Posted on 02/14/2007 4:15:23 PM PST by Huntress
MERIDEN, Conn. -- Who says cats and dogs don't get along? Workers at the Meriden Humane Society are marveling at a short-haired mother cat who has willingly adopted a six-day-old Rottweiler puppy that was rejected by its mother.
The tiny pup, named Charlie by Humane Society volunteers, nurses alongside a jumble of black and gray kittens recently born to Satin, who was surrendered to the shelter by an owner unable to care for her.
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Cat/dog harmony ping!
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How key-yooooooooooooot!
How cute. I love the look on the mother's face. "Why on Earth did I agree to this?"
Can you please add to the header.."Caption this"
Is it a coincidence that this story follows close on the heels of yesterday's report that adoptive (read same sex) parents are better than biological ones ? I would like to know the sex/sexuality of the people who own this cat.
I have a hard time believing the biological mother rejected her own young ones, I am not saying its impossible, but I am very very skeptical. The whole thing is likely a setup, either for publicity's sake..or for pushing the you-know-what agenda.
No offense but you're kidding, right? It's common knowledge that sometimes a mother dog (or cat for that matter) will reject her own babies for various reasons...I remember even as a child being warned not to get too close to a mama cat and her litter lest she reject them and let them die.
Fire on High is right... it does happen commonly enough that anyone who breeds animals needs to be prepared for it, be it dogs, cats, horses, or what-have-you.
Sometimes it's because there's something wrong with the baby, and the mama instinctively knows it -- usually one in a litter of pups or kittens that gets pushed aside and ignored, but it happens with singleton foals and calves as well.
Sometimes a maiden queen or bitch will reject the kittens or puppies out of sheer nerves.
That's why PetAg sells tank car loads of KMR (Kitten Milk Replacer).
What a beautiful cat!
My father had a dog that adopted a kitten, but this is the first I've heard of a cat adopting a puppy.
From the article, which might help you understand:
Charlie's mother was found by the side of the road in Meriden a couple of months ago. She gave birth to two puppies, but one was stillborn. As sometimes happens with a stillborn in the litter, the mother dog refused to accept Charlie.
Volunteers bottle-fed him every two hours, but the effort was both exhausting to humans and insufficient for the puppy, who needs to feed when he wants, said volunteer Chris Chorney.
Research indicated that a suitable substitute could be Satin, who had given birth to four kittens that have quickly warmed to Charlie.
"The kittens scrum up with him and the kittens treat him like one of their own," Chorney said. "There's a certain social benefit of small animals being with each other."
A friend of mine had a puppy and a kitten who were about the same age. I was constantly amazed on how well the played with each other, rolling in the dirt together, just having a ball of fun. They were always at it, it was fun to watch.
Only half. But given today's liberals, nothing is outside the realm of possibility.
I didn't have a cat mom adopt a dog but I had one who adopted a half grown cat who had been weened several weeks earlier. Mom had kittens and the half grown kitten slipped in and started nursing. It was a fun litter.
Kitty ping!
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