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Hi & welcome to you & your two little princes
They are definately in the fuzzies judging by those piccies, you'll be amazed at how clear the coats will look in comparison over the coming weeks
I did laugh at the toilet story too, especially after just reading of Julie (Seamuskitty)'s kitten who dived in while daddy was using it!
At least your experience wasn't quite so messy but he won't learn LOL.
Look forward to hearing all about them & their adventures

Hi everyone and thank you for your messages and the wonderful welcome to the forum. What a mine of information and support this forum is! I'm so glad I found it.

Wills' and Harry's latest adventure was a trip to the vets to get their second jab. They were the subject of much admiration (which they duly enjoyed) as our small village practice hadn't seen any bengals before. The first surprise came when they were weighed - the vet thought the scales must be broken! Although they aren't especially big, it turns out they are quite heavy for their age compared to standard moglets - must be all that raw meat (of which more in another post, I'm sure). Hehe, Wills is 1.6 kilos, a beautiful 'square' kitten, and Harry slightly smaller and rangier. His back legs are so long, it looks like they're constantly going to trip him up!

Anyway, the jabs went well (not even a meep, I was such a proud kitten mummy), but I did raise the point that they were still sneezing and snuffling quite a lot, and have been since we got them. At the first jab, the vet told me just to keep an eye out. It is a lot better, and has never affected their appetite or playfulnes, but definitely still there - and seems to trouble Will at night, bless him. He sounds so blocked up and snuffly. He always greets us in the morning with a sneeze in the face - yummy!

And to my slight surprise the vet's diagnosis was...CHLAMYDIA OMG! Since this a sexually transmitted infection in humans I was rather outraged at Wills and Harry's apparent and somewhat premature naughtiness However, (fortunately) it seems that they aren't quite the lotharios I quite imagined, and that chlamydia can be a secondary infection following on from a virus caught whilst still part of the litter. So W. and H. have some delicious antibiotics to take next week once the jab has taken effect. Any advice on how to get wayward cats to swallow tablets gratefully accepted!

The jab did cause Will to feel a bit off colour (he spent yesterday cuddled up under our woodburning stove and didn't budge all day) but they are now fully recovered and spent the morning discovering their latest plaything - their tails. Lovely to watch, not quite so lovely if they decide to attack whilst still on your lap!


I'll leave you with a few pictures of Wills and Harry discovering life just outside the front door.

Wills turns out to be a bit of a wuss:



Harry is somewhat braver but finds the snow a tad confusing:

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Wills discovers the relaxing properties of lavender..*nom nom nom*

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Miki & My Beloved Bengals http://mybelovedbengals.blogspot.com/

Shiloh, Darcy, Rudy The Roodster & Ozzy...

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Tasha, Tito and me (Laura)
See Tasha's videos at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/luvbengalz#p/u

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Hugo, Rufus, Inca and Marley

Thank you everyone for all the expertise about pill dispensing! I'll let you know how I get on when I start my attempts next week.

I was glad to hear that your two are still closely bonded Trudi. Wills and Harry are never apart and I'd love them to be good company for each other always. I love to hear them racing up and down the stairs - if they lose each other, the house is filled with little 'where are you bro?' chirps and brrrps until they can pounce on each other again. And they love to sleep with their arms wrapped around each other *oops cuteness overload*

It's not easy to tell who will be dominant yet as they seem to take it in turns during their rough-and-tumbles. I'll keep you posted with the progress!

If it is chlamydia a weeks antibiotics will only send the symptoms away. They will come back. To get rid of Chlamydia its either six weeks with doxycycline or a month with zithromax.

*remembers her last cat and tablets*

*shudders*

he'd hide them under his tongue and pretend to swallow, and then spit them out...

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"kitten...down...get down...get...kitten..KITTEN...don't make me come over there!"

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Gilly, Bella Naughty Knickers, Tofi Too and Kajika (Boy)

spelng ... who ndees it ?

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Tasha, Tito and me (Laura)
See Tasha's videos at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/luvbengalz#p/u

If we have a totally evil piller, we crush the table to a powder, add a small amount of water and syringe it down. Much easier

In terms of giving tablets, I always crush the tablet then wrap it in ham that has a little cream cheese on it.

I've done this for years with our dog and previous cats. I hasn't failed yet.

Katie xx