• Remember that Cat I made a thread about? She has cancer... but, there's a silver lining.
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[QUOTE=Wolverunder;29331634]Yes. We're talking about the cats though guy.[/QUOTE] Oh god that was one legendary thread.
[QUOTE=Wolverunder;29331634]Yes. We're talking about the cats though guy.[/QUOTE] Like anyone could completely forget that trilogy of bad threads. [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1038338[/url] [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1043921[/url] [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1057717[/url]
Once the kittens are big and strong enough to move around themselves and eat solid food they can survive without their mother, ideally they'd stay with her a while longer to develop skills like cleaning themselves properly but if you have to put her down before that I'm sure they'll be alright if you look after them. :unsmith:
Awww they are so cute :unsmith:
You better hope she doesn't die for a while at least. Litterbox use is something the mother teaches, not a natural instinct. EDIT: By the way, smooth move not spaying your cat. It's not like there are millions of unwanted cats already or anything.
[QUOTE=Wolverunder;29331595] Wall o' Text[/QUOTE] My cat has cancer too. She's also blind. It really sucks. To get kittens care: introduce another female cat in. Either it clicks or it doesn't. GL
Do you know the father cat?
ahh your cat is dying but theres a silver lining, you now have four new cats to replace the old one with. as if it that living animal were a tv that just broke but the warranty allows you to replace it with a brand new tv
When I get home I'm going to hug my cat. Anyways, I wish you the best of luck.
-snip, i guess kitten are apparently a sensitive area- [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=ballads;29334862]How exactly does a cat get cancer? same way as humans?[/QUOTE] Yep, they drink 4 cans of diet coke per day. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=GunFox;29337402]You better hope she doesn't die for a while at least. Litterbox use is something the mother teaches, not a natural instinct. [b]EDIT: By the way, smooth move not spaying your cat. It's not like there are millions of unwanted cats already or anything.[/b][/QUOTE] Yeah and there's starving children in Africa to adopt. Now I'm not going to have kids.
[QUOTE=Wolverunder;29334817]The issue right now is we're not sure if the mother is feeding them. My mom is talking to a veterinary friend of hers right now and because of the tumors she may not be able to feed them right. I haven't been able to tell if they're feeding or not, but if they aren't we're going to do it by hand. I gave Grape some more food and she's up and walking around right now. It's just bothering me because she seems really disinterested in them. The kittens are all moving around and being loud though.[/QUOTE] A few ways to check if they're feeding. This sounds pretty gross, but if you squeeze and pull the cat's teat, you can check if she's giving milk or not. That's always a good start, because if you can't get anything out, you know you need to act fast to buy some replacement food and begin to hand-rear. Another clear sign of if they're feeding is to watch the kittens. You know when cats do that paddling motion and purr when they're happy. This stems from when they're little and they paddle the teat to stimulate milk flow. They might paddle if they have milk. The surest sign of them feeding is to watch their ears. If they are strongly suckling, their ears will twitch. The best thing you can do is perhaps find a large cage or crate and physically keep her with her kittens. It stops her from wandering off and, with little else to do, she'll have to sit with her kittens. Other than that, just try not to bother her too much - too much interference can make a cat reject her kittens. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=GunFox;29337402]Litterbox use is something the mother teaches, not a natural instinct.[/QUOTE] Of course it's instinct! My family breeds cats, and we've handreared a good few. I can assure you that I'm not going to crouch and shit in a litter tray to teach a kitten how to do it. All a kitten needs is a sand or small pelleted litter in a very shallow tray. They work it out for themselves when they're ready.
Maybe Grape is only seems uninterested in them because she doesn't want to become to attached to them before she dies or something.
I want to see a picture of Grape. Or a link to the old thread.
[QUOTE=Natahster;29343746]I want to see a picture of Grape. Or a link to the old thread.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1046709-Found-a-cat.-Wont-leave.-What-do?highlight=[/url] [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=not_Morph53;29337328]Sorry I'm a baddie[/QUOTE] Quit that.
So your vet can notice cancer but not when a cat is pregnant?
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;29332069]place the kittens in your mouth for warmth if you feel the urge to chew, do not resist it, kittens are notoriously elastic theyll be fine[/QUOTE] Oh god I laughed more than I should have. [editline]22nd April 2011[/editline] Also, how did Grape have kids if she's [i]seedless?[/i]
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