This is why I'm a wuss

[Muck]

A friend of mine has been out of town for the past week or so and I've been stopping by in the morning & evening to make sure his cats have water, food & a clean Iraq box.

When I stopped by this morning I happened to notice a number of little furry blobs (five in total) strewn across the floor. Turns out one of the cats had kittens shortly before I arrived.

No idea who the mama cat was at first so I collected the newborns (three of them still had the placental sacks attached) tied off & cut umbilical cords where needed, grabbed a box & some warm towels etc etc.

Finally discovered who mama was (of course it was the female who was supposed to be fixed) got her to finally lay down with them blah blah. The kittens were having trouble finding where to feed off of her and she being a young cat wasn't exactly helping them along...so I ran to the vet got some colustrum formula & got some food into them by hand.

Called off work & spent the day keeping an eye on things....yet despite my best efforts one of them died this evening.

Just got back from digging a tiny grave under a tree in the back yard.

 

[Gatorubet]

Quit hitting on Deety.

 

[Deety]

That's the best kind of wuss. Fightin' the good fight.

Last time I had a cat, in high school, she was adopted in because she was tiny and pregnant and it was freezing out. (She was named "Little Cat," as in, "Don't get attached because we're not keeping that Little Cat.") Barely old enough for kittens, and none of them made it longer than a few days. You do what you can.

 

[3074326]

I've always had a soft spot for cats. They're awesome. Too bad the little one didn't make it.

Also, I feel like this thread needs more cats. They always make people happy. Here is mine.

 

[Muck]

I'm happy to say that as of this morning the other 4 look to be strong & mama seems to have actually figured out what she's supposed to be doing.

 

[muffler dragon]

I believe it's next to impossible to not like kittens. Damn them.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

I believe it's next to impossible to not like kittens.

Depends on how you cook them. Are they primal?

 

[OSUsushichic]

Muck's dream girl?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTTwcCVajAc&feature=related"]eHarmony Video Bio - YouTube[/ame]

 

[muffler dragon]

Depends on how you cook them. Are they primal?

Sure. I like most red meats "medium rare".

 

[Muck]

I believe it's next to impossible to not like kittens. Damn them.

I'm just a sucker for baby/helpless animals in general.

Speaking of kittens...this is the last one I got suckered into raising:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZk1hfO_A8g&feature=channel_video_title"]Kitten Attacks - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBvcjISZEgw&feature=channel_video_title"]Kitten Ambush - YouTube[/ame]

Muck's dream girl?

Good lord.

Depends on how you cook them. Are they primal?

Bucky Katt is an Aborigine?

Whoa.

 

[exhawg]

+

= Problem solved

 

[BUCKYLE]

Holy fucking shit.

 

[Mac]

Cats don't make people happy, dogs do numby. Get it right get it tight

 

[DubCoffman62]

I'm a sucker for defenseless babies too. I've been know to take care of newly hatched pigeons and I hate pigeons.

 

[Jimmy Carter]

Be a man like Thump and drown them.

Then follow-up by posting pictures.