Recent Content by jkrodger

yup, and it's good to comb the adult cats but pay special attention to the kittens. Fleas LOVE kittens and will immediately jump from an adult to a kitten if it's near by. You may want to get some vitamins for Momma so she can pass those in her milk to the babies, they'll get anemic pretty...

Of course, no worries about us leaving him unattended. We only let him in there if both of us are in there! Other than that the only interaction he has with them is through the cage bars, but he usually just sits there and watchs them, and talks to them too! They go back today and I'm worried...

What's normal behavior for a male cat around kittens? Our fosters are all nice and healthy, as are our adult cats (just got their yearly shots last week too!) so we've started to let them interact a little bit. Phoebe wants nothing to do with them but Escher seems to be "baby-sitting" them...

So...no sneezing from Escher this morning...at all! Last time they got their vaccinations, both were lethargic for a couple days, not eating, and had upset stomachs (guessing b/c they would hiss if we tried to touch their stomach, which they normally don't do). But this time they didn't get...

Escher and Phoebe just went to the vets on Monday (both super healthy, just going to get their annual shots, plus Phoebe gets an allergy shot every spring) and this afternoon when we got home, Escher started sneezing! He hasn't sneezed once this week (well, he almost never sneezes) until today...

Ok, so little Thunder went to the vet last week with MC b/c she had some diarrhea and I wanted it looked into. She was also on the low end of her litter's weight. The vet had me reworm everyone (which caused diarrhea that night but promptly went away) and I've been watching them closely ever...

oh joy, so there's nothing really to do about it? We're pretty good for our road trips and bring out the carriers about 2 weeks beforehand, putting their wet food in the carriers a week before the trip. Escher will even climb inside and sleep in it by free will. But Phoebe will hiss and growl...

Ok, I know both of our cats hate being in the carrier. They are usually in it to travel to my house or FI's house or to the vet. Well, over Christmas, we drove the 2 hours to FI's house and about half-way there, Phoebe pooped in her carrier. We thought maybe she just had to go. She was then...

very cute! well, the weight sounds good, but the sneezing would have me worried about a URI. I'm sure someone will come along soon to offer their opinion!

If you catch them at a very young age, then go ahead and take them to a no-kill shelter. If they're a bit older and wild, you may want to ask a shelter if they'll take them after you socialize them a little bit. That's what I'd do. Also, if you find there are kittens again this spring, I'd...

he's about 6 weeks now, the others in his litter still have their kitten coats but they're not nearly as long as his

I'm trying to write up descriptions of all the foster kittens and most seem like they'll be short haired and then there's this little bugger. Here's a bit of the kicker, this is the same kitten, pictures taken 2 days apart. With him on the tissue box, I'd swear he's gonna be a med. or long...

I posted new pictures under the pics only section, just continued from my thread before. There's a detailed update under my diarrhea post, but basically, everyone's doing pretty well. MC is more active, but still only 13 oz. Everyone else is over a pound! The two older females go back to the...

Yup, I'm still hopeful for him, he's MUCH more active now! Before, he would only be active for about an hour before each feeding, then he just wanted to be held or nap. Now, after a feeding he'll clean himself and be lazy for about 20-30 min (probably b/c we're not letting him back with the...

My FI, the cat tree We put down an empty tissue box and didn't realize this would be far more fascinating than all the toys we bought them! Bullseye in the tissue box This is what happens when someone climbs in...it's fair game to rush the box and knock him over! So Bullseye climbed out...