# I beg to differ...kittens are NOT disposable! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 29, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924 "2004-10-29T21:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![siberia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/siberia/32/9129_2.png) [@siberia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siberia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/1 "2004-10-29T21:20:33Z")
Some shit-stain, rat bastard, turd-for-brains dumped this [little angle](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/siberia/detail?.dir=202c&.dnm=ef10.jpg&.src=ph) in the middle of a busy road in the pouring rain! It was trying to snuggle up to the curb while lying in a 2" puddle of water. She is so tiny and obviously still not weaned from her mother. I’ve never had to bottle feed a kitty before. I just don’t understand how someone could be so fricking heartless! On a lighter note, my dogs have really taken to the new addition. The cat (AKA Queen of the Castle) wants nothing to do with the kitten. I’ve never had two cats at one time. Do they usually take a bit of time getting used to one another? ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/2 "2004-10-29T21:24:36Z")
> [@siberia](#): > > this little angle She doesn’t look very angular to me. However, she is very adorable. Kudos to you on taking her in _resists urge to coo at picture_ ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/3 "2004-10-29T21:26:22Z")
> [@siberia](#): > > Do they usually take a bit of time getting used to one another? Yes, mine always have. Just make sure they aren’t alone together unless you’re around, especially with the little one being so tiny. Most of the time, they’ll at least reach the point where they simply ignore one another. A few times, a cat can completely terrorize the others and need to be given to someone without any other cats. She’s adorable, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/4 "2004-10-29T21:30:29Z")
Awwwww… What a cutie. One process that’s worked for me is to keep the newcomer in a separate room with the door closed or with a sturdy gate. The cats then can get used to each other’s scent without anybody getting hurt. Gradually introduce them, with you present, and be sure to give lots & lots of attention to the First Cat. Also, and I’m sure you know this already, do get the newcomer thoroughly checked out by a vet. It would be inconvenient if she introduced fleas or other parasites, and heartbreaking if she were carrying FIV or feline leukemia. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/5 "2004-10-29T21:31:18Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > She doesn’t look very angular to me. However, she is very adorable. Kudos to you on taking her in _resists urge to coo at picture_ Damn, you beat me to it. I was going to say, “it looks like an acute angle”. 😃 Oh well… Sam ---
**Author:** ![siberia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/siberia/32/9129_2.png) [@siberia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siberia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/6 "2004-10-29T21:36:36Z")
_blushing_ I always have to stop and think of the spelling difference of the words angel and angle. Unfortunately I didn’t this time. I am so embarrassed. We have already been to the vet and received a clean bill of health along with the milk replacement and bottles. My Great Dane just adores her. She (the Dane) apparently thinks that new kitty needs to be constantly bathed because she cannot keep her tongue to herself. Fortunately kitty doesn’t seem to be scared of the dogs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/7 "2004-10-29T21:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _resists urge to coo at picture_ You are plainly stronger than I am, because I still haven’t stopped cooing at the kitty. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/8 "2004-10-29T21:38:38Z")
That li’l kitty… \ facing the rain… \ and traffic … \ and loss of its mommy… \ … has [the heart of a champion!](http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail109.html) ## Oh, li’l kitty, can you tell me how to get the most out of life? (WRT the Queen: You’re supposed to be the queen. Establish dominance and let Queenie know that abusing the weak will not be tolerated by the real power. If the Queen doesn’t take the hint, a little hunger spell never hurt a fat cat.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/9 "2004-10-29T21:40:45Z")
[This](http://www.comics.com/comics/forbetter/archive/forbetter-20041009.html) just seems fitting. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/10 "2004-10-29T21:46:55Z")
[This](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/GingerOfTheNorth/Kitten2.jpg) little guy was our kitty which Dave found about a month ago. As I’m really allergic, he went on to a new home with some friends of ours. He was 4 weeks old, and we had to formula feed. Awwww! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/11 "2004-10-29T22:00:31Z")
What a cute kitten. I’m happy to see other people taking animals in like that as my family always adopted or was adopted by strays when I was growing up. At one point, we literally had about forty animals in our house and yard and were living in a busy residential neighborhood in the center of a city. Those were some interesting times. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/12 "2004-10-29T22:02:46Z")
Awwwwww… What a cute little kitty! I can’t believe someone could abandon a kitten like that. I got our two kitties from a shelter, and I wonder how anyone could have given them up. And this is so much worse than that :mad: ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/13 "2004-10-29T23:00:48Z")
Since you folks have beaten me to all the plane geometry jokes, and I can’t think of any fancy ones… That is a cute little fuzzer! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/14 "2004-10-29T23:05:03Z")
Cute! And good for you, **Siberia** , for taking her in. We had a cat show up on our patio on Thanksgiving a couple of years ago. He was neutered and declawed and very underweight. My in-laws adopted him and he’s now a big, happy boy. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/15 "2004-10-29T23:15:25Z")
> [@siberia](#): > > On a lighter note, my dogs have really taken to the new addition. The cat (AKA Queen of the Castle) wants nothing to do with the kitten. I’ve never had two cats at one time. Do they usually take a bit of time getting used to one another? Yep. I brought a kitten into my place and there followed about two days where the new addition would follow one of our other cats around, with George (the older cat) constantly hissing at our little Hobbes. After about two days of this pestering, George finally succumbed to the little orange ball of cute. However, I’ve heard that female cats, especially ones that have been raised away from other cats, can take a while to accept new cats. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/16 "2004-10-30T00:36:26Z")
Ooooh, she’s so CUTE!!! Don’t worry about the other cat-Buffy and Maggie spent Maggie’s first week here hissing at each other, and now they’re the best of friends. Just give it time. Poor widdle thing. Have you thought of names yet? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/17 "2004-10-30T00:54:45Z")
> [@siberia](#): > > _blushing_ I always have to stop and think of the spelling difference of the words angel and angle. Unfortunately I didn’t this time. I am so embarrassed. > > We have already been to the vet and received a clean bill of health along with the milk replacement and bottles. > > My Great Dane just adores her. She (the Dane) apparently thinks that new kitty needs to be constantly bathed because she cannot keep her tongue to herself. She’s just checking to see if the kitten’s ripe yet. 😉 Definately a cute cat you’ve got there. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/18 "2004-10-30T01:28:22Z")
Are you sure she’s young enough to need bottle-feeding? It looks like her ears are split - that’s plenty old enough to eat on her own. Obviously I could be not seeing things correctly in the picture. She’s awfully cute, by the way, as if she didn’t know. 😉 Oh yeah, FU to the person who dumped her. Maybe someone will report him if they saw the license plate. WTF is wrong with people??? I really hate them sometimes. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/19 "2004-10-30T01:30:59Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > [This](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/GingerOfTheNorth/Kitten2.jpg) little guy was our kitty which Dave found about a month ago. WAAAAAHH! What a peanut! Lucky guy. Like I said, sometimes I hate people. And sometimes I love them. Thanks for taking the time to care for a little kit who would probably be dead otherwise. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924/20 "2004-10-30T01:32:14Z")
> [@siberia](#): > > My Great Dane just adores her. She (the Dane) apparently thinks that new kitty needs to be constantly bathed because she cannot keep her tongue to herself. Fortunately kitty doesn’t seem to be scared of the dogs. 🙂 What’s UP with that? For all the “dogs hate cats” literature out there anectodal evidence leads me to believe that dogs like new cats a heckuvalot more than cats like new cats. Does it depend on the breed? Are there any studies? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-beg-to-differ-kittens-are-not-disposable/271924.md?page=2)