Introducing Little Tyke: A Tribute to Einstein

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The discussion centers around the introduction of a new kitten named Little Tyke, adopted in memory of a beloved cat named Einstein. The kitten, only three weeks old, was rescued by a coworker's dog that took it from a feral mother. The new owner expresses joy and love for the kitten, detailing the challenges of bottle-feeding and caring for such a young animal. Participants share tips on kitten care, including litter training and feeding techniques, while also reminiscing about their own experiences with pets. The thread highlights the emotional bond formed with the new kitten and the community's support in navigating its care.
  • #91
Tsu said:
Ooo Ooo. IVAN wants a puppy! :devil:

I don't think it's a puppy anymore, though. It's funny, until today, I thought they only had the one dog. Then I looked outside when I got home and I saw this adorable doggy (looks like some sort of chow mix) in MY backyard...at first I thought it was just a dog running loose, then saw a leash on it, and was wondering "What the heck?!" From looking out the window, I couldn't tell if it was someone's dog that got loose and tangled up or if someone just left a dog tied in my backyard. So, I walk outside, and realize she was actually tied up on the neigbor's side, but got under the privacy fence and didn't know how to get back. Super sweet doggy that I tried to push back under the fence, but she just wanted me to keep scritching her. So, I unhooked her leash and took hold of her collar and walked her around to the other side, at which time the neighbors came out with the other dog. The husband seemed oblivious and the wife was telling him "she's bothering the neighbor"...well, she wasn't bothering me, but she had clearly gotten herself stuck on the wrong side of the fence without being sure how to get back. But, I can't quite figure it out...the one who was stuck on my side is the "outside dog" that they want to keep, and the house dog is the one they want to give away. I don't get that. The previous neighbor was weird like that too...the dog was ALWAYS outside, and was the sweetest old girl, and I always felt sorry for the dog being left outside or in the garage all the time. How can you adopt a dog and not let it in the house?
 
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  • #92
That's just sad! I don't know how people can be that way. Why do you pick such weird neighbors? :biggrin:

Here. This should take your mind off of it.

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  • #93
and this...

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  • #94
Remember to keep all boxes out of the kitty's reach. :biggrin:
 
  • #95
Tsu said:
That's just sad! I don't know how people can be that way. Why do you pick such weird neighbors? :biggrin:

Here. This should take your mind off of it.

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That's really precious. She looks like a little tiger cub.
 
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  • #96
Oh Tsu, she's so cute! Kittens are so much fun!
 
  • #97
speaking of tiger cats...
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  • #98
Tsu said:
That's just sad! I don't know how people can be that way. Why do you pick such weird neighbors? :biggrin:

Here. This should take your mind off of it.

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Oh heavens. What a perfect baby kitty sleeping spot that is. :smile:
 
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  • #99
Too cute. Animal babies love to cuddle up.

Ferrets love tunnels and tight places, and when I tucked them inside my fleece pullovers or sweatshirts, they would often climb up to my shoulders, and crawl down my sleeves to snooze. One day, my cousin dropped in for a visit, and when I answered the door, I had Popeye forearms with ferret "muscles" under my shirt. She thought it was hysterical.
 
  • #100
Tsu said:
That's just sad! I don't know how people can be that way. Why do you pick such weird neighbors? :biggrin:
I wish I got to pick my neighbors. :rolleyes: Maybe I need to stand outside when they're showing the place and if they seem weird, I should act weirder to scare them off.

Here. This should take your mind off of it.

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Oh, those pictures are just precious! What an adorable snuggler!

turbo-1 said:
Too cute. Animal babies love to cuddle up.

Ferrets love tunnels and tight places, and when I tucked them inside my fleece pullovers or sweatshirts, they would often climb up to my shoulders, and crawl down my sleeves to snooze. One day, my cousin dropped in for a visit, and when I answered the door, I had Popeye forearms with ferret "muscles" under my shirt. She thought it was hysterical.

:smile: I've done that with rats...other people freak out about it, but I learned it from someone else to tuck them inside your labcoat and they are all comfy and relaxed and so much easier to handle than if you're holding them just in your hands where they feel vulnerable. Burrowing animals just like sleeves (I can't explain kittens liking sleeves, but that looks like a very cozy robe she's trying to steal from her mom).
 
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  • #101
When I first started college, there was a girl who came to school with a six foot or so Boa constrictor wrapper around her belly. It slept there all day under her blouse.

Okay, not a cute story, but I bet it was cuddly.
 
  • #102
Ivan Seeking said:
Okay, not a cute story, but I bet it was cuddly.

Or at least squishy. :biggrin:
 
  • #103
Just a quick update to let you know that Little Tyke is doing very well. We're not sure if it was the anti-nausea meds that made the difference or if the mother's milk substitute didn't agree with her, but she is consuming and pooping mass quantities of goat's milk.

...and she pooped all by herself this morning! [All together now] Ahhhhhhhhh.

Another plus: She didn't even require training for the litter box. As soon as we put her in she immediately got the idea.
 
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  • #104
Ivan Seeking said:
...and she pooped all by herself this morning! [All together now] Ahhhhhhhhh.

Yep, now you're sounding like new parents, oohing and aahing over poop. :smile:

Glad she's doing well on the change of diet. Will she try canned food yet? Milk replacers are never quite perfect, and neither is the milk of the wrong species, though of course better than nothing. If she'll start nibbling a little canned food, it might just help with any imbalances in the goat milk...but she might be too young for that still.
 
  • #105
Yes, she ate a little solid food this morning. With the tummy problems we didn't want to rush it.

As for the pooping and bottle feeding: Tsu hasn't gotten much sleep lately. :biggrin: We will be glad when she isn't quite so needy.
 
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  • #106
Ivan Seeking said:
Just a quick update to let you know that Little Tyke is doing very well. We're not sure if it was the anti-nausea meds that made the difference or if the mother's milk substitute didn't agree with her, but she is consuming and pooping mass quantities of goat's milk.

...and she pooped all by herself this morning! [All together now] Ahhhhhhhhh.

That's all marvelous news! Thank you for updating.

Another plus: She didn't even require training for the litter box. As soon as we put her in she immediately got the idea.

Yes, cats are a marvel with litter boxes. It's as if a cat designed the litter box because I've never met a cat who didn't figure it out in 10 seconds or less. Not similar to dogs at all when it comes to house training.

Ivan Seeking said:
As for the pooping and bottle feeding: Tsu hasn't gotten much sleep lately. :biggrin: We will be glad when she isn't quite so needy.

It goes quickly. :smile: Although, over seven years later and my cat has yet to let me sleep through the night. Now, mind you, when I'm away from her, I still don't sleep through the night because I keep waking wondering why she's not there waking me.
 
  • #107
I've spent the day feeding her (both goats milk and canned food - which she likes VERY MUCH :biggrin:), taking her to the cat box and trying to get her to be a little more independent so she doesn't drive Ivan bananas while I'm gone - all while cleaning and doing laundry). HOW CAN I LEAVE MY BABY FOR 6 WHOLE DAYS??!?? :cry: :cry: She is just so dang cute right now. I hate to miss ANY of this. :frown:

Right now she is sitting on Ivan's lap and hanging on to his shirt with her claws - just gazing up at him lovingly. Awwwwww... :biggrin: She has just started cleaning herself and she's had a couple of days of pawing at her little mouth and chewing the bits out of my bathrobe. I'm assuming she's doing this because she's getting her baby teeth - actually, I KNOW she's getting her little baby teeth. She's biting the heck out of me! My poor little hands feel like pin cushions. :biggrin:

I'll try to post a couple more pictures in the next day or two before I leave to visit my sister. Then it will be up to a very busy Ivan to keep you up to date (- so don't hold your breath! :biggrin:)
 
  • #108
Well, shucks. I didn't get ANY pictures taken these past two days. I spent them getting Tyke cat-box trained (success!) and tried to get her interested in solid food. She still seems to prefer the bottle, but she will eat pretty soupy canned food if it's mixed with her goats milk. I'm sure going to hate dropping her off at the vet tomorrow afternoon - even if it's just for a few hours 'till Ivan gets home and can pick her up. This is going to be a tough 6 days. I hope all the time I spent with her these past several days is enough to keep me in her memory until I get back. I don't want to get relegated to 'bad relative' status while Ivan takes over as momcat! :cry: That's why I'm leaving my bathrobe here for her. :biggrin: She can't forget me if she smells me while she's sleeping in my pocket. Right?

I'm taking the camera with me so I can get pictures of my niece and her family so I'll get some more of Tyke when I get back. She's all crashed out in my lap - AGAIN! :biggrin:

Someone keep asking Ivan how the kitty is while I'm gone, OK? That way, if I can't talk to him for some reason during the day, I can at least read about her here. :smile: Thanks! See you when I get back!
 
  • #109
So Ivan, how's Little Tyke doing with her mom away? Are you spending all your time kitty-tending?
 
  • #110
Haha, pretty much! Tyke is doing great. She learned how to run last night.

Note: A kitty under the bed covers is no good. Kitty likes to attack things that should never be attacked!
 
  • #111
:eek: YIKES!

:smile:
 
  • #112
I don't know about anyone else, but I certainly need an update. :smile:
 
  • #113
Perfect timing!

Update: Little Tyke doesn't sleep under the covers anymore. :biggrin:

She is doing just great, but with Tsu gone all week, I'm tired! I have realized that be it feline or human, a baby is a baby.

Tyke started eating bit of canned kitten food yesterday, so hopefully the bottle will go away soon. And she is fairly well box trained, which is also a relief. I wake up every morning with her crawling on my face, or chewing on my head, or attacking my fingers. And I see hints of a little terrorists starting to emerge...

The other night it appears that she got too chummy with our catitudinal Zoobie and got wopped. I woke up 5 AM to Tyke crawling all over me and completely freaking out. Moments later Zoobie ran out the door, which is why I suspect that she got a little mean. It appears that whatever happened, it induced a true flight response, and her little legs just kept moving for about an hour. At first I thought that she had been injured, but slowly I realized that this was something else. After a couple of hours she finally calmed down and went back to sleep. Later that morning she was fine.

So we have had our little dramas, but all is well.

One funny note: I have never seen a cat who moves so much litter, but she still doesn't quite get it. She pretty much moves all of the litter in the box from one end to the other when she's done - all but the area of interest. :rolleyes:
 
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  • #114
Glad to hear "Mama Ivan" is holding down the fort. Sounds like your doing just fine. Tsu will be so proud of you!
 
  • #115
Ivan Seeking said:
One funny note: I have never seen a cat who moves so much litter, but she still doesn't quite get it. She pretty much moves all of the litter in the box from one end to the other when she's done - all but the area of interest. :rolleyes:

:smile: Ember does that. She's completely ineffective at burying what needs burying, but will spend forever trying to move litter around, sniffing, moving, sniffing again, realizing the stink is still there, moving more litter, sniffs, more digging. By the time the bathroom floor is covered in kitty litter, she gives up and leaves me to handle it (I don't like leaving the litter unscooped anyway, so it's just as well that she isn't that good at burying anything...speeds up the scooping process).

I'm glad to hear Little Tyke has been doing well without Tsu and the big fluffy bathrobe around. Somehow I missed the earlier post about getting under the blankets. :smile:
 
  • #116
Ivan Seeking said:
with Tsu gone all week, I'm tired! I have realized that be it feline or human, a baby is a baby.

Now that is the truth. When my cat was a kitten, she woke me hourly every night for months. Sometimes she was hungry, sometimes she wanted to play, but most times she just needed me to talk to her and stroke her until she settled back into sleep. I was exhausted.

You're doing great, Ivan! And thank you for the update.
 
  • #117
Thanks all. It looks like Tsu made it back just in time: I think I'm starting to lactate.
 
  • #118
Ivan Seeking said:
Thanks all. It looks like Tsu made it back just in time: I think I'm starting to lactate.

Now that's one powerful purr!
 
  • #119
Ivan Seeking said:
Thanks all. It looks like Tsu made it back just in time: I think I'm starting to lactate.

:smile: I'm wondering if Tsu even said hello to you before rushing over to scoop up Little Tyke? :wink:
 
  • #120
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