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Siwsan

(27,851 posts)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:45 AM 12 hrs ago

Update on Gwen

She is weighing in at 1 lb. She is 'off the bottle' and eating the slurry out of a shallow dish. The rest of the kid cats seem to have fully accepted that she's now a part of the clowder. She no longer bumbles. She ZOOMS. We're still working on her using the litter box but progress has been made. Now that she's made herself at home, her sleep pattern has finally settled in to the normal range, although she still prefers sleeping on me to sleeping in her playpen. I get lots of licks and purrs.

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Update on Gwen (Original Post) Siwsan 12 hrs ago OP
Yay! SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #1
So glad she's taken to the slurry EverHopeful 12 hrs ago #2
Such excellent news! Licks and purrs are the best! And sleeping on Mom niyad 12 hrs ago #3
My friend you are awesome. Dunc 12 hrs ago #4
Pretty soon... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #5
She will be the queen..large and in charge! BattleRow 10 hrs ago #9
One pound and off the bottle; now that is progress. Polly Hennessey 11 hrs ago #6
me too. AllaN01Bear 11 hrs ago #8
"" AllaN01Bear 11 hrs ago #7
Good news! orangecrush 10 hrs ago #10
You're doing a beautiful job with her. crosinski 6 hrs ago #11
We all need regular doses of Gwen and the rest of your clowder. 3catwoman3 1 hr ago #12

SheltieLover

(80,973 posts)
1. Yay!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:55 AM
12 hrs ago

1 lb! She'll be ready for the heavy weight clowder brawls soon.

And zooming! Wow! How fast they grow up!

EverHopeful

(695 posts)
2. So glad she's taken to the slurry
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:01 AM
12 hrs ago

Our boy, Chance, took forever to figure out that whole eating thing. We bottle-fed him until, finally, he pulled so hard on the nipple that he pulled it off and got a face full of KMR. Only then did he decide to take a look at the other options we'd been offering.

niyad

(132,843 posts)
3. Such excellent news! Licks and purrs are the best! And sleeping on Mom
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:02 AM
12 hrs ago

is soooooo much nicer than in her playpen.

2naSalit

(103,123 posts)
5. Pretty soon...
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:06 AM
12 hrs ago

She'll be gallumphing around with the big kitcats!

Thanks for the update!

crosinski

(706 posts)
11. You're doing a beautiful job with her.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:23 PM
6 hrs ago

And I admire your dedication and your commitment to her.

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