It's Kitten Season

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feeds@yuku.com (big cats) — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:02:31 GMT

Nope, he doesn't seem to be cross-eyed. Not sure what the issue was. He had one little "psychotic episode" at about 4 weeks old when he startled awake from a nap and turned into a very scary creature - screaming, hissing, and puffing at me. I was afraid to grab him, all 1 pound of him! He settled down and never did it again since. Bad dream? He's very active and moves very quickly all over the place! He was pre-adopted this week and goes home next weekend. Flash is...

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feeds@yuku.com (not2foxie) — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:53:54 GMT

Wow! Great story..You're good at that, you had me living it. lol

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feeds@yuku.com (firemanslady) — Sat, 03 May 2008 07:29:32 GMT

So happy to hear the little flame point is fine now. Is he cross-eyed? Maybe that had something to do with the balance issues? Getting used to seeing more than one of everything in the world?

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feeds@yuku.com (joanne r) — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:32:04 GMT

Wonderful update Kim,Siamese now that must have been a surprise,that is what rescue is really is you never know what you may have come thru the door next.

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feeds@yuku.com (big cats) — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:31:34 GMT

I realize I never mentioned that the "white" kitten ended up being a flame-point Siamese. His points came in faintly around 3 weeks and he's been steadily darker since. And absolutely no neurological / balance issues anymore.

The boys are now 7 weeks and 6 weeks respectively. Mom decided she was about done last week. They both eat solid food like champs and use the litterbox like professionals. Truckee is feisty, always pulling my my shirt with his teeth or...

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feeds@yuku.com (firemanslady) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:26:43 GMT

Oh Kim, that's adorable!

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feeds@yuku.com (joanne r) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:16:08 GMT

Fondness for sure Kim.

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feeds@yuku.com (big cats) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:54:46 GMT

Baby update!

The white kitten is "Truckee" (snowy mountain town near Lake Tahoe) and his eyes opened yesterday! So he's a few days older than I was told, and that makes sense with his size.

He is a very hearty little guy, loves to fight with his milk brother. He likes me already -when I walk into their room he stumbles over to me falling on his right side the whole way and scrambling right back up. He's fat and has a wicked purr. Left alone to his...

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feeds@yuku.com (firemanslady) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:38:07 GMT

My thoughts are with you, Kim, that this little snowball comes around just fine.

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feeds@yuku.com (big cats) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:57:54 GMT

Ok, Mama Mindy's off the hook for "bad mothering" now She's had a very nice day with her babies, looking like the picture of the patient queen lying on her side. And I've come to a different conclusion about my Snowman too... I now think he does have some pre-existing neurological/balance issue that only looked worse after his first night with mom because he didn't get enough to eat, not because she hurt him......

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feeds@yuku.com (joanne r) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:42:45 GMT

Thinking of you all Kim,yes,just like people teenagers can find motherhood hard going,while some are wonderful,plus being a yard cat,having to be confined can freak some of them out too,so wish we could talk to them and explain ,hey you as so much better off now.

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feeds@yuku.com (big cats) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:55:32 GMT

It's been a rough 24 hours on us, but I think we're out of crisis now....

After a quiet night, mom woke me up howling at 5am... she was tearing her cage apart trying to get out and the babies were floundering and fussing. I let her out into the closet and she demanded all kinds of attention for me. I let her sit on my lap and tried to let the babies nurse on her there, but she made it hard for them, twisting all around and saying "Pay attention to meeee! Meeee!"...

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feeds@yuku.com (big cats) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:24:10 GMT

The plot thickens....

Tonight I got an offer of a new foster home willing to take mom and baby IF a second baby could join in - a 2 day old motherless kitten (probably kidnapped too, circumstances are yet unknown). I was hesitant to send the crew off to someone whose experience I can't verify, so I decided to try the group out here first and possibly send them along in a few days if all goes well.

I have never actually combined litters before - I'm so...

It's Kitten Season

feeds@yuku.com (big cats) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:52:25 GMT

The first kitten of 2008 has arrived at my house, along with his mama. Check out the tip of his tail!

I got a call last night from a fellow volunteer who was working on this situation... a kid found a dead kitten in the yard, told his mom, they found the mom cat moving another kitten around and took it from her to give to a neighbor to try to feed (assuming that the mom had...