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Speaker 1: Live. This is pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets.

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Speaker 2: Hello, my beeline friends, this is Michelburn, your host on Catitude.

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Speaker 3: All right, guess what time of year it is? Yep, Spring,

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but it's also kitty season. We're going to talk about today.

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What is kitty season, what you should be aware of,

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and what you can do to make it easier for

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all of the thousands and probably millions of kittens being

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born this season. Stay tuned, we'll be right back.

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Speaker 5: Let's talk pets on Petlife Radio dot com.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back everyone. It is kittyseason.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 3: What is kitty season? This is the time of year

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an unaltered female cat, which is called a queen, goes

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into heat. Now this time in at least the northern

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hemisphere is about April through October. It can vary a

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little sometimes as early as March, and it's generally, you know,

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in the warmer months. So my guess is in other

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hemispheres would probably be opposite. And there's a lot of

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reasons you should be aware of it, and there's a

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lot of things you can do, as you know, a

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pet parent or as a caring pet advocate person to

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do your part two help the kittens that are being

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born out there in the wild, and to protect your

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cats and protect the T and R cats in your neighborhood.

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So here's some facts that I found while doing my

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research that I thought were pretty interesting. Cats can go

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into heat female cats, of course, female cats can go

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into heat as early as four months old. As soon

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as the cats are able to go into heat, there

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called a queen that's only for cats, you know, female

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cats of course that are not fixed. Just so you know,

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cats can be fixed pretty early in age, just as

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they give birth pretty early in age. They can give

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birth as soon as four months old, which I mean

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that's pretty short, but they can be fixed as early

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as eight weeks old or two pounds, which is definitely fixed.

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The sooner the better. There's been discussions between different veterinarians,

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different schools of thought whether cats should be able to

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go through their first heat or not. I'm on the

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side with fix them as soon as you can, because

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if you're not able to control your cat during the

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heat season, you may end up with a litter of

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kiddies you weren't expecting.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 3: Cats can also give birth to multiple litters at once,

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and what happens is when the cat is impregnated by

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different males within a seven day period, they're likely to

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have actually multiple litters within the same litter. And this

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happened to Sammy, the cat that gave birth my pregnant

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Tea in our cat that I didn't know was pregnant.

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More about her a little bit later. Also, another great

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interesting fact is that when female cats are in heat,

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they will do whatever they can do to find a tomcat.

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And a tomcat is an unaltered male cat. I think

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it has to do with the pheromones and hormones produced

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in their body to just find a guy and have

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it done, you know, were lack of better words. And

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there's also I believe the pheromones that are produced in

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the female queen cats the pheromones that are luring the

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tomcat to her as well, so kind of going both ways. Also,

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cats can go into heat up to five times within

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a cycle. Now, when cats going into the heat cycle,

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that's like never ending. Some cat can give birth and

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get pregnant within just six to eight weeks, so while

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they're actually nursing and recuperating with their babies, maybe just

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six weeks later, before the babies are even fully weaned

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from them, they can get pregnant again. And yes, that

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also happened to my cat, Sammy, and I'll tell you

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the story a little bit later. Now here's some tips

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on how to tell if a cat is pregnant. There's

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a few different states, actually five stages. There's one fertilization

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and you know what, cats, just like females female humans,

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do get morning sickness and it's generally the first two

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to three weeks. So during this time she'll have, you

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know what, it seems like morning sickness. You won't be

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eating too much, and by the middle stage, which is

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the third stage, she starts to be gaining weight. By

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the fourth stage, you can tell that she's labor because

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her nipples become visible, and she'll stop eating about two

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days before she gives birth. Now for labor and delivery,

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she'll find a secure place. She'll lick her babies and okay,

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this is a little gross to us, but she eats

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the placenta because this gives her nutritional benefits. You know,

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cats in the wild are very about survival, so this

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is just something that's normal to the female cat. Little gross,

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but hey, now, what do you do once the kitties

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are born? Okay, here comes the fun part, But it's

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a challenge. You know, the kitties are born, they're adorable,

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they're cute, but you have to be responsible for them

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with her in a sense, and there's things that you

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will have to watch out for, and they become mobile

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very quickly. But first thing you should do don't disturb

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the kittens unless necessary for a little while. Know that

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if the mom seems to have abandoned the kittens, she

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might just be on the hunt for food and will return.

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still may go on the hunt to look for food.

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action if you see that the kitties are in harm's way.

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Sammy gave birth. She had the kitties on the side

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next to the side of my house by where there's

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some you know, brush, so she felt protected well. During

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a heavy rainstorm, she didn't know, but she was near

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a water spout and the kittens almost drowned. So if

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I hadn't moved them to a more secure place, there

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would be no kittens. And you know she's a cat.

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we got some some hosing to move the water away,

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so if she still went to that spot, she would

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still be fine, and so with the kittens, of course,

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the kittens are, don't disturb them, and just make sure

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they're secure. Kittens can be weaned as soon as four

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to six weeks old, and they should be handled from

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five weeks old to socialize them. This isn't something else

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that's really important. Kittens they grow so fast. By I

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would say two to three weeks, they're already walking all

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over the place. And if the momcatcave birth, you know,

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someplace near your home by some brush or bushes, or

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just some secure area where she feels a little hidden.

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and see how far they're going, because it's very easy

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for them to go under a car during any time

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of wet weather or very warm weather. That's where they

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go under the car to keep them dry, to keep

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them away from the sun. So really it's time too

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when they're about two weeks old, and if she's going

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to keep them in your area, try to find a spot,

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if passed, where the kittens can be somehow contained. I

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was lucky enough to have a little dog run, so

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I made a little house for the kittens in there.

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made it, you know, put a tarpa actually the husband

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made of tarp so he gets a credit. We put

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a tarp up so that they would be protected from

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the sun and the rain. She was able to feed

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them there, she was able to climb out and do whatever,

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but the kittens weren't at least for a while, and

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it was a grassy area. There was a couple of

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plants we bought for they would have little bushes around

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them for jumping on some toys and things like that,

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and they were fine. This way kept them somewhat protected

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from you know, definitely kept them protected from the driveway

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or going undering your cars. And it also kept them

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somewhat protected from wildlife such as raccoons and ducks and

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possums and so forth. At least that's what I find

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in my aria, my neck and woods. You might find

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deer or something else that you need to protect them from.

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All right, we're going to be right back right after

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this break, real people, real stories.

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Speaker 7: Our little dog developed this lumph problem at the chemotherapy

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lasted for six months, started developing more lymph nose, so

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I thought I'd just try carnivore. If the lymph nose

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started to go down, then I took him into the

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vet to him checked out, and there was no signs

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at all. Inside.

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Speaker 8: My cad had issues that developed in his height, and

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three months later my ven airing said this, go ahead

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Speaker 6: I've got a labrador. You could hardly lift yourself up

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off the door. The treatment list came to therapy. That's

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when I said this could be the ticket. About three

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weeks you could tell she was very alert. She was

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going to buy my lock and she is just like

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Speaker 3: Welcome back, everyone. This is Michelle Burn, your host on Catitude,

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and we're talking about kittie season and what you can

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do to get through it. When you find community cats

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in your neighborhood that you want to assist or just

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to keep your cats safe, and especially if you have

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indoor outdoor cats. So we've been talking about you know,

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what to do when the kitties are little and the

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mom has just given birth and the kitties are a

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couple weeks old. Here's another thing to be careful of.

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Watch out for kitties hiding inside your car. Yes, I

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said that right inside your car. Where I live, it's

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an area that gets torrential rains and hurricanes and horrible weather.

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in areas where there's a lot of hail. So during

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the time we were prepping for a somewhat mild hurricane,

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we couldn't find Sammy or what she did with her kittens,

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and so we were looking around, looking around, and we

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finally noticed that she hid them up inside my husband's

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SUV inside the car. I don't even want to think

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about what could have happened if the car had been

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turned on. That's oh, I can't even go there. But

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one thing that I've read many places on the internet,

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and I've also heard from others show hosts on pet

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Life Radio, this is a good tip before you start

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your car, bang on the hood. Just give a little bang.

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This will startle any cat that happens to be climbing

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up inside your car and will get them to jump out.

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So that was something I mean, I don't know how

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this mama cat, Sammy the mom and cat managed to

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bring all of her babies one by one up inside

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and she found an area she's a skinny little thing

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to curb her body and have the cats still fit

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and wean from her. But the other thing that happened

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is the cat babies also fell out. You know, they

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just like plopped out. They were so little, maybe at

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this time they were a week and a half old.

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the even with the elements, it would still be you know,

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cushioned for them, so if the babies fell out, at

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least they wouldn't get hurt. Just be aware that kittens

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and cats can hide inside and under your car so

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that you don't have any horrible surprises. You know, during

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the lifetime of a cat, she can have up to

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fifty litters of kittens, and most litters are anywhere from

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three to five kitties. And considering they can go into

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heat maybe up to five times during their cycle, that

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of the millions of cats out there, queen cats out

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there that are not you know, their queen cats are

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not fixed. That's a lot of kitties, and what happens

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to most of them is they are killed, euthanized, or

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run over or taken his prey by other wild animals.

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The best way to put a stop to this is

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to get your cats spade or neotered. That's, you know,

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the best thing you could do. I can't think of

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anything better fix your cat, but one thing better, One

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thing that I am really a huge, huge advocate is

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is adopt, don't shop. There are so many kitties out

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there that need to be adopted in shelters, especially during

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kitty season. This is a great time if you ever

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wanted to volunteer at a cat shelter or if you

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want to adopt, because there's an overwhelming amount of kitties

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that are available at places, you know, like your local

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humane society or local you know cat shelter. There's a

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lot of vets that do TNR, so you might want

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to inquire there or just you know, even there's neighborhood sites.

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was actually where I did the responsible thing in getting

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the kitties adopted. So I'm going to talk about that

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in just a second. So there's a lot of ways

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you can reach out within your community to let people

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know you have kitties. They're safe, they're okay. If you're

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able to take them to the vet for their first look.

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kitties know that they're healthy and you know, fine and

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ready to adopt. So there's a lot of things you

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can do just to be I guess, a really good

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pet person, pet pet parent, pet advocate, and think about

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maybe adopting yourself, you know. I mean, this is how

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my kitty family grew by by four. I had one

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and now there's five. So this is what happened. So

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now I was talking earlier about Sammy and I mentioned

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little bits of her, but I want to share a

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little bit of the story. Some people might have heard

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it in an earlier episode, but you know, it deals

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with kitty season. When I moved into my now home,

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it was around kitty season. It was right around April,

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and there was you know, a little I thought it

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was a little kitty, but and she might have been.

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I don't know how old Sammy was. And we started

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feeding her and then we thought wow, you know, she's

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she's getting kind of she must be doing okay, you know,

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and lo and behold, maybe a couple months later, she

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gave birth right in front of my doorstep, right there.

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and remember earlier I mentioned that the queens can be

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impregnated and have multiple letters in one berth. Well, two

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of her kitties looked just like her and just like

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who I think is the father. And the other kitty

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was black and white. That's miss Molly. If you've seen

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her on Instagram, which is at catatude seventeen, she's a

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little black and white diva with the most gorgeous like

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green alien eyes as I call them. Anyway, So she

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gave birth and it was awakening for me because I

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had never been around kittens that small. So these kittens

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are growing and they're mobile, they're walking all over the

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place by about three weeks, maybe a little less, and

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that's when I decided we either have to put them

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in some place, which we luckily had a dog one

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them in your home? Why didn't you bring them in

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your patio? We do have a covered and screen patio,

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and the reason is because of Mama. Sammy wouldn't have

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liked it. She's very much a wild cat. She's I

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don't want to stay wild. She's a feral cat. She's

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a community cat. She's come a long way and she's

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become much more socialized towards us, but she's still an

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outdoor cat. So if I had tried to bring the

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kittens inside the patio, they would be separate from the mom,

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and Sammy would have done whatever she could to get

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to the cats. So we couldn't put her inside a

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contained place. The only time we did is kind of

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and it feels a little mean, but we kind of

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trapped her and put her in a very large cat carrier.

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Is during a hurricane that was going to be very,

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very pretty bad and there was nothing else we could do.

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food in water, and she had plenty of room and

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she wasn't in there very long. It was just during

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the part of the storm that was you know, horrible,

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and probably a couple of hours. It wasn't very long,

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but we you know, built a little community for them

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under a tarp well they had a tarp area, big

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grassy area, plants, toys, the whole bit, and they did well.

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get her fixed? Well, I tried to catch her myself,

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and that didn't work so well. And so by the

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time I did try to get her fixed, guess what,

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she was pregnant again. Yep. And that was only a

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period of maybe oh geez, maybe like four weeks, five weeks,

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six weeks, maybe six weeks later she was already pregnant.

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her in to get fixed until the babies are old enough,

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so you have to wait six weeks, eight weeks. And

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then she gave birth today again to another three cats

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off tabbies like herself. Oh and by the way, we

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did adopt the black and white one from that, you know,

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miss Molly, so we adopted one, and we adopted the

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kitten that she had when that was with her, Charlotte,

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so we adopted two from her litter. Plus we have

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Dennis in side, so that's three indoor kiddies anymore. And

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I don't know if I would be able to breathe,

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because I just about manage my allergies with the three

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of them. So she had the second litter, and we

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took care of them the same way. And when they

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were very very little, we did get them, you know,

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some kitten formula and as they got older, you know,

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special food for kittens and so on. We did this

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with the first litter as well, and I began seeking

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out a way to get her fixed earlier than I

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did before, because I didn't want her to go through

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another litter. I made sure that all of the kittens

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were adopted the first letter, and you know, of course

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we adopted one. And then for the second letter, I

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did the same thing. I reached out on nextdoor dot

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com to my local neighborhood and adopted sim kittens that way,

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reached out to friends let them know. I also made sure,

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and this is common during kitting season, make sure that

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whoever adopts your kitties want a kitty that will turn

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into a cat and no longer be an adorable little kitten.

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There's still adorable cats, but don't just let anybody adopt them,

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you know. I recently did a wonderful interview with Crumbs

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and Whiskers, and they go through a little screening process,

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which is wonderful because a lot of times people will

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impulsely say, oh, I want that kitty so cute, and

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not realize all the care that goes into caring for

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a kitten, a cat, a dog, a puppy or you know,

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a durabil or rabbit whatever, But make sure that they're

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willing to deal with everything that's involved and the cost,

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the visits and so forth. So I had to do.

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I've never heard of it and I thought it was interesting.

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This is an earlier interview. I hired a cat trapper

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and the cat trapper was able to catch Sammy and

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Sammy was fixed. I got her baby daddy fixed. So

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Sammy was fixed, and just to summarize where everybody is now,

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her baby daddy was fixed. That's Jethrow. So Sammy and

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Jethrow are like our outdoor cats, you know, they prefer

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it that way, and they have a house outside where

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they can go into. They have a special heating unit

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in there that specially for cats and very safe that

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we use during when it's a little bit cooler, which

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where I live is about fifty degrees. I know, not

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that called but for the kiddies, it's fine. They can

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go into there when it's raining, they get fed, they

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get flea treatment, and of course they were both fixed,

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so no more unwanted kitties being born trying to find

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a home. And they seem to be much happier as well,

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you know, and they're just the cutest little pair. They're

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on my Instagram at times. I have pictures of Sammy

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and Jeffer, but they're a happy cat family. Mollie is

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now Wow, she's about almost two and a half. Whow

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does time fly? And she's doing great. And Charlotte is

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her bigger sister. There's a little subling rivalry there, but

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Charlotte is doing very well also, and that's kind of

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what's going on. So I'm just so glad to be

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able to share this with you and to let you

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know all about kitty season. Also keep in mind that

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there's a lot of pop up kitty cafes and kitty

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adoption centers that will occur during this time period from

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April to October then compared to any other time, so

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be sure to reach out volunteer. If you can't adopt,

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you can bring, you know, old blankets or towels to

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your local shelter. They could always use things like this.

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And now you know a little more about Kitty season.

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Thanks for listening. Thanks to my kitties that taught me

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about the kitty season, which Charlotte and Mollie, and they're

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all part of one family. Dennis, he's another story. I

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opened the door and he came in, so that's how

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I found Dennis. But now you know more about Kinny Seusan.

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Thanks everyone for.

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Speaker 2: Listening to this episode of Catitude on Kitten Season. This

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is episode two.

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Speaker 3: Hundred and ninety eight.

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Speaker 2: Wow, stay tuned and keep listening because episode three hundred

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has a super celebrity guest.

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Speaker 3: You will not want to miss this show.

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Speaker 2: I want to thank my cat crew, Dennis, Charlotte, Mollie,

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and I want to thank everyone listening to Catatude for all.

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Speaker 3: Of these years and all of these episodes.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, and of course thanks to my

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producer Mark Winter for working his magic and making every

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episode sound amazing.

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Speaker 3: Now remember keep listening.

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