# Kitten smitten **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204 "2007-06-24T10:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/1 "2007-06-24T10:07:41Z")
Three weeks ago I found a sodden pile of fur at the bottom of my steps. I took it in, incorrectly assigned a gender and started looking for a good home ofr it. I couldn’t give him away. He is cute. The parrot and him get along. He has gone from a 4 week pile of bones and skin to [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/threnodyangelfire/). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/2 "2007-06-24T12:37:01Z")
What a cutie! I hope he and your parrot continue to get along. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/3 "2007-06-24T13:28:34Z")
Aw, what a beautiful kitty. What’s his name? ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/4 "2007-06-24T20:32:56Z")
Looks like he did a pretty good job of finding his own home! I love his coloring. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/5 "2007-06-24T20:58:34Z")
Just like a junkie taking his first bang on the crack pipe. Next thing you know you got four big, fur bearing, hairball kacking, puking cats on your hands. It’s like when you first start smoking grass you get a sweet head-rush and you think you’ll feel that rush for the rest of your life. Next thing you know your at Petsmart buying 12 twenty five pound bags of litter at a time and enough food to feed a small country and everybody’s giving you the eyeball. CAT JUNKIE! CAT JUNKIE! Oh, the shame. The HORROR! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/6 "2007-06-24T21:12:07Z")
He’s cute! And it looks like he picked a good place to call home, too. I take it you are keeping him, then? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/7 "2007-06-24T21:28:42Z")
Awww, what a cutie! He looks like a wonderful kitty I had years ago named Sebastian, who also found me – he was also a darling kitten who wandered into a meeting I was attending in a church and crawled up into my lap and purred and purred. So I took him home, of course. I still miss him; he was a great cat, with lots of character. Looks like your little guy has plenty of that, as well as the good sense to find himself a great new home! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/8 "2007-06-24T21:44:43Z")
Don’t listen to **Omegaman**. He’s an alarmist. Most of us can stop any time we want to. And your new Master is a real cutie. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/9 "2007-06-24T22:15:49Z")
He is very handsome - what is his name? I love the slit-eyed Emperor of the World pose. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/10 "2007-06-24T22:25:06Z")
They are like potato chips… You just can’t have one ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/11 "2007-06-25T03:51:10Z")
Aww. What a handsome dude! He looks just like my Scout. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/12 "2007-06-25T14:51:28Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] They are like potato chips… You just can’t have one [/QUOTE] heh. **omegaman** you are SO right. \*\*threnodyangelfire \*\* i’ll see your little furball and raise you one ‘speck.’ warning: cuteness overload ahead. 😛 [![](https://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q45/scubaqueen56/?action=view¤t=100_0248.jpg) ](https://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q45/scubaqueen56/?action=view¤t=100_0248.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/13 "2007-06-25T15:00:30Z")
Pretty kitty! What’s up with the psycho squirrel, though? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/14 "2007-06-25T15:14:29Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] They are like potato chips… You just can’t have one [/QUOTE] So true. Cute furball. …Name? ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/15 "2007-06-25T16:22:42Z")
Glad to see Speck is still as adorable as ever, **Scubaqueen**. How’s she getting along with Turk now? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/16 "2007-06-25T18:02:38Z")
[QUOTE=Daithi Lacha] Pretty kitty! What’s up with the psycho squirrel, though? 😛 [/QUOTE] Yeah, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/17 "2007-06-25T18:39:23Z")
Yeah, I sense a story about mcpsycho mcsquirrel! ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/18 "2007-06-25T22:57:42Z")
[QUOTE=threnodyangelfire] Three weeks ago I found a sodden pile of fur at the bottom of my steps. I took it in, incorrectly assigned a gender and started looking for a good home ofr it. I couldn’t give him away. He is cute. The parrot and him get along. He has gone from a 4 week pile of bones and skin to [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/threnodyangelfire/). [/QUOTE] What a beautiful boy! Congrats on your wise decision to keep him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-smitten/409204/19 "2007-06-25T23:32:19Z")
[QUOTE=XaMcQ] Glad to see Speck is still as adorable as ever, **Scubaqueen**. How’s she getting along with Turk now? [/QUOTE] hey, **XaMcQ**! I was going to email you tonight. She and Turk are getting along very well now. They aren’t exactly snuggling together, but I don’t expect that of Turk. It’s not in his nature. They are playing together and doing a certain amount of socializing. I believe the pecking order is still in flux at least for now. I’m quite pleased with both of them. In other news, Miss Speck went to the vet’s today for assorted kitten schedule updates. She was a very good girl. No fleas, no worms (Turk is spared a de-worming) and no ear mites, altho they were dirty. My bad for not checking. She hadn’t been scratching, etc. Doctor Johnson pronounced her a healthy little thing, about 10 weeks old, he thought, and he and his tech both think she’s going to be a big cat! She weighed three pounds today. Turk may be in for quite a surprise when she gets a little older. 😛 By chance, do you recall what she weighed when you took her in to your vet? Johnson was curious. I don’t have any recent pictures, but i’ll take care of that pretty soon.