tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post4872482923285859549..comments2024-01-27T01:29:47.634-05:00Comments on ~Tails from the Foster Kittens~: Meet the new kidsConnie - Tails from the Foster Kittenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127077337743262149noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-76716400828946352402012-07-18T23:56:23.276-04:002012-07-18T23:56:23.276-04:00We have a wary adult cat! Mica Moo has been with ...We have a wary adult cat! Mica Moo has been with us 2 years, but I hope one day she will be like a cat that was raised from kittenhood with people. She has come a long way. It takes so much patience to build her trust, then I try to be careful not to do anything to lessen what we've built.Oui Ouihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511929091170922539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-43392474251372248532012-07-18T21:20:49.103-04:002012-07-18T21:20:49.103-04:00Thank you for your message about Scooter. FUnny, I...Thank you for your message about Scooter. FUnny, I had been reading about diabetes and weak legs just yesterday. I will speak to the vet again and try to get a pee sample to test.<br /><br />Thanks also for the note, "too early is better than too late" as well, I have a lump in my throat..... he rallied and had a good day today....<br /><br />His condition is good- such a shiny coat, we were just saying today. He is purrful and seems ok mentally, interacting- he is in an enormous box with a roof, it has a quilt in there and a pillow with a furry cloth on top. He has water, and wet and dry food and cat-friendly milk all there for him, and his litter just round the side. It is in the conservatory so he can see out the glass door at the garden, and we keep the door to this room open and pop our heads round the door to check him regularly. If awake, we go and say hello and stroke him and see if he needs anything. Today he has moved towards us when we've done this, or just lifted his head and chirruped. He purrs and has curled up with his favourite toy mouse.<br /><br />He is proudly refusing the litter and choosing instead to walk to his patch in the garden. I go with him, day or night. He is walking a little better but cannot contemplate the catflap.<br /><br />I wish I could make him well, and make him young again..... I am desperately sad and afraid to lose my friend of so many years. I kept his Mama and his siblings too. He is the last of a clan, a closing of a chapter.<br /><br />I will never put my own heart ahead of his hurt. I am afraid of making the decision too soon, but take comfort from your words and will tell myself in the days to come, "too soon is better than too late"....<br /><br />as with your cat though, his eyes don't seem to want to let go, and it will be so hard, I will feel I am betraying him....<br /><br />))hug((Mrs Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972137710178467475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-79468359248099680832012-07-18T18:10:46.930-04:002012-07-18T18:10:46.930-04:00Sounds like they are getting confidence and trust ...Sounds like they are getting confidence and trust with you :-) <br />They are both so adorable and lucky to have you being so patient and caring.Tamagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146082320211034945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-11659118421999059802012-07-18T17:41:43.379-04:002012-07-18T17:41:43.379-04:00Oh sweet Ezra and beautiful Eliza! Oh wow. Oh they...Oh sweet Ezra and beautiful Eliza! Oh wow. Oh they are adorable! So happy they are with you! Hopefully the wariness will disappear and there will only be purrs!! Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-63778544684258352772012-07-18T16:54:44.274-04:002012-07-18T16:54:44.274-04:00You certainly know what you are doing, Connie!! xx...You certainly know what you are doing, Connie!! xxCATachresishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227422179439047735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-25127256992028959832012-07-18T14:15:54.497-04:002012-07-18T14:15:54.497-04:00Bribes will get you everywhere. Adorable kitties....Bribes will get you everywhere. Adorable kitties. Ditto on the begging for treatment Connie, my mother and I had a lab not long ago who needed allergy shots every 2 weeks. to distract him from the needle we smeared his food bowl with peanut butter. That dog even at 13 with arthritis would RUN at the sound of the PB jar and stand ready for his shots. Maybe a week after he put the two together he would do the same thing to the sound of the box the needles were kept in.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02172447325915261503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-46845832265126461292012-07-18T14:10:34.396-04:002012-07-18T14:10:34.396-04:00Kelly,
when I have to do "bad things" ...Kelly, <br /><br />when I have to do "bad things" to kittens I often give special treats afterwards like meat baby food to try to make it a little more forgivable. I know a lot of people who have diabetic cats who have to do ear pricks to draw blood to test. after a while they ASK to have their blood tested because they know it means they'll get a treat and love :)Connie - Tails from the Foster Kittenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127077337743262149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-81994619294971699192012-07-18T13:53:07.995-04:002012-07-18T13:53:07.995-04:00Those are great first steps! And they are beautifu...Those are great first steps! And they are beautiful babies.The Furries of Whisppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732972758512775677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-68962766252396478842012-07-18T13:34:55.960-04:002012-07-18T13:34:55.960-04:00Hooray for first steps! My wary little Porter char...Hooray for first steps! My wary little Porter charged the door this morning and insisted that I pick him up and snuggle him. I was so thrilled that I let him rub his little ringworm face all over me. Thought twice about medicating him (the reason that he is so wary) but needed to do it anyway. Hoping he remembers the loving more than the medicating the next time through the door.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770791685503482106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-16207613074840681652012-07-18T12:43:25.980-04:002012-07-18T12:43:25.980-04:00they will come round eventuallythey will come round eventuallyLittle Miss Titchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456038281813066947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-18475472734099180432012-07-18T10:09:53.815-04:002012-07-18T10:09:53.815-04:00Oh look at those cuties! That's a lot of progr...Oh look at those cuties! That's a lot of progress for just one nigh, hooray!Renehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832643923158222775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859669.post-60211409019659381552012-07-18T09:10:51.369-04:002012-07-18T09:10:51.369-04:00that is a GREAT first step. While the tough ones g...that is a GREAT first step. While the tough ones give us heartburn sometimes, we think that seeing them come around can be the greatest reward. :)Random Felineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591546634183113556noreply@blogger.com