The Humane Society has been hit with the second big wave of kitten season here. Twelve bottle baby litters and several moms and babies were surrendered in the last ten days.
Well, the Foster coordinator called and begged us to take a litter of five bottle babies a couple days ago. I thought I'd record their progress here, and, of course, post the obligatory seven billion pictures.
The story is that a female cat was found deceased four days before the kittens were located. They were apparently hypothermic and dehydrated when they got dropped off. Still, I don't believe they were alone for four days. I don't think they would have survived (unless there were two queens around maybe?).
There are three boys (one black with a stumpy tail and two black and white), and two girls (one black smoke and one black and white). I'll post pics later today when the light gets better.
From my estimation they're about 2 1/2 weeks old. Eyes and ears open, crawling (sorta), but still sleepy most of the time. They're latching pretty well to the bottle, so I can't complain there.
Well, the Foster coordinator called and begged us to take a litter of five bottle babies a couple days ago. I thought I'd record their progress here, and, of course, post the obligatory seven billion pictures.
The story is that a female cat was found deceased four days before the kittens were located. They were apparently hypothermic and dehydrated when they got dropped off. Still, I don't believe they were alone for four days. I don't think they would have survived (unless there were two queens around maybe?).
There are three boys (one black with a stumpy tail and two black and white), and two girls (one black smoke and one black and white). I'll post pics later today when the light gets better.
From my estimation they're about 2 1/2 weeks old. Eyes and ears open, crawling (sorta), but still sleepy most of the time. They're latching pretty well to the bottle, so I can't complain there.