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[Closed] Instant advice please - rescuing kittens!

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If you keep them I recommend Advantage spot on for fleas. Works great for my three and now the dog too. Get mine from Animed Direct. £10 for 4 sachets.


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 2:05 pm
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Cheers Andy - that's really useful. EDIT - and loddrik!

Vet appointment booked for Monday. Leaflets dropped around the village.

Cats sleeping and I'm chilling....


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 2:43 pm
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You can get kitten flea treatment, but be careful, get it from the vet. Fleas can really set kittens back. They will get more friendly as they feel safer. I would guess that you have a boy and a girl judging from the relative sizes.


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 2:44 pm
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Thanks hels. Will do that.

Apparently lots of cats in village but I've only ever seen our neighbours. Let's see if anyone claims them....


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 2:45 pm
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I'm suspicious about the black Tom - is it a real Tom ? Maybe somebody is trying to give the kids back to their dad.....


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 2:48 pm
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I'll ask the neighbours - they're retired and seem to have a good idea of what's going on....


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 2:55 pm
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Well, the leaflets dropped through letterboxes have worked: the owner has just come round.

Mrs North is quite affected, in spite of trying hard to become attached. It's the right thing, though it's a shame - they were sweet little things.

Better cancel the vet's appointment and think about whether we try and find a cat (or pair) we can keep and call our own....


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 5:16 pm
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Great thread, OP. I'm glad it all worked out well.


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 5:22 pm
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Yup. Pleasant & refreshing change from the usual tedious bickering to be found on multi-page threads.
Now you've got the cat starter kit, go on and get a pair from a rescue place. You know you want to...


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 6:02 pm
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My wonderful other half had been really touched by having the cats. You're right drlex, we have the starter kit and some amazing help and advice.

We'll get on with the building work to our house and make sure we install a cat flap so that we can welcome one into our home.

I should have said this before: thank you everyone for your help and advice. It had been invaluable during our 17 hours of cat ownership. We really appreciate it.


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 6:27 pm
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🙁

But go get a rescue, or two 😀


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 6:36 pm
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Well, now you have what you need for a couple of cats:

[url= https://www.bluecross.org.uk/rehome/cat ]https://www.bluecross.org.uk/rehome/cat[/url]

Happy choosing.


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 6:47 pm
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My wonderful other half had been really touched by having the cats

It wasn't just her though, was it..? 😉


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 7:09 pm
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Don't piss about with cats!

Just get a dog! Loads of rescues out there.


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 9:09 pm
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has no one pointed out yet that they know where you live and what you smell like now so they'll be back, perhaps not tomorrow or the day after but stand on me, they'll be back.


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 9:36 pm
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Well, the leaflets dropped through letterboxes have worked: the owner has just come round.

Well that's a crap ending to the story 🙁

BTW why did you drop leaflets through letterboxes ? If they cared [i]they[/i] would have dropped missing kitten leaflets through letterboxes.


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 10:00 pm
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Well that's a crap ending to the story

BTW why did you drop leaflets through letterboxes ? If they cared they would have dropped missing kitten leaflets through letterboxes

Aww! You could've been their saviour from a life of misery!! 🙁


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 10:34 pm
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It ends, or begins, when your 4 rescue cats team up and drag an abandoned hamster in. As said hamster fights off said cats, you leave the rehoming to your daughter and end up with 4 + 1 refugees...


 
Posted : 27/08/2016 10:52 pm
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+1 for blue cross. That's where our pair came from. You just wander in, and the cat(s) choose you.


 
Posted : 28/08/2016 6:51 am
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Anyone opened a book yet on how soon the OP will have become the proud owner of a kitten? 🙂


 
Posted : 28/08/2016 7:30 pm
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