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19/08/10 Poppy's a thief!

A lovely childminder called Jackie came to visit today with a car full of children who had been collecting goodies from our wishlist for us. I nearly fell over laughing when I saw Poppy hop into her car and tuck straight into a bag of shopping!

When they came out from fussing the cats thankfully they were quite amused by her exploits much to my disapproval. How comes dogs get away with so much?

Mind you, Smudge (AKA Crazy Smudge), has been getting away with no end of trouble and volunteers are getting the blame.... she's been opening the doors and letting herself and her friends out! I wonder how long it will be before they work out it's her and not a human!

Quick kitten update: all five babies are still hanging in there against the odds. Paw crossing most definitely still necessary though...

Munchkin
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17/08/10 Ring ring ring

I've spent all day in the paddock today because the phone just hasn't stopped ringing and it's so loud! Mum says there's so many people with mums and kittens to give up.

I don't get it? How comes these people didn't ring up before their cats got pregnant? Or why didn't they ring in as soon as they knew the cat was stray? Why wait until kittens are 12 weeks old and half their litter has been given away or sold already? I just hope that all the kittens which are given away have gone to cat loving homes who neuter by six months of age... or else our phone isn't ever going to stop ringing!

Munchkin
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15/08/10 I forgot about Timothy!

In my moaning and whinging last night I forgot to mention little Timothy! He was found crying on a village green yesterday and is only about 10 weeks old. He's barely old enough to have left his mother but no one was out looking for him so where did he come from?

He has to find a friend to buddy up with now so he doesn't get lonely but not until he has had a full check up with our vet tomorrow.

Mum's tired and confused from lack of sleep but all five orphans are hanging in there and have even put on weight over the last 24hrs - must be all the paw crossing I'm doing!

Munchkin
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14/08/10 It gets worse....

So yesterday I was sulking. I spent all night out and when I snuck home for breakfast there mum is all tired looking but smiles because the kitten survived the night. She hardly acknowledged my protest at all and guessed straight away that I slept under my favourite bush.

I decided to forgive mum in return for sardines in tomato sauce.

Then the worst ever thing happened, another 3 of the same family of kittens turned up! So now mum has 5 babies all getting more attention than me.

I feel bad for mum though so I'm going to give her an easy time I think. Despite discussing the dangers of cows milk their finder has also given cows milk to these 3 kitties so poor mum has another sleepless night ahead of her. With the added complication of diarrhoea in already dehydrated kittens their chances have been drastically reduced.

One of the new kittens also has a deep wound in it's belly which may require anti-bioticness or something. It does seem sad that such little things have had so much against them already. I hope their poor mum is ok, though I expect the worst in the circumstances because no mum abandons their babies for no reason.

Paw crossing time again....

Munchkin
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13/08/10 I hate kittens.

I'm sulking.

A family found a pair of kittens crying in a hedge and mum's looking after them. She says it's not fair that I'm throwing a strop and that without our help they'll die but she's my mum not theirs.

She says they were given cows milk over night by their finders because they didn't know it's really dangerous for kittens so there is now a greater risk they won't survive. One is looking pretty poorly so I'm told we need to cross our paws. They're both covered in scabs and sores so I wonder what has happened to them?

Guess it's a good time for me to tell you all that cows milk is not good for us and almost poisonous to tiny kitties. They get awful runny tums and this leads to dehydration which can kill quickly. If you ever have to feed a kitten in an emergency then stick to pre-boiled warm water, we can live for a short time without food but never fluids. Better safe than sorry.

Anyway, I'm going to stay out all night tonight to teach mum a lesson...

Munchkin
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