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rcs2 · Curious Youth Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 39

Sorry I haven't been around much. I just changed jobs and had to work both places May to October.

Meet Sadie. She is #13. Friend's from church called the day after Thanksgiving and said there had been a kitten crying in their bushes for the past two nights. Starvation had finally forced her to show herself. She was sick and the HS was full. My friends didn't want any pets and couldn't find anyone else to take her, so I couldn't say no. Poor little girl had infections in both eyes, URI, worms, and fleas. Originally she had the round hard belly they get when starved. A week of food, medication, and love have worked miracles. She is now a healthy and VERY active little girl. She is very tame and obviously was with people. I assume she was dumped by some hard hearted individual. So, Sadie joins the clan.

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Ron

kb2zct · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject:

Hi Ron:

Sadie is adorable!

I’m glad she is with you, since I know she will get the very best of care as a member of your clan.

Have you started the integration process yet, or has she been in quarantine? How do you think she is?

It looks as if she is coming along nicely. From the pictures I do not see the infections in the eyes anymore (when I adopted Ranger, you could see the infection and drainage in his eyes for several days after the medicine was started). I still see a bit of roundness in the tummy on one of the pictures, but that may be normal “kitten fat”.

Congratulations on your new baby.

Mark

animalangel1 · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject:

OH RON!!!!! She is absolutley BEAUTIFUL!!!! I actually gasped when I first saw her!!!! I can see why you couldn't turn her away. Congratulations on your new baby girl!!!!!

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rcs2 · Curious Youth Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 39

kb2zct wrote:

Hi Ron:

Sadie is adorable!

I’m glad she is with you, since I know she will get the very best of care as a member of your clan.

Have you started the integration process yet, or has she been in quarantine? How do you think she is?

It looks as if she is coming along nicely. From the pictures I do not see the infections in the eyes anymore (when I adopted Ranger, you could see the infection and drainage in his eyes for several days after the medicine was started). I still see a bit of roundness in the tummy on one of the pictures, but that may be normal “kitten fat”.

Congratulations on your new baby.

Mark

Thank you. She has met the group through her kennel, but I will not allow any actual contact for at least the next two weeks and probably another two weeks before I really try to integrate her. She is about 9 weeks old and I want her at least 11 - 12 weeks before I allow any real contact. My main kitten lover, Splash, also needs to recover. He dislocated a rear toe this past weekend and the vet said it needed to be amputated. He came through the surgery just fine, but needs time to get back to his old self.

She stopped draing about two days after I started her on gentamyacin drops. I like those much better than the salves. I think the eyes clear faster.

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rcs2 · Curious Youth Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 39

animalangel1 wrote:

OH RON!!!!! She is absolutley BEAUTIFUL!!!! I actually gasped when I first saw her!!!! I can see why you couldn't turn her away. Congratulations on your new baby girl!!!!!

Thank you. She is a real cutie.

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Ron

Galensgranny · Site Administrator Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 2355

Hi Ron. She is a beautiful kitten! I am so glad she got rescued but sorry she ever needed rescuing.

I am sorry about Splash's toe.

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Margaret, a/k/a Galensgranny

Maria · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject:

Congratulations Ron. What a gorgeous baby kitty! Her face is so sweet. I don't know how anyone could give that sweet little baby up.

She looks healthy now.......and happy!

Maria

kb2zct · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject:

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He dislocated a rear toe this past weekend and the vet said it needed to be amputated. He came through the surgery just fine, but needs time to get back to his old self.

Hi Ron:

Amputation sounds a bit extreem for a dislocated toe. There must be something about the cat's toe that I do not understand if it needed to be removed for a dislocation.

I'm not questioning the vet or you - I'm just trying to learm more.

Mark

rcs2 · Curious Youth Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 39

Galensgranny wrote:

Hi Ron. She is a beautiful kitten! I am so glad she got rescued but sorry she ever needed rescuing.

I am sorry about Splash's toe.

Thank you. I was surprised to find out there have been so many abandonned kittens so late in the year. Apparently the HS is full and the local vets all have several they are trying to find homes for. I always wonder what happened to the siblings.

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Ron

rcs2 · Curious Youth Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 39

Maria wrote:

Congratulations Ron. What a gorgeous baby kitty! Her face is so sweet. I don't know how anyone could give that sweet little baby up.

She looks healthy now.......and happy!

Maria

Thank you. She is healthy now. The vet was so pleased when I took her in for her first shots today. She had gained half a pound this week.

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Ron