That Darn Mittens

[clum553946]

Hello Bakerjw. How’s our favorite cat Mittens doing?

[bakerjw]

Funny that I came across this.
My wife texted me this morning letting me know that Mittens is waiting for me.
When I leave for work most mornings, she runs around crying and looking for me.
Today, she hopped up on my computer desk and sat waiting and hoping that I would show up.
In evenings when I try to do crosswords or suduko puzzles, she has to lay on top of everything and try to catch the pencil.



The pencil catcher.

[lightman]

Glad to see that she settled in and doing well.

[Norcal707]

Thought this thread was about that worthless *** Mittens in Utah...

[contender1]

I too often wonder about Mittens. This update,, with these pics,, just makes my day's issues melt away. Lots of smiles here. I truly have enjoyed following this story.

[rking22]

Glad to see she’s doing well! Seems you have been adopted

[clum553946]

Thank you for the update. I’m glad she’s doing well!

[bakerjw]

She has learned that during the day there is enough room on my wife's chair to get in behind her. So, I have lost some of her attention.
Well, until nap time and then she bounces off of the walls trying to get upstairs first.

[MaryB]

Such a cutie! And spoiled rotten!

[gwpercle]

I enjoy seeing Kitty photo's ... post more Mittens Updates !
Kiities Rule
Gary

[oldred]

I love cats and we have a bunch of them here on the farm, ALL of them spayed/neutered, vaccinated etc, we love them all. The little buggers have cost me a mint in cat food, vet bills, etc but I don't begrudge any of it as they are worth every penny just to have them around. These are sort of "rescue" cats I suppose as we didn't intentionally bring them here, we live in a very secluded area and idiots tend to abandon animals along a back road that runs by us. We rarely see any dogs and I am guessing the cats (usually older kittens) hear me calling our cats at feeding time and they seem to understand the universal "here kitty kitty" call for cats at feeding time. However some (most actually) are found at our doorstep in a malnourished, skinny, dirty and very scared/confused condition, the question then becomes "how do you say no to a starving kitten"? We try nurse them back to a healthy condition and then find homes for them. Right now we have 14 cats that we are caring for but some are already spoken for when they get a bit older and we expect the others will be adopted soon, of course the adoption doesn't apply to the three pets we have in the house with us!

[Mr_Sheesh]

You may experience the occasional "foster fail", thats when you meant to foster a kitty but end up keeping it. It happens! I don't consider it a failure, it's just what caring folks do in the case where they find a pet they really like.

I am very glad she's found a job and purpose in life (pencil monitor?) and is earning her keep

[woodbutcher]

Thanks for the Mittens update,She`s Real sweet heart.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

[bakerjw]

such a cutie! And spoiled rotten!

very....

[Mr_Sheesh]

Spoiled rotten is the only way for pets to be

[NEKVT]

[QUOTE=Mr_Sheesh;5170012]You may experience the occasional "foster fail", thats when you meant to foster a kitty but end up keeping it. It happens! I don't consider it a failure, it's just what caring folks do in the case where they find a pet they really like.

We are total "failures", lol! My wife fostered a pregnant cat, her first, helping out the local shelter 11yrs ago. It had a litter of four in our extra bedroom. We kept two and our kids adopted the other two. Of the many she has fostered since we kept another kitten that passed at 16 months from a genetic heart issue and then replace it shortly after and still have those three. One shelter cat we fostered was experiencing kidney failure during her pregnancy and after all the kittens were adopted we kept her another three years giving her fluid IV's daily me working the bag and my wife the needle end (with her somehow managing both ends when I wasn't home) until she finally had to be put down as my wife held her. The vets called her the miracle cat and she and I had a special relationship - it helped I wasn't the one sticking her everyday. It is nice to know all the kittens we have fostered over the years were adopted with the last two recently going to a home after a couple extra years here as they were feral kittens and the male never did completely come around which is why we kept them until they could be adopted together. It was a lot of work but rewarding and we (more so my wife) are currently on a break after a steady 11 years of fostering.

[contender1]

As I've mentioned before,, we love our cats.
But I could never be a foster family. I'd want to keep them all.

[Mr_Sheesh]

I had a kitty with kidney failure, she didn't mind the sticks to put Ringers in under her fur as much as I did, I don't think. She just let me do it, no complaint or attempt to leave. And I would not call myself good at needle work.

[richhodg66]

Can't imagine a home without a cat. Our three are also spoiled rotten.

[bakerjw]

There are some very kind souls here on CB.

Our beloved cat Louise (out of a set of 3 named Hewey, Dewey and Louie <- ended up being a female) started with kidney issues at about 18 years of age. The vet where we took her explained that in some cats, their kidney cells start working overtime, that's why they need the subcutaneous water injection. It was very hard on Louise so we ended up have her put down.