Boy, do I feel stupid! I thought MacArthur was such a good idea! No wonder--Hissy already chose it--Well, back to the drawing board. I think Conners and McEnroe would be a great pair! I wish I had that tuxedo kitten--now let's see, the air fare would be.....
Congrats on the new babies, Hissy!!!!! Good thoughts going up for them!!! *HUGS* I have new babies, too! 9 total....5 from one mama and 4 from the other...we have alot of cats that just "come by" once in awhile, and sometimes they decide to stay for awhile...especially when they are pregnant, and need a place that is very close to food...
That is a lot of kittens! My friend trapped Caspia and her brood earlier today so I don't have that extra worry about her now. I wanted to get her someplace warm out of the extreme cold weather we are having right now that we shouldn't be having!
Here's to all the baby kittens surviving, no matter where they are!
Lorie they are tiny. Kenzie is not even a year old and I was just grateful she was able to bring three into the world without losing them. She is to young to have been mated with, but she is also an exemplarary mom and she had the babies in a small enough space that they are completely protected. I have a pet heating pad under them at night and I check on them all the time to be sure the babies are okay. So far, so good. But that is why they are so tiny, she was mated way to young.
I'm so glad Caspia and her babies are somewhere snug and warm. Somehow, when I think of a stray, I either think of the kittens people kept dropping off here, or a big, tough old tom cat. It's almost too much to think of mother cats snuggling around their newborns, trying to keep them warm.
By the way, Hissy, on the news the last few days in Western PA a story has been featured about a woman whose barn caught fire. She went through the flames to rescue her horse. The firemen got her out and into the hospital; they could not save the horse. The woman had been burned, of course, but today she was released from the hospital. I thought about you.
How we love our animals! Our house burned about 16 years ago. The dog and one cat were outside, one went right through a closed basement window, and one was overcome by smoke. The firemen resuscitated her. I was so touched and so grateful for that act of kindness. That was Checkers, who hated me! I've talked about her many times. She's in kitty heaven.