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Yeah, I agree with TNR1. Do be very careful. If they won't hold still or they start crying a lot and they mama freaks out, just don't do it. You just need to do the front ones.
I put all 3 of mine on a towel on the table.(they are calm when they are together and by being on the table I could see better rather than bending over or by holding them and only having one free hand. Just hold one paw and do them as fast as possible. As long as the kittens are together and on a flat, warm surface they won't freak and if they don't freak out, the mama won't freak out.

Good luck! Remember, just do the very tip and if they freak out, stop and try again another day.
 

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Originally Posted by TortieBaby

I would use fingernail clipper, it's much easier.
For the tiny nails....fingernail clippers are better....and the extra benefit is that if you continue to trim their names, then they will be easier to trim once they go into their new homes.

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Originally Posted by TortieBaby

Yeah, mine only had 3 kittens too. Unfortunately, we just managed to get our cat number back down to 3 (our high point being 7) and my hubby won'ts let me have any more. Not that I will let that stop me from begging to keep one or anything. LOL!
Oh..I wanted to know if you were able to place the 2 five month old females.

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Originally Posted by TNR1

For the tiny nails....fingernail clippers are better....and the extra benefit is that if you continue to trim their names, then they will be easier to trim once they go into their new homes.

Katie
Ya. I figured it would be harder to do with cat clippers. Or it will be easier for us to trim them, as we don't know whether they will be going to new homes or not.
 

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Unforunately, because of our short notice move(long story) I had to take them to a nearby humane society. I would have taken them with me, but 1.I don't know anybody where we moved, 2.They love being outside cats and NC is they best place for that because it is not a city place and therefore they are VERY unlikely to be around cars, and 3. I personally know some of the people who work at the humane society and know they will take good care of them and will give them good homes. It's a small, privately run humane society and they take very good care of their animals. It is also a no-kill home. They were already almost 6 months old and I know if I brought them up here they would almost never find good homes, if any at all because there are so many younger kittens that are given away for free. Where I lived in NC there were hardly any so they have a much better chance. Also, most of the people there are wealthy and they have enough money to take good care of my babies.
I miss them very much, but am keeping in touch with the humane society so I find out who they go to.
 

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I was going to keep my female intact and just keep her inside, but now that I think about it, I'm gonna spay her. I don't want to have to part with anymore of my babies, ever! I love them too much and hate having to make them suffer because of my mistakes.

I miss every single one of my babies that I have ever had to give away. They all had their own personalities, something that no other cat could ever duplicate, even if I had 100!
I better stop writing, I'm about to cry thinking about the last look my kitties gave me when I took them to the humane society, it wrenched my heart out!
 

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Originally Posted by TortieBaby

Unforunately, because of our short notice move(long story) I had to take them to a nearby humane society. I would have taken them with me, but 1.I don't know anybody where we moved, 2.They love being outside cats and NC is they best place for that because it is not a city place and therefore they are VERY unlikely to be around cars, and 3. I personally know some of the people who work at the humane society and know they will take good care of them and will give them good homes. It's a small, privately run humane society and they take very good care of their animals. It is also a no-kill home. They were already almost 6 months old and I know if I brought them up here they would almost never find good homes, if any at all because there are so many younger kittens that are given away for free. Where I lived in NC there were hardly any so they have a much better chance. Also, most of the people there are wealthy and they have enough money to take good care of my babies.
I miss them very much, but am keeping in touch with the humane society so I find out who they go to.
Good to know.
And hopefully the Humane Society will spay them and place them into appropriate homes.

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Yeah, they will spay them. I made sure of that. As much as I love kittens, it's not right to the cat to have to get pregnant because of our irresponsibility and it is especially not right for the kittens who grow attached to us and who love their mommies to have to be torn away from both because we can't take care of them. I'm soooo greatful that my cat only had 3 kittens and am glad to hear that you may be keeping yours too ABK. When I took my mama cat to the vet he said that he was surprised she only had 3 because she is so healthy she could have VERY easily had at least 6-7 babies with no problems!
 
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Originally Posted by TortieBaby

Yeah, they will spay them. I made sure of that. As much as I love kittens, it's not right to the cat to have to get pregnant because of our irresponsibility and it is especially not right for the kittens who grow attached to us and who love their mommies to have to be torn away from both because we can't take care of them. I'm soooo greatful that my cat only had 3 kittens and am glad to hear that you may be keeping yours too ABK. When I took my mama cat to the vet he said that he was surprised she only had 3 because she is so healthy she could have VERY easily had at least 6-7 babies with no problems!
Well our cat Misty isn't very big so we figured she was only having 3 ..tops 4. Turns out we guessed pretty well lol. I can imagine it would be hard to give one, or more, away. Which is one reason why we will probably end up keeping them.
 

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I'm VERY happy for you. Have you ever had to give a kitty away before? If so, how old was it?
1 of the kitties that I took to the humane society was a super sweet people loving baby. I helped bring them to the back so they could put them in the cages for quarentine and it broke my heart. When they put her in the cage she just looked at me like I had betrayed her. I hated it! I felt like taking her out of the cage and running for it, not caring what my hubby said, just taking her and never letting her go. I'll post a pic of her so you can see what I mean. Her face is just sooooo innocent and sweet. I'm crying right now just thinking about it. I hope she gets a new owner that will be able to give her a ton of attention. I mean, she NEEDS people. I would try and use the computer and she would just crawl all over me and walk on the keyboard and stand in front of the screen and meow CONSTANTLY until I gave her attention. She also learned from her mommy to jump up on me like a dog. I would call her and she would run over and jump up on me as high as she could reach.(which wasn't very far since she had a little pudgy, kitten belly)
 

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Here, I copied it from another post of mine. I'm on a different computer so I don't have any other pics of her with me.

 

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Aww...I know it must have been very difficult to take her to the Humane Society....but better that than a life outdoors intact. I'm sure you could visit her if you wanted.

BTW...that is a great photo...ever thought of submitting it to a calendar?? I know that there is a 365 day cat calendar who is always looking for photos.

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My brother took the pic. He loves taking them. My mother was a photographer when she was young so it must be in the blood.

I don't know if ever has submitted them before. I did submit the pic of my other kitty, Guess, the one I gave to my friend. I don't know if I will win though. Thanks for the compliment, I'll tell my brother, he'll be thrilled.
He should really be a wildlife photographer, I mean, he enjoys it and he's good at it. He could make a good living.
 
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