Kitty and Dog Thread, Show Me What You Got, other critters welcome too

[oldhenlikesdogs]

The new chicks are looking nice! What breeds do you have there?

I have a white Cochin, 2 splash, and 1 black, all pullets, 1 bantam mottled Cochin rooster, an Australorp rooster, a barnevelder rooster and pullet, 2 blue laced red Wyandotte pullets, a welsummer pullet, an Orpington pullet, a gold laced Wyandotte pullet, an EE pullet, and a blue Orpington rooster.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Couple weeks ago DS shows up at the clinic with a broken 6 week-old kitten. Someone had thrown the kitten out of a moving car on the Interstate at highway speed. Son's GF saves the cat, then calls DS because she knows he has an inside connection at the vet (DW).

Anyway, the cat. The lil guy hit the road pretty hard. Unfortunately, his left front leg was damaged beyond repair and had to be amputated. DS told the girls @ the clinic to "put it on Mom's bill." The girls at the clinic, who know him very well since he used to work @ the clinic, told him that he better discuss it with DW first. What's DW going to say?

Kitten comes home post-surgery for observation/rehab/fostering. This is my life, an endless parade of broken and rejected animals from various sources: the clinic, animal control, random people finding baby squirrels/rabbits/raccoons/birds, etc. The phrase "I need new squirrel nipples" is not considered weird at my house. The idea, as always, is to get the kitten back on it's (three) feet, socialize him, and then place him with someone else. Adopting out a three-legged kitten is a lot easier than you might think. People like a tragic backstory.

No Name kitten (once you name them you are screwed, I speak from experience) is still here. Stitches came out last week and he is getting around pretty good. The dogs ignore him because they have seen a lot of fosters come and go. I have become concerned that he won't...go. <sigh> Another foster fail cat. DW says that if I "make" her get rid of him, as if I could actually "make" her do anything, then I "owe" her a puppy.

Hope the photo doesn't upset anyone, I assure you this kitten is doing very well.View attachment 1839103

Aww that poor guy!! People can be so cruel! It’s sickening. Glad the little guy’s alright. Amazing he survived that too. Especially with seemingly minimal injuries. Definitely could have been way worse. I guess he’s lucky in a way and lucky to have found you. Though of course what happened to him is horrible.

And yeah... it definitely sounds like this one will be staying...

She's caught a few mice that I have seen, and she's nearly cleared my shed of sparrows and starlings. Something we have been trying to do for 20 years. Kitty did it in about a month. We go out at dusk to close up the doors and she's way up in the rafters waiting on birds.

Oh wow!! She sounds like an amazing hunter!! That is awesome!! I could use her at our house.... we have a bit of a chipmunk overload right now.

I have a white Cochin, 2 splash, and 1 black, all pullets, 1 bantam mottled Cochin rooster, an Australorp rooster, a barnevelder rooster and pullet, 2 blue laced red Wyandotte pullets, a welsummer pullet, an Orpington pullet, a gold laced Wyandotte pullet, an EE pullet, and a blue Orpington rooster.

Awesome breed!! And wow lots of roosters!! Did you purposely buy the roosters or was it just the typical “accidental roosters in an order of pullets” type thing? Guessing maybe on purpose cause of the breed pairings? And also actually I guess they’d be too young to tell for sure yet at 6 weeks??

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Aww that poor guy!! People can be so cruel! It’s sickening. Glad the little guy’s alright. Amazing he survived that too. Especially with seemingly minimal injuries. Definitely could have been way worse. I guess he’s lucky in a way and lucky to have found you. Though of course what happened to him is horrible.

And yeah... it definitely sounds like this one will be staying...



Oh wow!! She sounds like an amazing hunter!! That is awesome!! I could use her at our house.... we have a bit of a chipmunk overload right now.



Awesome breed!! And wow lots of roosters!! Did you purposely buy the roosters or was it just the typical “accidental roosters in an order of pullets” type thing? Guessing maybe on purpose cause of the breed pairings? And also actually I guess they’d be too young to tell for sure yet at 6 weeks??

I purposely ordered more roosters because a dang Fox and owl have been cleaning me out of roosters. I also lost a few over winter due to various things. I only have 3 roosters running with my big flock, 2 bantam roosters in my bantam flock and the two old man roosters. So I needed a few more. This hasn't been my year for chickens.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I purposely ordered more roosters because a dang Fox and owl have been cleaning me out of roosters. I also lost a few over winter due to various things. I only have 3 roosters running with my big flock, 2 bantam roosters in my bantam flock and the two old man roosters. So I needed a few more. This hasn't been my year for chickens.

Aww that really sucks!! I think I remember you talking about the predators before now that you mention it but I don’t think you had figured out what it was then.

 

[N F C]

Pip trying to figure out what the heck's going on now...

It's Opie helping with the laundry

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Pip trying to figure out what the heck's going on now...
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It's Opie helping with the laundry
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They are so adorable. I bet it's hard to get laundry done without help from Opie.

 

[N F C]

They are so adorable. I bet it's hard to get laundry done without help from Opie.

Thanks OHLD! It can be really hard to get laundry done with his help...he either jumps on top of the clean clothes in the basket or he tries to grab my hand through the openings when I need to take something out of the basket. Opie thinks everything is either his or exists for his fun

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My kitty thinks she's helpful too, especially if I don't get her fed quick enough.

 

[N F C]

My kitty thinks she's helpful too, especially if I don't get her fed quick enough.

I wonder if cats just know us humans couldn't do anything on our own without their help? They probably spend time wondering how we manage

 

[WhoDatChick]

Here’s Pippin.. I haven’t posted him in awhile.. he is still as adorable as ever... even though he peed on the pet bed yesterday ... I have NO idea what that was about