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  1. Cara in S.FL
    May 26, 2019 @ 9:50 am

    Bach Rescue Remedy rubbed on ears may help with the anxiety. Or you can just put a few drops in their water and it will diffuse.
    It’s great stuff: I carry it everywhere!

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  2. Laura
    May 26, 2019 @ 10:03 am

    two comments about mushifying young kittens – the fact that they are alone and scared, and miss their mom, works mightily in your favor! stroking their cheeks and faces with a thumb is so soothing. Using a crate is key – one that you can climb in is awesome. Are you offering chicken baby food on a spoon? good way to warm up a hand-shy kitten.
    Also, check out the Cat Dancer, the inexpensive toy that will immejately make them forget that they’re scared of you! I buy them by the dozen.
    https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Dancer-101-Interactive-Toy/dp/B0006N9I68

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  3. Sunnie Mitchell
    May 26, 2019 @ 10:11 am

    Oh dear, I think I’m going to cry – such fury with the little tortie and such fear from the wee tuxie the first days and now they’re a pair of fluffnuggets:) Bless you, VEB. PS – love the video of getting the headboard up the house and through the window:)

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  4. Beth Pfaff
    May 26, 2019 @ 10:32 am

    You truly have a heart of gold!

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  5. judy
    May 26, 2019 @ 10:39 am

    This is so dear-thank goodness there are so many kind people in the world.

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  6. Marianne in Mo.
    May 26, 2019 @ 10:48 am

    You are a true cat whisperer. And they are just adorable. If I could (as in if husband would allow it!) I would have at LEAST six cats. I just love them, but he just doesn’t. Boo.

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  7. Jacquie
    May 26, 2019 @ 11:18 am

    Youā€™re a hero, brightened my day.

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  8. Lisa D.
    May 26, 2019 @ 11:24 am

    OMG, they are so cute! When mine were kittens, I would feed them baby food, they would eat out of my hands, and then immediately run and hide. I was always amazed that they would eat out of my hands, but then run away. I didn’t get them until they were three months old, and by then, socializing them was challenging. I think your kittens are lucky to have you at six weeks. Mine are now three years old. One is quite socialized and very loving, but his brother is still a very sensitive little guy. Their vet prescribed Buspar, (buspirone), for him, but you know how difficult getting a pill down a cat’s throat can be.

    I have read the book, “Far From the Tree”, but was not aware that a documentary was made from the book. It’s an excellent book, and I highly recommend it. I’ll have to check out the movie.

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  9. Jodee
    May 26, 2019 @ 12:40 pm

    Love your blog so much and your big spirit.

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  10. Jane
    May 26, 2019 @ 1:22 pm

    What lucky kittens, you found them! I am so happy you are able to foster again. Thank you for all you do for the kitties. I think you are amazing!!!

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  11. Carol
    May 26, 2019 @ 3:00 pm

    I love the way you write about the kittens… ā€elite level champion in in the belly rub recipient categoryā€!

    Itā€™s nice to read someone who is enjoying life!
    Oh, and your wedding video is just plain joyous!šŸ’•

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  12. Gwendolyn Gray
    May 26, 2019 @ 3:51 pm

    Thank you for this work you do! Someday when my human baby is older, I may just follow in your footsteps.

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  13. Janice Keating
    May 26, 2019 @ 4:56 pm

    I foster orphan baby bottle kittens. I currently have 11 kittens. Once they eat gruel theyā€™ll go to another foster.

    I adore the bottle babies. Theyā€™re a lot of work but so rewarding. I will always foster.

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  14. Crystal
    May 26, 2019 @ 6:07 pm

    I love you more every time you do a post on fluffnuggets. Is that possible? it must be since I love you more!

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  15. Elizabeth
    May 26, 2019 @ 6:40 pm

    Saw this and thought of you. I am not sure if two kittens will fit https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/feral-kittens-socialized

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  16. SP Donohue
    May 27, 2019 @ 12:39 pm

    Picture of you in the crate, please.

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  17. Cyn Ka
    May 27, 2019 @ 6:15 pm

    Oh my gawd. Off the charts adorable.

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  18. Debbie Johnson
    May 28, 2019 @ 12:28 pm

    Such courage with little ones! Patience is not my virtue and scared Kitties drive me crazy because I just want to hold them and pet them and call them George!!! Far from the Tree is quite a book to dive into. Long and quite a bit of science but interesting!

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  19. April King
    May 28, 2019 @ 2:58 pm

    Those babies are so adorable–I’m starting to have some kitten lust!!

    We just managed to have 4 abandoned kittens from Kotor taken in for foster by an amazing woman named Jeanne (Zhanna), who is building a shelter with her own funds outside Podgorica, Montenegro. Two foster kitties whose adoption in England fell through last week are now going to a lovely home in Scotland instead, and a newborn rejected by it’s mother in Old Town Kotor was wrapped with a warm bottle by restaurant staff, and someone is going to pick it up now, while we look for a nursing mama to accept it. So it is a RED LETTER DAY for our spay and neuter program in Montenegro as well!!!

    Obviously we have a looonnnnggggg way to go before our spay/neuter program outstrips the birth rate, but we’re doing them!!

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  20. heather
    June 7, 2019 @ 11:11 am

    Since you are a cat expert, what is the best reasonably priced litter box? My cat hates hers.

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