Surprise~! A new addition to the K's

[jazzcat]

She is adorable!!

I'm sorry to hear you are having potty trouble though. Do you think if you stayed in the room with her and the litter box until she goes in it and the let her out with praises it might help?

I also know what you mean about parent's approval, espeically with pets. I've decided when I get more pets I'm not telling anyone in my family. They think I'm nuts enough already and I don't want to hear it. Of course I also get the comment that I should be having real babies and not animals. I'm almost 37, you'd think they'd get the idea that skin babies are probably not coming.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Awww...how did I miss these latest pics? She is soo adorable! I love the one where she's attacking Keegan's tail. Keegan is so good for allowing such attacks.

As for your parents not approving, I'm sure it's like everything that kids do, the parents disapprove, the kids do it anyway and the parents eventually accept - and sometimes end up approving inspite of themselves.

[shais_mom]

Originally posted by jazzcat
She is adorable!!

I'm sorry to hear you are having potty trouble though. Do you think if you stayed in the room with her and the litter box until she goes in it and the let her out with praises it might help?

Thanks!
Actually that is what I have been doing. I keep her in the bathroom with me when I get home from work and she has been using the box. I also bought some different litter and tried a different type of box. I am using a dishpan instead of the aluminum pans and as soon as I put the pan down she came over and was nosing it and I shut the door behind me and she went in and peed in it!
I also bought a Comfort Zone plug in - wow! And am leaving it in the bathroom where she is - I wouldn't want to buy too many of those!! This one was about $45!!

[popcornbird]

Awww! Kloe is too cute!!! Very sweet pictures.

[shais_mom]

Well, here is another update:
Little Kloe gave me a big scare today times 2!!
I had made sure that all the strings on my blinds were well up and out of the way before she came home.
What I didn't take into consideration was the little hangy down mouse in the Leopard print Tent that she has been playing with. She was rolling around in it when I heard a funny noise - immediately I yelled "Keegan" thinking she was trying to roll on her or something. And I went over there and she had the string to the mouse wrapped around her neck like a noose. I grabbed the whole thing into the kitchen and cut the string b/c I couldn't get it loose it was just making it tighter. As soon as I cut it - it loosened and I scooped her up and cuddled her. She actually let me hold her for about 5 min then she got PI$$ED and started biting me and I put her down on the floor and she jumped on Keegan's face and bit at her foot. Poor Keegan it was like trying to get away from a horsefly - everywhere she went Kloe ambushed her!
And then after I changed her box and litter she has been such a good girl using her box. Well, she was in the bathroom and I was out with Keegan and when I came back in I noticed on the foil that I had laid down, there was urine with some blood in it. So then it all came hitting me in the head like DUUUUHHHHH!!!
That is why she is peeing inappropriately, that is why she meowed sometimes when she was peeing. And I noticed the clumps I pulled out of the box today some were very tiny - marble size. So I called the vet and he called me back and told me that she has to come over tomorrow and spend the nite b/c she has to have a needle inserted into her bladder so they can do a urinalysis. So I am supposed to work 3rd shift in a little while and I didn't get any sleep partly I was beating myself up b/c of the noose thing.
Kylie was a year old when she came to me so I didn't have any kitten near death antics. And she never has any problems so far with the litter box so I didn't even think of a UTI I figgered it was b/c she is little - she was on Penicillian for URI up until Sunday or So.
The good thing is that even when Kloe was out and about she came up missing and I went looking and she was in her litter box peeing.

[kimlovescats]

Oh poor baby! Don't beat yourself, up ... it happens. But ... you will get it taken care of and baby Khloe will make it to the box!

[shais_mom]

Thanks Kim.
Kloe did sooooo good with her little box over nite and during today. She never made a peep on the way to the vet. I am to call in the am and hopefully go get her.

[lizzielou742]

Get Well Soon, little Kloe!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Congrats on your beautiful new kitten!!! I'm sorry I'm so late at replying to this thread.

I'm sorry to hear that she has a UTI but at least now you know the reason she was peeing in the wrong places. Get well soon Kloe.

Looking For Parents Approval:
When my Pepper passed away, my dad told me not to get any more cats so when I adopted Cirrus I didn't tell any one in my family. He found out one day when he came over to fix something for me. He wasn't too surprised or upset. When I adopted Sky, I decided not to tell any one in my family either. My parents finally found out and now my dad loves Sky so everything worked out well in the end.

[Cincy'sMom]

Kloe, you be a good girl and don't scare your mom. I know you are just a kitten ,abd everything looks like fun to play with, but you have to be careful, okay

Hope the vet is able to help with the potty problem. Sort seems whenever one of my grils has a problem, one of yours is similar and vise versa!!

[shais_mom]

Thanks everyone! I was afraid the Kitten police would be knocking down my door ready to take her. I felt like such a bad mommie.
Kloe is home and a bit sleepy she also got her shots. Her urinalysis was normal - a bit of bacteria in it but that could be attributed to b/c it wasn't a sterile speciman since they had to use the non absorbing litter instead of cathing her. No blood at all in her urine. She was quite cuddly afterward then when I was paying the wildcat came out in her and she scratched and bit me. She scratched my nose! They have put her on anitibiotics just in case b/c after I described what she had been doing it was classic UTI.
Thanks everyone for the good thoughts~

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by shais_mom

... when I was paying, the wildcat came out in her and
she scratched and bit me.
She scratched my nose!

PayBack for "dumping" her at the Hoppsbittle!

Sorry I *missed* all the drama of yesterday -
but glad you made the Rescue in such fine style!
GUD Meowmee!!

Keep a long-term eye on the UTI Symptoms -
Boots' White Coat told me that UTIs are a "strange disease" -
and sometimes hard to treat...
He treats UTIs with an antibiotic that works 90% of the time -
then along comes a Cat that DOESN'T respond to it at all =
He also "Double Treated" Boots - after a 2-week dose of antibiotics,
when a urine test showed negative for UTI - we continued the
antibiotics for an EXTRA 2 weeks - "just to be sure".

As for the ATTACK Meowmee problems...
Kloe sounds JUST like "Kitten" Boots - gentle as a lamb one moment -
quickly followed by session of KILLER Kat

Poor Shadow (RB Shep/Husky) - who had never lived wiff a KAT -
got to the point that she'd walk into a room and *stop to look*
WHERE da KAT Was before entering.
Boots enjoyed "hiding in wait" on the dining room table -
Shadow would walk by, with her lovely Curley Tail held high -
and Attack Kat would *LEAP* off the table, wrap all four paws around
Shadow's Tail - and BITE at it as he tumbled down!
Shadow got so worried she's actually "tuck her tail" if
she was near the Kat!

Good Luck with the Poddy Problem!
.

[catcrazylady]

WOW! Kloe is sure adding some adventure to your life!

I'm glad you noticed the blood and got her checked. Don't feel bad as kittens sometimes do have a problem wth the box. You are a good meowmie to what sounds like a very busy kitty!!
She is adorable! They sure can be busy little things can't they?

I think we have the same little tent and I wondered about that mouse on a string when I first got it but Pete took care of that right away. He chewed the mouse right off of the string within the first hour!!

[shais_mom]

Kloe is feelin quite feisty- she had a roaming session and is now asleep on the couch. Such the life of animals
Here are a few pics....

[shais_mom]

she looks so sweet when she is sleeping - I think I should have named her Sybil.....