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So, I adopted my little love bug Ms Friskers from the parking lot about 5 months ago (geez has it really been so long) -- she was pregnant at the time, gave birth to 3 healthy kittens, fostered 2 more, and was a generally splendid mom. She had some trouble learning to get along with our current...

So ... Ms Friskers is in heat. And has been for about two weeks now. Will this ever end? She's still nursing the kittens, and the vet won't spay until she's weaned them. But she's starting to make me and roomie a little crazy. Plus she's stalking our fixed male cat, which would be adorable...

So, one of the kittens is having pale-ish brown, very runny, goopy poop. He is also opting to poop on a particular segment of the room, rather than in his litter box. (I've put a second litter box over there for his use, but he still seems to be trying to avoid using it unless I actively put...

Is it ok that the kittens are weaning straight to dry food, not wet? I had planned to offer them wet food, and then soggy dry food, and then dry food. But this morning I woke up, and there's one of them with his face stuck in mommy's dry food bowl, chomping away! I've offered them all wet...

Hey all -- Ms Friskers has come into 2 additional little kittens, also rescued from her parking lot, as we know mommy is no longer with us . I wish I could save all of the parking lot kitties, but at least we've got these 2 little ones inside. Here's my question: how do I go about introducing...

Ms Friskers' darling little rascal kittens are right around 4 weeks old now, and have their little baby teeth (so cute). They're in serious exploration mode, causing lots of havoc. Here's my dilemma: two of them have started eating the clay litter I have set out for them to use (not much of...

Ok, I'd like to start off by saying, I am not usually a complete idiot, but I think I have totally messed up new cat introduction into the household, and I'm hoping and desperately desperately praying that you all might be able to advise me how to fix the mess I'm in. So, I've had 2 kitties for...

Hey all -- Ms Friskers and her three little offspring are trucking right along -- the kittens are about a week and a half old now and all of them have their eyes open, and can escape from their box to go find mommy when she (frequently) leaves them alone for too long. Here's my question: the...

Ms Friskers is getting a new title: Not the worst mom, but not the best mom. Day one to two of the kittens lives consisted of her moving them about my bedroom, sometimes all of them, sometimes just one of them, as though playing a fun game of "Find the kitten" with me, just in case I had...

Ms Friskers is in labor, finally! But now I have all sorts of new stuff to be worried about -- she's been pushing now for about 20 minutes, with no sign of a kitten... her pushes have all been laying on her side, very short little pushes, about 3 in a row usually. There is discharge coming out...

Hey! I just learned about this nifty product from this board -- I've order a diffuser from Amazon, which I'm waiting for. However, I've been waiting on my pregnant rescue kitty to give birth -- she's a couple days overdue now -- and it occurred to me that maybe she doesn't feel like here is...

It's officially two weeks since I noticed the kittens moving while just watching from the outside! Ms Friskers is still contentedly eating all the food we'll give her, and basically just living it up. And sleeping nearly all of the time. On the plus side, she has finally started playing with...

So, I've recently taken/rescued what I would describe as a friendly feral kitty. She's currently pregnant, so I'm waiting till post-birth to bring her in for her first vet visit, but I do want to start figuring out how to handle said vet visit. She's sociable, and likes being petted and enjoys...

Ms Friskers woke me up this morning rather early wanting love and snuggles, and then, of course, after 2 minutes, was all done with that. So I wasn't thinking too much of it. Until now! She's been curled up under my desk now for nearly 5 hours, sleeping, without moving except to shift around...

Ok, Ms Friskers is the confusing one, to be sure... so here's everything I know in the hopes that through collective intelligence and knowledge and experience, maybe I can get some idea whether I'm looking at today, tomorrow, or still maybe a week to go. I don't know the exact date of...

Quick Q I bet you two or at least someone reading along knows the answer to: do you always see milk production that is really obvious before labor begins? My pregnant kitty is a semi-feral, and sometimes will let me touch her tummy, but more often than not, I get a good firm bite or slash for...

Hi all -- I'm brand new here, but I hope it's ok to introduce myself and my pregnant kitty in the same thread. I'm a 23 year old graduate student, and obviously, a cat lover, and have inherited my mom's tendency to want to help every stray kitty that crosses my path. My roomie and I took in...