New addition

[NotaGoth]

Well for some time I've noticed a partially grown cat running around the bar I work at scavenging food etc etc.. A number of times I have tried calling it but its skittery as and too scared to come close.. It just bolts and hides..


Anyway.. A friend of mine and her partner also noticed the cat and started to bribe it with food.. Its taken a bit of a shine to them.. And eventually its started to bring its tiny wee baby with it when they put milk out...

They have tried finding the owners.. But that has failed.. So I would say the cats either a stray, or has been dumped... she has decided to keep the mother cat.. This means they still need a home for the kitten..

Pisses me off in a way that they have decided to take the mother today, and leave the little kitten to fend for itself... I don't have the heart to leave it on its own... As I doubt it would last.. Its probably all of 7 weeks old..

So....After talking with my old lady last night about the kitten.. To then find a msg on my phone asking me to take the little one.. I know its the right thing to do...

I kind of have a new addition to my group of babies...(photos to come) I'm still a bit undecided as yet because I already have enough pets... But I'm giving myself time to make a full decision on her future... Til then I'll offer her the warm and loving home which she deserves..

My mates looking after her til I can get her vet checked etc before I introduce her to my cats.. And I'm off to pick up food for her today..

Shes already named.. Found in April... Aprilia in full...


:love:

[Sniper]

Lol, good to hear cat lady :)

[NotaGoth]

Lol, good to hear cat lady :)

Haha.. Shhhhhh.. Not my fault I have a heart of gold when it comes to animals..


*found a baby possum and tried raising it* lol..

[Chickadee]

Glad to hear you took the weein in. Always feel for animals that get dumped/abandoned. Our Molly's a rescue cat too.

PS nice choice of bike

[NotaGoth]

Glad to hear you took the weein in. Always feel for animals that get dumped/abandoned. Our Molly's a rescue cat too.

PS nice choice of bike


Yeah... I know in my mind I should have let this one go... And left them to find another home for it.. But in my heart and stomach I can't do that, I know I'd be kicking myself..

I've heard a few people at the bar I work at talking about killing cats.. So I know she won't last long if I don't take her..

P.S Thanks... Awesome learner..

[NotaGoth]

Even if I start to look like this

[Mully]

Ahem.

www.crazycatladies.org

You're welcome

[NotaGoth]

Went to drop off some food for the little one.. They have decided both will stay together til I can take my one.. Seperating them both when they can both go to their new home at the same time..

[Disco Dan]

Crazy cat ladies!!!! arrrrggghghhhH!!!

Do you have any spare tails? Mine doesnt have one. :gob:

She doesnt mind... just gets "Klingons" when she poops.

[NotaGoth]

Crazy cat ladies!!!! arrrrggghghhhH!!!

Do you have any spare tails? Mine doesnt have one. :gob:

She doesnt mind... just gets "Klingons" when she poops.

We had a Manx... Very commonly known for their "problems" like not being able to control anything that comes out of their arse.. They can suffer major defects... Mum owned one and ended up taking it back.. You couldn't hold it cause it constantly had crap dribbling out and was in pain (you would be too if all you did was crap.. Poor thing...

[Disco Dan]

We had a Manx... Very commonly known for their "problems" like not being able to control anything that comes out of their arse.. They can suffer major defects... Mum owned one and ended up taking it back.. You couldn't hold it cause it constantly had crap dribbling out and was in pain (you would be too if all you did was crap.. Poor thing...

Only if she eats too many biscuits. If she has meat shes fine...

Biscuits = Klingons
Meat = happy pussy

Shes not a big drinker, hence too many dry biccies cause problems. Had her 5 years now, Pedigree manx.

[Sniper]

We had a Manx... Very commonly known for their "problems" like not being able to control anything that comes out of their arse.. They can suffer major defects... Mum owned one and ended up taking it back.. You couldn't hold it cause it constantly had crap dribbling out and was in pain (you would be too if all you did was crap.. Poor thing...

Hmmm, sounds like your cat had a serious problem. Just cause it doesnt have a tail doesnt mean it can't control its bowels. I had a manx cat growing up. Great animal, never had a problem until it decided to "fetch" one of my snakes out of its enclosure when I was at school.

Kitty vs Cape Cobra was an unfair fight

[NotaGoth]

Hmmm, sounds like your cat had a serious problem. Just cause it doesnt have a tail doesnt mean it can't control its bowels. I had a manx cat growing up. Great animal, never had a problem until it decided to "fetch" one of my snakes out of its enclosure when I was at school.

Kitty vs Cape Cobra was an unfair fight

Not all but some.. Was taken to the vet and it is a problem found in the Manx cat.. There was a defect.. Would have to ask mum about it again before I could explain it further.. Something about that area not being formed properly..

Gah thats horrible..!!!!

[NotaGoth]

Only if she eats too many biscuits. If she has meat shes fine...

Biscuits = Klingons
Meat = happy pussy

Shes not a big drinker, hence too many dry biccies cause problems. Had her 5 years now, Pedigree manx.


Yep.. I learned my lesson about giving a young cat kidney... Lets just say long fur and crook gut don't mix..

[NotaGoth]

http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/manx-faq.html#medical


Special Medical Problems
Manx Syndrome is a normally fatal defect caused by the so-called Manx gene, which causes the taillessness. The gene's action in shortening the spine may go too far, resulting in severe spinal defects--a gap in the last few vertebrae, fused vertebrae, or spina bifida in newborns. If there is no obvious problem with a Manx Syndrome kitten at birth, the difficulties will show up in the first few weeks or months of the cat's life, usually in the first four weeks, but sometimes as late as four months. It is often characterized by severe bowel and/or bladder dysfunction, or by extreme difficulty in walking

[mstriumph]

as with any animal bred for conformity to a breed-type that disregards the wellbeing of the animal ...... this bothers me

some genetic defects are random and inevitable but it seems to me unkind to invite problems for the animal in later life by deliberately breeding for characteristics that can perpetuate these

*sigh*

[Smorg]

Hmmm, sounds like your cat had a serious problem. Just cause it doesnt have a tail doesnt mean it can't control its bowels.

I used to be a vet.......it has AIDS throw it away!

[Sniper]

http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/manx-faq.html#medical


Special Medical Problems
Manx Syndrome is a normally fatal defect caused by the so-called Manx gene, which causes the taillessness. The gene's action in shortening the spine may go too far, resulting in severe spinal defects--a gap in the last few vertebrae, fused vertebrae, or spina bifida in newborns. If there is no obvious problem with a Manx Syndrome kitten at birth, the difficulties will show up in the first few weeks or months of the cat's life, usually in the first four weeks, but sometimes as late as four months. It is often characterized by severe bowel and/or bladder dysfunction, or by extreme difficulty in walking

Cool, I didn't know that, cheers

[NotaGoth]

Cool, I didn't know that, cheers

Its okay.. Mum didn't know either til she had brought our kitten Nelly home and had to rush it off to the vet... Its really quite sad...

[Disco Dan]

http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/manx-faq.html#medical


Cheers for that, interesting reading!

[The Pastor]

so is ur kitty alright?

[Ixion]

Sigh. it looks like we've acquired another one too. It's been hanging around intermittently for the last month, scrawny and desparate, pinching food when it could. Now it seems to have taken up permanent residence in the backyard.

Don't really want another one, but what can y' do? I couldn't bear to let a creature starve.

[BuFfY]

Aww you are so lucky!!
My dad has 5 cats... had like 9 at one stage!
Yet I am still begging to get one where I am!!

[NotaGoth]

so is ur kitty alright?


Which one? Bailey?

[NotaGoth]

Sigh. it looks like we've acquired another one too. It's been hanging around intermittently for the last month, scrawny and desparate, pinching food when it could. Now it seems to have taken up permanent residence in the backyard.

Don't really want another one, but what can y' do? I couldn't bear to let a creature starve.

It obviously chose you.. Take it in.. Come on I know you want to.. :p

[The Pastor]

I have no idea, im confused.


Dogs are better anways.

[NotaGoth]

Aww you are so lucky!!
My dad has 5 cats... had like 9 at one stage!
Yet I am still begging to get one where I am!!

Yeah just means I can't get a puppy now... Decided on one more pet.. It was gonna be a puppy for me.. But.. Now I have another cat..!!!

9 is alot.. I gotta stop somewhere.. Time to draw the line.. Though I think I said that last time...

[BuFfY]

Yeah just means I can't get a puppy now... Decided on one more pet.. It was gonna be a puppy for me.. But.. Now I have another cat..!!!

9 is alot.. I gotta stop somewhere.. Time to draw the line.. Though I think I said that last time...

5 of them were kittens (2 different sets). But now he just has the five I think! And people wonder where I get it from!!

[Mr. Peanut]

Don't really want another one, but what can y' do? I couldn't bear to let a creature starve.

Turn it into cat food, for this is SPAARRRTAAA!!!!! :angry:

[The Pastor]

cats are pretty good at feeding them selfs. I know my cat lasted 6 years!!!

[Mully]

Dogs are better anways.

Cats - Meh
Dogs - Better
Dog that eats cats - Best

[jrandom]

A pair of rabbits recently took up residence in and around our backyard.

I think you all know the rest of the story.

[The Pastor]

hehe, dogs on rabbits = fun :P

[NotaGoth]

Yet if a dog mauls you half to death it suddenly isn't amusing anymore..

If you find shit like that funny/cool Mully then you don't deserve to own a pet.. If our dog EVER killed one of our cats it would be put down...

[Mully]

Umm, it was a joke. Sorry if anyone was offended,

We actually have a cat. And fish, but they don't count. Unless fish not counting offends someone, in which case fish do indeed count.

[NotaGoth]

My kittens gone.....

Where.... We don't know...

No one has seen her.. And she definately hasn't been hanging around in the garden...

Have been warned that our neighbours dog "likes" cats...

*is absolutely gutted*