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To: Don Joe
We rescued a litter of kitties in 1983. After a lady adopted one of the kittens and my brother brought another home, we wound up with 5. They were 15 years old before the first one died, but in succession we lost all 5 since 1998. After the third died, we adopted "Mandy" from the Vets who is not a year and a half. My "baby", Cagney was the last to go and he died at 18 1/2 a few months ago. Since that time, we went straight out and adopted 3 more! I will pray for your kittie and know something of the anguish you are going through. I will pray for you too. Dittojed2
67 posted on 01/25/2002 9:08:40 PM PST by DittoJed2
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To: DittoJed2
We rescued a litter of kitties in 1983.

I just caught 3 from a litter somebody dropped off at a local grocery store. Took me about 2 months to get them to where they would come to me to be fed while I was still there. I caught the orange one first as she was the tamest,and expected to catch the black one next. I didn't. Instead I caught the grey one that was as wild as could be. I brought her home and put her in the bathroom with her now tame orange sister,and she is still scared to death. I can catch her and touch her with no problem,but she doesn't seem to be eating. I have her in there now all alone with a open can of beef cat food,and the orange kitten is out here with my other two cats,but hidden under the couch. If the meaty cat food isn't eaten by morning,I'm going to have to take her to the vet,which is sure to stress her out even more. I don't know what the answer is to this. I've never had to face anything like it. She is a perfectly healthy cat.

Oh yeah,I caught the black kitten in one of animal control's wire cat cages about 4 days ago,and when I got home the cage was empty. She figured out how to open the door and got out. I was afraid she had jumped out the back of my truck while I was running 60MPH on the way home,but there she was at the Food Lion tonight with no limp and no sign of injury. I have no idea where she had been since Thursday night. I went every night since then to see if she was there,and tonight would have been my last attempt. When I got out of my truck at the rear of the store,here she comes out of the tall grass,meowing for food. I suspect I'm going to have trouble getting her to go into a capture cage again.

120 posted on 01/27/2002 9:06:45 PM PST by sneakypete
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