A Tale Of Three Kittens (organization)

[Buttercup]

Originally Posted by cardero

I'm wondering what the fathers looked like.

I might be mistaken but I've heard a cat can get pregnant from more than one male? Come to think of it, it's possible in humans too. I know a woman who did and had twins, each from a different dad!

[lillitruthseeker]

isnt it weird there is feline aids? i saw a poster at my vets office and i was shocked

[lunamoth]

Originally Posted by cardero

"HAIL, HAIL, the gangs all here!"

Awwwwwe!

(and they look very comfortable on your deck Patrick)

[cardero]

UPDATE
The kittens were not to be found yesterday. I had to mow the lawn and trim the hedges in the front yard and our new neighbor got my attention and asked me if I noticed the kittens on my front porch and I admitted that I was keeping an eye on them. She explained that the mother cat belonged to the neighbor behind her (which I recognized in name) and that the mother cat had moved the kittens under my porch because the two little children that lived in that house, were giving the kittens too much attention. She went on to explain that originally there were four kittens and that one passed away and that the surviving kittens were already spoken for and that they would all receive new homes but that still didn't stop me from missing them.

[Seyorni]

So someone came onto your porch, set traps, caught the kittens, and distributed them to new homes?
Something smells fishy here....

Why is your neighbor letting an unspayed cat roam the neighborhood and breed indiscriminately?

[cardero]

Originally Posted by Seyorni

So someone came onto your porch, set traps, caught the kittens, and distributed them to new homes?
Something smells fishy here....

Actually they were there one day and gone the next. When I woke up in the morning of July 13th I kept peeking out the front door to see them but they never once showed up on the porch. I don't even think they touched the water I put out for them. The evening of July 12th brought heavy rain falls to our area so I just assumed they were hiding under the porch. I was concerned about cutting the lawn and trimming the hedges because of all the noise and activity possibly frightening them but the kittens were no where to be found before I started.

seyorni writes: Why is your neighbor letting an unspayed cat roam the neighborhood and breed indiscriminately?

This is a good question and is not the first time that I have had problems with this neighbor. About two weeks ago, mrscardero and I were exiting our driveway and their 4 or 5 year old son decided to pick up a handful of pebbles and throw them at my car. I stopped abruptly, exited and demanded the child bring me before it's parent. What I got instead was a guardian who was not as sympathetic to my cause or not very interested in seeing that it did not happen again.

[joeboonda]

Originally Posted by cardero

Joe how many can I put you down for? If you take two, I'll throw in a free bowl and a month's worth of "Kittin Chow".

4 years ago my wife and I took our 3 kids to a pet store to buy a rabbit, we ended up with a kitten for each child (3). We got them their shots and later had them spayed or neutered and they stayed over night at the vet's. After they got home, they all got sick and died quickly. The vet told us they were given all the shots the state required, but that there were more illness they could get and more shots would have covered them. I thought they had all the shots they needed but that was not so. The vet said they picked up the illness there and gave us a beautiful longhaired pepper/black kitten for our loss. We still have her today, her name is Olivia. Moral is make sure to ask if there are ADDITIONAL shots needed besides what is required by the state. We really loved those kitties and it was painful to watch each of them sit there and die one by one. We just sat with them and petted them as they died, it was heartbreaking. I'd take a cat in a minute but I am enjoying loving the one I have.
Peace and Love,
Mike

[Draka]

Originally Posted by joeboonda

4 years ago my wife and I took our 3 kids to a pet store to buy a rabbit, we ended up with a kitten for each child (3). We got them their shots and later had them spayed or neutered and they stayed over night at the vet's. After they got home, they all got sick and died quickly. The vet told us they were given all the shots the state required, but that there were more illness they could get and more shots would have covered them. I thought they had all the shots they needed but that was not so. The vet said they picked up the illness there and gave us a beautiful longhaired pepper/black kitten for our loss. We still have her today, her name is Olivia. Moral is make sure to ask if there are ADDITIONAL shots needed besides what is required by the state. We really loved those kitties and it was painful to watch each of them sit there and die one by one. We just sat with them and petted them as they died, it was heartbreaking. I'd take a cat in a minute but I am enjoying loving the one I have.
Peace and Love,
Mike

Awwwwww, poor kitties.

I once lived in a house of someone else's and kept hearing mewing one day. I went into the cold damp basement to find 3 newborn kittens. One in a window sill (the window was broken and ajar which is how a momma cat must have gotten in), the other behind the broken washer and another inside an old mattress. No mother in sight and they looked like they had been given birth to and abandoned.

I took them each upstairs and put them in a large shoe box with an old shirt of mine to wrap them and keep them warm and I took them to a vet. They were infested with fleas and extremely tiny and skinny (even for newborns). He did what he could and gave me some formula and a syringe, but highly doubted they'd survive. They needed to be fed by syringe every 2 hours. As I had to work 6 to 8 hours a day I asked my roommates to help out to feed them while I was at work. Even though they said they would, they didn't. Within about 5 days they were all dead. One didn't last the first day, one I had a hard time getting to eat, the one that lasted the longest had a good appetite but with not being fed while I was gone it just wasn't enough. That one hit me hard and made me mad as hell at my roomies. Had they helped me that one might have survived. Instead, I lost all of them. So heartbreaking to watch.

[joeboonda]

Originally Posted by Draka

Awwwwww, poor kitties.

I once lived in a house of someone else's and kept hearing mewing one day. I went into the cold damp basement to find 3 newborn kittens. One in a window sill (the window was broken and ajar which is how a momma cat must have gotten in), the other behind the broken washer and another inside an old mattress. No mother in sight and they looked like they had been given birth to and abandoned.

I took them each upstairs and put them in a large shoe box with an old shirt of mine to wrap them and keep them warm and I took them to a vet. They were infested with fleas and extremely tiny and skinny (even for newborns). He did what he could and gave me some formula and a syringe, but highly doubted they'd survive. They needed to be fed by syringe every 2 hours. As I had to work 6 to 8 hours a day I asked my roommates to help out to feed them while I was at work. Even though they said they would, they didn't. Within about 5 days they were all dead. One didn't last the first day, one I had a hard time getting to eat, the one that lasted the longest had a good appetite but with not being fed while I was gone it just wasn't enough. That one hit me hard and made me mad as hell at my roomies. Had they helped me that one might have survived. Instead, I lost all of them. So heartbreaking to watch.

Sorry that happened, know how ya feel. My 3 kitties had even survived my 2 week vacation to my parent's in Tucson and to the Grand Canyon. We left them home with the garage door cracked and some huge troughs of water and food in there, and they had plenty left over when we got back. So, they had a couple weeks of free oudoor/indoor life, romping, frolicking and playing to their hearts content.