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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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ExitPursuedByAGryffin · 21/07/2011 13:04

Wow Wynken - they are georgeous - and so is Mum!

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Pinot · 21/07/2011 10:31

Oh they're all so beautiful! A fantastic mix of tabby colours and MummyCat looks wonderfully happy :) I hope Titch is OK, if you can persevere with handfeeding it's worth it - Meow (our girl) was much smaller than Rosie and Ginger and she made it through, and is still a small little thing. Rosie was bigger and didn't make it so you can never tell - hoping Titch will be strong as well as small

(Also, if you're local-ish to Sussex my Mum is now looking for a kitten to home!)

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WynkenBlynkenandNod · 21/07/2011 10:15

Yes can definitely understand the emotional wreck. We're off to the vets at 11 as another of our cats came home yesterday with a tail injury. She seems OK but want to make sure.

The smallest kitten is coming with us as not gaining weight despite best efforts and is a worry. You get attached to them so quickly don't you, especially if hand feeding (am topping Titch up every couple of hours.

Will sort profile later but here they are, photos aren't very good.

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Pinot · 21/07/2011 09:30

Aww thanks Wynken :) Put piccies on your profile please !! It is exhausting and I hope not to have to do it ever again - much as I adore my kittens now, the worry and stress was completely overwhelming at times, whoch together with the night feeds and being limited to going out and having to be home every 2 hours - well, I was a bit of an emotional wreck tbh. And little Rosie is still very much missed :(

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WynkenBlynkenandNod · 20/07/2011 22:51

Managed to miss this thread somehow until was searching for kitten threads earlier today as we have 6 unexpected teeny tiny kittens that are 3 days old.

What a brilliant thread. Pinot you are a complete hero. I am absolutely shattered and we have the Mum cat who is feeding them, apart from one little one who never seems to get any in the kitten scrum. Can't imagine how exhausting it must have been and it's so lovely to see the photos from tiny to how they are now . You have done so brilliantly.

Love the ones with Ruby, am hoping my dog will do the same in a few weeks time.

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Pinot · 18/07/2011 08:29

I want to be just Pinot but it's taken (by someone who never ever ever posts Angry ) so I have to have a zero not an o. How rubbish!!

I change often anyway so might add the kittens bit back on again soon :)

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Kestryn · 18/07/2011 01:14

Thanks Pin0t. I was looking round all over the place for your new name so I could admire the pictures. They're looking gorgeous Smile

ExitPursuedByAGryffin · 17/07/2011 20:34

Been on hols and just returned to check up on the kits. See they are doing fabulously. Am I being thick about your name change P?

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Pinot · 17/07/2011 17:40

Hi all (and Kestryn who reminded me to post!)

The babies are 13 weeks now and have finished their vaccinations (with no ill effects this time) and are microchipped and wormed :) Fingers crossed no more vets visits until they get spayed at 5/6 months Grin Grin

I found Meow asleep in the sink this morning - she'd been playing with a dripping tap, exhausted herself and was asleep in a puddle!! Meanwhile Ginger was killing his first ever victim - a teeny spider in the conservatory. He carried it around in his mouth and dropped it at my feet (dead thank gawd). I'm proud of him, obvs, but a tad trepidacious of what awaits me with future 'gifts' !!!

They both now run to the food bowl when I shake the food tin :) :)

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Kestryn · 17/07/2011 15:22

How are the kittens Pinot?

ClaireDeLoon · 08/07/2011 13:46

Love the new pics Pinot, they're so adorable.

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Pinot · 04/07/2011 15:00

I think kittens - 2 is better as they can fight and play together.

Older cats - not sure. One would be fine I'd have thought?

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Pinot · 04/07/2011 14:59

Well in a weirdy beirdy way, I thought I was allergic. I always get streamy eyes/itchy nose with other peoples cats and have to take Piriton when I'm visiting them. But at home I'm fine. Strange, non? I wonder if it's because I built up allergens (?) when they were tiny and had not much hair/dander or some'at?

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ExitPursuedByAKitten · 04/07/2011 14:39

But two is always better than one isn't it?

DD is allergic to cats (ish) so I have been monitoring her since my old girl went in November.

I think I will have to accidentally find a couple of needy strays

SummerRain · 04/07/2011 13:58

awww.... reading about them is making me all weepy remembering my lot as kittens Smile

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Pinot · 04/07/2011 13:30

Ooh Exit get a kitten! So far, we've not had any wee/poo accidents since the first week of litter training (week 4) and no scratched furniture as we've bought 3 cheap scratching posts and dotted them around the house.

Doooooo ittttttttt Grin

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ExitPursuedByAKitten · 04/07/2011 13:27

Ginger will always want cuddles, being a Tom.

Envy of kitten fun.

Made the mistake of showing DD the pics over the weekend.

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Pinot · 04/07/2011 12:18

Yes they're my babies, they're staying within cuddle distance of me at all times!! Grin I have 2 dogs - an old lady Cavalier who is sweet but snores like a trucker and generally ignores the kittens, and an 11mth old Vizsla who thinks she is a kitten and plays with them comstantly, whether they want to or not Grin Daft apath!

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noddyholder · 04/07/2011 12:00

Pinot no time to read all this! Are you keeping them? Is that your dog? Gorgeous and so tolerant that is lovely x

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Pinot · 04/07/2011 11:56

I think I meant stripey. Meh.

They're currently wrestling like nutters on the floor...both tails all fuzzed up and chasing around before the next "b-u-n-d-l-e" roll-a-round :)

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OTheHugeManatee · 04/07/2011 11:47

They're looking so grown up! And Grin at little live prickly furry things lurking in a net full of cuddly toys Smile

TrilllianAstra · 04/07/2011 11:44

I like the pictures with the giant brown dog!

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Pinot · 04/07/2011 11:38

Exit He's huge isn't he? Part Tiger, with that stripy tail :) Still loves snuggly cuddles though :)

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ExitPursuedByAKitten · 04/07/2011 09:41

I'm liking the collars! Ginger is enormous now!

knockinonyerdoor · 03/07/2011 23:01

They are getting so big - and losing that 'baby kitten' look, all fluff and big eyes. Adorable!

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