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Weeble Update - Week 2
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Magic Mood Jeep? - 06 Sep 2003 19:02 GMT Sir Weeble Wobblybottom has both eyes fully open, and can walk on all four legs (verses just crawl around on his belly), but is still a bit wobbly. His appetite is still growing, from about 6cc per feeding (every 2-4 hours) to anywhere between 12-18cc per feeding (every 2-4 hours). And when he decides it's time to poop - better have a LOT of tissue handy, cause he really lets it go! All poop is pretty consistent, texture of about toothpaste (yeah, I know, something you probably didn't want to know). He's doubled in size & weight - first time we weighed him he was barely 6.5 ounces, and this morning he was 13.1!!! And his front teeth (the tiny ones) have come in, and his canines (fangs) are starting to poke through his gums, sometimes he likes to chew on a finger or two after a big meal, other times he just burps and purrs and licks his paws and then falls asleep.
Unfortunately, I don't have any new pictures of him - yet.
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Priscilla Ballou - 06 Sep 2003 19:22 GMT > Sir Weeble Wobblybottom has both eyes fully open, and can walk on all four > legs (verses just crawl around on his belly), but is still a bit wobbly. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Unfortunately, I don't have any new pictures of him - yet. Thanks for the update -- please keep them coming! We'll wait for the pix, but we are tapping our feet whilst we wait, you know. ;-)
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MaryL - 06 Sep 2003 19:24 GMT > Sir Weeble Wobblybottom has both eyes fully open, and can walk on all four > legs (verses just crawl around on his belly), but is still a bit wobbly. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Unfortunately, I don't have any new pictures of him - yet. Time for those pictures -- you will really regret it later if you don't get some while he's still tiny. And, of course, we all want to see some!
MaryL
Hopitus2 - 06 Sep 2003 23:56 GMT Keep on burpin', Weeble!
: > Sir Weeble Wobblybottom has both eyes fully open, and can walk on all four : > legs (verses just crawl around on his belly), but is still a bit wobbly. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] : : MaryL Magic Mood Jeep? - 07 Sep 2003 01:02 GMT More pictures of Weeble added, may not show up right away as I am uploading them as I type this. http://community.webshots.com/album/87385216QpelvE
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> Sir Weeble Wobblybottom has both eyes fully open, and can walk on all four > legs (verses just crawl around on his belly), but is still a bit wobbly. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Unfortunately, I don't have any new pictures of him - yet. MaryL - 07 Sep 2003 01:50 GMT > More pictures of Weeble added, may not show up right away as I am uploading > them as I type this. > http://community.webshots.com/album/87385216QpelvE Oh, he is adorable! How many ways can we say Aaahhhhhhhhhhh?!
MaryL
Karen Chuplis - 07 Sep 2003 02:24 GMT > More pictures of Weeble added, may not show up right away as I am uploading > them as I type this. > http://community.webshots.com/album/87385216QpelvE He's really growing!
Alan Erskine - 07 Sep 2003 14:50 GMT Magic, I missed the original post, but Weeble is just soooo cute!
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> in article 5Au6b.182582$2x.51434@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net, Magic Mood Jeep?
> at nobody@nowhere.net wrote on 9/6/03 7:02 PM: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > He's really growing! Magic Mood Jeep? - 07 Sep 2003 20:08 GMT Not sure which post you missed, so here's all of them:
-------------------------posted 8/22/03 Just found 2 orphaned/abandoned kittens outside one of our basement windows (the mother was there last night when we first discovered them, and there were 5, but she moved 3 and hasn't come back for these 2). I have received some advice & supplies from my vet, but they seem to not want to eat. One of them had dirt caked on it's chin & neck (I think this one's a she, while with black spots) and sounds like she(?) might have a bit of a cold (snuffling when she breathes). The other is a VERY robust black boy (I think I saw boy parts on this one) that is squirming a screaming a LOT (he has a great set of lungs), but didn't want to nurse from the bottle (maybe the rubber nipple tastes bad?)
I believe these kittens to be under a week old, maybe only a few days as the black one still has a bit of dried umbilical cord on him.
I plan on contacting a local pet-rescue organization (Pets Alive - they do fosters & homing, plus have low cost spay/neuter, started by a bunch of people that were outraged that 3 out of every 4 animals in the county shelter were euthanized.) for any more advice and on finding a home for them, but ANY advice I get here will be greatly appreciated!
-------------------------posted 8/23/03 Most of you have read my request for help with a pair of abandoned kittens - and thanks for the great advice (both from NGs, my vet and a local rescue group). Unfortunately, one of them, the white & black one, was in very bad condition: she was bleeding from her nose and/or mouth, so that suggested some sort of internal injury - probably when we accidentally discovered MommaKat & she 'exploded' from the nest, she kicked/stepped on this little one. Our vet thought she might go at anytime, so we had her put down, which he did at no cost.
The black male is doing fine, has a healthy appetite (and a pair of lungs to match), and pees when stimulated to do so. In fact, he purred (very loudly for such a tiny kitty) for the first time today (I thought at first that the rattling noise he was making was because some of the formula went down the wrong way, but he wasn't having any troubles breathing, and wasn't fussing about anything, except for a large contented burp just before), jut an hour ago, right after I fed him (he ate 5cc of Nurtuall-C that I got from my vet), which is his 4th meal today. I've been feeding him every 2-4 hours (have a 4-hour alert on my PDA, or whenever he starts fussing on his own). We've been calling him Weeble, because he wobbles when he's active (Don't know if you remember that child's toy from the 60s/70s that was a round-bottomed toy that was bottom heavy, their commercial went "Weebles Wobble But They Don't Fall Down"). We think we have a forever home for him when he's older, a co-worker of my husband's wants another black cat to go with the one he has. We've also gotten at least 4-5 fleas off of him with a flea comb. We have not seen MommaKat since Thursday when we startled her.
-------------------------posted 8/24/03 Never thought I'd be excited over catpoop, but today, I am! Weeble had his first poop! He fought me every second of cleaning him, and proved exactly how powerful his lungs are!
-------------------------posted 8/25/03 Finally took a few pictures of Weeble, just uploaded them to his own photo album on webshots. If it doesn't show up, it usually takes a few minutes after I upload them to show on my photo albums page.
-------------------------posted 9/1/03 It's been about a week since I posted about Weeble, the abandoned kitten that I'm hand-raising. He's gone from less than 6.5 ounces to almost 10, his eyes are over 1/2 open, and his appetite has increased from 6cc per feeding to between 13-15cc per feeding (and that's every 2-4 hours). He's grown in size too - he's gonna be a monster!
There are six basic items on him that seem to be in working order: Squirmer, Squealer, Sucker, Pee-er, Pooper & Purrer... well, I guess I need to add a seventh: his Sleeper is in perfect working condition!
He's already got me well trained: to wake him is to feed him, and afterward he likes a bit of tummy-rub and he will fall asleep purring on my chest or stomach, and once he starts peeing or pooping, he goes at it whole heartedly.
Since he's getting the royal treatment, I've started calling him Sir Weeble Wobblybottom, and have posted more pics of him here: http://community.webshots.com/album/87385216QpelvE
-------------------------posted 9/6/03 Sir Weeble Wobblybottom has both eyes fully open, and can walk on all four legs (verses just crawl around on his belly), but is still a bit wobbly. His appetite is still growing, from about 6cc per feeding (every 2-4 hours) to anywhere between 12-18cc per feeding (every 2-4 hours). And when he decides it's time to poop - better have a LOT of tissue handy, cause he really lets it go! All poop is pretty consistent, texture of about toothpaste (yeah, I know, something you probably didn't want to know). He's doubled in size & weight - first time we weighed him he was barely 6.5 ounces, and this morning he was 13.1!!! And his front teeth (the tiny ones) have come in, and his canines (fangs) are starting to poke through his gums, sometimes he likes to chew on a finger or two after a big meal, other times he just burps and purrs and licks his paws and then falls asleep.
-------------------------posted 9/6/03 More pictures of Weeble added, may not show up right away as I am uploading them as I type this. http://community.webshots.com/album/87385216QpelvE
------------------------- And that's the whole story now!
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> Magic, I missed the original post, but Weeble is just soooo cute! > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > He's really growing! Alan Erskine - 07 Sep 2003 20:19 GMT Thank's Magic. I meant the post Karen responded to. He is a cute little fella!
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> Not sure which post you missed, so here's all of them: Marina - 07 Sep 2003 04:53 GMT "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote
> More pictures of Weeble added, may not show up right away as I am uploading > them as I type this. AAww! I couldn't part with that, either. So glad you are keeping him.
-- Marina
Tanada - 07 Sep 2003 07:27 GMT "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote:
> More pictures of Weeble added, may not show up right away as I am uploading > them as I type this. > http://community.webshots.com/album/87385216QpelvE He's getting bigger and cuter all the time. I love his tooties.
Pam S.
Exocat - 08 Sep 2003 22:57 GMT "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote....
> More pictures of Weeble added, may not show up right away as I am uploading > them as I type this. > http://community.webshots.com/album/87385216QpelvE Congratulations on your care for such a wonderful little fellow: he's a babe!
To prolong the "aaah" factor I've opened up a similar album for my own photogenic "boys" for anyone who'd care to have a look. Comments welcome.
http://community.webshots.com/album/89494366MeUPMh
Enjoy
G
Karen Chuplis - 08 Sep 2003 23:25 GMT I love the one in the box with the BIG orange kitty and the teeeeeny b & w kitty.
Karen
> "Magic Mood Jeep?" wrote.... > > More pictures of Weeble added, may not show up right away as I am uploading [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > G Sabrina's Mom - 07 Sep 2003 02:40 GMT He sounds adorable!!!
I'm glad things are going well for him and you are taking such good care of him.
> Sir Weeble Wobblybottom has both eyes fully open, and can walk on all four > legs (verses just crawl around on his belly), but is still a bit wobbly. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep Hopitus2 - 07 Sep 2003 06:36 GMT (Gasp!) Weeble is beginning to resemble a..............cat! A *little* cat! Looks like he is beginning, also, to "love you back"......no wonder you can't part with his Weebleness. He is irresistable.
: He sounds adorable!!! : [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] : > http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ : > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep Angela Ryan - 07 Sep 2003 13:37 GMT He is adorable.....There's no way I could part with him after all you've done for him (not to mention his cuteness).
His claws look awfully sharp....you are probably hoping he doesn't learn to use them!!!
He looks really playful!!! It must be exciting watching something that tiny grow up
I look forward to your updates!
Angela
> Sir Weeble Wobblybottom has both eyes fully open, and can walk on all four > legs (verses just crawl around on his belly), but is still a bit wobbly. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep
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