Anyone had much experience with kittens? I've had cats before, but usually adult cats. I've got this cute little dot of a thing who was neutered last week, all went well, but last night she thought it was an awesome idea to chew all of her stitches out. Now, she's not drawn blood, but it looks pretty tender there. It doesn't appear to have gone septic just yet and when she wakes up later, I'll dab in some salty water.

 

Just wondering, is this a regular occurrence, those that have had any dealings with kittens? She's a house-cat, for now, so she's unlikely to get it infected from outside sources and my house is squeaky clean.

Edited November 25, 201312 yr by Funkysi

Well, Twiglet is doing fine. The issue was a mouth infection. She had pain killers and anti-biotics and is fine and dandy now - slightly bigger, but she hasn't grown all that much!

 

Aw - cute......:thumbup:

 

Ahh bless. Twiglet? I can see why. But one of the very few bits of advice my old man gave me which were any good was

Quite why he then named my favourite black cat "Cho-cho-san" is beyond me (one for the opera buffs, there).

 

Madame Butterfly, if I am not mistaken:wink:

 

When I was a kid, my grandmother lived in this rather nice house close to the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Around the corner from her was this big farm house where an old farmer lived. He was pretty old and has long since died. He had a seemingly equally as old black Labrador which he called the 'N' word. No word of a lie. I guess I was about 4 or 5, so some 30 years ago now and to recall him bellowing down the lane at his dog saying 'Come 'ere N****r' was a sight...and sound! But it was a time when things weren't PC and this dog was some 15 year old haggard thing, so he named the dog nearly 50 years ago when it was almost 'acceptable' to use the term in daily conversation without the batter of an eyelid.

 

LOL - (almost) likewise Si. My great aunt had a black cat of the same name in the 1970s; and yes, I fondly remember her calling the cat in for tea at her home in Ilford when we visited on a sunny Sunday afternoon:lol:

 

Glad you're pussy is doing well Simon, and it is indeed the Dam Busters with the black Lab called the N word, owned by Guy Gibson.

 

Yup - that's him! There is a room named after him (Guy Gibson VC; not the dog) at the hotel we stay at in Cornwall - as the great man was a regular there back in the day:cool: