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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

1871.0. "Doomed Kittens.??" by FLOWER::BERUBE () Fri Oct 14 1988 11:37

    
    
            Help !, My father bless his heart took in a stray cat this
    
                    summer, her ribs were showing and did'nt look well
    
                    except for her protruding stomach. well never having
               
                    had a pet he figured she must be malnurished as
                    he did'nt know wuch about cats because of him being
                    alergic to them he never had one, well he fed her
                    and within a few week all of her was plump and healthy
                    and the protrusion in her stomach disappeared about
                    a week later when she had her litter of kittens.
                    4 of them. Any way its been 8 weeks now and my father
                    is going to try and keep the mother in the cellar
                    but he's got two of the kittens left, both females.
                                                         
                    Hes tried all the local animal shelters and it appears
                    they have an excess of felines and told him it is
                    possible they would be destroyed as it is difficult
                    to place females. My father dose'nt want that to
                    happen but does not have any choice unless he can
    
                    place them. if anyone can help please call me at
                    dtn 223-4630 or respond to this node. thanks
                    Steve

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1871.1	Where are they?	SALEM::NOYCE	Yellowstone-Yea! Park Service-Nay!	`Fri Oct 14 1988 14:03`	4
	If you could give a little more info about the kittens it might help. Are the box trained. Color? Thanks, Ken
1871.2		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif.	`Fri Oct 14 1988 15:19`	6
	Does your Dad know about getting cats vaccinated and so forth? And getting the Mother spayed, so there won't be any more litters? A good cat care book might be in order. Now that he's adopted the Mom, he will have lots of good times to look forward to. (Maybe she will be able to move out of the cellar into the house).
1871.3	you missed the point	FLOWER::BERUBE		`Fri Oct 14 1988 15:32`	16
	.2 with all due respect if you read the note carefully you would see he is going to have the mother spaded, My father is allergic to cats, the cellar is an alternative to outside or the shelter which informs him that they will destroy the adult cat, therefore the problem is the two remaining kittens which the shelter says are eaiser to place but if they can not will destroy them as well. My father does not want that to happen, again he is allergic to cats but is willing to try the mother however all 3 would be impossible as well as a threat to his health. regards, Steve
1871.4	more info on kittens	FLOWER::BERUBE		`Fri Oct 14 1988 15:37`	17
	.1 thank you for you input, the kittens are both female, one is charcoal grey, and one is calico I guess grey,light grey,black. they are just about eight weeks old and have lived in a box, doubt they're trained they've been living outside in my fathers boat, the mother cat put them there after a few weeks ?? my father put a box with a blanket and all seem cozy. No medical treatments have been administered. steve
1871.5	kitten location	FLOWER::BERUBE		`Fri Oct 14 1988 15:45`	5
	opps, sorry forgot to tell you where they are, Fitchburg Mass. Steve
1871.6	A suggestion	MYVAX::LSCHWARTZ		`Fri Oct 14 1988 15:59`	14
	Steve, I have a suggestion for you if you can't find a home for the kittens. In Andover, Ma. there is a Animal Hospital (Bulger Animal Hospital) that has an adoption program for cats and kittens. They DO NOT destroy the animals unless they are incurably sick or too feral for adoption. I adopted one of my cats (she was 7 years old when I adopted her) from them. I'll send you the phone number if you're interested and I'll even take them to Bulger if you can get them to me in Chelmsford. I understand its quite the drive from Fitchburg. -Lauren
1871.7	sure what is the number	AXIS::BERUBE		`Mon Oct 17 1988 09:45`	7
	Please do, that sounds like a good possibility, Thanks, Steve
1871.8		KRYPTN::BERUBE		`Wed Oct 19 1988 09:05`	7
	Thank you for all the inputs and help the kittens have been placed. moderator could you pleas delete the note as I tried and got a no privilege to do so message ? thanks again.