11 - 12 week old kitten...sick?

[texanborn]

i think her funniest quirk is that when she meows no sound comes out of her mouth...she clearly opens up to say something but theres no sound. we've heard her meow before but now its like she doesnt feel the need to use her voice.

Hahaha! My Ember does that, its like "Methhh" hoarse whisper. She's 3 now and I dont think she'll ever find her voice. She also LOVES to play fetch with paper balls- receipts are best LOL I swears she's part dog.

now another question, with outdoor cats in the neighborhood, are their territories usually their homes & properties or do they have ranges like most of the wild critters? i always assumed it was the properties.

They have territories. Once she's fixed and big enough that shouldn't be a problem. If she pops over your fence any feral cat she meets will most likely scare her off. Its when two feral cats are going at it its a war and neither has "anything to lose", those are the fights you hear outside at night.

She'll stay close to home mostly if you have a good fence. That'll be her turf and she may wander a bit pass that.

You can train her to a bell actually, my neighbor did this. Her cats would be outside and she'd call them over for a treat and ring a small bell (they got use to the noise) so at night she'd ring the bell and call them and they'd be ready for dinner inside. Clickers would work too but I dont know how loud those can be.

Ember isn't allowed outside because she has NO FEAR. She has tried to go out the front door and actually started walking towards a leashed German Shepherd...I swear she would have gone to lick his nose if I hadn't scooped her up. One of our other cats still hates Ember and hisses at her regularly...Ember just gives me a "whats her problem" look. I don't want to see her try to "make friends" with a feral cat...it would be like unleashing a ditzy HS cheerleader onto Jurassic Park

She does get to go outside... but on a harness and lead... and when its not 108 degrees outside