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prozacnation Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:41 PM
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Newborn Foster Kittens - lots of photos
Okay my house is officially a zoo. I now have 13 kittens, and their 2 mama's, a one-eyed cat, and another foster mama whose babies are in the sick ward. Add that to my dog, the dog we adopted today and my cat. I know I'm crazy, but isn't it great?

Anyway here are some photos.

Ginger and her 5 babies born today:





Here are some photos of Lily and her 6 babies that are about 10 days old (I got them after they were born). She has three white babies, one grey, one black and one tabby. Three girls and three boys.







Here are Reggie and Otto, both about eight weeks old. They are my twin buff boys.





Life is good..
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diddlysquat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:43 PM
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1. Sooooooo Cute!
Thanks for posting.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:44 PM
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2. The little tortoise shell one has great markings.
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:45 PM
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3. Oh mercy they're cute
That second pic from the bottom is adorable. He looks like a stuffed toy.
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prozacnation Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:53 PM
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11. He stays still in my lap for hours
He is so cute and cuddly. I intend to find the twins a great home together.
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 06:46 AM
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14. He looks huge for a kitten
Is that just the photo or is he a big kitten?
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prozacnation Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:33 AM
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16. He is actually tiny..
The photo makes him look bigger. At eight weeks he is only 1.6 oz which is tiny. He should be over 2 lbs at this point.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:45 PM
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4. OK, I need some insulin at this point.....
FAR TOO SWEEEET. They are waaay too cute!!!:toast: :yourock:
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:45 PM
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5. oh my-- I'm so jealous....
I'm at carrying capacity here-- a bit over, in fact, so it's no kittens for me for a while. Having cats is wonderful, but having kittens is one of the best things in life. You are most fortunate.
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demgrrrll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:45 PM
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6. I love them all. You are a wonderful person to foster all those kittens.
Ole Ginger looks pooped! Big job today.
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prozacnation Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:47 PM
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8. No doubt..
It looked like blood bath 2005 in my office after she gave birth. Ginger deserves a nice long rest.
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 12:32 PM
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36. I agree. You have done a VERY good deed
Take good care of the moms. they need some extra love and rest
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:46 PM
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7. They are so sweet
I can't understand how people can be athesists. Sometimes life is so magical, it had to be the work of a higher power.

These pictures made me very happy. I hope you, your family and whoever adopts the little kittens get many years of love and happiness from them.

Take good care of the moms. They deserve it. O8)
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:50 PM
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9. you got a lot of spaying and neutering to have done
with that bunch.
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prozacnation Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:52 PM
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10. You have no idea
My life has become an endless round of driving back and forth to various animal clinics. It is so worth it though. :)
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sparky_in_ma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 10:57 PM
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12. I want the yellow tabby
:loveya: That face is too adorable.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 11:17 PM
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13. oh crap. I wanna live with you
:party: :bounce: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
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ffm172 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 06:49 AM
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15. thanks
that makes me yearn for a kitten even more. I.CAN'T.HAVE.A.KITTEN.RIGHT.NOW. *breathes out*
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:19 AM
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17. I've been wondering how you've been
with all this.

Another thought. I bet the pure white cats turn out to have Siamese or Snowshoe markings! You'll know within a few weeks.

Daddy might have been a Siamese or Snowshoe.

Your little girl looks really attached to that yellow boy!
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prozacnation Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:26 AM
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22. My little girl is attached to all of them
She has a hard time letting go. She is very emotional like her Mommy. I'm hoping that this whole experience will benefit her and help to make her stronger.

The white cats do have a couple of darker marks but only on their heads. Does that make them snowshoe? I have very little experience when it comes to identifying cat breeds.
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:02 PM
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23. Siamese are born all white
they then develop their masks as they mature. Siamese cats vary their darkness as well depending on temperature. My Pad Thai is a lilac and developed his marking very late. He was still a mostly all white cat when I adopted him at 5 months. I was surprised to see him mature and suddenly develop his beautiful face mask a few months later. I don't have a picture on hand right now of what he looked like then, he was cute and beautiful, but he didn't look all that Siames.

Snowshoes are usually mixed bread Siamese cats with white feet (thus the snow shoes!).
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:23 AM
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18. I'm in love!!
I got my kitty from someone who posted pictures at DU
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:32 AM
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19. I'll take both Reggie and Otto
and the calico in the first picture.

Let me know when they're ready to leave momma.
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prozacnation Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:23 AM
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21. You picked my favorites
Reggie and Otto are an incredible pair. If I was looking to adopt rather then foster I would keeep those two. I know someone is going to be really luck to get them. They totally balance each other out in every way.
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ariesgem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 08:25 PM
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31. Hey now - We're gonna have to fight over the calico!
She's MY favorite. :)
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:57 AM
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20. Sweet!
:)
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:49 PM
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24. Nothing on Earth is better than kittens.
Nothing.

Oh my god (Bastet -- Egytian cat goddess ;) ) They are too precious. I can hardly breathe looking at these little fuzzies. I wish I could kiss every single little soft head.
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 12:56 PM
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25. my kids desparately want a kitten...
but they both have asthma and pets are verboten to them...it breaks my heart.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:31 PM
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32. Your problem might be soon gone
Google the news for cat allergies, because there is a brand new theory for people with allergies to cats--it's almost a miracle cure having to do with mice genes of all things! It was in the news last week.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 01:30 PM
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41. Thanks for that info. Did a search and found lots of articles.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/print.php?url=/releases/2005/04/050411093803.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/03/28/cat.allergies.reut/
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 01:49 PM
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42. Great, isn't it?
This should eventually help that endangered cat overpopulation!
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 01:07 PM
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26. Hard to believe they will soon be asocial predators
running some poor sap's life, pushing on her nose to wake her up at 4:30am each morning, knocking over her things willy-nilly, bringing dead birds and mice into the house, vomiting in odd places at odd times, shredding the toilet paper, biting and swatting someone 20x their size with impunity, stealing fish directly from her plate, and rarely crawling in her lap for a snuggle.

They look so sweet and innocent.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 01:52 PM
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27. KIT-TENS!!!
Thanks Prozac for posting these photos. Just what I needed today :)

You've got tons of orange babies there, sure wish we were closer in location. I'd take one.

Bless you for opening up your house to the animals. You're a regular St. Franc"ES" of Assisi!!
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legally blonde Donating Member (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 03:08 PM
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28. OMG--They are SOOOO CUTE!
I LOVE KITTIES!

Reggie and Otto look like my Manilla when he was that age (except the eye color).

Here's Manilla now (he's almost 3 years):
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 06:09 PM
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29. Oh my god!!! Kittens galore
thanks for sharing!!!
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 06:15 PM
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30. How cute!
I wish I could get a new little kitten, but alas we already have 5 cats (two are mine).

I remember after Mia had her litter (she was pregnant when I adopted her), they were so cute. It was hard to give them up, but they were all going to really good homes (one went to a lady that worked at the emergency pet clinic).
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Quagmire05 Donating Member (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:34 PM
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33. Aw
how cute.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 12:30 PM
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34. oh. my. gawd. KITTENS!!!!!!!!!!! mew mew mew mew
They are all so adorable..
You are doing such a wonderful thing by fostering all these babies.
Thanks for posting the pics.
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samilib Donating Member (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 12:31 PM
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35. That is so cute.
I'm suddenly wanting a kitten.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 12:38 PM
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37. They are adorable...
I love cats! My dog HATES cats. I wonder if she would like a kitten though...
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 01:08 PM
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39. No one and nothing can resist a kitten
Kittens manage to win anyone's heart. I think you should give it a try.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 01:11 PM
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40. i'd need to test it somehow
I'd need to bring a kitten in my house first and see how my dog reacts to it. The last time I had a cat in the house (an adult) my dog went BERSERK! The only time I've seen her snarl like a viscious beast!
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 12:41 PM
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38. So cute!!!!!
I like the last picture. Very cute!
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