Our Cat Family
The story... continues

SO , enter Spaz.... and SisterSpaz.....

Some of the kittens by the office had eye problems... and all have flee problems...
Some of the kittens could just be treated and let go the next day. And some have sad stories including a poor baby with a distended rectum that didn't make it and another that was too small and weak and died in our hands... But one little guy we found had eye problems and really bad flees.... We got some salve for his eyes and brought him home and gave him at least 6 baths. over several days. The first couple baths turned the water red with blood!! This was new to me. I thought it was dirt, but evidently, it was from thousands of fleas biting the baby! Some kittens get fleas so bad that the kittens become anemic and die which is most likely the cause of the other kitten dying...



We weren't going to let that happen to this guy! One of us would hold the kitten while the other used a tweezers to grab the fleeing flees.... The kittens get cold, even in warm water so we couldn't do it more than a few minutes at a time... Twice a day... Then we would towel him off, and blow dry him carefully... No, they don't like this...


The other cats would sniff at the door, and try to run in when we opened it...
They knew something was going on....
One day, SOMEBODY carried the kitten to the other room and set him down... All the other cats ran away!


We kept him in our guest room .
He wasn't very active yet. But he was SO cute.....
We first thought we would bring him back to the office but he was SO small, we figured he wouldn't take up much room
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We think the other cats expected a mother to be nearby so didn't want to come between her and the kitens....
But eventually, the other cats figured out it was ok and he wasn't that scary so started tolerating him a bit more...

Steve was the most vocal in his disapproval and grumbled constantly when he came around...
(and still does sometime) He is the "macho" type and doesn't like to admit he likes anything.... especially a cute kitten! But when he thinks no one is around he will play with them...

This kitten was such a SPAZ!
He had so much energy... and would run , jump and climb on everything in his way...
So we had to name him Spaz...

The next kittens we came across had eye problems too... We took them home, gave them baths and put salve on their eyes... They seemed better right away so we brought them back to where we found them, at the office, and kept our eyes on them. Ones eyes got worse so we brought her back to the vet. We got some meds for her and had to keep her home and away from all cats for about 2 weeks, because it was contagious...

If you think you can bring a cat back to a parking lot after spending 2 weeks with it.... you are crazy.. or a sad excuse of a humane being...
She of course had to stay with us... (We figured the other cats wouldn't notice her because there were so many cats around now...)


We still see the twin at the office and want to take her home too, but she seems fine where she is...
 

She turned out to be even wilder than Spaz!
But she was the best present to give to Spaz...
They are the best of friends and now terrorize the house and other cats together!


Sister Spaz is defrinatley a cat cat... she loves the other cats and just walks up to any of them and plops down in their paws.... demanding love...

Guido was the mom for a long time... He would lick the kittens and loved being around them.
but after a couple of months he got tired of being mom and now usually runs away after a couple of minutes... The other cats usually tolerate Sister Spaz for a couple minutes then run away too...


All the cats (except Munchie girl) do play with the the kittens a little... Taking turns chasing each other, or swatting at each other behind a box or or chair leg...

We believe that Spaz and Sister Spaz are siblings. They showed up at the same time and the same spot...
Spaz has a twin at the office too (without the bushie tail) whom we see with Sister Spazes twin a lot...

 

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of some of their favorite activities...

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