Conference misery::feline

935.0. "She didn't wet the sofa, she had kittens!!" by AKOCOA::NELSON () Mon Sep 25 1995 15:36

    Well, it happened after all...I'm a "grandmother!"  Misty, our little
    stray, had kittens on Aug. 30 or 31, the day she "peed" all over the
    sofa!  Apparently, it wasn't urine but her water breaking.  She had
    two kittens, one male, the other still hard to tell.  The gray and
    white male, which looks exactly like his mommy except for her "white
    gloves," has already been claimed by our neighbor's little boy.  He
    calls the kitty "Nuzzles."  The black one -- and I mean we are talking
    *jet* black -- my son calls it Black, I call it Inky -- is a pudgy
    little fuzzball and hasn't been adopted yet.  We're still trying to
    place it.
    
    Misty apparently gave birth under the neighbor's porch, and it was our
    neighbor who found mother and kittens last Wednesday night.  Thursday
    Mommy had to go to the vet for her checkup, and that's when my husband
    went and got them and brought them into our (warm, dry) basement.  So
    Misty and her kittens are doing well.  They are really cute, sweet
    little things.  They also have fleas.  Can't shampoo or dip till next
    week or the week after, and all cats will have to be treated, including
    "Uncle" Oscar.  Misty and Oscar are also being treated for ear mites,
    I guess we will have to do the kittens too, once they turn six weeks
    old.
    
    So...anyone want a healthy, smart, but shy kitten who should be ready
    to go by Halloween?
    
    Send mail offline, please...
    
    "Grandma" Kate, Misty, Inky and Nuzzles, and "Uncle" Oscar

    Congratulations, Grandma.
    And be careful that Halloween time with a jet black cat... You know,
    humans are lingering out there...
    
    Nat

    
    
    	Oh how I wish I could afford another furface.  I love black
    	cats.  I had one a few years ago (some of you may remember
    	Duke), but he was a sick little boy and didn't live to see
    	the age of two.
    

    Well, The Year of the Cat has ended -- more or less -- at our house.
    Misty's two kittnes, Pudge and Nuzzles, have gone on to families
    of their own.  Pudge is now living in Michigan with my husband's
    younger sister and her family, and Nuzzles is next door with our son's
    best friend.  
    
    I did not think you could grow so attached to two kittens in only 8 or
    9 weeks.  I have never had kittens before, and I just marvel at their
    distinctive little personalities, their endearing ways, they way they
    play, etc.  Now I know why cat owners refer to their kitties as their
    "children!"  Because I miss Pudge and Nuzzles almost as much as I'll
    miss my own kids when they grow up and move out on their own.
    
    Thanks to everyone who offered advice, support, homes, etc., for my
    "grandkitties."  Next step:  getting Misty spayed.  Step 2:  hoping
    that Oscar will quit snapping at her!  Any hints for helping with this?
    
    Kate, Misty and Oscar