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post #31 of 37
7/6/11 at 5:12pm
That's so great! I'm glad you're keeping her
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post #32 of 37
7/6/11 at 5:33pm
Oh good, her vet appt. went fairly well, other than the ear mites, which are easily treated!!! Congratulations, again, on your new baby! I think Mollipop will just love having her around and I bet they will become fast friends
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post #33 of 37
7/7/11 at 4:59am
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She is a sweetie! We should have called her PeeBee (PB for PurrBox)!
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post #34 of 37
7/7/11 at 2:57pm
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Oh yeah....I think she's going to become the seventh RugCat. I know, I know, we made a pact...six is our limit. And I can try to find her a really good home. But, well, the only really good home around here? Is ours
We made a pact after rescuing Spencer that he would be the last furkid we took in, as we already had 4: then pregnant Salem came along, and well, as they say, the rest is history. Of course, even after Salem had her babies and we SWORE to each other that THAT was definitely gonna be the end of us taking in anymore rescues......well, I think y'all know what happened next. We simply don't have much control when it comes to some things: we don't make the choices - the cats do! I personally don't regret taking in all my kits - not for one second. Sometimes it all gets to be a bit too much, but I wouldn't change any of it for anything.

Bless your sweet heart for taking Tabby in, Pam. She's absolutely adorable!! I think she came into your life for a reason.

As far as your neighbors are concerned.... While I can certainly understand her fears, I don't understand how feeding a poor, neglected, defenseless kitten can be much more of a burden than tending to all those other creatures. How difficult can it be to place some kitty food out in the yard for Tabby? It's not like she has to pet her, for goodness sake! I just don't get some people...

ETA: I posted this before reading about Tabby's vet visit. I'm so glad to hear that she got a clean bill of health - minus the ear mites, of course. I'll be praying that she doesn't end up being deaf in one ear!
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post #35 of 37
7/7/11 at 6:00pm
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So, $150 later? She is officially our seventh baby! (Our DS and DDIL were discussing the possibility of taking her. But I called last night and said that we had decided that she needs to be with us. He said he kinda figured that all along. )
What a lucky little girl she is!!
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post #36 of 37
7/8/11 at 6:45am
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I had to take Tabitha back to the vet last night. She started walking in circles and falling over. Scared me to death and I was a mess (I had posted about it in the Health section). Anyway, it's from the mites. The dr cleaned out her ears again and when I got her home, we put more Otomite Plus drops in her ears.

She's up to 2.2 pounds, so that's a 6-oz. gain since Tuesday night! Her dr told me that he really thinks she's going to be OK...we just have to get rid of those darn mites and that could take as long as a month. I was so relieved I started to cry in the middle of the exam room. I was so darn scared yesterday. He gave me a big hug and told me it was going to be OK, that she's eating and bathing and she's trying to be active. Those are all good things. (And he didn't charge me for the vet visit.)

And then later on last night? She started to play! Really play! We have a "ferret" type toy on a rope and DH started playing with it in Tabby's room, while I was cleaning our her litter box. And Tabby started running and jumping after the toy and she actually rolled over with it and started bunny-kicking it. Yes, she stumbled a lot and a couple times, she actually fell over, but she really did well.

This morning when I brought her breakfast back, she was screaming to be left out of the cage. She ate everything on her plate....we've switched her over to Blue Buffalo kitten food..... and then climbed on my lap to wash. She played with my fingers and then, when I had to crawl into the cage to clean her litter box out, she started playing with my toes. She's still having some balance issues, but she is much, much better.

Still not sure about the deafness. Sometimes she acts like she hears us, but sometimes she's oblivious to noise. Then again, kittens can be like that.
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post #37 of 37
7/8/11 at 8:43am
I'm so glad she's doing well! Well, besides the earmites, but that's an easy fix at least, even if it does take a whole month. She sounds like she's comfortable with you already, if she's playing and eating and all that good stuff.
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