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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

528.0. "What a week!" by USHS01::MCALLISTER (Mars or Bust!!) Thu Mar 26 1987 12:45

    
    Well, it's been a long week
    
    Sunday, we got up, read the paper, ate breakfast, etc.  I noticed
    that our cats were intently staring out of the front window.  Thinking
    that it was either a bird, cat or snake (killed 3 copperheads so
    far this year), I moseyed over for a look.
    
    There, on our front porch lay a black cat, unmoving.
    
    I called Rebecca, then we went out to check. Yes, she was dead,
    a car had hit her and she had crawled on our porch to die, under
    the azaleas.  We gathered her up and rushed to the emergency clinic,
    knowing it was too late, but hope still prevails.  It was indeed
    too late.
    
    Now the sad part. This girl kittie was the "neighborhood stray".
    Everyone fed her.  She wasn't altered, mainly cause we hadn't caught
    her yet (we've been known to take strays in for altering, once we
    determine they are strays).  She recently had kittens, which we
    didn't know where they were hidden.
    Neither did anyone in the neighborhood, nor did they really seem
    to care.
    
    We spent Sunday looking under houses, everywhere. No kittens.
    We spent Monday after work looking for kittens.  No kittens.
    By Tuesday, hope was wearing thin.  Rebecca went to ballet class,
    I cooked dinner timed for her 8:45 return.  She walked in and told
    me she had heard kittens crying.
    
    Out with the flashlights.  We found 5 very hungry 4 week old kittens,
    who fortunately came to us, as that house you can't get under. Now
    what.  Off to the store for KMR. Out with the bottles.  If any of
    you have ever bottle raised kittens, you may understand why I am
    very tired right now.
    
    Anyway, we tried to find a shelter to take them in, as Rebecca and
    I both work, and it is hard to get up that early and take care of
    5 kittens.  The BEST (!!) response we got was that one place offered
    to put them to death "humanely".
    
    So here we go, raising 5 orphaned kittens.  Now we've got to look
    at placing them in homes, getting our cats talking to us again,
    making sure we don't expose our cats to anything noxious, etc.
    
    We've got 3 blue/creams (2 LH, 1 SH), 1 tortoiseshell, and one black
    female.  Note: 5 females.
    
    How many breeders out there do you know who would love to have 3
    blue/creams out of 5 kittens?
    
    I've had 3 demos to do this week, 2 major presentations, and 5 kittens.
    But ...    they are cute ...
    
    Anybody want a kitten?
    
    Dave
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528.1MASTER::EPETERSONThu Mar 26 1987 13:196
    Dave,
    
    What does the Tortie look like?  You did say that there were 5 females,
    didn't you?
    
    Mairon
528.2Dare I ask?AKOV88::BROWNThe more the merrier!Thu Mar 26 1987 19:5012
    I'm not looking for another cat, I'm not looking for another cat,
    I'm not....  (if I say it often enough ever _I_ will believe it!).
    
    Okay, for those of us that don't know -- what does a blue/cream
    look like?  What part is blue and what part(s) is(are) cream?  If
    this means they look like a Russian Blue I may be in big trouble,
    tell me it isn't so!  8^)
    
    Where are you?
    
    Jan who_already_has_5_but_doesn't_know_when_to_stop
    
528.3where are you?RHODES::BAUMANNThu Mar 26 1987 20:084
    Where are you located?  And are they short haired or long haired?
    
    Laura
    
528.4PUZZLE::CORDESJAThu Mar 26 1987 20:3815
    Maybe I can answer some of these questions.  A blue cream is a dilute
    of a tortoiseshell.  So where the tortoiseshell is black and orange,
    the blue cream is grey and tan.  The color can and does fall in
    any pattern on the body.  There is no set pattern of the colors,
    they are all blended together.
    
    Dave has 2 longhair blue creams and 1 shorthair blue cream.  He
    also has a tortoiseshell and a black.  These are all females.
    
    I think Dave is located in Texas but I'm not sure.  If you are thinking
    about getting one of these kittens don't let the location scare
    you off.  Cats can travel very comfortably on most airlines.  A
    little advance planning with ensure a smooth trip.
    
    Jo Ann
528.5updateUSHS01::MCALLISTERMars or Bust!!Mon Mar 30 1987 17:0825
    Well, one of the kittens had a sex change and became a boy-kitty.
    So the breakdown is
    
    	one blue-cream female with very definite midline marking, longhair.
    Very rich blue coloring...  good cream... most playful.
     
        one blue-cream female with patchy markings, longhair
    Very rich blue color, more red in the cream... largest (currently)
    cream tip on tail
    
        one blue-cream female, more brindled, shorthair
    lighter blue color, small, cute face, cream tip on tail, very people
    oriented.
    
        one tortoiseshell, excellent brindling, female, shorthair
    most adventuresome, first to do everything.
    
        one black male, shorthair, some white hairs
    has white tip on tail, friendliest towards everyone.
    
    These kittens will be very people oriented, rather than cat oriented.
    
    Stories will follow
    
    Dave
528.6?MASTER::EPETERSONTue Mar 31 1987 12:245
    Dave,
    
    What's a brindle?
    
    Marion
528.7brindle is ...USHS01::MCALLISTERMars or Bust!!Tue Mar 31 1987 13:278
    a brindle pattern, (comes from dog colors, actually) is a very
    inter-mixed multicolor pattern.  In torties, it means that the red
    and black are not in large patches, but rather more mixed together.
    Creates a very different look on the cat.  We had a tortie smoke
    for years and people either thought she was beautiful (most cat
    people, all cat judges who saw her) or ugly.
    
    Dave
528.8updateUSHS01::MCALLISTERMars or Bust!!Thu Apr 23 1987 13:3928
    Well, it's time to catch you up on the kittens.
    
    Naturally, they were flea ridden and dirty. That was easily taken
    care of, but the discovery of ringworm wasn't as easy to get rid
    of. (Ringworm is a fungus-like organism that lives in the 4-5th
    layer of skin. Imagine a serious case of chickenpox for visual effect,
    but not as serious in young kittens). Off to the vet and medication
    time (which they hate, BTW).
    
    Well, they have cleared up all of their ringworm, now our adults
    have it. They have also gotten past the "eat everything in sight"
    and are moving into the "extremely cute stage", and it's time for
    them to move on to new homes.  3 of them will be travelling up to
    Mass with me to new homes on May 3rd, one has been spoken for down
    here. 4 down and 1 to go...
    
    Most cats don't recognise names until the 14th week, so what we
    call them doesn't matter to the owners, but we have them nicknamed
    Screamer - sounds almost siamese, but definitely tenor.
    Blackie 
    Pretty Girl - we try not to call her PG
    Midline - for her midline seam
    Tortie
    
    Kittens are such great fun... I could go on for hours but my boss
    probably wouldn't like it...
    
    Dave
528.9Should I be offended?GLINKA::GREENEThu Apr 23 1987 15:543
    Um, what's wrong with "PG" ???
    
    	PG
528.10All in your point of viewUSHS01::MCALLISTERMars or Bust!!Thu Apr 23 1987 16:205
    In some circles it's a slang term for pregnant.
    
    So while not necessarily derogatory, I don't want to tempt fate.
    
    Dave
528.11NEBVAX::BELFORTENever try to out-stubborn a cat!Thu Apr 23 1987 16:261
Who is still left?
528.12USHS01::MCALLISTERMars or Bust!!Thu Apr 23 1987 17:183
    The blue cream female without the midline seam (longhair).  She
    is the most adventuresome of them all.