# We have two tiny kittens! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085 "2006-11-20T00:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/21 "2006-11-20T18:36:18Z")
SQUEEEEEE! Aww, I love little tabbies! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/22 "2006-11-20T18:38:50Z")
I will not skwee. I will not skwee. I will not skwee. I have to skwee. _SKWEEEEEEEEEEKITTIES!_ Aw, I miss kitties. All our cats have grown up – though one of ours has, at least, retained the full use of her kitten-like playfulness. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/23 "2006-11-20T19:15:26Z")
_Very_ cute. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/24 "2006-11-20T19:17:24Z")
I repeat what I said in an earlier Kitten thread:Adopting strays gets one major Karma goodness. Someday when your soul is being weighed by Anubis against a feather, don’t be suprised if Bast sneaks a paw in to turn the scales in your favor. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/25 "2006-11-20T19:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] don’t be suprised if Bast sneaks a paw in to turn the scales in your favor. [/QUOTE] Cool. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/26 "2006-11-20T19:23:34Z")
One of my neighbors has a bottle fed kitty and he is just the friendliest kitty cat ever. May yours be the same. They’re adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/27 "2006-11-20T19:34:25Z")
The [adopted, abandoned, bottle fed critter](http://picasaweb.google.com/lrm229/CatPictures/photo#4978487611700084754) that was [Baby Cuervo](http://picasaweb.google.com/lrm229/CatPictures/photo#4978487653637292050) , but is now a fully-growed up, [completely spoiled](http://picasaweb.google.com/lrm229/CatPictures/photo#4978492385904951314) [big boy.](http://picasaweb.google.com/lrm229/CatPictures/photo#4978492447026577426) And he purrs a greeting at Henry and Dolly, but mostly at Henry because they share the incredible orange-osity. But also at Dolly, because she’s a girly cat. Unless it turns out the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/28 "2006-11-20T19:49:32Z")
When our cat Kudifer developed mastitis after having her litter, we ended up bottle feeding the four babies. We only kept one of the litter. [Ted](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v733/kaereed/cats/?action=view¤t=105_0543.jpg) is 10 now, but he still thinks mr.stretch is his mom. There is something special about bottle-fed kitties. Thank you, **pinkfreud** , for stepping in to help these babies. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/29 "2006-11-20T20:03:05Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] The [adopted, abandoned, bottle fed critter](http://picasaweb.google.com/lrm229/CatPictures/photo#4978487611700084754) that was [Baby Cuervo](http://picasaweb.google.com/lrm229/CatPictures/photo#4978487653637292050) , but is now a fully-growed up, [completely spoiled](http://picasaweb.google.com/lrm229/CatPictures/photo#4978492385904951314) [big boy.](http://picasaweb.google.com/lrm229/CatPictures/photo#4978492447026577426) And he purrs a greeting at Henry and Dolly, but mostly at Henry because they share the incredible orange-osity. But also at Dolly, because she’s a girly cat. Unless it turns out the other way around. [/QUOTE] Oh that last picture of kitty staring down the stairs! I just died and went to kitty heaven. The look on his face is just perfect. Cuervo has turned into one seriously handsome dude. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/30 "2006-11-20T23:31:08Z")
The bottle-feeding of these little kittles is bringing back fond memories of our first batch of bottle babies. One of the cutest was [this sweetie](http://mortalwombat.com/Special/Pets/Brownie3.jpg), who weighed seven ounces when we first got her, and who grew into the beautiful ten-pound [Brownie](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Special/Pets/Shadow_Brownie.jpg) (on the right, with her friend Shadow). ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/31 "2006-11-20T23:32:03Z")
SQUEEEEE! They are cute(and this is coming from a dog person). ---
**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:** [November 20, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/32 "2006-11-20T23:44:53Z")
Awww! Cute little fuzzers! Any idea how old they might be? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/33 "2006-11-21T00:01:05Z")
😃 Kittykittykittykittykittykittykittykittykittykittykitty… _\< **Doug** dissolves into big mass of warm fuzzies\>_ ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/34 "2006-11-21T00:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] Awww! Cute little fuzzers! Any idea how old they might be? [/QUOTE] We just got back from the veterinarian’s office. The vet estimates that Henry is somewhere in the vicinity of four weeks old, and Dolly is probably between two and three weeks. Apparently they came from two different litters. They act like littermates, though: they cuddle together and lick each other, and if one of them is taken out of the nest, the other one starts hollering and trying to find the missing kitty. The vet doesn’t think Dolly is likely to survive, but we’ll give her as good a chance as we can. She’s very frail and wobbly, but has a lot of oomph for so tiny a creature. Henry has a clean bill of health so far. Blood tests at a later date will let us know whether he’s as healthy as he looks. Our three dogs are just fascinated by these new arrivals. The dogs lurk around outside the door, listening to the shrill mewing sounds with great eagerness. Since our dogs are all friendly with cats, I expect that they’ll be great playmates once the kittens are big enough to meet them. Here’s [Fozzie Bear](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Image/Fozzie+Sloopy.jpg), nuzzling his little feline friend Sloopy when Sloopy was a youngster. When we first got Sloopy, she was even smaller than Dolly. Now she is a huge fat thing who loves to sit in laps and snag your clothing. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/35 "2006-11-21T00:16:42Z")
In the interests of adding to all the squeeing going on, here’s a video that I came across thanks to LJ the other day. [A Bottle-feeding Kitten!](http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1413576946). May not be safe for work if you are subject to loud squeeing. **pinkfreud** , Henry and Dolly are _adorable_, and Brownie young and old made me grin sappily. Post more pictures soon! And Cuervo certainly grew into a very, very handsome boy, **Mr. Bus Guy**. Kitties. Nothing better. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/36 "2006-11-21T00:16:49Z")
You’re on decent grounds, statistically, assuming that Henry is male because he’s a red tabby. Red tabby males are more common than red tabby females, because pretty much all male cats with the orange gene are red tabbies, but females with the orange gene are split between red tabbies and calicoes/tortoiseshells. Is Dolly a torbie? I can’t really tell from the picture. If she is, you’ve got even better grounds to assume she’s female- only 1 in 3000 cats with both black and orange coloring are male. Torbies are tortoiseshells with tabby markings. They’re beautiful, in my unbiased opinion as kitty mom of a torbie and white Siamese mix 😃 So glad to see Cuervo grown up into a big handsome cat, **MrBusGuy**. I remember telling you to photograph him next to a bottle of Cuervo, to show how he’s growing. Pet him for me, please. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/37 "2006-11-21T02:04:28Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] Is Dolly a torbie? I can’t really tell from the picture. [/QUOTE] Yep, Dolly is a torbie. That is one reason for our assumption that she is female. Love that torbie coloring! We have another torbie, also a bottle-raised adoptee, and she is just gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/38 "2006-11-21T04:02:03Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] In the interests of adding to all the squeeing going on, here’s a video that I came across thanks to LJ the other day. [A Bottle-feeding Kitten!](http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1413576946). May not be safe for work if you are subject to loud squeeing. [/QUOTE] **SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!** OK, that’s it. I fell down dead. Stone cold dead, and it’s all your fault. I am typing to you from beyond the grave because that video killed me with cuteness. I hope you’re happy now! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/39 "2006-11-21T04:32:52Z")
Oh, dear. All this squeeee-ing woke up [Henry](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Special/Pets/Henry3.jpg). I guess the worst squeeee-ing was coming from me, when I saw that kitten video posted by **Morgyn**. What’s in that kitty’s bottle, anyway? Water? Vodka? Whatever it is, Henry wants some. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085/40 "2006-11-21T08:26:44Z")
You guys disgust me. Absolutely revolting, the lot of you. Look at you! Ought to be ashamed of yourselves, falling all over the place over kittens. KITTENS! What’s the world coming to when people turn into piles of mush over a couple of peep-eyed little furballs? Next thing you know, we’re under the thumb of felines everywhere! …Too late… Oh crap, gotta go, the cat’s awake!! _ahem_ KITTY! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-two-tiny-kittens/381085.md?page=3)