The new kittens thread

[ycbm]

Here's mine. I got kitten envy when another thread was started. We picked him up today. He is desperately tiny for his age, three months, because he had to be taken away from an alcoholic who wasn't feeding him. But he's healthy, and a very bold little fellow. Our tortie and tabby aren't very impressed yet.

Let's see yours!

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Arggghhhhhh, I now have kitten envy!!! Not fair.

Has he got a name yet? He's smashing.

 

[ycbm]

He's such a tiny scrap, we're thinking of Skrapp to go with Skratch and Snyff. But he's only been home two hours so we'll see what his character is like. He's very bold, and a complete tart, he'll sleep with anyone. Currently on my chest.

 

[splashgirl45]

he is very cute....

 

[BeckyFlowers]

Want a kitten! I don't think Daisy would be impressed though :-(

 

[ycbm]

Well he's already done a huge runny poop all over the carpet. Smashing

 

[poiuytrewq]

Poor little soul, glad you have him now. How did that come about?
Arlo is a chest sleeping fan too! Its a bit weird

 

[texas]

Poor little soul, glad you have him now. How did that come about?
Arlo is a chest sleeping fan too! Its a bit weird

They like the comfort of your heartbeat I think I used to put on a hoodie backwards and tuck mine in the hood in front of me. Being on my chest is still his favourite place now, but he's a bit bigger at 5+kg! Loving the photos

 

[ycbm]

Poor little soul, glad you have him now. How did that come about?
Arlo is a chest sleeping fan too! Its a bit weird

An alcoholic owned the mother and a close relative realised what was going on and rehomed the kittens. Mother has now disappeared so can't be neutered, so there will be more. I can't believe he's three months old, he is so small. And very bony, he's semi long haired so it hides it. Eating well though, and seems pretty healthy.

We need more Arlo pictures!

 

[PorkChop]

He is gawgeous Love a ginger

I have a pregnant Shmitten .... very excited!

 

[Chinchilla]

Congratulations, he is lovely.
Though I can imagine the poo on the carpet is a tad less lovely....

 

[poiuytrewq]

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Arlo has some spare tummy if you like?
Thats so sad, poor mummy cat too. I suspect Arlo's mother is probably already expecting again :( They struck me as that kind of people


Oh bloody hell- what have i done wrong now? why is that not a photo

 

[ycbm]

Arlo has some spare tummy if you like?
Thats so sad, poor mummy cat too. I suspect Arlo's mother is probably already expecting again They struck me as that kind of people


Oh bloody hell- what have i done wrong now? why is that not a photo

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[ycbm]

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But it's not showing for me either even though I've just put it right.

 

[ycbm]

But it's not showing for me either even though I've just put it right.

One more try

 

[ycbm]

Looking much stronger already Such a happy little chap!

 

[ycbm]

Phone is a standard size, you can see how tiny he is for three months old.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Bless him. Hopefully he’s young enough not to have any lasting effects.
Erm... don’t know if you do Facebook but there’s a ginger cat owners page

 

[Rumtytum]

He's tiny but I sense lion size adventures are on their way

 

[ycbm]

Bless him. Hopefully he’s young enough not to have any lasting effects.
Erm... don’t know if you do Facebook but there’s a ginger cat owners page

No I don't do Facebook, but I've always had a ginger tom. We lost our last one eighteen months ago to heart failure, but he was a bit of a bully and the twins we have changed so much when he left that we gave it a while for them to allow their true characters to emerge. I just think they are different, somehow, so full of character and very interactive. He's asleep on my collar bone atm.

 

[ycbm]

He's tiny but I sense lion size adventures are on their way

I fear you may be right. He's surprisingly athletic and has very long legs!

 

[poiuytrewq]

What’s the deal with kittens and faces? Is this a known thing like the sleeping on chests/round your neck?
It’s Uber cute and has totally sucked me in but Arlo likes to touch noses and will stretch up and gently touch my face (keeping his claws in) seemingly to pull me face down to him to rub noses!?
Is this a cat thing 🐈

 

[ycbm]

Yup. Skip is currently on my collar bone . Necks and faces are a must with kittens.

I found out he's nearly four months old. He looks about eight weeks now w, and he's a good bit bigger than he was last Thursday. He must have been very close to dying.

 

[BeckyFlowers]

Head-bumping, nose-to-nose and cheek-rubbing are signs that your cat loves you - woohoo! Kittens like sleeping on or near your chest and neck because they can feel your pulse. I remember watching a documentary on telly about a big cat rescue sanctuary in Africa and they had two tiny orphaned cheetah kits. To simulate mum and to make them feel secure they wrapped a tick-tock alarm clock in a towel and put it in their cage and they snuggled up to it because it feels like a heartbeat.

The first night we had our (now deceased) Amber back in 1999 she slept all night on my head. Literally on the top of my head, like a hat. She was a bit unwell and the vet said it was probably to keep her warm. After that she liked to sleep in the crook of my arm but draped over it, maybe she was feeling my pulse. It was lovely until she got a bit older and heavier and it felt like my arm would necrose and drop off.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Ycbm, such a lucky kitten, do you feed him anything in particular or just lots of food?
I wanted Arlo to be less boney and have just used normal kitten food but often, tiny meals whenever I think of it. He’s a pig which has helped a lot.

Beckyflowers that has made my day!! It did seem to be a loving thing but my OH laughed (hard) so I decided I was wrong ☺️

 

[ycbm]

We feed all our cats ad lib, which means that kitten food is out. I always figured that feral kittens don't get special mice just because they are young. So he's eating vast quantities of Tesco tinned in jelly, which had the older cats' favourite at the moment, and Aldi dry food.

He's doing so well ! When he arrived his lower jaw didn't match his top one and was very under shot. But it's getting bigger and bigger, and nearly matches now. He's starting to play and the other two are beginning to talk to him.

I'm just so pleased he is healthy after what he's been through, poor little mite.

 

[ycbm]

When he arrived last Thursday

And today. He wouldn't pose at the same angle, but I think you can see the change.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Definitely yes! So much better.

 

[laura_nash]

These are apparently our two new ones (at least that is what they have decided):

The mother moved into a derelict barn near by with four kittens, then she took off with the two biggest and left these two behind. They showed up outside our back door mewing their heads off and we fed them, so now we seem to be stuck with them!

I asked around the neighbours and the consensus seems to be that the mother is probably one of the cats of a lady down the road who has been struggling with dementia, her family come around twice a day but the cats are semi-feral and feeding them etc has probably slipped.

The tortoiseshell has been very friendly from the start, the ginger is coming around, we can stroke it now, but it is very nervous. I expect if it had been alone it would have stayed well away from humans.

They now have a special "kitten hole" in one of the outbuildings with a bed etc in there, which means they can be fed in peace without have to deal with chickens and the dog trying to nick their food.

 

[ycbm]

A boy and a girl, unless you've got an extremely rare ginger female. They are just gorgeous. If you have to have two kittens abandoned on you, you'd want two like that