climb all over him. Of course,
there's a good chance that he was their poppa, since he was the
dominant tom in the neighborhood, and I didn't adopt LB until she
decided she wanted inside to have her babies.

It's also great/funny to watch when a d*g adopts a kitten. When I was
growing up our male daschund,Bobo, pretty much raised a kitten he
found dumped in the foothills. The kitten's eyes hadn't opened yet, so
the first four legged animal he saw was Bobo. It was hilarious to
watch Mittens, the kitten, try to nurse on Bo. Nothing can beat the
long-suffering look in a d*g's eyes when they put up with something
because their master thinks it is just so danged cute. Mittens never
did outgrow his love of Bo, and grommed him all his life.
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Seanette Blaylock - 06 Nov 2004 02:31 GMT
Steve Touchstone <stouchst@junksirinet.net> had some very interesting
things to say about Re: Update to "Opinions" post:

>It's also great/funny to watch when a d*g adopts a kitten. When I was
>growing up our male daschund,Bobo, pretty much raised a kitten he
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>because their master thinks it is just so danged cute. Mittens never
>did outgrow his love of Bo, and grommed him all his life.

I once had a Sheltie who loved kittens. He'd herd them around, wash
them, and so forth. I never did work out whether he had a gender
confusion problem or a species confusion problem :-).

I also once had a tom who was a very good [and enthusiastic]
kitten-tender. Made no difference to Smokey, pre- or post-neuter,
whether the kittens were related to him or not. He'd groom, give
hunting lessons, etc. [He apparently thought my grandfather and I were
giant kittens in need of hunting lessons ourselves, based on the time
he brought in a live snake and turned it loose in the living room.
Problem there is that I'm very snake-phobic. My grandfather very
calmly caught the snake and chucked it back outside, greatly to the
cat's disgust, then got me down off the back of the sofa. :-)]

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Steve Touchstone - 06 Nov 2004 02:49 GMT
>Steve Touchstone <stouchst@junksirinet.net> had some very interesting
>things to say about Re: Update to "Opinions" post:
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>them, and so forth. I never did work out whether he had a gender
>confusion problem or a species confusion problem :-).

Bobo, our daschund, changed his mind after  Mittens. When Mittens was
tiny we would take him and in the back yard, and Bo would carefully
play with him and even carry him around and into the doghouse for
naps. Later on, we tried to introduce another kitten. Bo wanted
nothing to do with it, even growled at the kitten. We stopped trying
to introduce them when Bo snapped at the kitten.
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Kreisleriana - 06 Nov 2004 04:23 GMT
>>Steve Touchstone <stouchst@junksirinet.net> had some very interesting
>>things to say about Re: Update to "Opinions" post:
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>nothing to do with it, even growled at the kitten. We stopped trying
>to introduce them when Bo snapped at the kitten.

My brother had a friend who had a dog named Dook.  When the friend,
Adam, got a kitten, the kitty would climb all over Dook, and attack
his tail.  Dook would put up with this for as long as he could until
the kitty used her claws -- then Adam was astonished and terrified to
see Dook open his mouth, and seemingly close it over the tiny kitty's
head.  Adam thought the kitten was decapitated!
Dook just gently moved the kitten away and released her, intact,
looking a little frazzled, but none the worse for wear.  Adam had
never seen a mother dog with her puppies--  gentle head restraint is
pretty standard treatment for rambunctious pups.  

Theresa
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Kreisleriana - 06 Nov 2004 04:13 GMT
(snip)
>. Nothing can beat the
>long-suffering look in a d*g's eyes when they put up with something
>because their master thinks it is just so danged cute.

Among the pictures over my desk, is a photo of a friend's lovely,
sweet pit bull, with a flowery shower cap on her head.  I love it for
just that reason--  her eyes are saying, so eloquently, "You know I
love you, and I'd do anything for you-- but what is *wrong* with you
people?!!!"

Theresa
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Seanette Blaylock - 05 Nov 2004 21:33 GMT
nina.pettis@gmail.com (Nina K Pettis) had some very interesting things
to say about Re: Update to "Opinions" post:

>Coke (working title -- Jack and Coke...) got quite annoyed when Jack
>wanted a bite of his Kitten Chow, and ran him off, but then they
>swapped food bowls a couple of times in complete amity.  He's
>adorable.  And did I mention the XL purr in the XS body?

Got JPGs? :-)

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Marina - 06 Nov 2004 05:57 GMT
> I can't believe how smoothly this tiny fellow has slipped into place,
> Sam!  Jack was giving him a bath this morning, and just now I found
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> swapped food bowls a couple of times in complete amity.  He's
> adorable.  And did I mention the XL purr in the XS body?

Sounds like there was a little Coke-shaped hole in your household. I'm
glad it was filled. :o) Those kitten purrs can be awe-inspiring.

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Adrian - 06 Nov 2004 10:49 GMT
> I can't believe how smoothly this tiny fellow has slipped into place,
> Sam!  Jack was giving him a bath this morning, and just now I found
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
> Coke??

What a great post, I'm happy to hear he's settling in so quickly.
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Jeanette - 05 Nov 2004 08:58 GMT
> The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
> flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> I hope everyone is as pleased as we are; I think my roommate did a
> fantastic job of finding him.

Congratulations on the new arrival.

Jeanette
Exocat - 05 Nov 2004 20:33 GMT
Congratulations to all concerned & purrs for a harmonious blending of
the whole family.

We look forward to hearing about developments.

Gordon & the TT

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> The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
> flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother,
Melissa Houle - 05 Nov 2004 21:20 GMT
Congratulations to the new arrival and his family. =o)

Melissa
> The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
> flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
> ?????
Adrian - 06 Nov 2004 00:51 GMT
> The senior cats Skeeter, Kyle, and Jack, and Abbie [the d*g] are
> flabbergasted to announce that they have a new baby kitty brother, No
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB), Rusty (RB), Skeeter, Kyle, Jack, and
> ?????

Congratulations! I look forward to reading lots of stories.
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Victor Martinez - 07 Nov 2004 23:45 GMT
Hi Nina, congratulations on the new addition!

> Nina in Texas, enslaved by:

Where in Texas?

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