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post #1 of 133
8/18/11 at 11:01pm
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Hello,

My name is Josh and I am not a cat owner but I am a love all animals and am very conflicted with what to do with a particular stay in my area.(there seems to be a lot of strays around here but almost all of them are not people friendly which leads me to believe they are feral.(all though most of them seem to be well fed...sometimes really fat even)

The cat I am here for is very friendly and it leads me to believe she was a house cat earlier in life. We first saw her a week ago and she came up to us and was skin and bones and appears to have given birth recently as her mammaries are swollen.

We feed her some lunch meat and she wolfed it down like there was no tomorrow and then went on her way. We didn't see her again for another week.(which was yesterday) We gave her a can of tuna and she again wolfed it down.

Tonight was the kicker though. My boyfriend and I had invited 2 friends over for a BBQ and when we went out to start the grill the cat was on the steps waiting for us. We again gave her a can of tuna which she wolfed down and then we didn't have anymore tuna but was still acting hungry so we cooked 2 hotdogs and then cut them up into small chunks and she at that as well. Then the 2 friends showed up and brought some dry cat food with and she ate a bit of that as well and hung out with us and rubbed up against us and socialized. She is a VERY nice cat. She hung out with us for hours before wandering off.

Here is the dilemma:

We live only 1 mile away from the largest "no kill" shelter in all of Minnesota(http://www.animalarkshelter.org/)

We don't know where her potential kittens are though. We are going to buy a bag of cat food tomorrow because I am sure at this point she will continue coming here for food and we will give her as much as she needs everyday.

I just don't know if she has a liter of kittens that she is still nursing somewhere and I don't want those kittens to die of starvation if we bring thier mom to the no kill shelter.(and I'm sure they could adopt her easily enough because she is clearly not feral....but IS CLEARLY a stray at this point in her life)

What should I do??

If she is nursing kittens somewhere in the neighborhood do you think she would potentially bring them here once they are old enough? 1 of the friends who came over tonight already wants to adopt one of the kittens if she has any.
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post #2 of 133
8/19/11 at 2:40am
Hi Josh, and welcome to TCS

I've removed your duplicate thread in the other forum so we can concentrate on this one in here

First of all, thank you so much for feeding this little girl, because bless her she sounds like she needs a good feed

If you keep looking in here others will be able to give you some excellent help and advice, but because of the time difference it could be a few hours.

Oh, and has she got a bowl of water to go with her kibbles?, because she might be dehydrated as well?.
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post #3 of 133
8/19/11 at 8:12am
HELLO and welcome. AND a big thank you for helping this mother cat. I would not take her to the shelter right at the moment. She most likely has kittens. Start feeding her cat food and canned kitten food (which will be good for her since she is most likely nursing). Since she is so hungry, she will eat the canned food up right away. Don't leave the canned out, it will spoil quickly. Make sure you also have water, nice cool fresh water. Since she is friendly, can you pet her? Does she rub on your legs? She is not feral, but a lost, uncared for or abandoned pet. If you can, follow her to her nest, it might not be too far from you. But don't get close at all, stay way back, just see if you can find where she is keeping them. If she feels threatened, then she will move them, which she might do anyway. Mom cats will frequently move their kittens for safety and survival reasons. The sooner you can get to the kittens the better for socialization to humans also. But first, you have to make friends with her and she has to trust you totally. Also, yes... in answer to your question, she will bring the kittens around when they are about 4 to 6 weeks. If they are quite young still, then it will be awhile before you see them. When they are old enough, they will start to follow her if she allows them to do so. You will need to try to trap mom and ALL the kittens and bring them inside and start socializing the kittens soon so they can all be adopted out by the shelter. Call the shelter and explain the situation. They will probably even help you with medical costs if you can "foster" the family for a short time before bringing them to the shelter. OR, they might even have "foster homes' lined up to take on situations like this. The shelter I volunteer for has a list a mile long of wonderful, volunteer foster homes for new moms and kittens. Let us know how it is going!!! And thanks for rescuing this cat and I am hoping you will find the kittens.
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post #4 of 133
8/19/11 at 8:59am
Hi Josh, and welcome!

What a wonderful thing you want to do helping this kitty (and her babies!).

I only have two things to add to what Lauren suggested.

It will help if you're able to put out the kitten food (as a mom, she needs the extra protein) at a regular time (or times). She'll pick up on the schedule, and the routine will help reinforce her confidence. A steady, reliable source of food is everything to a kitty like this.

Then, as Lauren says, when she's ready to start transitioning the kittens to food from her milk, she'll bring them around. They'll continue to nurse until 6 - 8 weeks, but will start eating food on their own around five/six weeks old.

The only thing I disagree with is that I wouldn't try to figure out where she has them. This in and of itself may cause her to move them, and while I know we worry about the kittens, at this point, it's best to try to let her do this on her own IMO.

I would go ahead and call the shelter. In our experience (though we live in a completely different part of the country), shelters are almost always full, and you may find that you have to make other plans for how to find her a home, but it can be done, and we have ideas for that if it comes to it!
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post #5 of 133
8/19/11 at 2:42pm
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Originally Posted by Rosiemac View Post
Oh, and has she got a bowl of water to go with her kibbles?, because she might be dehydrated as well?.
Silly me for forgetting to mention that we also offer her water. She has only drank a little bit and only 1 time though so I'm guessing she is finding a source of water elsewhere. But we will continue to offer her water as well as food.

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Originally Posted by Feralvr View Post
Start feeding her cat food and canned kitten food (which will be good for her since she is most likely nursing).
Will do. Thanks!

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Since she is friendly, can you pet her? Does she rub on your legs?
Yes. She even came in the house for a little bit. We invited her in and she hesitated at first but then came in and explored a bit and then wanted back outside.

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The only thing I disagree with is that I wouldn't try to figure out where she has them. This in and of itself may cause her to move them, and while I know we worry about the kittens, at this point, it's best to try to let her do this on her own IMO.
It would be next to impossible to follow her around here anyway.

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I would go ahead and call the shelter. In our experience (though we live in a completely different part of the country), shelters are almost always full, and you may find that you have to make other plans for how to find her a home, but it can be done, and we have ideas for that if it comes to it!
I will hold off on calling the shelter for now because even if they have room at the moment doesn't mean they will have room for her or her kittens in the future.

When it comes time to try to find her(and maybe her kittens) homes I will ask for help and advice on here if needed.


Thank you everyone.
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post #6 of 133
8/19/11 at 3:20pm
Good luck!

And we love updates if you've got the time.

Also, don't hesitate to ask any other questions that crop up.
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post #7 of 133
8/19/11 at 4:07pm
Lots of luck and like Laurie said we love updates
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post #8 of 133
8/19/11 at 5:17pm
Nothing to add at this point, but did want to thank you for caring for this sweet girl and your willingness to help her and kittens. Looking forward to updates!
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post #9 of 133
8/19/11 at 5:50pm
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Went and ran some errands today(including getting her cat food) and when we got home she was on the steps waiting for us. She ate and is now just laying down on the at the top of the steps.

Couple things...

First is the friend who came over yesterday who was interested in one of the kittens said she will take the cat if the kittens are never found.

Second...I could not find any canned kitten food at the grocery store.(all the canned food was for adult cats)

I will look for some canned kitten food at a pet store when I get a chance.

Here is a picture of her:

http://i52.tinypic.com/rmr1pk.jpg
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post #10 of 133
8/19/11 at 6:24pm
Oh is she a sweetie!

And that is GREAT news about your friend!!!!

Finally, yeah, supermarket food for the most part sucks (low quality) and there isn't a lot of choice. Of course, just helping a kitty, no one expects you to spend an arm and a leg getting the best quality food there is (many of us can't afford them anyway). A rule of thumb... look for an ingredient list where the first three ingredients are actually meat, not "meat by-products" (you really do NOT want to know about "meat by products"!)

But for helping a kitty in need, anything you do is wonderful.

We feed our outside ferals dry food and wet food. We live in a rural area, and I don't want to feed the whole forest, so we put out dry food at about 9:00am and pick it up if there's any left at about 8:00pm (summer hours), and I put out wet food at the same times. That gets eaten pretty quickly LOL.

The dry food I use is called 4Health. I don't know if you have Tractor Supply stores there, but they carry it. It is a very high quality food for the price (a dry food). We just switched our indoor only cats to an all wet diet. Most provide both, and a lot of people use the 4Health dry food.

As to wet food, I'd say you'll probably find Wellness to be the best wet kitten food. It's carried everywhere, is more expensive than "cheap" food, but isn't as expensive as the really good stuff. It's very high quality food, and I think all pet stores carry it.

Of course... for this girl, any kitten food will help her and is better than what she's been getting (probably garbage!)
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post #11 of 133
8/19/11 at 6:51pm
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This is the food we got her:



the first 3 ingredients are Salmon, Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice.

I hope it's decent enough for the time being.
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post #12 of 133
8/19/11 at 6:56pm
Don't know it, but sounds great! I'm sure she'll love it. Most importantly - it's nutrition meant for a cat!

When a cat first decided to ... adopt us, we started by feeding her cheese and tuna. It was a HUGE concession on the part of DH to get cat food, so you're leaps and bounds ahead of the help we gave the first cat that interacted with us.
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post #13 of 133
8/20/11 at 10:30pm
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update:

No sign of her tonight.(From now on I will refer to her as "Lady PurrPurr" because that is what I have been calling her.)

I hope she is okay...we left food and water out on the steps from 10 AM - 10 PM and we never saw her once and the food was untouched.

I won't leave food and water out overnight because of the abundant amount of well fed ferals in the neighborhood.(I don't want them running her off and eating HER FOOD!) In particular there is a GIGANTIC feral that I named Garfield(This cat must weigh 20+ pounds literally) that I see chasing off other ferals all the time. I also watched "Garfield" kill a bunny 2 months ago. Garfield is scared to death of me but Lady PurrPurr is very human socialized and is very greatful for the meals and I will not let Garfield drive her off so I won't leave the food out overnight.

Lady PurrPurr has always shown up around 4-6PM but she had food out there all day today and my boyfriend and I were out virtually all day doing gardening and stuff in the garage and there was no sign of her.

I'm kinda worried because we saw her the last 3 days in a row but didn't see her today.
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post #14 of 133
8/20/11 at 11:31pm
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Oh also of note:

2 nights ago when I originally started this thread...

The woman who wanted one of the potential kittens(and now wants Lady PurrPurr if the kittens never come around) is a former cat owner and is currently looking for a new cat....

Anyway she felt Lady PurrPurrs nipples and thinks they are "chapped" and "dry" and that there is a chance that the kittens are alive but that there is a good chance they could already be dead. She said to keep feeding the cat and pay attention to her mammaries.(she says if the mammaries go back to normal that either the kittens will show up here soon because they are no longer nursing or that there is no kittens to nurse because they died)


I myself as a gay male knowing nothing about breast feeding felt Lady PurrPurrs nipples yesterday and they did all feel kind of "chapped" and "dry"
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post #15 of 133
8/21/11 at 8:13am
Oh many she'll come back and she's OK!

I've never cared for a friendly mom cat, only ferals, so I have no experience with this. I'll ask someone who frequently fosters friendly moms to check in here.

The hardest part of working with kitties outdoors is just this - they come and go. It is a source of endless heartache! But keep putting out the food if you can... sometimes they have another food source, but.... if she's OK, she knows where friends and food are. We've had kitties disappear for several weeks, some for a few days, some for a few months. But these are ferals, and because we are feeding others in the colony, we always have food out.
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post #16 of 133
8/21/11 at 9:42am
More than likely if her nipples are dry/chapped, she either is no longer nursing or is currently pregnant! Does she have a belly at all? If she has quite the boobs on her, she may have had litter, after litter, poor doll... They should be round and full if she is still nursing. She sounds like such a sweetheart... Lots of vibes that she comes back soon safe and sound.
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post #17 of 133
8/21/11 at 9:59am
Thanks, Kailie.
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post #18 of 133
8/21/11 at 10:19pm
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update: no sign of Lady PurrPurr today again.


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Originally Posted by Kailie View Post
More than likely if her nipples are dry/chapped, she either is no longer nursing or is currently pregnant! Does she have a belly at all? If she has quite the boobs on her, she may have had litter, after litter, poor doll... They should be round and full if she is still nursing. She sounds like such a sweetheart... Lots of vibes that she comes back soon safe and sound.
I'll just give a timeline to make this easier:

8/10 - First time she came here and she was friendly but rail thin and both my boyfriend and I though she was pregnant but her mammary glands were not as large as a week later. We fed her lunch meat and she didn't come here again for another week.

8/11 - 8/16 - Nothing....no sign of her.

8/17 - My boyfriend and I were in the driveway and Lady PurrPurr was across the street and as soon as she saw us she marched on over. Her mammary glands looked larger. We gave her a can of tuna.

8/18 - We were having friends over for a BBQ and she was on the steps waiting for us. She ate a can of tuna, 2 cut up hot dogs and some dry cat food.(this is when the friend who wants her felt her nipples and commented that the felt dry and chapped)

8/19 - got home from running errands and she was on the steps waiting for us and we gave her dry cat food.

8/20 - 8/21 - No sighting of her even though food and water were left out all day for her but it was untouched.(hoping that this means she is feeding her kittens and will be back soon)

I am guessing she gave birth during the 8/11 - 8/16 period of the time frame but I could be wrong.



I am a bit worried that if she does have kittens and does bring them over here that it will be at the worst time possible! We are going on vacation to Colorado and will be staying with my boyfriend's cousin from 9/20 - 9/26
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post #19 of 133
8/22/11 at 3:23am
Awww bless her l hope she turns up soon Especially when you may have a loving home for all of them

I'll say this though Josh. Looking at her picture she certainly seems comfortable with you all! She's a gorgeous little girl!
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post #20 of 133
8/22/11 at 12:36pm
More she comes back around.

All I can say is this... do your best not to worry about what's going to happen down the road. The little one needs to come back first!
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post #21 of 133
8/24/11 at 12:07pm
Lady PurrPurr is absolutely beautiful!! I am just sending my prayers and vibes that she returns to you very soon. I do know the great heartache that comes with caring for strays/ferals as they do tend to disappear sometimes for days on end and then one day are back, at least for the feral cats. I don't have any friendly strays and if I did I would definitely take them in and find them a home as you want to do for this kitty . As LDG says, Lady PurrPurr knows where you are and where the good food is and I certainly hope she does return very soon
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post #22 of 133
8/27/11 at 10:49pm
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Quick update and questions:

8/20 - 8/26 No sighting of Lady PurrPurr and the cat food left out for her everyday remained untouched.

8/27 FINALLY she came back! She was very happy to see us and made sure to show plenty of love before she even touched her food. She didn't show up until 9PM this time which is much later than she was showing up before. Anyway it was late and after she ate she quickly went on her way. Her mammory glands are still swollen but her nipples did not feel "dry" and "chapped" anymore so I'd bet the house that she is nursing kitten(s) somewhere. It was such a relief to see her again!

I still have not gotten her canned kitten food yet because to be honest I had kinda given up hope that we would see her again. Will get some though.

Now onto the questions:

1. How long does it take dry cat food to become "stale"? during this time she stopped showing up for a week I have been leaving her food in the same bowl and just bringing it indoors at night and putting it out the next morning. She ate it just fine but I don't want it to be "yucky" to her. Should I be pouring her uneaten catfood back from the bowl into a ziplock baggie every night or something???

2. My ex-friend of years and years ago had a cat and she had her cat on a 50/50% of wet and dry catfood. She mixed the dry food in with the wet otherwise her cat would just eat the wet and ignore the dry and cry for more wet food. When I get the wet kitten food should I do the same??? (Obviously I wouldn't do this kind of mixture until she is already here...I wouldn't leave a wet/dry mix outside all day to spoil...and she would still get her dried cat food left out everyday just in case.)
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post #23 of 133
8/30/11 at 8:50pm
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8/28 - 8/29 No sign of her.

8/30 She came back again tonight and ate and quickly took off. She seems to be cutting her visits much shorter. I am guessing this is because her kittens are getting older.

Going to get her canned kitten food tomorrow.


I would appreciate some responses to the questions I asked a few days ago in my last post if any of you who were previously responding to this thread are reading this.

People seemed to want updates and I gave them and now I feel like this thread is being ignored. Lady PurrPurr still needs my help and I still need your help to help her.

Thank you.
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post #24 of 133
8/30/11 at 9:28pm
Hi Josh-

Been reading through your thread and like the others, wanted to say "Thank you" for caring about this beautiful little girl.

Please don't think you're being ignored. Activity on TCS ebbs and flows - it gets quieter on weekends and I suspect lots of people are preoccupied now with the aftermath of the hurricane that affected so many of us.

You're going to get a ton of different opinions about the merits of wet vs. dry, mixing them, keeping them separate, etc. So, FWIW, here's my 2 cents...

You can't go wrong with the best quality canned food you can buy. Quality means meat listed as the first or second ingredient (not meat by-products). Ideally, no preservatives, colors, corn, wheat, rice. Grain free is great if you can get it. Chicken and turkey flavors are best to feed most often. Most cats like them and they're easily digested. Beef is tough for some cats to digest. Fish should be fed only now and then for variety. Canned should be the main food you feed.

Right now canned kitten food would be fine for her - it seems she's probably still nursing and can use the extra calories. You can switch off with regular adult canned, or just feed one or the other. The extra water content in canned will be good for her too - it'll help keep her hydrated which is very important.

I read years ago that as soon as you open a bag of dry food, it starts losing nutritional value, so try to keep the bag tightly closed. You can leave a little dry food out in a separate dish, but if she doesn't finish the kibble, I would throw it away at the end of the day. The fresher the food, the better. The same suggestions about quality apply to dry food.

I'm very relieved your little girl has returned. I hope she brings her kittens closer to your house. If you can get her on a fairly regular feeding schedule, it will be much easier to trap her, when the time comes, so she can be spayed and go to her forever home with your friend

Thanks again for keeping us updated - please continue to let us know how it's going!
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post #25 of 133
8/30/11 at 10:10pm
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Originally Posted by KTLynn View Post
Hi Josh-

Been reading through your thread and like the others, wanted to say "Thank you" for caring about this beautiful little girl.

Please don't think you're being ignored. Activity on TCS ebbs and flows - it gets quieter on weekends and I suspect lots of people are preoccupied now with the aftermath of the hurricane that affected so many of us.
Yeah...I kinda figured that had a lot to do with it. I feel for every person and animal affected by Irene. I just worried after days of no responses to my last post that the thread was becoming "irrelevant". I just want the best for her and her kittens and that is the only reason I am here.

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Originally Posted by KTLynn View Post
You're going to get a ton of different opinions about the merits of wet vs. dry, mixing them, keeping them separate, etc. So, FWIW, here's my 2 cents...

You can't go wrong with the best quality canned food you can buy. Quality means meat listed as the first or second ingredient (not meat by-products). Ideally, no preservatives, colors, corn, wheat, rice. Grain free is great if you can get it. Chicken and turkey flavors are best to feed most often. Most cats like them and they're easily digested. Beef is tough for some cats to digest. Fish should be fed only now and then for variety. Canned should be the main food you feed.

Right now canned kitten food would be fine for her - it seems she's probably still nursing and can use the extra calories. You can switch off with regular adult canned, or just feed one or the other. The extra water content in canned will be good for her too - it'll help keep her hydrated which is very important.
THANK YOU SO MUCH....

I was planning on going to a pet store tomorrow and buying canned food with FISH as the main ingredient.(my boyfriend and I reasoned that fish is probably more fatty and there is so many "vitamins" sold with fish oils, etc. that we thought it would be better than feeding cat food with a "poultry" as the first ingredient.

Anyway we will throw out her dried cat food every day now(and will offer a much smaller amount each day since the only times she seems to eat here are when we are with her)

Will get her some kitten canned food as well as adult canned food.

I never owned a cat but I was always under the impression that too much "wet" food is horrible for their teeth.



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I'm very relieved your little girl has returned. I hope she brings her kittens closer to your house. If you can get her on a fairly regular feeding schedule, it will be much easier to trap her, when the time comes, so she can be spayed and go to her forever home with your friend.
I could trap her EASILY if I wanted! She is a sweetie and has came into the house 3 times now for a few minutes each time.(she doesn't seem to want to stay long and we don't want her to either because we don't have a litter box!)

Anyway my boyfriend borrowed an extra cat carrier box from his co-worker that she doesn't need and she told him to keep it as long as he needs because she has another one. I'm sure Lady PurrPurr would go right in if I dumped a can of cat food onto a small plate and placed it at the back of the carrier box....then I shut the door. Easy as pie!

It's the kittens I am worried about catching if she ever brings them here.
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post #26 of 133
8/31/11 at 2:32am
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I myself as a gay male knowing nothing about breast feeding felt Lady PurrPurrs nipples yesterday and they did all feel kind of "chapped" and "dry"
Josh, you are too funny. xD

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1. How long does it take dry cat food to become "stale"? during this time she stopped showing up for a week I have been leaving her food in the same bowl and just bringing it indoors at night and putting it out the next morning. She ate it just fine but I don't want it to be "yucky" to her. Should I be pouring her uneaten catfood back from the bowl into a ziplock baggie every night or something???
Mmm, I'd assume it's similar to cereal, so if you left the bag open for a few days to a week it might taste less appetizing. I really doubt being a stray, however, she will even notice that it is stale. But yes, putting it in a ziplop baggie or in the fridge will keep it fresher. :]

2. My ex-friend of years and years ago had a cat and she had her cat on a 50/50% of wet and dry catfood. She mixed the dry food in with the wet otherwise her cat would just eat the wet and ignore the dry and cry for more wet food. When I get the wet kitten food should I do the same??? (Obviously I wouldn't do this kind of mixture until she is already here...I wouldn't leave a wet/dry mix outside all day to spoil...and she would still get her dried cat food left out everyday just in case.)
I don't think it's necessary to mix them, no. And since it's outside, it may attract flies and you don't really want the dry pieces in the mix to brew bacteria.

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I was planning on going to a pet store tomorrow and buying canned food with FISH as the main ingredient.(my boyfriend and I reasoned that fish is probably more fatty and there is so many "vitamins" sold with fish oils, etc. that we thought it would be better than feeding cat food with a "poultry" as the first ingredient.
While fish does have it's good points, it also tends to be high in hard metals like mercury. And on top of that, most fish used in cat food is the cheapest kind so the mercury levels are through the roof. :[
I wouldn't obsess over ingredients however since you are already doing her such a Huge favor by feeding her. What's more important is that if your friend adopts her, point her in the direction of this forum so we can teach her about what to feed.

I never owned a cat but I was always under the impression that too much "wet" food is horrible for their teeth.
I'm not sure how this got started, I guess veterinarian's presumed that dry food cleaned the teeth and so they thought wet food must do the opposite.
Either way, no wet food does not ruin teeth, so you don't have to worry.


Good luck with Lady Purrpurr!
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post #27 of 133
8/31/11 at 10:40am
She's "home!" But GREAT news she's back!!!!!!

Sorry - we were dealing with the hurricane, and I missed the update. But what a relief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You've already gotten some great advice.

I'll just share what we do for the outside ferals, though it's not the same situation. I put out dry food in the morning, and pick it up at night. This is so it's available for them to free feed, since the really feral ferals don't like interacting with us anyway. The amount we put out it usually gone by night anyway, but if not, it's gone the next day. If she doesn't show up to eat, throw it in a ziplock baggie, and put it out the next day. I'd say toss it after the 3rd day.

The wet food - just feed it to her when she's there. We put it out in the morning and evening, and have worked out how much to put out so it gets eaten. They adjusted to our schedule. But your situation is different. I'd give it to her when she's there.

For cats, an all wet diet is actually best. Dry food tends to have too many carbohydrates and plant-based fats or protein. Cats are carnivores, after all. Their ancestors are desert animals, and they're designed to get their moisture from the food they eat, not drink water (like dogs will and do. Cats do too, but aren't really motivated to do so). And most cats don't even really chew, even the kibble. So unless it's specifically designed for oral health, basically it just shatters, so really doesn't scrape any tartar off anyway.

But given she's so friendly, if she does have kittens, when she starts to wean them, it's almost certain she'll bring them around. And because she's friendly, it'll make it easier for you to touch, play with, and interact with them. So down the road... I think catching them without a live trap shouldn't be a problem.

But that is just great news that she came back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She DOES know she has a friend!
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post #28 of 133
8/31/11 at 5:47pm
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Update:

The kittens:

http://i56.tinypic.com/iypyqe.jpg

Don't have time to go into more details right now but will later tonight.
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post #29 of 133
8/31/11 at 6:06pm
OMG !!!!! Sorry I had to get updated too, no hurricane here, but other stuff going on....

I AM IN SHOCK Look at those beautiful babies!!! Lady PurrPurr brought you her kittens (another ). She loves you so much and trusts you now. I am so happy to see this and now the kittens will be safe and you can probably find wonderful homes for them, or a rescue might take them. Most kittens DO get adopted quickly. OH!!! This is just wonderful news and made my night .

Please, when you can, tell us how this happened !!!
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post #30 of 133
8/31/11 at 6:22pm
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OMG !!!!! Sorry I had to get updated too, no hurricane here, but other stuff going on....

I AM IN SHOCK Look at those beautiful babies!!! Lady PurrPurr brought you her kittens (another ). She loves you so much and trusts you now. I am so happy to see this and now the kittens will be safe and you can probably find wonderful homes for them, or a rescue might take them. Most kittens DO get adopted quickly. OH!!! This is just wonderful news and made my night .

Please, when you can, tell us how this happened !!!
Oh how wonderful!!!!

And I see they're inside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh they are just too adorable.

Oh can't wait to hear more!!!!!
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