Orphaned Kitten!!

[Twilight]

So I wander over to my local Kmart tonight, and outside the front door of the store is a girl about 14-15 years old holding this squawking tiny kitten. She says that she and her friends found it on the railroad tracks as they were walking to the store. The friends are inside trying to find something to feed it. None of the girls drive, and one of them had called their dad to come pick them up. I'm imagining what their parents are going to say when they arrive home with this infant kitten. So, I told the girls I would take the kitten for the night, and I'd call them tomorrow. So I took it to the emergency vet clinic and got some kitten replacement milk and a bottle. The vet tech showed me how to make the kitten eliminate waste, cuz mother cats normally lick until it comes out, so you gotta get a wet cloth and stimulate the kitten, cuz it can't do it on it's own. They weighed him (it's a boy!) and he's only 6 ounces!! However, he has his eyes and ears open, and is beginning to crawl around, so he's about 3 weeks, and should be much bigger already. The vet clinic was really busy, and they were going to charge me $55-65 for an after hours visit, so I decided to just take him home. I have him on some towels that have a heating pad underneath. He's not a cooperative eater - doesn't like this bottle thing at all, but i managed to get some into him. He doesn't want to do his business for me either. I'm a bad mother! So, I think in the morning I'll take him to the humane society - the vet tech said they have people signed up to foster orphaned kittens, and they probably know a lot more about this than I do. I have two other cats, and I really couldn't keep this little guy anyway, as much as i'd like to. He's also a health risk to my other cats. Anyhow, I took some pics.. he's as cute as can be.

http://www.members.aol.com/twilight16/kitten1web.jpg http://www.members.aol.com/twilight16/kitten2web.jpg

[topane]

Originally posted by Twilight
The vet tech showed me how to make the kitten eliminate waste, cuz mother cats normally lick until it comes out :eek:

Still a very nice thing you did, tho

[fabfore1]

It's cute! Goodluck twilight. :cheers:

[ironchef]

criminy, lookit the little bugger.

good for you, twilight. it sounds like a handful, but it's nice you tried.

[attgig]

WOW, look at that little booger...what a cutie :)

sooo tiny too :)
the way he has his paws around your fingers....man, so cute.

[DizzyT]

Oh he's such a little cutie! Too bad he's so young or he would most likely be more cooperative. I got my two cats when they were 5 weeks old. I didnt know at the time that that was too young to be away from its mother and I almost lost them at first due to them not being completely functional on their own. I took them to the vet the day after I got them for help in how to take care of them and here they are 13 years later, happy, healthy and very well adjusted. I think they are a bit clingy to me though. Everyone says they have never seen two cats more in-tune with their human. Maybe they were just too young to remember that I'm not really their mom.

Good Luck Twilight!

[Twilight]

I'm typing with one hand - now get your mind outta the gutter - the kitten is asleep in my other hand. Did you know these little guys can purr at this size?? Did you also know they burp! He's eating more now, and he even made a poop! No luck finding a surrogate mother yet, the humane society isn't open until noon. I called the no-kill shelter in the next town over and they said they are completely overwhelmed with kittens - they have 60! And that's just the number of kittens, not including adult cats. So, here goes: PLEASE GET YOUR PETS SPAYED/NEUTERED! If you cannot afford the cost, there are often organizations that will offer a discount to those with low income - call your local shelter. And if you can possibly find room in your home and in your heart, adopt a shelter animal. Right now is time of season when kittens become old enough to be separated from their mother, and people are dumping them at shelters. :bawl:

[Grimm]

Nice kitten you have there. Of course all kittens are inherently evil, so I am inclined to have a positive reacton. They hide their evil nature in cuteness.

[GraingerGuy]

That kitten is so cute!!!! :D Enjoy!

[Jihforce]

:heh: @ evilcyclops

Actually I used to think that way too until I saw my friends cats. Then I took a liking to them. However, over the last 3 years, I've developed severe allergies so anything with a long coat is a big no no for me. As cute as they are, I'd rather not feel like I'm going to die every time my allergies act up.

[Twilight]

GAH!!!!!

I called all the vets in town and the humane society and no one has a solution for this kitten. The vets don't know anyone, and the humane society won't place a feral with a nursing mother. They also said they don't have any foster homes available. What I did learn from the humane society is that another kitten was found on the same railroad tracks and it's the same age, so it's probably from the same litter! Unfortunately they don't know who has it, they only know that it was found by someone who works near the railroad tracks they were found on. I gave the humane society my name and number in case they call back, and called a few pet stores and asked them to alert employees if anyone buys kitten milk replacer that they should call back to the humane society because they have my number. If i'm raising one little guy I might as well raise the other.
http://www.members.aol.com/twilight16/inhandweb.jpg

[TheLoneGunman]

I think the kitty needs a little kitty crown (to match your tiara). Then he will truly be part of the Twilight household.

[revil]

Originally posted by evilcyclops
Nice kitten you have there. Of course all kittens are inherently evil, so I am inclined to have a positive reacton. They hide their evil nature in cuteness. Very true, and did you notice her man hands? :hehe:

[attgig]

Originally posted by Twilight
So, here goes: PLEASE GET YOUR PETS SPAYED/NEUTERED! If you cannot afford the cost, there are often organizations that will offer a discount to those with low income - call your local shelter.


he he, has anyone seen the peta commercial about this???
it's pretty funny (on adcritic.com)

[ironchef]

so how's the little bastid doing?

[Twilight]

Originally posted by ironchef
so how's the little bastid doing?

Very well.. he eats a ton, and sleeps most of the time he's not eating. If he's not eating or sleeping he's crawling everywhere.. you really can't hold him because he just wants to be on the move.

[Cheesypuff]

Only if they stay that small...they grow up and become wildthings...but I would never give up my cat for anything.

[Nanotech9]

cute as kittens, but cant say the same when they get older... sowwy.

[Twilight]

Originally posted by Nanotech9
***, the OTHER white meat :D

This is not funny. No abuse against animals is funny. When I took the kitten to the vet Thursday night there was a hysterical woman in the vet's lobby who had just lost her dog because her neighbor shot it. Anyone who even jokes about animal abuse is sick.

[revil]

Originally posted by Twilight


This is not funny. No abuse against animals is funny. When I took the kitten to the vet Thursday night there was a hysterical woman in the vet's lobby who had just lost her dog because her neighbor shot it. Anyone who even jokes about animal abuse is sick.
What? when was nanotech talking about animal abuse? abusing a animal and eating an animal are two different things.
and where did you get that quote? i don't see it in this thread.

[cruelpupet]

aww hes adorable.....but he is making me hungry ;)

[TheLoneGunman]

Your cute little fuzzball appears to have 4 fingers and opposable thumbs.

If this is correct, perhaps it is really a fuzzy little baby.

I liked to eat and sleep all the time when I was a baby (but my mommy didn't have to lick me to make me go to the bathroom)

I have some yummy rats in my attic and squirrels in my yard when he grows up. Feel free to send him on a weekend trip down here.

[Nanotech9]

Originally posted by Twilight


This is not funny. No abuse against animals is funny. When I took the kitten to the vet Thursday night there was a hysterical woman in the vet's lobby who had just lost her dog because her neighbor shot it. Anyone who even jokes about animal abuse is sick.


geez twilight, its a joke. although people really DO eat Cats in vietnam i believe.

Say are you a vegetarian? cause if not, then you support EXTREME prejudice against poor little animals like cows, that suffer from genocide by the millions every year. What makes a cat or dog different from a cow? They're cuter? Smarter? or that cows are "supposed to be eaten"?

my little joke had nothing to do w/ cruelity to animals. All you cat people are WAY to sensitive.

I mean, lets say i like dogs (which i do) and someone made a joke "Dogs, the new source for you daily allotment of vitamin B". ok, now am i gonna go say "OMFG! Your gonna go torture a bunch of dogs and thats cruelity to animals and then your GONNA GO EAT THEM! OMG OMG OMG! Thats soo horrible!". Nope, i would prolly say this: "Hehe" cause its a JOKE! not about crulity to animals, no. Its just a good clean joke, which is funny cause ppl here in the "civilized" world dont eat animals they consider pets, but we have heard about other countries where they do, and thats what makes it funny. Kinda like "Cat-Chowmein". Thats FUNNY, well, except to all the oversensitave cat lovers that think for SOME god-awful reason im gonna take a pelletgun to THEIR cat just to eat it. Mmmmmkay.

Now, like i said, it WAS a joke, and i think the kitten is cute. But, i dont like full-grown cats. I wouldn't ever do anything to one just because i dont like them, but if one jumps up on me and claws me, it'll be guranteed a flightpath back down to the ground, about 4 or 5 feet away from me (just a muscle reaction to being clawed of course). And if a dog bites me, itll prolly get a kick in the ribs (depending on the severity of the bite, maybe just a slap on the snout.), unless its too small and then it'll get a slap on the nose. And thats not cruelity. (I'm not kicking the dog or cat just to be mean.)

Oh yeah, i do a voodoo dance every night before i go to bed, and sacrifice a crow and a gerbil. http://nanotech9.dhs.org:1088/smilies/grrr.gif

P.s., no hard feelings here, but you can blame only yourself for turning this into a animal activist thread :rolleyes:

[dbax791]

Originally posted by Nanotech9




Say are you a vegetarian? cause if not, then you support EXTREME prejudice against poor little animals like cows, that suffer from genocide by the millions every year. What makes a cat or dog different from a cow? They're cuter? Smarter? or that cows are "supposed to be eaten"?

my little joke had nothing to do w/ cruelity to animals. All you cat people are WAY to sensitive.


Dude, remind me to never let you near my dog.

Well for one thing, dogs and cats were bred and domesticated to be companions for humans. They give you affection, and in return all they ask for is a little food and some playtime. I have no moral dilemma whatsoever chomping down a T-bone steak while my dog lays at my feet.

I feel bad for the person that had her dog shot by a neighbor...If that happened to me I'd probably be in jail right now.

Good job, Twilight - Hopefully you can find the guy a home...

"Dogs see you as part of the family.
Cats see you as staff."

[Nanotech9]

its not like i go around kicking dogs and stuff... in fact, i dont think ive ever had a need to kick one. but if a 100lb dog comes running up at e teeth bared and jumps at me i'm gonna kick it in the ribs, and if it comes back, then ill figure something else to do.

ok, so i feel sorry for the dog that got shot too, unless he was attacking the poor neighbour or something (or his kid etc.) Or, if the dog had a bad habit of coming over/under the fence into the neighbours yard, and the neighbour had warned the owner to make sure and keep it out, and it kept coming back (and lets say for arguing's sake the dog was big and dangerous) and posed a threat to the guys 5yr. old kid playing in the backyard, then yeah, no doubt about it, shoot the dog. Feel sorry for the dog, but not the owner, cause the owner did nothing to prevent the loss.
<-==== Hypothetical situation ony.

geez, you guys must think i go around popping off dogs and cats and eating them all day long. Holy Cow! ( :heh: )

Sorry to dissapoint you, but i only do it on weekends...:rolleyes:

[Jenny]

Nano, maybe it is just cause I know how you joke, but *I* knew you were only kidding. People are just too sensitive right now. Geez.

[Nanotech9]

alrighty then, I'm sowwy. Kiss and make up? :kiss:

[eSDee]

That's not a cat...it's a chupacabra!!!

[Sir_Froggy]

wow that kitten is really small!

[Twilight]

There is NEVER an excuse to hit an animal. Slapping or kicking it as "punishment" for climbing on you will only make it meaner. The animal doesn't understand that you are trying to punish it and prevent the behavior in the future, it just associates you with being attacked. Cats can be "disciplined" to stop their behavior with the use of a squirt bottle containing water.
And, ever heard of animal control? You can't shoot an animal because it's coming on your property, even if you see it as a threat, unless it's in the act of attacking you and you are defending yourself. Shoot an animal because it invades your space and you'll be going to jail. I personally will press charges.

[Anck Su Namun]

awwwwwwwwwwwww so cute
I love cats

[Tuvi]

Originally posted by Nanotech9



geez twilight, its a joke. although people really DO eat Cats in vietnam i believe.

Say are you a vegetarian? cause if not, then you support EXTREME prejudice against poor little animals like cows, that suffer from genocide by the millions every year. What makes a cat or dog different from a cow? They're cuter? Smarter? or that cows are "supposed to be eaten"?

my little joke had nothing to do w/ cruelity to animals. All you cat people are WAY to sensitive.

I mean, lets say i like dogs (which i do) and someone made a joke "Dogs, the new source for you daily allotment of vitamin B". ok, now am i gonna go say "OMFG! Your gonna go torture a bunch of dogs and thats cruelity to animals and then your GONNA GO EAT THEM! OMG OMG OMG! Thats soo horrible!". Nope, i would prolly say this: "Hehe" cause its a JOKE! not about crulity to animals, no. Its just a good clean joke, which is funny cause ppl here in the "civilized" world dont eat animals they consider pets, but we have heard about other countries where they do, and thats what makes it funny. Kinda like "Cat-Chowmein". Thats FUNNY, well, except to all the oversensitave cat lovers that think for SOME god-awful reason im gonna take a pelletgun to THEIR cat just to eat it. Mmmmmkay.

Now, like i said, it WAS a joke, and i think the kitten is cute. But, i dont like full-grown cats. I wouldn't ever do anything to one just because i dont like them, but if one jumps up on me and claws me, it'll be guranteed a flightpath back down to the ground, about 4 or 5 feet away from me (just a muscle reaction to being clawed of course). And if a dog bites me, itll prolly get a kick in the ribs (depending on the severity of the bite, maybe just a slap on the snout.), unless its too small and then it'll get a slap on the nose. And thats not cruelity. (I'm not kicking the dog or cat just to be mean.)

Oh yeah, i do a voodoo dance every night before i go to bed, and sacrifice a crow and a gerbil. http://nanotech9.dhs.org:1088/smilies/grrr.gif

P.s., no hard feelings here, but you can blame only yourself for turning this into a animal activist thread :rolleyes:
for once i agree with twilight. nano, you should have stopped talking about this subject a long time ago. its not "funny" to talk , or even joke, about eating pets even if other countries. thats just sick. and whats sicker is you saying you'd take a pellet gun to an oversensitive cat lover for saying that its not funny to joke about eating pets. i guess you were joking when you said that, but thats definitely not something to kid around about. how dare you even think about doing that to an animal. lets just say that your post has changed my opinion about you drastically.

[Twilight]

Originally posted by Tuvi

for once i agree with twilight. nano, you should have stopped talking about this subject a long time ago. its not "funny" to talk , or even joke, about eating pets even if other countries. thats just sick. and whats sicker is you saying you'd take a pellet gun to an oversensitive cat lover for saying that its not funny to joke about eating pets. i guess you were joking when you said that, but thats definitely not something to kid around about. how dare you even think about doing that to an animal. lets just say that your post has changed my opinion about you drastically.

/me gives Tuvi a highfive.

[Tuvi]

Originally posted by Twilight
There is NEVER an excuse to hit an animal. Slapping or kicking it as "punishment" for climbing on you will only make it meaner. The animal doesn't understand that you are trying to punish it and prevent the behavior in the future, it just associates you with being attacked. Cats can be "disciplined" to stop their behavior with the use of a squirt bottle containing water.
And, ever heard of animal control? You can't shoot an animal because it's coming on your property, even if you see it as a threat, unless it's in the act of attacking you and you are defending yourself. Shoot an animal because it invades your space and you'll be going to jail. I personally will press charges.
yeah. use positive reinforcement like giving treats to your pet when it does something good. thats how all the new dog traning places work now.

if someone shot my animal for invading personal space or barking or whatever, not only would i press charges, but like someone said before, i'd probably end up in jail for what i would do to him. and for those of you who can't understand that ("since its only an animal"), just think of what you would do if someone killed your kid for leaving toys in their yard.

[TheLoneGunman]

Originally posted by Twilight
/me gives Tuvi a highfive.

As I mentioned before, it appears that "kitten" (who seems to have 4 fingers and a thumb) can also give a highfive.

P.S. I think he is very cute. Don't let him near terrorists. I would hate to have to target him as a sympathizers.

[The Happy Squirrel]

tht kitten is really cute
<and normally i dotn really like cats all that much, i dont dislike them bt i dont liket hem either>
im more of a dog person

but damn that is one cute little bugger
<the cat is nice too>

hehe lol

[dbax791]

Originally posted by Jenny
Nano, maybe it is just cause I know how you joke, but *I* knew you were only kidding. People are just too sensitive right now. Geez.

Well I haven't been here too long and I don't know Nano, but I know a few people who have adopted dogs, and many of them have been abused by people who have "kicked them in the ribs" and they do not socialize very easily people or other dogs. So if it was a joke, I didn't find it too funny.

My dog is still a puppy and he liked to bite my hands and ankles and furniture and bedding and bricks and wood and trees and sprinklers and everything that his little mouth could explore. Fortunately thru training and growing older he doesn't do this any more, but if he bit you would you kick my little puppy in the ribs, too?

[Nanotech9]

look ppl, Im NOT talking about training a puppy, or a kitty, or anything. I'm not going around kicking anamials for the fun of it. WHAT IM SAYING (AND READ THIS CAREFULLY!) is that if a stray cat or dog jumped on me and began to claw or bite me, it would recieve a good swift whack of some sort. i dont always (IN FACT NEVER) carry around a freekin' SPRAY bottle w/ me, so i cant spray the animal w/ water.

also, someone mis-construed my other post... i said i would only take action in my HYPOTHETICAL situation agains the animal if IT WERE A THREAT TO MYSELF or my CHILDREN.... so are you ppl saying its better to let a neighbours dog eat off a toddlers face or a cat scratch a tddlers eyes out than to shoot the animal (or in the direction of it) w/ a pellet gun?... you ppl have REAL WARPED PRIORITIES.... sacrifice a childs health and safety over a freekin' animal. I'm flaberghasted.

-----

On the other hand, I also understand about mistreated animals. My brother has one that we think was mistreated cause he cowers a LOT for no reason. I always treat Scrappy (thats his name - hes a beautiful black lab) in the nicest way. I scratch his ears, belly yada yada... sometimes he will pester me too much and get his big wet nose all over my arm, but all i do to him is gently push him away, or trick him into laying down and leaving me alone. hes a very gentle dog and never tries to bite or jump up etc. we never even had to use a water bottle on him.

now, just freekin leave me alone. I'm gonna go eat a cow. :eek:

[Nanotech9]

Originally posted by Tuvi

and whats sicker is you saying you'd take a pellet gun to an oversensitive cat lover for saying that its not funny to joke about eating pets.

huh?

i can't even attempt to mistype what you said you were trying to say and come up with what you actually said...

i never said i would take a pellet gun to an oversensative cat lover for saying its not funny to joke about eating pets.

everyone needs to actually READ my posts before the comment, cause if not, then your replies dont make sense, and it destroys your credibility.

[ProMinx]

Nano, I'm behind you. People need to stop bitching about each other... There are three different threads that contain unnecessary bitching (go find them, but i'm sure you can figure 2 of them straight off the bat). You didn't do anything inappropriate.

ProMinx

[ProMinx]

I'd offer to high-5 with the others, but I fear that I might miss your hand and hit something more painful... The more I read, the more I feel like bitch-slapping 2 of our members for unnecessary reactions to a joke. Dear Christ! If you know that you're in the middle of an overly sensitive period right now then just read and don't reply. Both Tuvi and Twilight need to step back, retract their claws, and maybe stop by the vet to have their vocal cords cut. Calm down and take your pills... My response has nothing to do with your gender and everything to do with your pettiness. Let's not start a civil war here...

ProMinx

[mojo]

Originally posted by EsDeeLoco
That's not a cat...it's a chupacabra!!!

haha! i get it....lol

finally we have the proof we need that these things exist

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by mojorisin


haha! i get it....lol

finally we have the proof we need that these things exist

duuuuudes, i need to brush up on my folklore... i thought that "the" chupacabra was a unique entity, like tiamat or the loch ness monster... and now y'all are talking like there's a whole mess of the buggers wandering around out there... *shudder* ... thanks, i won't be sleeping tonight...

and dammit, there ARE good excuses for beating the poop out of animals. nobody was advocating doing it in any but the most dire circumstances. i have hit a dog with a baseball bat hard enough to crack some ribs. it didn't make me happy, but when you're all alone at 5 am delivering newspapers and facing a pissed off dog that weighs about 70% of your total body weight, it's a VERY attractive option.

[ironchef]

I thought a chupacabra was a rattle snake? No?

[mojo]

Originally posted by welfareloser


duuuuudes, i need to brush up on my folklore... i thought that "the" chupacabra was a unique entity, like tiamat or the loch ness monster... and now y'all are talking like there's a whole mess of the buggers wandering around out there... *shudder* ... thanks, i won't be sleeping tonight...

and dammit, there ARE good excuses for beating the poop out of animals. nobody was advocating doing it in any but the most dire circumstances. i have hit a dog with a baseball bat hard enough to crack some ribs. it didn't make me happy, but when you're all alone at 5 am delivering newspapers and facing a pissed off dog that weighs about 70% of your total body weight, it's a VERY attractive option.

first of all, i have heard of multiple loch ness monsters. not like THE famous "loch ness monster," but other sightings like in a family or suntin.

second of all...you delivered newspapers with a baseball bat? where did you deliver? beirut?

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by ironchef
I thought a chupacabra was a rattle snake? No?

mythical creature that strikes in the night and drinks blood. livestock or humans.

[attgig]

I've never heard of that chuca...whatever...

thnx for info :)

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by mojorisin

second of all...you delivered newspapers with a baseball bat? where did you deliver? beirut?

nice lil neighborhood with a coupla o mean semi-strays that the dogcatcher could never find...

[mojo]

from http://classes.colgate.edu/GNED339/Chupa/lWhat.html

"The Chupacabra means 'goat Sucker'. This Creature was reported to have been seen throughout the Caribbean, several countries of South America and even in Florida. It has been reported that this creature kills animals by sucking all the blood from them. There have been found many dead goats and farm animals throughout these countries. These animals where found with puncture wounds around there neck. Some have reported that the creature is alien in origin and that UFO’s
have brought them to us. Other say that they are creatures created by the government."

ergo, multiples :P

chupacabrae?

[mojo]

Originally posted by DarkFury
I've heard of it... kinda like a "South/Central American" vampire (El Dracula..LOL)

from http://www.princeton.edu/~accion/chupa10.html

"The Chupacabra, as it is known now, was called El Vampiro de Moca some years ago."
http://www.princeton.edu/~accion/hum1.jpg

[Jihforce]

Originally posted by EsDeeLoco
That's not a cat...it's a chupacabra!!!

Goat-sucker?

[bella]

Originally posted by EsDeeLoco
That's not a cat...it's a chupacabra!!!

hahahahhaha!

[The Happy Squirrel]

OMG your all crazy

thats not the cupca I am I am

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


errr.. i mean never seen em, sorry