Author Topic: my life has become MUCH more complicated than it was yesterday. (Read 2576 times)

bucky katt · « **on:** June 10, 2009, 08:40:40 AM »

a picture is worth 1000 words. i went out to the shop to grab a chopper seat i was selling and found this instead. 2 weeks old, eyes just opened. anyone want to bottle raise a kitten?

my78k · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2009, 08:44:41 AM »

They make great Muskie bait....

Just kidding of course!!! Looks like it might be time to bust out the sporan again eh Bucky?

Dennis

bucky katt · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2009, 08:45:52 AM »

this is JUST what i didnt need right now

Frankenkit · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2009, 08:52:00 AM »

Is this one of your grandbabies, or did someone just leave the baby on your doorstep sans basket?

bucky katt · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2009, 10:33:09 AM »

i found her out inmy shop/garage/storage. she and her 2 siblings (the other 2 were dead) we have loads of strays around and though i have caught and spayed severalfemales and neutered malrs, it looks like i missed one. they were buried back behindseveralengine blocks and some ceramics molds. they had to have been born there.i'llk get her weaned then re-homed to an approved, responsible owner since i absolutely CANNOT have another cat. there are days i swear i have too many as it is (6) and though this IS the 2 year aniversary of me having to have Ilse my little calico euthanized (she had cancer) and this little one is (big coincedence) a calico. i just cannot keep her. thats Ilse below

Frankencake · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2009, 11:08:29 AM »

Aaa, What another cat? She too cute to give away. Just think of all of the fun you can have when she get to that playing age. Cats are pretty adaptable to being feral as well. She can be "the shop cat".

Caaveman82 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2009, 11:17:52 AM »

You know you'll take care of it!

How can you say no to that bite size morsel?

bill440cars · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2009, 02:09:27 PM »

Jeff, I can truthfully say that that kitten couldn't have been found by a more caring person.

Take care, Bill

kghost · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2009, 02:26:51 PM »

Quote from: bill440cars on June 10, 2009, 02:09:27 PM

Jeff, I can truthfully say that that kitten couldn't have been found by a more caring person.

Take care, Bill

Think it has 8 lives left?

bucky katt · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2009, 05:49:48 PM »

well, she has to be bottle fed every 2 hours for the next 6-8 weeks. her bladder/bowels have to be stimulated at the same intervals with a warm, damp paper towel, to simulate moms tongue. in effect, i'm now a cat mom. you never saw a fully grown aduly get so excited over a tiny kitten letting a little inch long squirt of poo go! lord, i hope i'm up to this challenge. i did the same exaact thing EXACTLY20 years ago today. except then, it was 4 little tiny balls of fluff. lucky i have lots of time on my hands to sit and bottle feed an unwilling participant. hope i dont get attatched (yeah RIGHT!) Hamish just loves her, he sits on the couch next to me the entire tiime i'm feeding her and handling her. he will lean over and lightly groom her as well sometimes. lol what a pair of mommies we make. a big, hairy, tattoed guy and an old, cranky siamese male.

Frankencake · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2009, 06:31:59 PM »

What's her name?

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2009, 07:20:32 PM »

Nice save. You know if you give it a name you will end up keeping it.

That's happened a few times to me and I had the best intentions of passing them on to some one else but.....

333 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2009, 07:41:00 PM »

And we will bug you until you do name it.

bill440cars · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2009, 08:03:07 PM »

Quote from: 333 on June 10, 2009, 07:41:00 PM

And we will bug you until you do name it.

And you know that we will TOO!

333 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2009, 09:06:39 PM »

Might I suggest a hijack? How about turning this into a name thread.

And I'll start with "Chopper", since a chopper seat is what brought you out there to find her.

tramp · « **Reply #15 on:** June 11, 2009, 04:19:25 AM »

i don't envy you
we had to bottle feed young dogs cause thier mother left
as for a name
fuzzball

my78k · « **Reply #16 on:** June 11, 2009, 06:54:13 AM »

What about Bucky in honour of your new found name??

Dennis

bucky katt · « **Reply #17 on:** June 11, 2009, 08:46:14 AM »

well, caring for a less than 2 week old baby turned out to be a bit more than i could deal with. the lady that runs the sanctuary where i adfopted callie from last year agreed to take her and foster her till she was ready for a new home. i couldnt deal with the feeding and de-pooping her every 2 hours. wore me out even worse than i already am lol. i am now goign to bed for 24 hours now lol. they DO want me to name her. thinking about that now.

Frankencake · « **Reply #18 on:** June 11, 2009, 08:49:27 AM »

How about Soichiro?

bucky katt · « **Reply #19 on:** June 11, 2009, 09:47:02 AM »

well, she and her littermates were in a box full of norton parts, so i gave jill, the foster lady a call and asked her what she thought and she said that norton was a good british motorcycle and also a fine name for a little kitty

i terribly miss her BUT she's way better off where she is, with a momma cat that lost her babies, so norton is getting nursed and cared for by a cat mom and not a human moom like me lol. i thought iwas really cool that they asked me to name her. wife and i talked about it and i'm taking the money i got for selling the mandolin and i'm donating it to this shelter in little nortons name. cant name her bucky because i already have a siamese named bucky-katt. she'll be alot safer tpp where she is as rocky, the abysinnian wanted to eat her in the worst way lol. rocky is a total #$%* to any new kitty though.

bucky katt · « **Reply #20 on:** June 12, 2009, 11:57:30 PM »

i called and checked on little kitty this afternoon and she's dping great with her foster mom. i really wish i could have handled the fostering duties but there was just no way. these folks will be really sure that when the time comes she'll get a really good home too.

Hush · « **Reply #21 on:** June 13, 2009, 12:59:48 AM »

Aw you big soft thing Fuzzy, my old cat is 18 years old (human years) and was brought home by my big hearted son as it had been abandoned by a family who just moved off and left her.
Neko (Japanese for cat cos both my kids were studying Jap at the time) is one old old lady now, but she stuck with me when my ex buggered off and that cat hated my ex so I made Neko a promise that I would look after her till the day she died.

She likes nothing better than to curl up at my feet while I'm on the computer.
I'm not allowed another cat...ever apparently cos Jaffa don't like em, so Neko better last a few more years for me.

tramp · « **Reply #22 on:** June 13, 2009, 03:51:52 AM »

you tried
thats more than othersw would have done

Frankenkit · « **Reply #23 on:** June 13, 2009, 09:00:14 AM »

Hush- that reminds me of my cat Tsukiko- she and Jack had to live with Daddy after our divorce, but the funny thing was, while my ex and I were still living together, when he'd have his new girlfriend over (awkward) Tsuki would immediately pee on any clothes etc the chick left on the floor. When the ex insisted on keeping the cats (and he had to, my new other half was allergic (and a jerk) I found out later that Tsuki habitually peed on the new girl's stuff for over a year to come. Made me love the kitty that much more...

but she's now living with my ex who will never give her up, so I have two new kitties of my own. ...and a great story to tell.

Frankencake · « **Reply #24 on:** June 13, 2009, 02:31:34 PM »

Quote from: Kit on June 13, 2009, 09:00:14 AM

Hush- that reminds me of my cat Tsukiko- she and Jack had to live with Daddy after our divorce, but the funny thing was, while my ex and I were still living together, when he'd have his new girlfriend over (awkward) Tsuki would immediately pee on any clothes etc the chick left on the floor. When the ex insisted on keeping the cats (and he had to, my new other half was allergic (and a jerk) I found out later that Tsuki habitually peed on the new girl's stuff for over a year to come. Made me love the kitty that much more... but she's now living with my ex who will never give her up, so I have two new kitties of my own. ...and a great story to tell.

Never fall in love with someone who is allergic to or doesn't like your pets.

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Author Topic: my life has become MUCH more complicated than it was yesterday. (Read 2576 times)