Re: Re:Cats and Chicks..

LOL - I can see Raja doing that.  Too funny.

On 9/13/07, Andrea Hodges <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> 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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> > --
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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