anyone want some kittens?? dialup and cute warning

[avkomp]

edit: 2 progress shots added in another post
a few days ago I found some abandoned kittens which some cat had in my shed.
these guys were near dead the other day but after warming them up and a sleepless night of 2 hr feeds they are up and around again




now drinking from bottles and probably not far off solid foods.

I have to figure out what to do with these guys. I am not a cat person but they are kinda cute and I am sure my mice wont be happy if they stay here.

Ultimately I want them to go to a good home. They couldnt go until I am happy they are feeding etc

these shots arent sharp around the eyes as I took these basically one handed as I tried to keep them on the towel with the other. think focus is probably on the nose area.

Steve

[daniel_r]

I feel like this guy looks when I've had too little sleep and too much Red Bull

[blacknstormy]

Steve - good Karma is coming your way
They are indeed lucky little kittens to find such a kind '2 legs' to help them along ..... are you sure you don't want to adopt?
Seems to me they have pretty much chosen you by default
Rel

[avkomp]

rel: I am a sucker for little animals.

I brought home a lorrikeet which had fallen from its nest. was nearly dead too.

we had to force feed it for a day and then it was able to take food from a spoon.

after 3 months it was able to fly well enough and I let it go with some wild ones around here. I believe it went well. we tried to not bond with it.
the last month or so I was bringing it grevillia and bottle brush which is common around here so it know how to feed itself. felt good to watch it fly off with the flock.

These kittens looked touch and go the first night but I was determined to do whatever it took to keep them going. so that involved feeds around 1.5-2hrs but now they have fat guts and sleep well. are already playful.
I imagine it will be hard to give them up. maybe I will just have to hang on to them. Still hoping to find them a good home.

Steve

[Dug]

Will you take my old dog as a trade in?

[avkomp]

dont think my mice would like the dog much,
and I am sure the rabbit wouldn't

Seriously though these kittens will need a home.

Steve

[Dug]

Yo-yo, the killer attack puppy from hell, is afraid of mice and has never seen a rabbit.

I would love a kitten but just could not provide it with a good safe home here

[MattC]

It is good to see that I am not the only sucker.

We have two dogs and a cat.
The first dog was either dumped or she was an FOU with a belly full of pups that were aborted. She is a cattledog cross.
Dog number 2 was about 5 weeks old when I took him away from a couple of aboriginal women who had both just kicked him. He was in a shocker of a state. Covered in lice, ticks and mange. He was almost bald - it is the sort of thing that city people do not see unless visiting aboriginal communities or somewhere like Bali. Given that he now weighs in at 19kg he was grossly underweight at 5 weeks and 3/4kg. It took about 6 months for him to come good. People that met him back then would not recognise him now. He is a pure bred camp dog - ie such a mix of breeds that identifying any particular breed is difficult.
The cat came out of the drains during a thunderstorm at the beginning of the wet season as a 5 or 6 week old kitten. I would say that a tomcat put her over the fence, then the dogs put her on top of the fence clinging to the side of the house. She was wild then and 4 months later is still a bit wild.
My old dog that died about 18 months ago was a dumped red cattledog pup that I found at the Animal Welfare League in Adelaide. She was with me for 16 years to the day. During that 16 years I trained another 10 or so dogs that went to people with disabilities. Every one of those dogs was a rescue job and came to me as a pup.

Time to get the cat of the roof.

Cheers

[Heath Bennett]

Showed my Mum - she thinks they are the best cat photos she has ever seen, and I agree! So much better than the cliché, very expressive.

[moggy]

You need to keep them for about 8 weeks and then your local pet shop will probably take them off your hands, otherwise the Cat Protection Society will. (That's where we got our two from)

Bob.

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[Stealth]

Extremely cute. Nice shots.

[avkomp]

thanks for the info moggy,

think they may be hard to part with after 8 weeks though!!

good to see there are other suckers out there too!!

The rabbit who lives here is another sucker job.
i was taking some of my mice to the pet shop when i saw this dwarf rabbit running around the council car park. Closer inspection showed some golf ball sized lumps around his neck, eyes looked funny too so I thought myxo.
anyway I grabbed him and discovered he had been beaten up by cats or something so I took him home so I could fix up the abscesses and then find a home for him.
It turned out that he was house trained so I decided to keep him. has the run of the house and yard and has been here for over 2 years now.

Steve

[psionic]

They are definitely cute photo's... I like the expression and pose of number two, just before it pounces...

Don't worry about being a sucker... were all over the place. My mother-in-law and wife are environmental consultants. So far we have rescused two dogs from the Salt Field in Adelaide. One a minature Keesha Hound and the other a Jack Russel Fox Terrier cross. If you look at my avatar I'll let you figure out which one we ended up keeping.

What makes me laugh is my wife was adament that we would never have this breed of dog, so imagine my surprise when she brings one through the door. He was only 3kgs, very lethargic and a great big sook. We did all the advertise "lost and found" thing even had 6 families come and look but the owners didn't come. Pound would keep him for three days before putting him down, he had too much attitude and is very cute and lovable when we wants to be, so we couldn't take him to the pound. So the rest is history. The sook bit only lasted 6 months then his "true" character came out, the one my wife just loves... mischievious and full of himself

Both of these kittens are well marked and it shouldn't take long for someone to adopt them from an Animal shelter...

Congratulations on a great capture and save

/M.

[avkomp]

well 3 weeks have gone by and these little ones have progressed quite a bit.
I took a few shots of them today in available light which wasnt that bright
so these are 50mm f1.4 lens (old AIS manual focus jobber.)
1/20s f2.8 @ iso400 hand held.




They have grown, weaning now but still like a bottle.
eating solids
well and truly litter trained. amazed me that even after having them for a few days that they knew to dig in the litter and use it.
more stable on the feet
keen to explore etc etc.

Is quite amazing how different they look from the first few shots to now.

Still not sure what will become of them but they have become part of the house hold the last few weeks
Steve

[MattC]

They certainly are cute.... for cats! Have you become attached enough to keep them?

Cheers

[avkomp]

matt: I think my partner wants to keep them!!

my mice are against the idea.
the rabbit has had a bit of a sniff and the occasional thump but remains largely apathetic about it all

me, well I have never liked cats and it went against the grain staying up the first night for the 2 hour feeds but I am somehow glad that I did.

may well be hard for me to get rid of them

Steve

[MattC]

You are a sucker!

Ours is living under the threat of extinction for her wild ways - particularly on the furniture. It wont happen though... Somehow I think that she is here to stay.

Cheers

[avkomp]

these things are already deciding it is nice to sleep on the airvents of my stereo amp, my speakers may be fun to climb and my guitars may be good scratching posts.

the problem of finding homes for them may yet be solved

Steve

[MattC]

Two ways to fix that.

The first involves tightly holding the cat by the shoulders under your left arm and with the right twist..... Just kidding

The other is a squeeze bottle loaded with water. Amazing how effective it is. Just mind the amp.

Cheers