teeny kittie!

She's getting bigger though.: 3

A cutie :3

~N~

Yes, yes she is. Especially after she's eaten. She stops fussing and clawing after she's eaten. @.@;

:snickers: Might wanna get them claws rounded down eventually. Just saw this thing called a "Petacure" that dulls out claws without injuring the nerves on the inside =)

~N~

Yeah but it'll probably be 2-3 months before she's big enough for me to use that on her. XD

I'm not too worried right now... I think she'll learn to be more careful as time goes on.

That's cool ^_^ Hope for many happy years with the kitten ^_^

~N~

Yeah.... I hope so too. Even if I have to find her a new home.. -.-

Awr, that would suck :'C

~N~

Yeah. Really though... my mom in law really doens't want the kitten int he house.

Not even if ya keep it in your room or something? ;c

~N~

You're talking about a woman who won't even let us get a window mounted AC for a room which is usually 10-15 degrees warmer than the rest of the house. (because aparently it's silly that a person can't sleep in a 87F room)...but only because she thinks it'll drive the electricity bill right up there.

._. Arg.. might be worth suggesting maybe chipping in for the electric, or paying the difference perhaps? >.> Usually there's always a certain key phrase that will get to a person to switch their opinions, just gotta find it :3

~N~

We;re already paying a rent of sorts. I'm trying to get some projects off the ground so I can help witht he cashflow, then hopefulyl we can chip into the electricity bill (and hopefully it won't be as high as she predicts).

Ohh, well not talking about rent, just the jumping of electric that the A/C causes >.> Hopefully she opens it up soon ;_;

~N~

You mean opens up to it? o.o;

Yeah, I had a phone call, g/f talking to me, and a few things on my mind. Just got my licence and tomarrows my B-day (though I gotta work on her car's brakes) and a job interview tomarrow, so my mind is kinda cluttered atm ;_;

~N~

I melt.

Not with these temperatures. @.@

isn't that always how things go?..one thing pops up..then another needs attention..then another..always happens in groups. good to know the kitty is doin ok thus far.

Yeah... Still trying to get my head around dealing with the hermit crab problem now.. it'll be easier to handle when it's a bit warmer.

Welcome to motherhood (sorry I had to get that out of my system after following all the posts ) Cute kitten, just becarefull it doesn't imprint the idea that it's human. It's always been my understanding that some animals tend to do that after being raised by a foster species. Any ideas how it will survive outdoors when it gets older or socialise with other cats yet?

BTW any idea on it's gender yet?

No idea what to do about her going outdoors yet... and I've been considering trying to introduce her to my sister-in-law's outdoor cat when she's bigger. Don't know if it'll help or even be healthy (she doesn't exactly take care of him... no idea ifhe's caught anything. He's pretty old though, and mellow. He used to let the neighbourhood kittens hang around him all the time...back when he was still...er.. whole.: P) I'll hold off until she's had her shots at least. Hope there'll still be room for socialisation by that point (since she's hand raised I've read they get their shots a month earlier than normally raised kittens).

60% sure she's a girl. Another week or two and I might be more confident.

you can usually tell if its gonna be a boy or girl depending on the position of her genitalia...if the anus is farther away from her other area its going to be a boy because the testicles need a place to descend...if they're on top of the other it's a girl

Yeah... I haven't looked at many kittens butts before, so despite looking at photos on the internet and then checking my kitten, I still go "Huh." Because I swear it changes every day.

hm i'm not sure about a kitten that young but usually if theres an obvious gap between the anus and the urethra (or whatever you wanna call it) its usually a boy

Yup.

This is the best picture I've seen of her so far. She looks adorable with those small paws and her tiny ears

But the hermitcrab-thing was somewhat new to me, are they kept as pets?

Yeah, those little paws are hidden weapons.: P

Yeah my hermit crabs are pets - no hermit crab stew for me, thanks.

Wait...crab parasites? *Blink blink* Time for the divine cleansing only fire can bring, yes YES?!

: P

If mites are like hermit crabs...are they good with butter?

You'd need a few thousand mites to fill a spoon.

Oh.

So...you'd have to eat them whole? Nads and all? Pass.

Mites are pretty danged small, so yeah.: P

Sounds like Rich People Food.

Like them raw fish eggs.

SOOO KYOOOOTTTT!!!! aawwwss!! xD hey, hermit crabs can get mites??? O.o.. wow..

Yup, luckily I think these are just the annoying kind that eat their food instead of the crabs themselves...

Awwww too adorable

Question about the nest since the temps dropping...do you have a small electrical blanket you could put underneath a towel or somethin to keep the kitten warm?

Yeah there's an electric blanket under the nest (we tried over and in but those either didn't work too good or kitten could climb out using the pad.. and we didn't want her sticking her claws into a live current.

It's jsut... sometimes the nest warms up too well. Luckily the kitten fusses when that happens. @.@

On the other hand I worry that she might stay in the cool end too long and then not be able to move to the warmer area. @.@

Awwww...definitely a cute little baby kitty

Especially when she's napping. XP

awwwwwwwww!!!! cute little kitty ^.^

Yep and getting bigger and stronger every day.: )

Dude, we just had a sudden freeze last night.. I know you're quite a bit further south than me, but I'm starting to rethink the outside cat part of that.
And I didn't know hermit crabs could get mites 0.o

Yeah we have no idea how my sister in law's cat manages. We figure he hides under the house but... somehow he's survived several years of hurricanes and many cold winters... though he was allowed inside the one time it snowed.

Personally I think it's cruel. -.-


And yeah.. the mites are the same branch (anthropods) as hermit crabs so they like the same food.... kitten has been keeping me busy lately so I didn't get a chance to clean out the crab stuff like I planned and boom... overnight surprise...

I cna't use stuff that would usually kill mites because it'd affect the crabs as well... So much more complicated than it should be right now...

Cats are strangely resourceful <.<
We (well, my parents) had two living outside on the porch for a number of years. We usually get ice before snow so it drops amazingly cold without any kind of precipitation but somehow they managed. It wasn't until the construction near by drove some coyotes out of the field that all the stray cats and dogs disappeared...

When I lived in Malaysia kittens would vanish regularly due to snakes, other cats (usually toms), bad weather, accidents (cars and rat poison primarily, I believe)... it was awful even if they were strays.

My cats have always been indoor and outdoor cats...allowed to come and go as needed. This hasn't always prevented accidents but on the other hand they had somewhere safe they could hunker down in...

Malaysian kittens aren't vanishing... they're regrouping... :D

They weren't always outdoor cats but my mom still has those little beliefs that she grew up with like a cat can steal a baby's breath so years ago, they went outside. They got a little wild and they never really got adjusted to coming back in (y'know, property issues and peeing on things). So they kinda inhabited the porch

Might be the issue with my mom in law.... honestly it's... silly.

hispanic background??

damn messicans... lol!

Heh.. yup... Jesus hanging up all over this house...

My hermit crab tank has fruit flies that arrived with the grapes I give her to eat. I just keep swatting them to keep their numbers down. Changing the crab food also helps.

Yeah, but these are all over the tank and the sand (which they blend into) so I'm gunna have to empty it out completely and stuff.... I WISH it was fruit flies. Fruit flies I could deal with pretty easily...

Hey!

Glad to see the kitten is doing well.

Silvermane

Thanks.: )

(*Proud smile*)

We just entered the "The baby is crying for no aparent reason" stage. .o

Thankfully she doesn't do it for too long but it's still a grand mystery what she wants in the meantime.

Course if she goes for longer than 20minutes that usually means something is really wrong.. -.-;

Ah...it'd be a little easier if she had a littermate (even if it'd be more work for me).

At this point, it'll mean that she's afraid / lonely / wondering where someone is....

you're doin' FINE!

To which her responce to being picked up an cuddled is to cry even louder and try and climb into infinity. @.o;

I gave her some milk and spent the next hour burping and cuddling her (just in case I missed any air bubbles). She's settled down again.

No.. no picking up.. that'll just confuzel her - can't see where's the world go?! AHH!

no.. just get down with her, close.. let her snuggle up to you.. and have a bottle handy just in case.

Seriously.. y'r doin' wonderfully.

I wish I could but there's not much room between the bed and the dresser. I can stick my hand in there and let her butt it for a while but that's about it.
Plus trying to give her the bottle while she's in the nest has it's own set of issues.. ah well. She's doing better now. I guess she just had a tummy ache.

Could be... regardless I still say you're doin' great.

Such a cutie, looks like you've been quite blessed and I hope you can work out a way to keep her as I think she's just meant to be with you.

Sorry, Kandlin and I have been kind of busy, i am just not catching up with posts and pics from a month ago. So now for several things. What you are doing is great, the nest, the formula, all very good. I have more experience with raising baby bunnies, but I have had a few bouts with itty bitty kitties...and from what I have read in your journals and the pics you are doing a great job, and she is very lucky to have you. I will admit to being a bit pissed that your mother-in-law said you had to get rid of it, hell the poor little thing would die on its own, that is just cruel. I hope you can keep her in your room, or find someone else to take her, even just for awhile until you and your hubby can get a place of your own (I had to send my furry children to my parents when we moved into an apartment, but I was able to get them back about 6 months later, only slightly worse for wear)

When you first started talking about the sneezing, I was worried it was upper respiratory, a horrible thing in itself. But I am glad she/he is better. Best of luck and let me know if there is anything we can do to help.