Re: Re:Cats and Chicks..

How fun! Keep us posted on their progress. Glad Raja is obeying-mine would paw the box down and it would be bye bye birdie.......... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:39 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Re:Cats and Chicks..
Raja has been sitting by my newly hatched chicks every day that I've had them in the house. They are safe, in a big plastic storage box with a lid that has holes cut in it. I have a heat lamp in there - BUT - you can sort of see the chicks walking around inside the box because of the light shining on it, and Raja sits there, with HUGE eyes, and stares at the box. I take the lid off to change the food, water and wood shavings, and to play with the little cuties..and Raja sneaks her head over the edge and looks at them, then looks at me like "can I have 'em?" and I say, "NO Raja - not yours" and she sits back down, looking very put out. But she knows when I say "not yours" that she has to leave them alone. But she really, really wants them. I love those silly chicks. Because I've had them since day 1 or 2 and handle them all the time, they just sit in my hand and fall asleep. We had a new one hatch yesterday and I left it under the mother for the first day. They do better that way. I think I'll have 2-3 more before it's all over. It is so amazing to watch this whole process. Very cool. 


Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
She is very sweet and very funny. She isn't as dignified as Sugar was, but no animal ever was or will be. Granted I'll be glad when she gets older and 
sleeps through the night. But I wouldn't miss a minute of it. I know what
it's like to be w/out one and how valuable our time is together.

On 9/12/07, Theresa W wrote:


You are a forgiving woman if you think a kitten going kooky at 2am is
cute. I'm glad you are both thriving though!

Theresa

Pam Evans wrote:
> 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 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"
>> To:
>> 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"
>>> To:
>>> 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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