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Hi

I have an orphan week old kitten (well just under a week) and I am hand rearing it. I bottle feed, toilet it, and wipe its eyes like I was told to by the vet.

It gets fed every four hours, but every two hours it just starts to cry.

Why would it be doing this? Does it want company? Or is there something else that I'm missing?

Please help! I want the little guy to be ok.

Jane

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Christmas Story for people having a bad day....
When four of Santa's elves got sick, and the trainee elves did not produce the toys as fast as the regular ones, Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind schedule.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her Mom was coming to visit. This stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two had jumped the fence and were out, heaven knows where. More stress.

Then when he began to load the sleigh one of the boards cracked, and the toy bag fell to the ground and scattered the toys.

So... frustrated, Santa went into the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered that the elves had hidden the liquor, and there was nothing to drink. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider pot, and it broke into hundreds of little pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found that mice had eaten the straw end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and irritable Santa trudged to the door. He opened the door, and there was a little angel with a great big Christmas Tree. The angel said, very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't it a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?"

And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

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Originally Posted by Dragoriana

Hi guys, i just tripped over this forum through google. My boyfriend and his family adopted a 4 month old kitten last week who we named Cleopatra, and i finally got to meet her and spend time with her this weekend. We think that her mum was dumped pregnant or got pregnant in the wild and she was born blind. The vet said she'd never opened her eyelids, her eyes were shriveled and infected. When they went to see her they said she was waving her head from side to side (which she does a little now to listen for things) because she was in great pain. We were her last chance, she was going to get put to sleep because no one else wanted her =(

She got spayed and had her eyes removed in one operation and has been in her new home for 3 days. I was so worried about how i was going to cope, all of the cats i'd previousely had were all sighted (even though later in life we had to deal with illnesses) and i was

out about how to handle her, if she was in pain, making sure she didn't injure herself (yesterday she tried climbing on top of her foam house and it tipped over, thankfully she missed the litter tray). When i first saw her i bawled my eyes out, trying to get used to the two lines of stitches where her eyes were. But amazingly things have been more positive the last day or so.

Cleo LOVES to lick, claw and bite things all in one go. When she goes nuts on the doona all i have to do is lay down, put her on my chest and she goes to sleep. This is the first home and family she's had, so i now feel really proud and in love with her. Sorry for such a long post. It was really nice reading about all of your pets

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fighting or playing
three days ago we got a ten week old siamese female kitten. when we brought her in my 2 year old siamese male (who is her brother) was hissing his head off as expected. we let the girl get settled into one room and later that day put her in the carrier to let Neko sniff her and stuff. well he hissed and hissed and eventually just sat there moaning. well yesterday we had Neko and the kitten in the kitchen and let the kitten run around (with water bottle near by) and Neko got in hunting mode with huge pupils and ran up to her and sniffed her. they would chase each other and ocasionly he would go over her and bite her neck. today i let the kitten have the run of the house and they seem to be ok most of the time but i'm not sure if they are playing or fighting, this is how it goes: The kitten will prance over to Neko and start to rub him, then Neko put one of his front legs over her and flips her onto her back and then dives on her. He does not scratch but he bites over and over. she does manage to hold Neko's head and kick him. Neko will pull back and she will stay on her back but reach at his face and slap him gentlybut he will dive on her hard and start biting and kicking her. she kicks two but eventually she starts to meow. I can't tell if she's meowing cause it hurts or cause she just feels like meowing (and she loves to meow.) there's no screaming or hissing but he bites her neck and it seems like he could easily kill her if that's what he wants. Neko's ears are slightly back and his pupils are fully dialated but his fur is flat and there are no wounds or flying fur. we seperate them at night or when we can't watch them. another thing is Neko won't let the kitten rub him or show affection Neko will start beating her up. they do play chase with kitten chasing Neko and vice versa but the neck biting kicking hold down and flipping over on the floor is worrying me.so please tell me if it's play, fighting or dominance hierarchy stuff. Thanks!

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Did the usual Sunday morning excursion to the store for some necessities - like doughnuts, and came home to read the paper and eat the doughnuts...

Planned to have a quiet day, but then read the obituary of a family friend and neighbor. So Mom had me calling her brothers who knew the fellow (his family's land butted against the back of my grandfather's land and Mom has known his mother since she was a toddler!). We went to the visitation this evening. Was talking and the conversation got to cats and how we humans cater to them and then talked to a younger brother of the deceased and found out he was interested in learning lapidary (gemstone cutting)!

Spent Saturday afternoon at my uncle Roy's. On December 6, 2003 my Aunt Diana died (mom's younger sister) and the siblings got together for a dinner and a sort-of-wake. We did want we do best - eat and talk and tease!

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Originally Posted by Dixie_Darlin

Hey everyone! New here.
I am from florida and the proud mom of 2 boys(human) Justice and Deacon. I am also the grandma of 6 new baby poly's. The momma is Dixie, a white DSHP. We also have Sammy(tabby) Tiger(dsh orange and white) and Apsen(white) and Booker, (a blue smoke MSH). Yeap, thats 11 cats and 2 kids! iIt is definatly crazy around here lol. I do have some questions about the polys but I will post them elsewhere. I just wanted to say Hi and let everyone know who I am..

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Originally Posted by gemlady

My very first post (Caption This) was lost in the Great Crash of 2004. *Bows head for a moment of silence...*

The reason I joined TCS was to participate in Caption This.

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Hello from Malaysia!
Hello All,

I'm new here! I'm owned by 5 Abyssinians, 1 Persian who thinks he's an Aby and 6 Domestics. My cattery is named Masmera (which means RedGold) and my pedigrees are all registered with CFA. I'm a very novice breeder and am sooo thankful I found this forum as I have lots of questions. I make rosettes for a living and this supports my cat addiction!

Special thank you to Captiva whom has already sent me a welcome message!

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Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR

I can't find my first one

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hmm, ok i will ask this here.
for the last couple of weeks i get the idea that one of are cats is not drinking when i am gone. One of the first things she does is when i get home from work in the morning and when i first get up is run to bathroom sink and MEOW!!!!! until i turn the water on for her to get a drink. lol i dont care if she drinks form the bathroom sink. But there are days when i at work for 14 hours.

SO i am being dumb here and thinking of getting this
http://www.petsmart.com/global/produ...Efolder_id=253 4374302025542&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023690&bmUID=1152862319145&itemNo =4&Nao=0&In=Cat&N=2025542&Ne=2

My question is has anyone used this before? and if so how well did it work?
thanks

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Originally Posted by ProudKittieMom

Hi everyone I amm new to this but I figured I would give this a shot lol, but anywyas I have a kitten she is about 3-4 months old when we got her we were told she was 10 weeks and 2 days later we were at the vet and well he said she was about 3-4 months and we got her and she was covered in fleas and had a bad URI, I didnt get no sleep because also she shares a room with my other cat Bella whos been here for a couple months we found her and she is about a little over a year, so here the kitten got bella sick and everyones over it, that was about 3 weeks ago but the kitten now keeps sneezing she never really stopped but she was completely herself, and now sometimes when she sneezes blood is coming out, anyone have any ideas of what this could be from?I would really appreciate any ideas. I am so worried, like I said when we got her 2 days later we were at the vet and that was no sleep and I dont want to get stressed out because they can sense it.

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