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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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ExitPursuedByAKitten · 20/05/2011 10:49

Mmm - you don't think you are spoiling them do you Shock. Might have to exercise a bit of tough love and make them go cold turkey Grin

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Pinot · 20/05/2011 10:47

Exit They're 5 weeks tomorrow - and still have no interest in kitten food!!!! GAH!!!!

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TheDinnerWitch · 20/05/2011 10:42

I'm so proud of those kittens!! Grin

ExitPursuedByAKitten · 20/05/2011 10:29

Hurrah for the kittens. Are they four weeks now Pinot? That was the age I got mine and they were on kitten food then. Though not in the least bit housetrained!

ClaireDeLoon · 20/05/2011 10:21

:o well done those kittens!

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Pinot · 20/05/2011 09:16

Well my little babies slept through the night :) :) I forgot to set the alarm for the night feed (bad wine, naughty wine) and I awoke at 6.20 to scratching and meowing and a "S-H-I-T!!!!!!!!" panic eyes-flying-open as I realised it was light and I hadn't fed them....they were fine, and guzzled like crazy at their milk whilst I told them how clever they were. Turns out sleep is the best present Grin

Ginger and Meow are both now using the litter tray for wees and Ginger has done a poo in it too but Meow has yet to tick that off her list of jobs.

Suffice to say, I'm a proud Mummy :) :)

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bruffin · 19/05/2011 17:55

I was thinking the same thing the other day Summerrain. I only got my cat in february, however a few weeks before that we looked after a very well trained chocolate labrador. She was really lovely, but I have come to the conclusion that having a dog is like having a toddler and having a cat is like having a teenagerGrin

SummerRain · 19/05/2011 11:29

all cats are teenagers at heart.... obnoxious, rude, demanding and ignore you unless they want something Wink

I still lurve my pudder tats though, even if they're a bit anti social at times.

Last night dp and I were in bed and heard ds1 getting out of bed on the baby monitor and stumbling out of his room. Obviously Petie heard him too as halfway across the hall he'd joined him and was mowing happily at him, followed him into our room and both of them climbed into bed with us and snuggled in.... very cute Grin

HRHPrincessZombiePlan · 19/05/2011 10:27

They are supercute.

Jux is so right. It's funny isn't it - while you're doing night feeds you feel like hell and wish you weren't, but when they're a bit older you look back and feel all nostalgic. Make the most of the little kitten snuggles and minipurrs while you've got them... it won't be long before they've grown up into teenagers cats

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Pinot · 18/05/2011 13:09

LBE The toilet?! Oh boy have I got a few things to learn! I'm limiting them to the lounge at the mom, so the dogs either join us or sit on the other side of the french doors looking fed up. Not long, woofers, and they'll be safe to wander about terrorising you :)

Jux you're right, of course, and a good reminder. They are so lovely and so purr-y when I pick them up for a feed, it's just the hideousness of cracking my eyes open at silly o'clock whilst dh snoozes like a walrus baby Grin Copy away, no probs.

Buch I agree 100%

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Bucharest · 18/05/2011 11:32

Oh my life. Just popping in for my weekly fix. Smile

They have to be the most photogenic puds ever.

Jux · 18/05/2011 11:23

Oh they really are Major Cute! Can I copy a couple of those pics for my Cute Cat Collection?

Purple is great, make the best of it while you can, all too soon you'll return to normal - things are so fleeting Grin

LadyBeagleEyes · 18/05/2011 11:08

Oh I'm so jealous. They're getting so grown up. I bet they're into everything.
Word of warning, when one of my cats was a kitten he fell in the toilet. I heard this scraping noise and rescued him, but if I hadn't been there he would have drowned as he was very tiny and couldn't get out on his own.
So always close your toilet lid.
Btw your dogs are very lovely too.

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Pinot · 18/05/2011 10:33

Hey saffron - nooooooo, still making me rise from the dead bed for milkychops. And twice last night too - mostly now it's just once. I have attractive purple marks under my eyes from being tired - DS3 (aged 8) said to me a couple of days ago " Mummy you've put make-up under your eyes " No, son, that's just a sign of no sleep !! Shock I suspect once they eat meat they'll stay fuller for longer

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saffronwblue · 18/05/2011 10:29

Just popping in to see how the gorgeous kittens are doing. Pinot are they sleeping through the night yet?

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Pinot · 18/05/2011 08:22

Nope Envy But I still luff her :)

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ExitPursuedByAKitten · 18/05/2011 08:18

Clever, clever boy. Is Meow following suit?

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Pinot · 18/05/2011 07:55

My theory is a Gifted and Talented baby will grow into an adult that enjoys a Gin and Tonic

Hey last night the kits were playing around and Ginger walks over to the litter tray, walks in and squats for a poo! I'm so proud! TMI perhaps but how clever !!

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ExitPursuedByAKitten · 17/05/2011 21:08

Oh - you mean gifted and talented Blush

ExitPursuedByAKitten · 17/05/2011 21:07

Sorry to be thick - what's G&T? (Apart from the obvious of course)

SummerRain · 17/05/2011 20:39

Poor thing, my Blue was a fairly bad mother as well (although at least she hung around to be a bad mother I suppose) but she's the sweetest cat otherwise.

Those new pics are divine Grin I love the one of the two of them hanging off the scratching post [squee]

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Pinot · 17/05/2011 17:40

He is G&T Grin

I haven't seen Mummy Cat myself but lovely lady over the road said she was driving into our estate recently and thinks she saw her. I'm not too sure how accurate that is though, tbh, as a tortoiseshell is pretty common I think so still not sure in myself if she's around. We are a large housing estate and back onto another estate so she could be anywhere. She definitely hasn't been back in the garden as it's been such lovely weather the conservatory door has been permanently open and the dogs sunbathing in the garden and they haven't freaked out barking like the week she kept sitting on our fence (the week before she gave birth as it turned out). Wherever she is, I hope she's OK. She was very sweet with us, letting us stroke her and feed her ham from our hands, just not a good mummy, what with the biting/rejecting and all :(

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TheOriginalFAB · 17/05/2011 17:33

Did Mummy Cat ever come back?

TheOriginalFAB · 17/05/2011 17:32

Definitely G&T!!

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 17/05/2011 17:29

Oh - and re: the potty training - Ginger is clearly G&T.

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