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Sheldon
 
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Pandora wrote:
> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> > In article .com>,
> > "Sheldon" > wrote:
> >
> >> Here's Jack and Jilly at about one week, just finished their eye
> >> dropper feeding. I rescued them as newborns in my backyard, their
> >> mother was too young and abandoned them. There were two others but
> >> they were already goners, another few hours and Jack and Jilly would
> >> not have made it either... was a LOT of work getting them to survive,
> >> they were very sick, a LOT of money too. But was well worth it, I'd
> >> not trade them for anything, they're priceless.
> >>
> >> http://tinypic.com/e6cei0.jpg

> >
> > Looks like the one on the left needed eye treatments? :-)
> >
> > We've bottle raised kittens from nearly newborn as well. Eyes still
> > closed... A lot of work but OH so worth it!
> >
> > Sheldon, have you noted that bottle raised cats are exceptionally loving
> > and attached to their humans, more so than others?
> >
> > Also, we always used KMR and every time ended up having to take the
> > babies to the vet for constipation. She always gave us "Laxatone" and a
> > little pea sized portion of that with each formula feeding always took
> > care of it. Did you run into that problem?
> >
> > We've bottle raised 8 kittens total over the years. 3 orphaned litters.
> >
> > Also 3 litters of baby skunks that were later turned over to wildlife
> > rescue after weaning. They were SO special:
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/e6soc6.jpg
> > http://tinypic.com/e6soli.jpg
> >
> > That is my little sister holding them, and this pair was about 6 weeks
> > old in that picture. We took them out in the back yard for exercize. And
> > no, they never sprayed us. We got them at less than a week old, eyes
> > still closed. Baby skunks are raised on KMR kitten formula.
> >
> > I wish it was legal to keep them as pets in Texas. IMHO they are better
> > than ferrets!

>
> This is the first time I see a domestic skunk


And you're from Italy?!?!?

Sheldon