Foster Kitties Update!

Oh, and there are two boys and two girls! The two boys names are Panthro and Jaga and the two girls names are Cheetara and Tygra. I'm going to try to post some new pics in a few. They've grown a lot in a week!

They're mini-me's!! Soo cute!

Ha! Thundercats (along with GI Joe of course) used to be my FAVORITE cartoon when I was younger.

Me too! I named the mama "Lioness" instead of "LionO". It sounds better for a girl. :)

Do you remember Jem and the Holograms? I loved that one too! Oh and Wacky Races, that's where we got the name Penelope, from Penelope Pitstop! :) Ah, Saturday morning used to be SO cool! Oh, and She-Ra and He-Man! I could go on and on!

Boy, you sure found time to give me and Nell a bath though, didn't you?! You didn't make Charlie take a bath! Harumph!

I may or may not still have my Jem, GI Joe, ThunderCats (I always wanted to be Cheetara) and She-Ra action figures in my attic (hey, I be they're worth big bucks now) and I may or may not have watched the He-Man/She-Ra cartoon video CONSTANTLY as a kid :)

Saturday mornings WERE the best!

I'm glad to hear your kitties are doing well!! I talked to Nancy and she said someone from ARPO was working on getting us some of the $10 coupons from IndyFeral. I'm supposed to call the lady that has them tonight. I'm going to wait until Carol goes to her new home before I take them though. I wonder if they'll have fleas or anything. I just thought about that today. I don't even know if I can treat mom while she's nursing. This will be a learning experience!!

Great, let me know for sure!

Yeah, I'm learning new stuff every day! Our kitties were in our shed (which is pretty dilapidated) for about two and a half, three weeks. I haven't bathed any of them because just yesterday I was able to pick up two of them without scaring the poo out of them! (the one kitten i was actually able to grab when I brought them inside vs. trap, scratched the pe-wadden out of me and poo'd all over the place) But, they looked very clean when I brought them inside.

I look for fleas on them as well as I can and haven't seen any. That doesn't mean they definitely don't have any but I haven't been able to see any. We'll probably get them some Revolution when we take them to Hamilton Co. S/N.

You can ask a vet, but I am pretty sure that our Humane Society always flea treated the momma before we brought them home. Even if she was still nursing. I'd double check with a vet though....

You can flea treat Momma cat with Advantage and it'll be passed along to her kittens somehow, at least that's what I was told.

I talked with my vet today. They didn't mention it being passed along to the kittens, but that does make sense. They did say I could treat the momma. I just spoke with the person who has the kittens, and I'm hoping to get them Sunday morning. I have to get Carol into her new home before I pick these up though. Monica said her new mom is supposed to call me Friday, so I really hope to hear from her. Do you think it would be rude of me to call her? I don't want to bug her about taking the kitten, but I don't want to leave the lady who has this other litter hanging. I need more cages and time!!

I've talked to my vet about kittens and fleas, and she has said it was OK to put advantage on kittens as young as 4wks *IF* the fleas were really bad (sometimes they are). Another alternative is if you can give each one a dose of Capstar (I think that's the name). It only lasts 24hrs, but does a good job of killing off adult fleas in a hurry. It's typically recommended over Advantage for the wee ones for bad fleas.

As far as crates/cages, I've got one of these if someone needs to borrow it:

http://www.petedge.com/assets/product_images/styles/large/ZW334_600X600.JPG

It's even pink, with black 'ladders'... I didn't pay close enough attention to color when ordering. Oops.