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Fritti - 11 May 2005 15:41 GMT

bowensanders Wrote:

> Purrs to Shandy and Shandy's wee one. Make sure she's kept warm and
> that Shandy gives her plenty of milk. If you think, over time, tha
> she
> isn't getting enough milk, supplement her diet with KMR (kitten milk
> replacement).
>
> Also, there was never a kitten that didn't benefit from the loving
> touch of her human companions. As time goes on, you could help mother
> her just as Shandy does. Talk to her all the time, and treat her as
> your very own baby. Remember you're the baby's nanny now! Between the
> second and eighth week is the most important developmental point in a
> kitten's life; this is the time that all of its behaviors an
> reactions
> to things are neuralogically built. The more things from your
> environment you expose them to during this time (other people, a leash
> and harness, noises, the outside world, the car, etc) the more
> well-adjusted and willing the kitten will be to see you as 'safety' or
> the 'safe place' - and the more likely you will have a cat that 'comes
> when you call them.' You can never start training too early. They will
> turn out better in the long run, the more you put into it.
>
> Best of luck, and purrs from our Mooch, Purusha and Loki as well!
> bowensanders & laurelnoelle
>
> (http://www.bowensanders.com/ - for those who complained about talking
> about your cats without providing the group pictures *wink*)

Thanks a lot for the purrs and the advice. Shandy and her little bab
girl Reverse are in a basket under my computer desk so I can constantl
keep my eyes on them, and everything seems to be going good now. Shand
does need the help, because she's not really that attentive of
mother. When Reverse tumbles out of the basket, Shandy won't retriev
her. She does get out of the basket and goes to the kit to feed her
though, and Reverse has a beautiful big round tummy now, so ther
doesn't seem to be a shortage of milk. After all, the little girl ha
all eight nipples all to herself now.
Right next to the basket is an old radio-record-player which i
constantly playing, providing nice soft music for mom and daught, an
about every hour I take little Reverse out of the basket to check up o
her. She's quite talkative, squeaking and mewling each time I pick he
up. All looking good. Yesterday I kept her on my lap for a while, an
Shandy came over to feed her there. Thanks to the help I had to giv
her with her litters being born (the very first not wanting to come ou
because of the size, and now these two in breech presentation, als
needing to be pulled out by me), Shandy is very trusting where i
concerns me handling her kittens. Actually, it seems to be the cause o
her unattentiveness. She seems to think, when for instance littl
Reverse tumbles out of the basket: Well, no need for me to pick her up
I have someone doing that for me.
Anyway, as I said, thank you very much for the purrs and the advice. I
seems to have helped a lot!
Fritti

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Fritti

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bowensanders - 11 May 2005 21:14 GMT

Glad we could do anything to help. We're willing to bet she's going to
grow up to be quite an amazing cat. You have to get us some pictures!
we'd love to see them, for our cat scrapbook (we've got pictures of all
the cat's we've worked with in the last years, as you can imagine, its
getting to be a big book now... :)

bowensanders@msn.com & laurelnoelle
www.bowensanders.com will have the scrapbook soon...

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