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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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Pinot · 21/04/2011 10:35

vague now vage. Dur!

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Pinot · 21/04/2011 10:34

I've just finished giving them a bath with cotton wool pads and warm water - they looked very grumpy with me and squealed at their disgust. Now drying in a towel asleep on the heatmat. I'm awaiting the fluff to pop up on them!

One of them has lost their dried cord and my DS2 was Grin

I'm off to raid the airing cupboard for more towels as I'm running out at swapping them around so often due to pee. I have a vage memory of a set of Bob the builder towels lurking so we channel a bit of old skool Cbeebies action :)

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TrillianAstra · 21/04/2011 00:17

:o at yoshi

GwendolineMaryLacey · 20/04/2011 23:47

You're winding the kittens? That's so cute. :)

WuzzAndBuddy · 20/04/2011 22:46

Just popping in for a little kitty fix before bed... so much cuter than the bedbugs that were just on the news! Hmm

ChocolateEggyrolls · 20/04/2011 22:13

Pinot, DH has just said I can't have one.

Gutted
Sad Angry but i shall win him over! (maybe not one of yours but somewhere there is another kitten with my name on it!) First thing he said was "does it have a heartbeat? if so NO"

ReshapeWhileDamp · 20/04/2011 20:30

delurking on this thread to join the cheerleaders! Grin You're doing a brilliant job, Pinot!

And I never knew that Pets At Home did vets too. You learn something new every day... Grin

Jellykat · 20/04/2011 20:05

Grin @ yoshilunk

yoshiLunk · 20/04/2011 19:55

Oh ffs what's going on, I wander in and everyone's gone all Awww and Ahhh and cutesy, what is this,flaming netmums?

What, ...Kittens?

Newborn?

AAaaawWW - OH the Pictures!!!

SWeeeeEEEt!

well done you,

lisad123isasnuttyasaboxoffrogs · 20/04/2011 19:54

we didnt do teats, we used syrine.

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Pinot · 20/04/2011 19:48

Thumper feeds OK but I think some of it goes down the wrong way (despite a tiny hole in the teat) as she 'crackles' when breathing after a feed, until I've burped her on my shoulder.

Hmmm. Worries me.

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MigratingCoconuts · 20/04/2011 19:46

Will you stop the photos...my cute-ometer is going into overdrive and I cannot take any more Grin

lisad123isasnuttyasaboxoffrogs · 20/04/2011 19:44

I dont know why, she was the smallest and was never a good feeder :(
Warm water works better for making them pooh, and cotton woll pads work best. Always make milk to room temp and we were told not to let them go longer than 3 hours wthout a feed.

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Pinot · 20/04/2011 19:39

That first pic is Thumper :)

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purpleknittingmum · 20/04/2011 19:35

Just seen the photos....they are lovely! My favourite is the first photo, black and white one!

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Pinot · 20/04/2011 19:28

lisa do you know why the little one didn't make it? Or do you have any tips for me?

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lisad123isasnuttyasaboxoffrogs · 20/04/2011 19:25

we had to hand rear our cats kittens when she got attacked a few days later and got a nasty infection. Warm water and cotton pads cannot be viewed the same anymore! Sadly we lost one about 3 weeks in, the smallest one :(
The older two went to a friend who hand reared them with us at her house as having them here was too stressful for the mummy. They are huge balls of fluff.
Its hard work but keep at it :) they are so cute

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Pinot · 20/04/2011 19:14

Grin Just laughed at my laptop screen! Grin

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SummerRain · 20/04/2011 19:12

I think my womb just twanged Envy

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Pinot · 20/04/2011 19:09

How about if I tell you that Meow (the original one) won't suckle unless she's got both her teeny paws pressing against my finger?

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I love them soooooo much, only tempered by my nerves that they're still so vulnerable.

!!

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Hangingbellyofbabylon · 20/04/2011 19:08

aw, they are super! you are doing such a good job. xxx

ensure · 20/04/2011 19:06

Aw! Lovely pictures!

SummerRain · 20/04/2011 19:03

In my (admittadly limited) experiance they've generally started peeping around the one week mark... I had one look right at me at 5 days though and another who was closer to 2 weeks so it varies (just like with all babies)

I'm getting so broody hearing about all the purring Envy

slinkyboo · 20/04/2011 19:02

Lovely lovely thread...given me a warm feeling inside!! Well done Pinot and please keep posting! We have 2 rescue cats, got as kittens...they are fab Smile

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Pinot · 20/04/2011 18:54

Phew! I had a proper old-skool new parent panic then!! How ridiculous - must remember they are cats not babies but they're cute lil baby cats and so so sweet and my kids are all big and not cute now Grin

Soooooo..... you've teased me now! When will the eyes open? And when can they start to hear? So exciting!

Thumper gave me her 1st purr after tea tonight :)

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