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    RIP Mr Mittens

    I had to let Mr Mittens go January 31st, he was just a few months shy of 17 years old, and I am trying to come to peace with the fact he did live a good life. Mittens along with his two sisters, Gremlin and Lucky (both have since passed), were the offspring of Spook, a cat that was dumped on...
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    Goodbye my Precious Rascal, I will always love you.

    Rascal was one of a litter of four females born in my laundry room May 4th 2008. She is my avatar pic (I don't know if I should change it now). She was full of adventure right away and decided at less then a week old, eyes not even open yet, that it was time to leave the nest and explore. Her...
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    Rest sweet Shadow

    My Shadow passed away last week from a URI infection turned to pneumonia, Feb 21, she was 14, she would have been 15 in May. She was one of an accidental litter of two of my cats who have since passed away as well, so I had her since she was born. I still have the other 3 girls, they are still...
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    Surprising turn of events

    So as I'm sure many of you know my husband rescued a mother cat (Lily) and what we assumed was the only surviving kitten (Freya) who sadly passed away recently. A few days after Freya passed away my husband found out from a coworker that another one of the coworkers actually took the rest of the...
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    Goodbye to little Freya

    I didn't have her long, but she for sure left a noticeable void now that she is gone. I was expecting years, not a couple months. My husband rescued her after someone tossed her along with her litter mates, mother (who we also took in), and another female cat out in the cold, back in November...
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    Putting weight on a thin kitten

    We just took in a thin kitten last night, I'm guessing 8-9 weeks based on teeth, eyes, and size (she is 868g or roughly 1.9 lb) that was freezing and starving. Long story short a mother cat and kittens were dumped at a shop out in the country and this one and the mother seem to be the only two...
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    What color/pattern would this kitten be considered?

    I got a kitten from the local farm feed store (stray cat came in pregnant and they were giving away the kittens), I know I shouldn't have but here we are, lol. Her name is Misty, and although she is beautiful but I can't seem to decide on what coat color she is. I'm thinking dilute tortoiseshell...
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    Goodbye and RIP Coon

    Took me some time to be able to post this, and I'm still having a hard time... I had to put my cat Coon down a week ago (on the 10th). He was the second cat I got when I moved to Canada to be with my now husband. He was advertised as a "Maine coon kitten" but no papers or anything to prove it...
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    Opinions on this food

    With shortages in stores, and living out in the county, I'm looking at what I can get locally for an affordable price, at least until I can get the food I regularly feed. They also get wet food everyday in addition to dry, but I can't afford to feed wet food only since I currently have 14 cats...
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    Scoop for Pellet Litter

    I'm sure this has been answered before but I'm not able to find it, for those that use pine pellets for litter what kind of scooper do you use? I'm planning to try pellet litter with my cats, I'm ordering a cheap sifting litter box (just to see how they like the litter before investing too much)...
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    Scale to weigh cat

    What do others use to weigh their cats? I prefer to not just go with the bathroom scale, weigh me then weigh the cat and me method, I want a bit more precise measurement then rounded to the nearest pound. I've been using a small postal/kitchen scale to weigh the kittens as they are growing, but...
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    How to stop kittens playing in the water bowl

    At first I found it amusing, then slightly inconvenient, but now it's kind of annoy... I have a litter of water loving kittens! They will jump in the sink while I'm doing dishes, jump in the bath if we don't close the door when we bathe, and seem to think the auto water bowl is a literal kitty...
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    What color is Marble?

    I asked this before on a different thread, but only got one guessed answer. Would Marble be considered a brown tabby? or something else, like a very tarnished silver? His back looks like a silver, but his cheeks, legs, and underbelly are more tan. I'm also having a hard time getting photos to...
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    Fostering failed, I'm keeping the kittens so I'll share their cuteness

    So the kittens my husband found back in September are growing like weeds, and we've decided they have a home and aren't going anywhere :yess:. So I'm making a thread to share their cuteness as they grow up. Meet the newest additions to my family... Gremlin (female) Rogue (female) Draco...
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    Kittens curling tail around my fingers and arm

    I only remember one other kitten I had/have doing this, I still have her and she is super bonded to me. Anyway, a couple of the current kittens I have been raising started curling their tail around my fingers or arm while I'm holding or cuddling them the past few weeks (they are about 12 week...
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    Black Tabby? Black Smoke Tabby Maybe?

    I'm not sure what color this little guy would be, I realize he may be too young to tell since he is only about 7 weeks. He appeared black at first, but his under layer is coming in light grey/white. You can see it best on his belly, but he is getting light undercoat all over. He wont sit still...
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    Found Kittens Unsure Of What To Feed

    Not sure if this should go under kitten care or stray care. My husband found a litter of kittens in a shipping crate at work and is on his way home with them. The mother is nowhere to be found and it's going to get down to around 4C (39F) tonight. I'm not sure the local grocery store has wet...
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    Chicken Wire Ok For A Catio?

    After losing a cat last month in the middle of the day, I have become more paranoid about letting my cats out. One has figured out I am only allowing outside time when I am outside with her and has started to no longer comes when called, so I'm think of building a catio. I have pretty much no...
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    Mystic Is Missing

    I let her out with the other cats yesterday around 10 am, and that is the last I saw her. I was taking my dogs for a walk around 1:30pm and noticed blood on the dirt driveway (long driveway so about 150 ft away from the house and about 10 ft from the gravel road). That seems to be causing me to...
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    Dogs Are For Sleeping On... Right?

    Tiger and my collie Blaze.
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