# I nearly killed my kitten. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308 "2004-10-09T01:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/121 "2004-10-17T02:04:11Z")
Oh my! It actually worked! I’m so impressed with myself… Thanks, CJ! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/122 "2004-10-17T02:09:09Z")
Oh, he’s adorable! Now I want a kitten. But not one that climbs in the dryer! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/123 "2004-10-17T02:11:12Z")
Awww! He’s **so** adorable! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/124 "2004-10-17T02:40:14Z")
Woo Hooo! Those are awesome pics! ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/125 "2004-10-17T02:47:47Z")
What a face! He is so adorable, **bodypoet** …I am so happy he is ok! (((((Bounce)))))) ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/126 "2004-10-17T04:12:07Z")
Aweee, I love gray kitties the most! ::ACHOO::: I can only lookie, no touchie. Glad he’s feeling better. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/127 "2004-10-17T07:02:57Z")
I am only now posting because I awwwed so much that I choked. He is absolutely gorgeous and I am so happy that he is ok. I think it is a Chinese philosophy that says if you save some one’s life you are responsible for them for life. Keep that in mind and I am sure beautiful little Bounce will be appreciative. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/128 "2004-10-17T09:08:16Z")
Can someone get a spatula to scrape me up, please? Because I just looked at the pictures and melted. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/129 "2004-10-17T10:38:27Z")
He’s so cute! ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/130 "2004-10-17T11:45:18Z")
_::squeals::_ KITTY! Oh my! He is sooooo cute. I just love kittens and cats. I am so glad he is doing well. He is a dinky little thing isn’t he. Thanks for sharing the photos! I love the dog taking a nap. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/131 "2004-10-17T13:15:04Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > I think it is a Chinese philosophy that says if you save some one’s life you are responsible for them for life. Keep that in mind and I am sure beautiful little Bounce will be appreciative. Yup…that’s how I seem to have ended up with all these animals…practically every one was strayed or abandoned or lost, and I think they know a softie when they see one. But he IS a cutie, isn’t he? He has a little notch cut into his hair so I can tell him from his third littermate, who looks exactly like him. I’m thinking we’ve hit our upper limit for kitties…I quit counting, but I think we have eleventeen or so. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/132 "2004-10-17T13:46:07Z")
> [@bodypoet](#): > > I’m thinking we’ve hit our upper limit for kitties…I quit counting, but I think we have eleventeen or so. Holy cow! And I thought we had a lot by living with 4 cats and a dog. I’m not sure I could keep up with that many kitties. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/133 "2004-10-17T13:54:41Z")
It gets a little hectic sometimes, I have to say…but on second count, I think we only have 8-ish cats, not quite as many as I thought. Let’s see, Mamacat, Scrubby, Cloud, Steve, Buckley, and the three kittens, and I think that’s it. So that’s not too bad, is it? Of course, we also have 5 dogs. And a cockatiel, and four kids. When you open the door to our house, you have to stand back for a second while the flood sort of equalizes; some go in, some go out, and then it’s calm again. 😃 I’ve come to consider myself a steward to the little furries, and a benign dictator to the furless, two-legged ones. It’s a blast. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/134 "2004-10-17T15:52:12Z")
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! 🙂 What a sweetie he is! He looks like a little Russian Blue boy. 🙂 Thank you so much for posting pics. Now I can sit here and melt looking at him (and his little sibs are adorable too!) ---
**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 18, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/135 "2004-10-18T01:45:23Z")
1…2…3…AAAAWWWW!!! Enjoy it while it lasts-they grow up so FAST! ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/136 "2004-10-18T09:57:23Z")
**Awwwwwwwwwww** Now that is a cute kitty. I’m happy now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/137 "2004-10-18T22:02:29Z")
Oh my god, he’s beeeeaaautiful! _clap_ I’m so glad that he’s okay. =) ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/138 "2004-10-18T22:11:17Z")
aaaaawwwwwwww. He’s so sweet! ---
**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 18, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/139 "2004-10-18T22:37:20Z")
Awwww! He looks a little like one of my kitties, who we think is a Russian Blue mix. The Neville kitties thank you for posting this thread- I was doing laundry this weekend, and I made sure they were not in the washer or dryer before starting them. I did this by shaking the jar of cat treats, and giving them each a cat treat when they came running. I think they will come to like laundry days… ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/140 "2004-11-02T21:02:58Z")
Is it worth bumping the thread to post this? I think so. [Eight-week-old kitten Milo sits Monday in the washing machine that nearly killed him earlier after he climbed in through curiosity.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/041101/481/lon81011011929&e=1&ncid=1756) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308.md?page=8)