Posted on 04/04/2020 9:57:16 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
Noontime Special edition.
Four little kittens being raised by humans (lost their mom) learning how to play.
Video, 3 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Too cute. Innocence is wonderful to see but it saddens me to know it is lost or destroyed.
Suffer that I’m seeing half full glasses right now.
It’s sad that an act of evil deprived these 4 little kittens of their mother shortly after their birth. :-(
Yes, it makes me want to do bad things to someone.
Cats just really get under my skin for some reason. The just never irritate me.
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail, bringing an Easter basket full of baby kitties to all the children around the world.....LOL!
I found that interesting, why would the instinct to hunt be ingrained (along with the skills!) but not the instinct to kill? Anyway, these little ones probably won't ever be champion mousers.
Kittens make everything better.
That explains my white cat. She loves me to throw the stuffed froggie, and then she runs up to it and stares at it for a minute, and then dances away and waits for me to throw it again.
You are the master of adorable cat videos.
This morning, I found her still on the couch in the exact same position. I instantly knew that she was dead. My brain kept looping over and over again, "What? She's dead???" and I went into shock. She'd had a perfectly normal day Friday, and was even eating when I started reading the book. There was no sign of illness and she'd just had a vet checkup 3 weeks ago. The vet said she looked just fine. I wonder what he'll say when I bring her in Monday for a post mortem.
I cannot stop crying. I feel absolutely devastated. It's like part of my heart was ripped out. My little rescue cat Zizu keeps looking for her pal, sniffing the couch, the desk, and other favorite haunts of Bijou. I am going to put out feelers for a new tortie and white Maine Coon kitten, because it will take a while to find a kitten of that color and experience has taught me that the only way to get past the loss of a pet is to get a new little love. Not a replacement, but a new little baby cat to love for its own sake.
I had two kittens (around 7 weeks old ?) whose mother vanished (presumed dead), outdoors. The mother, presumably, hadn’t had much time to teach her little ones. Curiously, another mother cat we had (although I don’t recall she had any kittens at the time) took over mothering duties almost at once and was teaching her two adoptive sons about hunting around the yard.
Thank you. Remember, though, I didn’t make ‘em. I just find ‘em on Youtube. So I can’t take credit for any of them.
Ugh. I’m sorry for your loss, especially at a time like this. The small comfort is that at least she went peacefully, probably while sleeping in her spot. How old was Bijou ?
I am loathe to make the suggestion, though when most recent cat passed away, I left him out for a bit so that our other two cats could see he had gone (rather than be left wondering why he suddenly vanished). If you haven’t done so already, might be a good idea to let Zizu see that Bijou has passed (if she hasn’t already).
My best friend Chani just called me from Brooklyn to comfort me. She said people there are "dropping like flies". Important rabbis included. She called to comfort me although her dear cousin, who she grew up with, just died of COVID. But she understood what my cats mean to me, and I got the same loving virtual caress for my loss as her cousin's widow. The cousin was a brilliant man and very physically fit, so everyone is puzzled why he succumbed.
Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff and the rest of their evil cabal wasted Trump's time with their utter nonsense when he could have been mobilizing things to fight COVID. Even now, they stuck hundreds of millions of dollars into the COVID aid bill which could have gone to buy masks, ventilators, etc. And then they DARE to try and blame him for a slow response, and are already ginning up a new "impeachment". It would be only fitting for them AND the "squad" of vehemently anti-American traitors to succumb to the situation THEY helped to make. America would be far better off without such destructive resource-wasting trash. Bijou was on a higher spiritual level than these G-dless vermin.
I have to ask, is it safe for you to be making that trip to the vet tomorrow ? I don’t want you putting yourself at risk (I don’t think Bijou would’ve wanted you to, either).
I’m assuming you’re in the city. My parents lived in NYC but left (with me in utero) right after Abe Beame took office after the execrable Lindsay exited being Mayor.
Leni
You bring the cat lovers here a great deal of joy!
I am so very sorry about Bijou. You have shared a lot about her. I know it was even more shocking be cause she was for all intents & purposes healthy.
Take splice that she had a wonderful and living life with you. Like our cat I’m sure she was Queen of the castle.
Many ((hugs)) your way.
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