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Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
Thu Aug 24, 2017, 11:52 PM Aug 2017

Rescued a kitten, now I must beat my dog!

As if I could, but HE'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!

I was approached yesterday by an 8 week old tortoise shell kitten at a job site in Ohio. The poor thing was half starved, flea ridden, and has an eye infection. She is as sweet as can be and I couldn't turn my back on her. I told my wife I was going to bring her home if she was there the next day. Today, I pulled up to the job site and she came bouncing out of the contractors' trailer. So, after feeding her, I put one of my shirts in a box, put her in it, and we headed to Indiana together.

The first hour she rode on my shoulder, rubbing her face against mine or burying her head under my chin. After putting her back in the box 6 or 7 times I gave up. "So is this what it's like to be a pirate?" I thought to myself. After awhile she climbed down and sat on the center console. I looked down, and she was sleeping....sitting up. I put her in the box, and she crawled out. Sat down on the center console and went back to sleep. Rinse repeat. Rinse repeat. Finally, by putting said box on said center console, I got her to lie down and go to sleep.

Got into town and went straight to the vet. Diagnosis? Ear mites, fleas, eye infection, and possibly worms. But, for the most part, healthy and overly affectionate. Vet gave her worm med, flea meds, cleaned her ears (oh my God I don't know how the poor thing could hear with the gunk in there!), ear drops, cleaned and flushed her gunky eyes, and applied eye drops.

Drove around for a half hour to give time for the fleas to die off (30 minutes according to vet). Which gave me time to pick up a bottle if Sailor Jerry! Now let's go meet your new family!

Mrs. Glamrock met us in the driveway and fell in love. The kitten is all purrs so it's easy to do. Took her in and of course our oldest cat, Muddy, hissed at her and ran off. Our Russian blue, Steviewonder, looked at her and hid in the basement. And his sister, The Beans, was completely uninterested. She was all, "yeah yeah whatever. Where's my catnip dad?"

Took her to the tv room which is the dogs domain. Zeppelin is half Jack Russell and half pain in the ass. He just can't leave her alone! At this point he knows what she's eaten for the last week, where she's been, and her complete geneology by sticking his nose up her ass. It's been 6 hours of "ZEPPY! GO LAY DOWN! LEAVE HER ALONE! GODDAMNIT!" This dog, who I love dearly, is going to be the death of me.

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Rescued a kitten, now I must beat my dog! (Original Post) Glamrock Aug 2017 OP
she is his new toy! Skittles Aug 2017 #1
So far so good. Glamrock Aug 2017 #4
Over protective is good during the adjustment period TeamPooka Aug 2017 #29
Great story, Glamrock! elleng Aug 2017 #2
Zeppy sounds like he might turn into Mom. Warpy Aug 2017 #3
That's what the vet said too Glamrock Aug 2017 #7
having owned 8 cats -- not all at once, i've DesertFlower Aug 2017 #10
How cute. You have a caring heart! eom sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #5
Aww, wonderful of you. Duppers Aug 2017 #6
You got ear and eye drops to give her? CousinIT Aug 2017 #8
Yep Glamrock Aug 2017 #13
Thanks. And Bless you for rescuing the little angel! CousinIT Aug 2017 #23
we had 2 cats when we brought our DesertFlower Aug 2017 #9
Love your way with words...half Jack Russell and half pain in the ass! MLAA Aug 2017 #11
Lol. I got a kick out of that too! montana_hazeleyes Aug 2017 #21
My good friend's dog is also named Zeppelin, nicknamed Zeppy! WinkyDink Aug 2017 #12
I found him already named on pet finder. Glamrock Aug 2017 #14
Jack Russells are adorable! They're all Frasier's Eddie! WinkyDink Aug 2017 #36
Oh yeah they're super cute.... Glamrock Aug 2017 #37
Love this and your gang's names KT2000 Aug 2017 #15
Right now Glamrock Aug 2017 #18
Bring her home for Zeppy? Glamrock Aug 2017 #19
We've had several tortoise cats over the years bearssoapbox Aug 2017 #16
I'm not too worried Glamrock Aug 2017 #25
The cats would be safer with the Pit Bull. Doreen Aug 2017 #30
It's something how the hierarchy of a group of pets/animals works out bearssoapbox Aug 2017 #35
Many years ago I adopted a 10-year-old cat from neighbors who intended to dump her at tblue37 Mar 2018 #44
You've melted my heart. raven mad Aug 2017 #17
Your awesome MFM008 Aug 2017 #20
As a rock n roll Singer (with the accompanying ego) Glamrock Aug 2017 #22
you are a sweetie for rescuing the kitten. we have cats. all rescued !! trueblue2007 Aug 2017 #24
Torties are the best. Laffy Kat Aug 2017 #26
What a beautiful tale. You touched my heart! herding cats Aug 2017 #27
Would love to see photos of your fur family! SunSeeker Aug 2017 #28
Finally got around to it.... Glamrock Mar 2018 #40
Adorable! SunSeeker Mar 2018 #42
Thanks sunseeker! Glamrock Mar 2018 #43
Let Zeppy be Zeppy! JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #31
Too funny! Glamrock Aug 2017 #32
She had you pegged for a sucker, didn't she? TeapotInATempest Aug 2017 #33
Appearing one night only, this Saturday at the Greek: "Steviewonder and The Beans"! Leghorn21 Aug 2017 #34
What fun! She sounds like she picked the right human. They're notorious for that, lol. catbyte Aug 2017 #38
Her name is Bootsy Glamrock Mar 2018 #41
Tears in the eyes after reading your account. Thank god you made that choice. Judi Lynn Aug 2017 #39

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
4. So far so good.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:04 AM
Aug 2017

She's even rubbed her head against him. But, she's had a rough start in life and she's tiny. He gets a little too rough. He's knocked her over half a dozen times so he could investigate her....ya know....lady parts. He did the same thing with Steviewonder and the Beans. That is, until he got a claw across the nose. But, they were 10 weeks old when we brought them home. It'll wear off in a couple days no doubt. I'm just being overly protective.

Warpy

(110,744 posts)
3. Zeppy sounds like he might turn into Mom.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:03 AM
Aug 2017

Be careful, torties and calicos are generally wild women. IOW, give her a month, she might be running the place.

And thank you for rescuing the wee thing and making sure she's healthy.

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
7. That's what the vet said too
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:11 AM
Aug 2017

Either overly independent and domineering or overly affectionate. So far, it's the latter. Hope it stays that way or there's gonna be problems with The Beans!

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)
10. having owned 8 cats -- not all at once, i've
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:35 AM
Aug 2017

found females to be very different. right now i own a sable tabby i adopted almost 2 years ago.

Duppers

(28,088 posts)
6. Aww, wonderful of you.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:09 AM
Aug 2017

Perhaps she'll fall in-love with Zeppy for a big happy ending. She'll learn to protect herself from his unwanted advances soon enough.

Great story.

CousinIT

(9,087 posts)
8. You got ear and eye drops to give her?
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:30 AM
Aug 2017

Or was it a one-time treatment?

Is it OK to put spot-on flea stuff on an 8 wk old kitten? How do you keep the bastards off her once the Capstar wears off?

Wondering because I got my eye on one near me.

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
13. Yep
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:53 AM
Aug 2017

Eye and ear drops for the next few weeks.

As far as the flea stuff, the vet put the Advance stuff on her neck and then gave her a pill to kill what she already had. As far as keeping the fleas off? She'll be raised as an indoor Kitty.

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)
9. we had 2 cats when we brought our
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:33 AM
Aug 2017

shi tzu puppy home. we put her in a shoe box. the cats kept sniffing her -- like WTF is that? she grew up afraid of dogs.

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
14. I found him already named on pet finder.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:58 AM
Aug 2017

His ad said, "I love to play with the cats and my name is Zeppelin! " As a rock Singer with a diabetic cat at the time, it seemed like a blinking neon sign from God. "THIS SHALL BE YOUR DOG." Should have ignored that fucking sign. Damn, Jack Russell's are a pain! But, you know, you fall in love.....

KT2000

(20,534 posts)
15. Love this and your gang's names
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 01:12 AM
Aug 2017

be sure to post the new darling's name. Zeppy gets a new friend - you did bring her home for him, right?

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
18. Right now
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 01:31 AM
Aug 2017

I'm leaning towards Bootsy after James Brown's (and P Funk's and Parliament's) bass player Bootsy Collins.

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
19. Bring her home for Zeppy?
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 01:35 AM
Aug 2017

Not on your life! I just fell for her immediately. And she was so skinny and obviously in need of some medical attention, she just pulled at my heart. However, Zeppy thinks I brought her home for him. Like his namesake, it's all about him.

bearssoapbox

(1,408 posts)
16. We've had several tortoise cats over the years
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 01:13 AM
Aug 2017

Their dispositions have been from one that seemed almost feral in her independence, to one that slept on my left shoulder by my ear at night in bed.

Or chatty, her name is 'Gabby'. She will talk to anybody.

We currently have 4. Gabby, her name says it all. BB(Butter Brickle, her color), the most normal tortoise we currently have. Xena, she's been the most adventurous , not afraid to try things. And Xena's sister, Dot...t, she's almost the opposite of her sister but I think that's because she has some white in her.

Good on you for taking the kitten in. She sounds like she may be a snuggler. You'll know more in a couple of weeks or so.

It'll be interesting to see how she handles Zeppelin. If she turns out to be playful like a tortoise can be, with him...better your house than mine.

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
25. I'm not too worried
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 01:53 AM
Aug 2017

Zeppy will snap a pit bull in the face to prove what a badass, dominant male he is (I've seen it....not good. Pit picked him up and shook him like a rag doll....really not good. Then he looks at me like WTF man! I said to him, "hey dude, I weigh 150#. You see me punching a 350# linebacker in the face? &quot , but all my cats put him in his place. He's such a wuss! Unlesssss they get too close to his food bowl.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
30. The cats would be safer with the Pit Bull.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 02:50 AM
Aug 2017

Cats are so good at putting everybody ( including you ) in their place. I have had many many cats and dogs in my 49 years if life and the cats rule. We are there to serve.

bearssoapbox

(1,408 posts)
35. It's something how the hierarchy of a group of pets/animals works out
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 03:16 PM
Aug 2017

Especially when different species are involved.

It's all in the temperaments.

Aaaand...

It's always an adventure though, eh?

But a good one.

As long as we remember, when it comes to cats, we live to serve.

tblue37

(64,860 posts)
44. Many years ago I adopted a 10-year-old cat from neighbors who intended to dump her at
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 07:42 PM
Mar 2018

the animal shelter when they moved. At 10, she was unlikely to be adopted, so I took her despite having 3 already.

Her name was Gabby, which I assumed was for Gabrielle or Gabriella. Nope--it was for her chatty nature.

I have an amusing article about her conversations up on my Pet Tales website:

"Gabfest"
http://pettales.homestead.com/gabfest.html

MFM008

(19,763 posts)
20. Your awesome
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 01:38 AM
Aug 2017

Thanks for having mercy on a needy creature.
Actually more than 1 by the sound of it...

trueblue2007

(17,111 posts)
24. you are a sweetie for rescuing the kitten. we have cats. all rescued !!
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 01:48 AM
Aug 2017

i hope all you pets love each other.

herding cats

(19,545 posts)
27. What a beautiful tale. You touched my heart!
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 02:23 AM
Aug 2017

You sound like an amazing pet guardian, which is no doubt why this little rescue knew to seek you out.

Lucky little kitty, and lucky you for gaining a new furry family member.

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
43. Thanks sunseeker!
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 07:12 PM
Mar 2018

The pic of Bootsy asleep hanging off the couch just kills me! Couldn't believe it when it happened. She started to crawl up and saw her 13 pound sister and just froze..... and then fell asleep!

JustAnotherGen

(31,631 posts)
31. Let Zeppy be Zeppy!
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 05:21 AM
Aug 2017


Send him for a play date to my house - he and Uncle Ruckus will have the best time eveeeer when our painted back rescue Turtle Jack gets out if his tank.

I'll stroke out - but they will enjoy their hockey game.

Can't make dopey dog nonsense up. You just can't.

TeapotInATempest

(804 posts)
33. She had you pegged for a sucker, didn't she?
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 10:01 AM
Aug 2017

They can always tell. I'm so jealous - to me, there's nothing in the world more fun than a kitten. Please post a pic if you can!



Leghorn21

(13,506 posts)
34. Appearing one night only, this Saturday at the Greek: "Steviewonder and The Beans"!
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 10:44 AM
Aug 2017

What a funny and brilliantly written piece, glamrock!!

When Zeppy finally extracts his nose from Baby's butt, they will be best buds 4 ever, I guarantee..."getting to know you" and all that, as Nature intended, ain't no thang! Plus, his breath is reassuring to her little self, butt included, that someone is close by and cares!! (Sez I!)

Do keep us posted, and thank you for giving Baby the glorious life she's about to experience!

catbyte

(34,122 posts)
38. What fun! She sounds like she picked the right human. They're notorious for that, lol.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 08:14 PM
Aug 2017

It sounds like she's going to fit in with your family just fine. Congratulations & 10 gold stars for you for saving the precious little soul's life. You'll have to post pics & let us know her name.

Glamrock

(11,771 posts)
41. Her name is Bootsy
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 06:40 PM
Mar 2018

And I finally got around to posting pics....
www.democraticunderground.com/116137116#post4

Judi Lynn

(160,076 posts)
39. Tears in the eyes after reading your account. Thank god you made that choice.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 10:27 PM
Aug 2017

That little fur friend found help just in time. Sounds as if she was VERY bad off, and not due to get better for a long time, if at all.

So glad you brought her to a place where she is safe. Best wishes.

You were the only one who cared enough to do something which meant everything to the little one.

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