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Posted by Jack Campin - bogus address on October 9, 2009, 5:45 pm
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> My QI Miss Lucy is costing me several hundred dollars today.
> I have to buy a new mattress. [she had kittens on the bed]
Our Marblecake had two litters of kittens on our bed (early in the
morning while we were in it). Both times there wasn't much mess
and we just had to wash the duvet. Seems a bit drastic to throw
a mattress out over what can't have been more than a few grams of
sterile blood.
Her son Ollie has spent a large fraction of his life since then no
more than three feet from the spot where he was born. And he also
seems to think that the amount of kicking he did as a foetus was
quite enough exercise for a lifetime. Zzzzzzzz...
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Posted by NightMist on October 9, 2009, 9:39 pm
Cats can vary as much as people in how much fluids they "produce"
giving birth.
Tootsie had nearly a dry birth. The kittens were damp, but we found
not a drop of fluids anywhere. She chose to litter on the bed of rags
we had made up for her.
Mitzy chose to litter on my brother's bed, on his pillow to be
precise. The pillow soaked right through onto the sheets there was so
much fluid involved.
Curiously Tootsie abandoned her kittens immediately, while Mitzy was
extremely motherly. Mitzy would also not tolerate having them moved,
she would go and get them and bring them right back to the bed. My
mom finally reached a compromise with her, and the kittens were moved
to a box under the bed.
I never could understand why my family always intentionally chose a
female dog and had her spayed, but would never spay or neuter cats. A
cat having kittens always earned her and the female kittens a trip to
the pound.
NightMist
On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:45:13 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
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>> My QI Miss Lucy is costing me several hundred dollars today.
>> I have to buy a new mattress. [she had kittens on the bed]
>Our Marblecake had two litters of kittens on our bed (early in the
>morning while we were in it). Both times there wasn't much mess
>and we just had to wash the duvet. Seems a bit drastic to throw
>a mattress out over what can't have been more than a few grams of
>sterile blood.
>Her son Ollie has spent a large fraction of his life since then no
>more than three feet from the spot where he was born. And he also
>seems to think that the amount of kicking he did as a foetus was
>quite enough exercise for a lifetime. Zzzzzzzz...
>==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === <http://www.campin.me.uk> ====
>Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557
>CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts
>****** I killfile Google posts - email me if you want to be whitelisted ******
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Posted by onetexsun on October 10, 2009, 1:38 am
Nightmist, my Aunt Doot was one of those people who collects cats. Her
husband was longgggggggggg suffering and put up with a house filled
with as many as 100 cats from time to time. She usually had between 50
and 70. They lived inside, outside, wherever they wanted. She would
never have the females spayed, but when one gave birth, she was right
there with a bucket of water to drown the female babies. The whole
family found her bizarre, but she was good hearted and fun to have
around and of course you accept family. Still, the fate of female
kittens always boggled me as it was the male cats bringing on the
whole thing. I asked her once why she didn't drown the tom kittens
instead and she looked like she'd never even thought of such a thing.
Sunny
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Posted by onetexsun on October 9, 2009, 1:19 pm
Ooooh if Jake comes around, please don't let him near the kittens. I'm
certain you already know this, but on the off chance that you don't --
tom cats all too often will kill new kittens, putting the mother cat
back into estrus and ready to mate again. He doesn't take into account
that the kittens are his, he just has this drive to mate. My Meemaw's
cats were constantly having kittens and she never let them into the
house. And the tom cat typically killed at least a couple of the
kittens and sometimes the whole litter. As a little girl this was
horrifying and it still is.
Sunny
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Posted by Michelle C. on October 9, 2009, 3:22 pm
Kate T. wrote:
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> My QI Miss Lucy is costing me several hundred dollars today. I have
> to buy a new mattress.
>
> Yesterday I spent the morning cleaning my bedroom, you know the usual
> fall cleaning, changing draperies, washing windows, etc.
> I changed the bed linens, folded up my Hug quilt and laid it on the
> foot of the bed. The room smelled so clean. I thought about sleeping
> in a soft bed last night BUT that didn't happen. I had to sleep on
> the couch.
>
> Miss Lucy met Jake the local tom cat a few months ago and I was so
> busy this summer I didn't think about mating season. Now Jake it this
> big yellow and cream colored fella. He is a huge cat. The results of
> thier meeting showed up in my bed late yesterday afternoon.
>
> Miss Lucy got into my bed, something she has never done before. I
> missed her and went looking for after I came back from the grocery
> store about 6 p.m.
>
> She was giving birth right there. Thank goodness she was up next to
> the pillows. I would had cried if she was on my hug quilt.
>
> I let her alone. Went in to check on her this morning and she was
> nursing. I don't know how many new QI's I have as yet. I am off to
> get a new mattress as I know she soaked this one. Am also getting a
> box for her and moving the new family to the laundry room.
>
> Wonder if Jake will show up to babysit with his new family.
>
>
> Kate T. South Mississippi
Guess Miss Lucy knew where she felt safe. Sorry about your mattress. :-(
As for Jake, I'm sure he feels his duty is done!
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
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