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joyluo1999 · Jul 28, 2009, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by taylor2012

No the mom cat is one of mine..and ive tryed to follow her but she allways stays on the porch.
ANd the kittens are old enough to wonder around on their own...so i just can't find them.
And its been a whole day now and we still can't find them.
And Hanley needs his medicine!! He has to have it 3 times a day!!

What kind of medicine does Hanely need?

jenniepepsi · Jul 28, 2009, 09:30 AM

Do you let the kittens wander around outside?

taylor2012 · Jul 29, 2009, 05:06 PM

Hey I found them last night :D
I was so happy I almost cried lol
I made them all a nice bed and pampered them in my bathroom and kept them there for the night lol
Yay!

Ren6 · Jul 29, 2009, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by taylor2012

hey i found them last night :D
i was so happy i almost cried lol
i made them all a nice bed and pampered them in my bathroom and kept them there for the night lol
yay!

Taylor, don't let them out again... at least until Hanley is through with his medication. Can you post a pic of him?

taylor2012 · Jul 29, 2009, 05:18 PM

They're outside cats though.
My mom doesn't want house cats :P
OK I will try to get a pic

HelpinHere · Jul 29, 2009, 06:10 PM

So... where were they hiding?

And glad you found them, give that kitty his meds! :D

Yes, pic please!

taylor2012 · Jul 29, 2009, 06:15 PM

I don't know where they were lol
Me and my mom searched out whole 18 acrs and never foung them.. then later they just showed up on the porch lol

HelpinHere · Jul 29, 2009, 06:27 PM

Well, that's a cat for you! Lol, never can predict what they will do next! :p

N0help4u · Jul 29, 2009, 08:55 PM

It sounds to me like he got into a fight with maybe another cat and caught its claw in her head.
My cats have had that before. I dabbed peroxide on it and treated it like any sore.

taylor2012 · Jul 29, 2009, 09:04 PM

?
We've already figured out what it was lol

HelpinHere · Jul 29, 2009, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by N0help4u

It sounds to me like he got into a fight with maybe another cat and caught its claw in her head.
My cats have had that before. I dabbed peroxide on it and treated it like any sore.

I know you usually do, but this time you need to go back and read... we've already solved the whole original problem, lol

shazamataz · Jul 30, 2009, 02:02 AM

Glad you found them taylor.

Maybe you can convince your mum to have inside cats?
I know you don't want to hear it but pets should be exactly that... pets.

Not something you have so you can say "I have a cat"
Pets are for companionship and should be inside.

HelpinHere · Jul 30, 2009, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by shazamataz

Maybe you can convince your mum to have inside cats?
I know you don't want to hear it but pets should be exactly that.... pets.

Not something you have so you can say "I have a cat"
Pets are for companionship and should be inside.

Don't completely agree.
I say convince her to let them be inside until they are older, and can handle themselves outside. I feel that pets, cats especially, should be indoor/outdoor, it seems to make them happier.

Just my opinion.

N0help4u · Jul 30, 2009, 11:18 AM

Cats are either indoor or outdoor most often.
Once a cat gets outdoors it is often hard to keep a cat indoors if it is an outdoor cat.
If they prefer the outdoor and you keep them in they can cry so bad you can't stand it.
Some areas where I lived wanted to make a leash law for cats and they couldn't do it because cats are classified as predatory animals.

There is a saying you don't own the cat the cat owns you

taylor2012 · Jul 30, 2009, 12:29 PM

Yeah when I usaully put them inside they go to the door and want out again.
Oh and,I can't find them again. :P
I'm hoping they will show up again... :(

Unknown008 · Jul 30, 2009, 12:53 PM

LOL, your cats are giving you a hard time, huh? :) Wish you best of luck to find them again!

N0help4u · Jul 30, 2009, 01:03 PM

When I was 4 I had a cat that disappeared all the time for months. I remember she came back home to have her babies and I named her mamma cat.
Come to think of it I still name most all my cats mamma or babygirl or babykitty.

passmeby · Jul 30, 2009, 09:50 PM

Hey, Taylor, I was just reading your kittie story... wow! When I first started reading, I did think of some kind of worm or grub... our cows would get these larvae in their skin and the holes they made were pretty bad. The holes looked just like your poor kitties holes.

Did your vet tell you how to keep the cats safe from this? They're so young right now, I'm thinking there's probably no spray or dip that is OK for them. But when they get older, you could shampoo them or spray them with a pesticide that is OK for cats. Right now, all I can think of that you could do is brush them a lot, which would take away at least most of any eggs that have clung on. You could bathe them in a baby shampoo (so it doesn't hurt their eyes) too, but make sure they don't get too cold!

I know exactly how you feel, too. I grew up on a farm and we had barn cats, there was no way my mom would've taken those cats to a vet! We would just be able to have the cows and horses looked at by the vet, not the cats and dogs. And she didn't want the cats inside either. They were true outdoor cats too, I would bring one in once in a while just to pet it but it wasn't happy to be inside really. The cats were very good hunters, that's what they were meant for, they kept the mice and rats out of the feed. If those cats weren't there, the mice and rats would've taken over, and probably would've been in our house too! But the cats weren't looked at as pets, I know some people might not understand this... We didn't buy them or adopt them, they just show up. People would often dump the cats off at our farm too. So it's not like the typical ownership that most people feel for a cat, you know?

OK, I hope the vet told you how to keep the fly larvae out of the cats!

If you pet the kittens a lot, feel their skin for lumps because that might signal another larvae. There is a trick you can do if you suspect another larvae-put vaseline over the lump, and it will kill the larvae (it suffocates them), BUT... you still have to get the larvae out! Sometimes you can pop it out yourself, call your vet and ask if it's OK to try to get it out yourself first though! I'm definitely not a vet! But I was in your situation, and I know that if there is a "next time" your mom might not be willing to take the cat to the vet yet again! I know my mom wouldn't. Anyway, I've popped the larvae out of some animals before hundreds of times. It's like popping a HUGE pimple, and this nasty worm creature pops out, along with this goo that looks like snot! Any time I did it, the animal healed very fast, I just gave it a quick spray with an antibiotic areosol one time after popping it. So it's probably fine, but to be sure, call the vet first if you find another one. He can tell you for sure to either try to do it or not.

Good luck with the kitties!

shazamataz · Jul 31, 2009, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by HelpinHere

Don't completely agree.
I say convince her to let them be inside until they are older, and can handle themselves outside. I feel that pets, cats especially, should be indoor/outdoor, it seems to make them happier.

Just my opinion.

No problem, I just prefer inside animals, others are fine having them outside.
It's just personal preference, especially with cats, I have never owned them (allergic) but the strays that we feed I feel so sorry for and just want them to live inside and be all warm and toasty :)

HelpinHere · Jul 31, 2009, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by shazamataz

No problem, I just prefer inside animals, others are fine having them outside.
It's just personal preference, especially with cats, I have never owned them (allergic) but the strays that we feed I feel so sorry for and just want them to live inside and be all warm and toasty :)

Yep, prefrences and opinions.
True, I would prefer if my cats would obey, but they aren't dogs... lol.
I tried keeping one of my cats inside once, she just had kittens, and it was winter so they couldn't go outside yet, and she fought me to get outside. I guess some cats just need to spread their wings... err... claws. :)