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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2004Babies? What babies? I haven't seen any babies....
With the kittens almost 2 weeks old, Sammy decided today was moving day. She moved all her babies from the maternity box to a far corner under my wife's dresser. I came home, saw the empty box and began the interrogation. "Where's the babies, Sam?" "Muwahhh?" (translation - "Huh?") "Your babies.... where are they?" "Purrooo! Muwahwah burroop!" (translation - "Dunno, whatcha talkin' about?") "You had six babies when I left, now there are none, where are they?" Rolls on back, stretches, yawns "Chirrrrooop! Purrrrooooo! (translation - " My boobs itch, rub my belly.") Seeing that cooperation from Sam wasn't likely, I searched on my own. It didn't take long 'cause one of the kittens heard mom's voice and started sounding off. I found them rolled in a ball under the darkest far corner under my wife's dresser. They are out of the main traffic area, content and safe, so I won't try to alter her placement. Four of the little ones have their eyes open already, the fifth one's are about halfway opened up, and number 6's are starting to loosen up - probably open tomorrow. With vision comes a quest for mobility and they are starting to move around a lot more. What's really comical is watching a bleary eyed 12 day old kitten try to swat at a littermate and fall on his butt. Ambition exceeds coordination at this point. More later... circa Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:04:53 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, RobZip (robzip.takethisout@eudoramail.com) said, > With the kittens almost 2 weeks old, Sammy decided today was moving day. She > moved all her babies from the maternity box to a far corner under my wife's [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > 12 day old kitten try to swat at a littermate and fall on his butt. Ambition > exceeds coordination at this point. More later... I loved this psot.  SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > With the kittens almost 2 weeks old, Sammy decided today was moving day. She > moved all her babies from the maternity box to a far corner under my wife's [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > 12 day old kitten try to swat at a littermate and fall on his butt. Ambition > exceeds coordination at this point. More later... I used to get a kick watching them walk head against a wall and getting no where. Ah in a week or two, you will think birth was given to a heard of tiny elephants. :) New piccies? Karen New piccies? > Karen I'll try to get some new ones over the weekend and have them posted Monday. > With the kittens almost 2 weeks old, Sammy decided today was moving day. She > moved all her babies from the maternity box to a far corner under my wife's > dresser. I came home, saw the empty box and began the interrogation. > > "Where's the babies, Sam?" "Muwahhh?" (translation - "Huh?") "Your > babies.... where are they?" "Purrooo! Muwahwah burroop!" Ha! Buddha says this! >What's really comical is watching a bleary eyed > 12 day old kitten try to swat at a littermate and fall on his butt. Ambition > exceeds coordination at this point. More later... Ooo, really cute. Who but you would think of kitty having boobs, though of course she does. More pictures! They won't be small for very long!! circa Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:03:44 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > Ooo, really cute. Who but you would think of kitty having boobs, though of > course she does. Not just kitty boobs, but *itchy* kitty boobs. <G> Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:03:44 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > Not just kitty boobs, but *itchy* kitty boobs. <G> Yeah. I think he loves his cat. Very endearing. > Yeah. I think he loves his cat. Very endearing. He hee.. Where would ya get an idea like that? The babies started coming out to explore a little this morning. Three of them came out almost side by side, tottering across the bedroom floor. The one with the best eyesight saw me, raised up his head and started mewing at me. The sudden outburst startled the others so they turned tail and hustled back under the dresser. The other one crawled up across my foot, just draped himself over it, and started to go back to sleep. Sammy has expressed her preference for a favorite source of extra fat and calcium - Breyer's Vanilla Ice Cream. This started when the kittens were about 4 days old. Sammy came into the room while I had a bowl of ice cream with her nose up working the air. She followed it right up onto my lap and began making a lot of noise to get some, even going as far as to reach out with a paw and snag onto my spoon. She pulled it in her direction and began lapping away at it. This has quickly developed into a routine where she recognizes the sound of the ice cream scoop being rattled around and will come sit at my feet patiently waiting for her serving. In addition to the kitten chow she now gets a large golf ball size scoop of Breyer's twice a day. The kittens have almost doubled in size since birth. The black one is now starting to lighten up some and there are many faint streaks of orange visible in her fur. Her front legs are dappled with all sorts of gray and white streaking. This kitten seems to have the most laid back nature of all of them - very people oriented. Her lack of aggression was a bit of a problem at first. She routinely seemed to be getting cheated on access to the best nipples and more aggressive littermates would shove her out of the way. I gave her a few bottle feedings a day for 4 or 5 days and would help her get hooked up on a good full nipple. She now seems to be holding her own with the others just fine. > > Yeah. I think he loves his cat. Very endearing. > > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > her get hooked up on a good full nipple. She now seems to be holding her own > with the others just fine. Awww! They sound so sweet. > Sammy has expressed her preference for a favorite source of extra fat and > calcium - Breyer's Vanilla Ice Cream. This started when the kittens were [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > kitten chow she now gets a large golf ball size scoop of Breyer's twice a > day. Oh, yeah. Clearly you have a vicious hatred for cats. LOL! Priscilla > Oh, yeah. Clearly you have a vicious hatred for cats. LOL! > > Priscilla I told one of the neighborhood girls about Sammy eating the ice cream. "Dang! You spoil that cat rotten! My mom won't even get Breyer's for us kids!" circa Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:31:18 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, RobZip (robzip.takethisout@eudoramail.com) said, > > Oh, yeah. Clearly you have a vicious hatred for cats. LOL! > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > "Dang! You spoil that cat rotten! My mom won't even get Breyer's for us > kids!" Kids don't appreciate it like cats do. :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde "RobZip" <robzip.takethisout@eudoramail.com> wrote The babies started coming out to explore a little this morning. <snip cute story> I can just see them. Sweetest little things in the world! I have only seen two cats through having kittens--and still recall their first tottery steps and those little tails pointing straight up as they beat a hasty retreat! >She pulled it in her direction and began > lapping away at it. This has quickly developed into a >routine where she recognizes the sound of the ice cream >scoop being rattled around and will come sit at my feet >patiently waiting for her serving. In addition to the > kitten chow she now gets a large golf ball size scoop of >Breyer's twice a day. This is funny! Doesn't she mind that it's icy cold? > This is funny! Doesn't she mind that it's icy cold? Doesn't seem to bother her at all, although sometimes she will let the ice cream in her bowl melt down till it's almost all liquid. Other times she starts right in on it. > Doesn't seem to bother her at all, although sometimes she will let the ice cream in her bowl melt down till it's almost all liquid. Other times she > starts right in on it. Well I'll bet the extra calories are all going to good use since she's feeding her kittens. >> Yeah. I think he loves his cat. Very endearing. >> [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >This makes me wonder if any company makes lactose-free icecream? If they start to get the "dire" you will know what caused it. circa Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:13:47 -0600, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, m. L. Briggs (mlbriggs@nospam.net) said, > >This makes me wonder if any company makes lactose-free icecream? If they start to get the > "dire" you will know what caused it. Many companies do, indeed, make "lactose-free" ice cream. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > >This makes me wonder if any company makes lactose-free icecream? If they start to get the > "dire" you will know what caused it. Oh yezzzz.... I woke up one morning with the odor of freshly laid cat turd assaulting my nose. "Oh hell no!", says I, "This isn't gonna happen here." A quick look around revealed nothing on the floor. Sammy had ripped one that would put a bulldog to shame. She did the same thing later while laying in the hallway so I called my son and told him Sammy wanted some lovin'. He was quite repulsed at the vapors drifting around. He heee.. Fortunately she hasn't had any runs from the ice cream, just a wee bit of flatus which can be entertaining in a tasteless sort of way. Reminds me of when I was bottle-feeding an abandoned kitten (now 10 months old, and very spoiled), and I was wiping his bottom... I smelled poo - so I checked to see if he WAS pooping (he didn't like to poop, usually screamed as if he were getting a BATH when he did, and continued to holler like that for about a week after he started going in the litterbox by himself, but now he just tries to bury it in China) - and the little bugger let a tiny poof of a fart go - right in my face!!!! I couldn't help but get the giggles... SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > > >This makes me wonder if any company makes lactose-free icecream? If they > start to get the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Fortunately she hasn't had any runs from the ice cream, just a wee bit of > flatus which can be entertaining in a tasteless sort of way. > Fortunately she hasn't had any runs from the ice cream, just a wee bit of > flatus which can be entertaining in a tasteless sort of way. Farts are always funny. It's a rule. rona Signature***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** << Farts are always funny. It's a rule. rona >> Hmmm, really? I always thought it was a guy thing. On the other hand, I do truly find burping to be highly amusing and I'm not even white trash (I don't think). My burps, the burps of others, all burps. I, personally, am a phenomenal burper and don't need coke or any sort of stimulus in order to do it. But, farts...I dunno, I always have found them repulsive...It might have been being an only child and it was just never something done at home. On the other hand, my dad used to burp and burp talk to amuse me (much to my mother's disdain). Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) > Hmmm, really? I always thought it was a guy thing. On the other hand, I do > truly find burping to be highly amusing and I'm not even white trash (I don't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > other hand, my dad used to burp and burp talk to amuse me (much to my mother's > disdain). In my family it was the opposite. In fact, I don't recall burping loudly until I was in my 20s. No burping, no food on the face (like milk mustaches or those horrible Spaghetti-O things kids get on their faces), no licking fingers (though sometimes we'd get away with that one). But farting was OK. I think burping is funny, too, and when in university some friends tried to teach me to burp loudly. Everytime a little tiny burp came out I'd giggle. I always felt like I was doing something wrong, but it was great fun! Pooping is also funny. For a very funny read, see http://www.bluehaze.com.au/humour/2003_03_07.html but go directly to the bottom of the page, then page up a few times. The same page has some cat-related quotations near the top of the page (just hit page down a couple of times). rona Signature***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** circa Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:39:18 +0900, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Rona Yuthasastrakosol (prasantrin@yahoo.com) said, > > Fortunately she hasn't had any runs from the ice cream, just a wee bit of > > flatus which can be entertaining in a tasteless sort of way. > > Farts are always funny. It's a rule. As long as I'm not in the same room with 'em. :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > Farts are always funny. It's a rule. Otto has passed some pretty foul ones, and I didn't find them amusing at all. His favorite place to fart is on the coffee table, while I'm laying on the couch watching TV. They're silent & deadly. Fortunately, he hasn't done this for a long time. They might have been funny if there was noise to go along with the smell, but since there wasn't he got pushed off the table while I ran to get some deodorizer spray. Liz circa Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:58:29 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Elizabeth Blake (poodlebone@NOSPAMearthlink.net) said, > > Farts are always funny. It's a rule. > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > go along with the smell, but since there wasn't he got pushed off the table > while I ran to get some deodorizer spray. I have *never* had a cat that had gas; is this common? Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > I have *never* had a cat that had gas; is this common? > > Laura It is rare but profoundly memorable. circa Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:19:04 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, RobZip (RobZip@takethisout.eudora.com) said, > > I have *never* had a cat that had gas; is this common? > > > > Laura > > It is rare but profoundly memorable. <snork> Well, that's a very eloquent way of stating it. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > > It is rare but profoundly memorable. > > > <snork> Well, that's a very eloquent way of stating it. > > Laura Cassie was sitting on my lap as I typed that.... I was being a bit PC on the matter with her around as she seems quite proud of her own efforts to methanize the atmosphere. > > > It is rare but profoundly memorable. > > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > matter with her around as she seems quite proud of her own efforts to > methanize the atmosphere. We had a little, tiny mixed breed dog when I was growing up who could clear a room. > We had a little, tiny mixed breed dog when I was growing up who could clear > a room. I inherited an elderly Pekingese from my mother with similar traits. This dog had a taste for vegetables that I'm told was inherited through their Chinese ancestry and sharing of a human diet that featured many vegetables. This dog would beg for radishes, celery, asparagus, you name it. Of course, all the fibre converted rather nicely to methane production as well as assorted burps. It's a very strange sensation to have a little dog with Marty Feldman looking eyes crane its neck forward and make a grrruuupp! belch sound in your direction. circa Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:04:46 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, RobZip (RobZip@takethisout.eudora.com) said, > > We had a little, tiny mixed breed dog when I was growing up who could > clear [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Marty Feldman looking eyes crane its neck forward and make a grrruuupp! > belch sound in your direction. Now, *burping*, I've seen cats do. Definitely better than the alternative. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > I inherited an elderly Pekingese from my mother with similar traits. This dog had a taste for vegetables that I'm told was inherited through their Chinese ancestry and sharing of a human diet that featured many vegetables. Aww, you took in your mother's rheumy-eyed Pekinese? Now that is love. > This dog would beg for radishes, celery, asparagus, you name it. Of course, all the fibre converted rather nicely to methane production as well as assorted burps. It's a very strange sensation to have a little dog with Marty Feldman looking eyes crane its neck forward and make a grrruuupp! belch sound in your direction. Marty Feldman! This may change the way I look at little buggy-eyed dogs forever! Our "Susie" was a boxer/dachsund mix (yeah, I know, the people with the litter of pups she came from couldn't figure out how the parents pulled it off either) who had grown rather plump and so had long skinny legs, a long muzzle, great huge brown eyes and a fat, fawn-colored body. Her methane emissions were of the silent and deadly variety, and of a "southern" orientation. > Marty Feldman! This may change the way I look at > little buggy-eyed dogs forever! Glad I could help put a focus on your view of that type of dog. > Our "Susie" was a boxer/dachsund mix Billy Connoly does a comic piece about Dachsunds. A friend says he puts the female upstairs when she goes in heat to keep the male from getting at her. Billy points out that all the male has to do is go up the stairs and he gets her regardless. The friend asks Billy if he's ever seen a Dachsund with an erection trying to climb stairs... > > Marty Feldman! This may change the way I look at > > little buggy-eyed dogs forever! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Billy Connoly does a comic piece about Dachsunds. A friend says he puts the female upstairs when she goes in heat to keep the male from getting at her. Billy points out that all the male has to do is go up the stairs and he gets > her regardless. The friend asks Billy if he's ever seen a Dachsund with an erection trying to climb stairs... LOL!! >Our "Susie" was a boxer/dachsund mix (yeah, I know, the people with the >litter of pups she came from couldn't figure out how the parents pulled it Actually, that sounds like a dog I'd like. That Doxie attitude, with enough Boxer height to take him seriously! Sherry > >Our "Susie" was a boxer/dachsund mix (yeah, I know, the people with the litter of pups she came from couldn't figure out how the parents pulled it > Actually, that sounds like a dog I'd like. That Doxie attitude, with enoughBoxer height to take him seriously! Oh I loved that dog. She was the best. She could eat a whole bowl of chicken salad in ten seconds and leave behind every single piece of celery. > >Our "Susie" was a boxer/dachsund mix (yeah, I know, the people with the > >litter of pups she came from couldn't figure out how the parents pulled it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sherry Can you imagine a female Doxie birthing those things, though? Yikes! -L. circa Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:05:13 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > Our "Susie" was a boxer/dachsund mix (yeah, I know, the people with the > litter of pups she came from couldn't figure out how the parents pulled it > off either) who had grown rather plump and so had long skinny legs, a long > muzzle, great huge brown eyes and a fat, fawn-colored body. Sorry, I just can't envision this. <G> Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde "Laura R." <UseFirstInitialPlusRobinson@technologist.com> wrote in message > Sorry, I just can't envision this. <G> Susie was hilarious looking. I loved that dog! circa Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:31:07 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > Cassie was sitting on my lap as I typed that.... I was being a bit PC on > the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > We had a little, tiny mixed breed dog when I was growing up who could clear > a room. Now dogs are a whole different story...I swear, being able to produce buttstank is a requirement for dogdom. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde circa Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:22:22 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, RobZip (RobZip@takethisout.eudora.com) said, > > > It is rare but profoundly memorable. > > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > matter with her around as she seems quite proud of her own efforts to > methanize the atmosphere. <GUFFAW> Well, give her a little pat on the head and a cork in the butt* and send her on her way... ;-) *In case wingnut wigs out due to his humor impairedness, please do not put corks in cats' butts. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde ><GUFFAW> Well, give her a little pat on the head and a cork in the >butt* and send her on her way... ;-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Laura ROFL!! > ><GUFFAW> Well, give her a little pat on the head and a cork in the > >butt* and send her on her way... ;-) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Laura > ROFL!! Hey, I wonder if CP is responsible for all those "DO NOT POINT AT FACE WHILE OPENING" labels on champagne bottles? > > ><GUFFAW> Well, give her a little pat on the head and a cork in the > > >butt* and send her on her way... ;-) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Hey, I wonder if CP is responsible for all those "DO NOT POINT AT FACE WHILE > OPENING" labels on champagne bottles? Most baffling.. I mean.. 'Do not use this hair dryer when taking a shower...' Vee circa Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:17:39 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Veronica (marrowjam@wildblueyonder.co.uk) said, > > > ><GUFFAW> Well, give her a little pat on the head and a cork in the > > > >butt* and send her on her way... ;-) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Most baffling.. I mean.. > 'Do not use this hair dryer when taking a shower...' See below... Laura SignatureCaution: Cape does not enable user to fly. - Warning label on Batman costume "Veronica" <marrowjam@wildblueyonder.co.uk> wrote > Most baffling.. I mean.. > 'Do not use this hair dryer when taking a shower...' I made bread in a breadmaker yesterday. From the instructions: "Remove bread from breadmaker. BREAD WILL BE HOT." ??? > <GUFFAW> Well, give her a little pat on the head and a cork in the > butt* and send her on her way... ;-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Laura I don't reckon I'd try doing *anything* to a cats butt. However crackin' loose a silent one while she's nesting on my lap is fair game. "Whassa mattuh girl? You sure do look woozy.. Why you have such watery eyes?" Gotcha.... circa Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:51:16 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, RobZip (RobZip@takethisout.eudora.com) said, > I don't reckon I'd try doing *anything* to a cats butt. However crackin' > loose a silent one while she's nesting on my lap is fair game. "Whassa > mattuh girl? You sure do look woozy.. Why you have such watery eyes?" > Gotcha.... This is the kitty with the itchy boobs, right? Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:51:16 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > RobZip (RobZip@takethisout.eudora.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Laura No, Sammy is the itchy boob, new mommy girl. Cassie has been the flatus offender in the past. She doesn't do it very often but can definitely empty a room when she does. And that smug assed look when she does just irks the hell out of me. Cassie gets indignant, moves to the floor and glares at me with her ears laid back if I let one loose while she's on my lap. Sammy has had a bit of gas lately due to her change in diet. Earlier tonight I actually detected her presence by the fart she let loose. She had come out of the bedroom and was laying in the hall about 10 feet from where I was sitting in the living room. As soon as I caught the scent I knew she was close by. Looked around the corner and there she was. circa Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:11:55 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, RobZip (RobZip@takethisout.eudora.com) said, > > This is the kitty with the itchy boobs, right? > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > sitting in the living room. As soon as I caught the scent I knew she was > close by. Looked around the corner and there she was. Good lord, you have some gassy cats! Hm. Maybe I do, too, and just don't know it because of my allergies. I think I prefer the sneezing and itchy eyes/nose to the methane inhalation. :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > "Where's the babies, Sam?" "Muwahhh?" (translation - "Huh?") "Your > babies.... where are they?" "Purrooo! Muwahwah burroop!" (translation - [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > 12 day old kitten try to swat at a littermate and fall on his butt. Ambition > exceeds coordination at this point. More later... I am LMBO! Thank you for sharing this :) hehe Hailey >With the kittens almost 2 weeks old, Sammy decided today was moving day. She >moved all her babies from the maternity box to a far corner under my wife's [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >12 day old kitten try to swat at a littermate and fall on his butt. Ambition >exceeds coordination at this point. More later... aaawww, i miss kittens! you're so lucky. -L |
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