Re: OT: The Kitten Wars

LOL - I had forgotten what it was like to have a kitten, it had been so
long.  Mine is just coming out of her shell beautifully.  Carol was right,
she really does love being queen of the roost.  And she is a riot to watch,
even at 2:00 in the morning romping around.

On 9/12/07, sundrops@earthlink.net <sundrops@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Yes it is Feliway.  Kittens are indeed great fun.  Mine were born under my
> deck to a semi-feral mother who I was able to catch and get spayed -- kept
> them like you as could not face the "worse" alternatives for
> them.  However
> after 2 years am glad to have them somewhat calmer and may even put some
> of
> my decorations out again soon!
> --Barb, Grass Valley CA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:08 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT: The Kitten Wars
>
>
> > Oh cool..I googled the pheromones...is it Feliway? I have to get some
> > and see if it does any good. Thanks for the tip. Fingers are crossed.
> > I tell you what though, I would never advocate people just letting their
> > cats breed for fun, but this whole kitten thing has been such a blast.
> > (well, except for my two peabrains). We have just laughed and laughed
> > watching them scamper around. The two are so funny now, when we open the
> > door at night they come racing up and leap up our pants legs (this is
> > probably a habit I should stop, I know). One of them thinks the pattern
> > on the kitchen lineoleum is string and she fights with the floor, just
> > skittering around. I have always adopted older cats so I had no idea how
> > much fun this is. Still, these two little ones are getting fixed as soon
> > as they're old enough.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of sundrops@earthlink.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:57 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: The Kitten Wars
> >
> > Oh Cyndi, I can empathize.  My "kittens" are now 2 years old but my two
> > older cats, the male in particular, have still not gotten used to them.
> > He does not spray but is very nervous and stays inside only long enough
> > to eat.
> > The female went through a long period (probably over a year) of peeing
> > everywhere and I have every pee clean-up concoction in the book, but she
> > finally has settled down  in that regard.  As you said, the kittens seem
> > to delight in following my male cat around as though on purpose to bug
> > him! My latest tack is to follow the kittens around with a spray water
> > bottle when he is in the house and try to get the message across to just
> > leave him alone!  In anticipation of winter, I also have on order some
> > cat pheronomes
> > (spelling?) that come in a diffuser and are supposed to help in calming
> > cats in multi-cat situations, am hoping it works.  Good luck -- the
> > kittens sound adorable.
> > --Barb, Grass Valley CA where we are still getting smoky hours from fire
> > near Susanville, getting old
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:40 AM
> > Subject: [CHAT] OT: The Kitten Wars
> >
> >
> >>I mentioned before we took in a stray cat that had kittens right under
> >
> >>our front windows.  It was pretty fun watching them grow up. My husband
> >
> >>fell for one of the tortoiseshell ones so we figured we'd keep mama cat
> >
> >>and one kitten, which left me the task of finding homes for the other
> >>three. You know that saying about friends and true friends, well, TRUE
> >
> >>friends would take a kitten. Apparently I don't have any of those. I
> >>did  get one friend who said she'd take all three because she wanted
> >>some  barn cats. Not exactly the life I wanted for them, but I decided
> >>it  would give them a marginally better chance than me sitting in front
> >
> >>of  the grocery store handing them to strangers, or taking them to the
> >
> >>pound.
> >> But since she didn't care what she got, and my husband was getting
> >>more  and more attached to the two tortoiseshells, I decided to give
> >>her mama  cat and two kittens with the hope that mama cat would help
> >>them learn to  be outdoors-savvy. So we dropped them off Sunday, my
> >>friend is keeping  them in her enclosed patio area till they're a
> >>little bigger. Now we  have two kittens at home.
> >> We were keeping the family locked in the back bathroom but once they
> >>got  older letting them out when we were home. The problem is my other
> >>two  cats are deathly afraid of the interlopers. And their food and
> >>litter  box is down at that end of the house. So my two scaredy-cats
> >>were hiding  in the bedroom all the time, apparently they come out to
> >>eat when they  think the coast is clear, but we had to add a litter box
> >
> >>near there. I  was hoping once mama cat was gone it would get better
> > but not so far.
> >> The kittens are fearless and expanding their territory, last night
> >>they  discovered the bedroom. They were so happy to find out where we
> >>went at  night. So now they're romping over the bed and the other two
> >>are hiding  underneath. It's kinda sad seeing this big ol' cat hiss at
> >>the kitten,  the kitten hisses back and the big cat runs away.
> >> I'm tempted to lock them all in one room together for a couple days,
> >>and  if I had a room to do it in I probably would, but I really don't
> >>have a  good place for it. Meanwhile one of the older cats, or maybe
> >>both of  them, is mad enough about the whole thing she's taken to
> >>peeing on the  floor in our master bathroom. Sigh...I wonder how long
> > this goes on?
> >> It's been a good six weeks since we started letting them out.
> >>
> >> Cyndi
> >>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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