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Siwsan

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

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

SheltieLover

(81,069 posts)
1. Yay!
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:55 AM
Sunday

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

And zooming! Wow! How fast they grow up!

EverHopeful

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

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

(132,924 posts)
3. Such excellent news! Licks and purrs are the best! And sleeping on Mom
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:02 AM
Sunday

is soooooo much nicer than in her playpen.

crosinski

(709 posts)
11. You're doing a beautiful job with her.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:23 PM
Sunday

And I admire your dedication and your commitment to her.

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