Kitten Update
Last night, right after the shops closed, I toddled across the road to see the new little kitties and their mama. I had brought our travelling cage to work yesterday morning with the thought that I could put the babies and their bed in the cage, and Mama would get used to the cage in a few days, then we could scoop them all up in the cage and take them home where they would be safe. (boy, that was one long sentence!)
Well, the kittens were in the cage sleeping, and Mama came to see me. I picked her up and sort of pushed her into the cage and we took them home. Thankfully there was no howling from either the mom or the babies during the car ride. When we got home, we placed the cage on the screened in front porch and let them all out. Mama was a bit concerned about being confined - that lasted about an hour. Then she settled in, almost demanding us to pick her up and love her.
This morning, I went out to say good morning to her, and she was all curled up in one of our cushy chairs, happy as a clam. Her kittens were all sleeping in the cage. What a nice change from the tense little mama trying to keep her babies safe. She is so relaxed now! We can pick her up whenever we want (and even when we don't want to because she demands it).
I was speaking to one of my brothers last night and he is going to take the little grey girl kitten, so we are down to just two kittens who need a home - a little grey boy and a little black boy. This story that started out so badly last spring has ended up so wonderfully for one little cat. I'm pleased to have been a part of it.
Well, the kittens were in the cage sleeping, and Mama came to see me. I picked her up and sort of pushed her into the cage and we took them home. Thankfully there was no howling from either the mom or the babies during the car ride. When we got home, we placed the cage on the screened in front porch and let them all out. Mama was a bit concerned about being confined - that lasted about an hour. Then she settled in, almost demanding us to pick her up and love her.
This morning, I went out to say good morning to her, and she was all curled up in one of our cushy chairs, happy as a clam. Her kittens were all sleeping in the cage. What a nice change from the tense little mama trying to keep her babies safe. She is so relaxed now! We can pick her up whenever we want (and even when we don't want to because she demands it).
I was speaking to one of my brothers last night and he is going to take the little grey girl kitten, so we are down to just two kittens who need a home - a little grey boy and a little black boy. This story that started out so badly last spring has ended up so wonderfully for one little cat. I'm pleased to have been a part of it.
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