Topic: Kitten Puddles...

[digi]

On another note our previous cats (Daisy and Bandit) unlike our present two (Smudge and Fluff) tend to improve the next door neighbours garden rather than use a cat tray.  I think we've tried numerous things over the last 4 years, but the don't want to know.  There are two benefits from this.  We spend nothing on cat litter and our neighbours have a very fertilised garden!!!

[Clark Kent]

Yeah, I was thinking about that aspect, and how I can never be clotheless, lest he attack my dangling particibles...
if he is potty trained, it works for me, I jsut didn't see how since he's pretty much limited to a little room with a concrete floor.  Although, I have to admit, I never did see any kitty dookies hangin around that room while I was there...

CK

P.S.  I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

[Ravok]

 Mine would much rather go im my mulch around my bushes outside also. Like i said they are pretty anal about having a clean place to go.  

[AlienLXIX]

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if he is potty trained, it works for me, I jsut didn't see how since he's pretty much limited to a little room with a concrete floor.  Although, I have to admit, I never did see any kitty dookies hangin around that room while I was there...

CK

P.S.  I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...  

Depending on how old your kittens are the mother cat tends to take care of the waste the kitten's make and that maybe why your kitten's area is clean.  

When do you get to take your new friend home?  I am asking this because if this is still happening when you bring him home you will have to how to use the little and maybe go as far as taking a warm wet wash cloth and umm "stimulate" the waste process.  PM me if you need more pointers!

I have cared for kittens as young as a few days old and have had them thrive!  It's hard and takes a LOT of time till they have their eyes open and OK they turn out thinking that they are very short and hairy humans but I have never lost one yet!  <knocking on wood>

[Clark Kent]

Thanks for the advice Alien.  He'll be 6 weeks old this friday.  i'm considering whether I should bring him home this weekend, or wait.  If I wait, though, I'll have to wait till the end of june, since I can't get to the farm where he's at on my own, and the friend who can get me there is going to Hawaii next week.  Supplies aren't a problem, I know what I need and where to get it, I just need to figure out what this little guy's needs are.  I will say, though, that one thing I caannot stand is the smell of cat pee, so if I can't figure out how to handle his problems, he might become an outside cat again quick fast and in a hurry.  I won't just toss the guy out the door, or abandon him, but I really need to keep his potty issues under control.

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...  

[AlienLXIX]

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Thanks for the advice Alien.  He'll be 6 weeks old this friday.  i'm considering whether I should bring him home this weekend, or wait.  If I wait, though, I'll have to wait till the end of june, since I can't get to the farm where he's at on my own, and the friend who can get me there is going to Hawaii next week.  Supplies aren't a problem, I know what I need and where to get it, I just need to figure out what this little guy's needs are.  I will say, though, that one thing I caannot stand is the smell of cat pee, so if I can't figure out how to handle his problems, he might become an outside cat again quick fast and in a hurry.  I won't just toss the guy out the door, or abandon him, but I really need to keep his potty issues under control.

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...  

Ahh ...

IMHO 6 weeks is a little to young BUT it is very do-able.  I personally don't give any kittens that I have had away until they are fully weaned of their mother and that tends to happen at about 8 to 10 weeks of age, at least that's what would happen in my house when I was growing up.  

Find out if your kitten eating solid foods yet.  If not then you will have to supplement his diet with that kitten milk formula; I don't think you will need to have that kitten bottle with a nipple but a low saucer would be a good thing.

As for potty training it'll take a little time and patience but he will get the idea.  Treats are a good thing!

Oh and do yourself a BIG favor and get your boy kitty fixed as soon as possible!  You DO NOT want him learning how to mark is territory!  That smells worse than regular pee any day!

BTW Puddles is a cute name for a cat and it would go well with Sirgod's Poo.  Gosh that didn't come out right!  LOL  

[TB613]

Alien is correct on six weeks being a little young. The deciding factor to me is are there people around the farm such as some children that can help in socializing the kitten to humans.  

[Clark Kent]

The farm he's at is boarded by alot of horses owned by various people, so I'm thinking the kittens get alot of human attention.I may put getting him off, like i said, but if I wait past this weekend I'll have to wait quite a while longer before I get him, and I'm kinda eager to get him.  CHoices...

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...  

[Clark Kent]

Oh yeah, I'd rather not name him puddles.  The thought of him living up to his names in that case makes me cringe.  I was kinda partial to the name Saber, unless someone had a better suggestion,

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...  

[Scott Allen Abfalter]

There are milk supplements in a can that you can give very young kittens that are too young to be independant; we had to do this with our first cat who we found as a too-young abandon stray.   It's a little expensive, but she was not on it for more than a few weeks.

One thing we learned --it is very hard to give a cat a bath!  Whenever we've tried to give the cats a bath it's basically a two-person job.  My single and only task is to latch onto the cat with both hands and try and keep it mostly within the bathtub.  My wife gets it shampoo'ed and rinsed off.  The cat, convinced that it is about to drown, fights with all it's might.   We are lucky if we escape with only minor scratches.

 

[Praxis]

When I try to give my cat a bath, it turns into something from crocodile hunter.

We've learned never to fill the bathtub- instead we take one of those movable showerheads and spray her to wash her.  That way she doesn't think she's drowning, but she STILL fights for her life.

Since we're spraying her rather than dunking her, the bottom of the tub has a low level of water.  The cat thrashes left and right, jumping for the edges, her claws slipping and skittering on the sides, the water splashing all over.  It really looks like something from Crododile Hunter.  We have to wear heavy gloves, and sometimes she'll manage to get a claw out and grab me by the shirt and try to pull me into the tub...

[Khalee]

Never had a problem with mine. The only problem was I had to lock the door to keep it from wanting to come in and try to get into the tub when I was takeing baths. Trick to bathing cats is treat them like you would a baby when you give them a bath. When I made it to where it could not come in you never heard the most mornfull sounds comeing from it, pluse it would be trying to claw its way thru the door as well.

[AlienLXIX]

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There are milk supplements in a can that you can give very young kittens that are too young to be independant; we had to do this with our first cat who we found as a too-young abandon stray.   It's a little expensive, but she was not on it for more than a few weeks.

One thing we learned --it is very hard to give a cat a bath!  Whenever we've tried to give the cats a bath it's basically a two-person job.  My single and only task is to latch onto the cat with both hands and try and keep it mostly within the bathtub.  My wife gets it shampoo'ed and rinsed off.  The cat, convinced that it is about to drown, fights with all it's might.   We are lucky if we escape with only minor scratches.

 

Buy the best formula you can because a growing kitten needs all those lovely nutrients to grow up strong.  I can't say much for the mental part because all cats are strange and bizarre creatures!  I've had an incredibly intelligent cat all the way to as smart as a brainless sheep.  Oh and there is no way of telling what you are getting till they are about a year and a half.

As for the bath thing I wouldn't give a kitten a bath unless it totally needs it (i.e., it rolled around in mud and axle grease).  I would wait till it was about four months old.  Also you could get the kitten used to having baths by doing it more often than every 6 - 12 months, try every other month.  You just have to have the right shampoos that won't dry out his skin.  You might get lucky and get a cat with thrill issues . . .

And about cat's living up to their names?  Well, right now we have two and Pretty Girl is really a pretty girl kitty and acts like a princess too!  LOL  Tubby Deamon Monster is all that but he is also my surrogate baby that I can carry on my shoulder and pat on the back as if I was burping him AND you have to rock back and forth while you burp the baby.  Like I said cats are strange and bizarre!

By the sound of it you want more of a manly name for your new friend and nothing cute like Cuddles or QT Pi?  Hummm how about *snicker* J'inn?  No?  How about something Hawaiian?  Popoki (po po KEE) cat, said to be from the English Missionary words 'poor pussy'.  Ikaika (EE kie KA) strong, powerful.  Ali'i (ah lee EE) chief.  Ke koa (ke koah) the courageous one.  Kolohe (KO low heh) Rascal, naughty.  Mea nui (me ahh new ee) Beloved person or thing.  Nonolo (sound as it is spelled) purring.  Pilialoha (Pee lee aloha) Beloved companion.  

Well, I tried to give you a few ideas and I also was nice and not give you the really hard words to try and say!  LOL  I also have descriptive words like Popoki pe'elua which literally means caterpillar cat (tabby cat).  So what does this kitten look like anyway?  

[Khalee]

or he could just call it cat and be done with it.

[Clark Kent]

LOL, those are actually good suggestions, I kinda like some of them.  I'll think about it.  This little guy (so far) is a curious and quiet one.  He's very warm and friendly, and he's explorer.  You can't let youself be fooled by his shy natuere, though.  He likes to walk around very tall with his chest puffed out and head held as high as it goes.  And then there's the prance he does.  He lifts his legs higher than I'm used to seeing most cats do, and each step is purposeful and controlled.
I do have a reason for giving him a manly name, over soemthing cuddy or cute.  I feel that since he's gonna get the ol' snip snip anyway, I can't burden him with an unmanly name for the rest of his life as well.  After all, how badly do I have to emascualte the poor little devil?
Here's a couple pics one that got me interested in him to begin with, and two of him I took last week:

 


 
(oh my, my friend jenny does have soem hairy arms, doesn't she?)

 


CK

P.S.  i like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

[TB613]

These should be manly enough for you. Caesar, Napoleon, Wellington - Napoleons opponent at Waterloo. Another good one would be Bear.  

[Kmelew]

He looks like a "Panther" or maybe a "Midnight"  

[Iceman]

How about Brutus? That way when he jumps off the monitor onto your keyboard while you play SFC, you can say

Et tu brutai?  

[Clark Kent]

Just talked to my firend about the kitten, looks like I'll be waiting a while longer since he's not weaned yet.  I figure it will be better for him not to take him from his mom until he's ready.  Oh well, looks like more waiting for me,

CK

P.S.  i like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

[AlienLXIX]

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Just talked to my firend about the kitten, looks like I'll be waiting a while longer since he's not weaned yet.  I figure it will be better for him not to take him from his mom until he's ready.  Oh well, looks like more waiting for me,

CK

P.S.  i like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...  

Yeah you can tell just by the color of his eyes that he just isn't old enough.  What you could do, that is if farm owners are willing, is have one of your shirts that you like to wear a lot put in the box with that kitten in it.  That way that kitten will know you by scent since you won't be there for quite a few weeks.  

Let me give you a few more names to think on.  Koapaka (KO ah pa KA) valiant and brave warrior, especially in battle (this is my eldest son's middle name).  Nohea (no HE ah) handsome and of fine appearance (this is my youngest son's middle name).  As you can see some these are close to my heart but I don't think you want my middle name, Malia, for your boy cat!  LOL  Tell you what, I do have some baby name books and if you want to go with a regular name I can at least give you the meanings!