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Just found a cat and newborn kittens in my garden on a low bench. WWYD??

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Pinot · 17/04/2011 11:40

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TheOriginalFAB · 29/05/2011 15:35

You sure???

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Pinot · 29/05/2011 15:34

YAY! CestTout is back!

And ooh who were you before squareegg? I love a namechange guessing game

I think I'm going to have to make DH accept the co-sleeping as they just refuse to sleep on their own past silly o'clock in the morning. Though this morning they slept til 6am which is good. I mean, it's hideous right? I wanna sleep til 10 but 6 is better than it has been. I at saffrons menacing purring - so true!

They had a plate of food for brekkie and ate it all, then I added a bit more and they ate all of that as well, bar 4 little cubes of meat. They had huge bellies so promptly fell asleep for a couple of hours :) Pure contentment :)

I'm off to google when they have jabs - luckily we haven't needed the vets in a while so I don't know!

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squareegg · 29/05/2011 13:37

Oooh Fab, theyre so fluffy it wouldn't hurt at all. Promise!

CestTout · 29/05/2011 12:53

Been away for a week so just caught up on last page at airport will be straight on comp at home to see video! Glad they are both on solids :-)

TheOriginalFAB · 29/05/2011 11:57

at the thought of my furry niece and nephew getting jabbed .

squareegg · 29/05/2011 11:03

I have happily melted at that video.
Glad the weaning's going well. Funny how I switch off the minute people talk about their struggles with weaning their babies, but for kitties I am agog!
Have posted on this thread before btw, just name changed.

What's their next mile stone going to be? Will they need their jabs or anything soon?

saffronwblue · 29/05/2011 00:36

Pinot

saffronwblue · 29/05/2011 00:36

Great news about the eating. You have done such a brilliant job Pnot. I love sleeping with a cat in the bed, but my cat is banned because she is so militant at dawn. A swipe to the face is how she starts the day accompanied by really menacing loud purring.

SummerRain · 28/05/2011 18:32

I've always co-slept with all my babies. human and feline and it's always been fine. In fact with ds2 we co-slept with him and kittens and it was lovely (although dp swears ds2 thinks he's a cat now too)

That video was uber-cute

Northernlurker · 28/05/2011 12:39

Oh that video is adorable! Co-cleeping cat style

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Pinot · 28/05/2011 12:34

But they're my babies!!

:) :)

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sharbie · 28/05/2011 12:25

high five pinot

now you just need to shut them in another room for the night to get some sleep.........

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Pinot · 28/05/2011 12:07

Also thought you'd all like this if you haven't seen it already :)

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vw4KVoEVcr0

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Pinot · 28/05/2011 12:05

Well ickle Ginger is a good boy and ate a plate of Whiskas kitten food this morning So now both of them are on solids :)

Unfortunately I was awake between 2.20 and about 5 due to them chasing each other around the bedroom/weeing on the carpet/making the dogs wake up etc etc. Last checked the clock at 4.45 and they finally fell asleep a little later.

This fun "wake up in the night" game needs to stop

Someone please send them a memo as they clearly didn't receive mine

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TheOriginalFAB · 27/05/2011 16:06

It is at least 3 months.

She actually asked for her tea, as in came and got me when I wasn't coming in the house wuick enough and I gave her a new new food as I wanted her to eat. She ate .

I have fed FabCat and FabGirlGuineaPig and FabBoyGuineaPig so now I can feed the kids!!

ClaireDeLoon · 27/05/2011 14:01

Good luck for the vets, how long has she had kidney problems?

With regard to shorter but happier life, my old boy, Harry, I got when he was 10 from CPL (age an estimate as he had been a stray). He had to go on to steroids from the off as he had a severe skin allergy. They said long term steroids would shorten his life but like I say he lived until 19.

I think he started with kidney failure at about 16 so he had a good few years at a fairly advanced age on the steroids, kidney meds and finally also permanent antibiotics as he had a mouth infection from a growth but he was too old for an op to remove it. He was very much one for sleeping on the bed, preferably on my pillow, which was great with the bad breath that the mouth infection gave!

TheOriginalFAB · 27/05/2011 13:58

I actually have some in I think.

onclefestere · 27/05/2011 13:53

That's good news FAB. Tinned roe is always a good treat for poorly cats not feeling their best - might be worth a try?

TheOriginalFAB · 27/05/2011 13:50

My vet agrees a shorter but happier life is preferable and doesn't mind us giving her normal food if she won't eat the renal stuff. She sees the vet next week.

onclefestere · 27/05/2011 13:43

No, that's the thing with mash. I think Mum just used it as a filler to get kittens used to solids but it's clearly no use for a cat with kidney problems....

ClaireDeLoon · 27/05/2011 13:41

I wouldn't have a tiny one in our bed. Mostly because they're a bit less reliable in the 'holding it in until they get to their tray' department. I say 'our bed' of course I do realise it is the cats bed and they just let us sleep in it when they aren't using it.

Fab my old boy had renal failure in the few years before he passed (aged 19). I took the view that it was better for him to eat non renal food than not eat at all, he got dreadfully thin for the last year. I used to give them renal biscuits (all cats to avoid two types, expensive but healthwise fine for the two junior cats) and ordinary pouches. If his appetite was off he would get coley, prawns and applaws. Mash might be palatable but it's not giving him much in the way of nutrients. Much sympathy it is awful not knowing what to do for the best.

onclefestere · 27/05/2011 13:38

I honestly don't think so...they just move if you move...they enjoy cuddling up anyway, don't they - it's nice and warm!

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Pinot · 27/05/2011 13:32

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onclefestere · 27/05/2011 13:30

our cats still get in our bed now . I don't think it's dangerous is it? I suppose there's a risk with co-sleeping but cats tend to kick up a big fuss if you sit on them accidentally....

TheOriginalFAB · 27/05/2011 13:30

I just went to check on FabCat and she is asking for food. I offered a piece of cake as she seemed to want that but no, so I gave her some biscuits. I hope she is quick and comes upstairs as the mad kids are riding their motorbikes up and down the close again.

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