justginger
Ideal_Rock
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KITTENS!
My husband and I are keeping up with our animal fostering for a local rescue organization, and now that the warmer weather has kicked up in Australia, the kitten numbers are starting to swell. A man in the outer suburbs has a bit of a feral colony problem, and has been having to get toms trapped and put down (they're beyond rehabilitation). Thankfully he managed to catch two of the female mothers and their small litters. One was friendly, one was 'a bit hissy.' We went out to meet them and they were both fine. Frightened, but not aggressive. No hissing, no growling, they allowed us to pick up their kittens freely.
So......now the alternative feline family is in my laundry.
The mothers may be sisters, or it's possible one is the mother of the other. Regardless, I didn't want to split them up. The two litters of kittens move freely between them, with each mother nursing, cleaning, and reprimanding them all. They're so cute, always all curled up together. The litters are small, as is expected when they're delivered in the wild. The older litter is two, I think both males, around 4 weeks old. The younger litter is about 2 weeks old, and there are 4.
We try to come up with fairly unique names, as the adoption records can get very confusing over the years when you've rehomed 8 tabby cats all named Tiger. So we've deemed these the Q babies. Mother 1 is Quill, with her kittens Quince and Quip. Mother 2 is Quail, with her kittens Queso, Quaint, Qwerty, and Quirk.
The mothers have settled in to be purring machines, friendly and completely tame - obviously ex-pets that were tossed out/ran away/lost without ID. And the best news? They know how to use the litter box!
KITTENS!
My husband and I are keeping up with our animal fostering for a local rescue organization, and now that the warmer weather has kicked up in Australia, the kitten numbers are starting to swell. A man in the outer suburbs has a bit of a feral colony problem, and has been having to get toms trapped and put down (they're beyond rehabilitation). Thankfully he managed to catch two of the female mothers and their small litters. One was friendly, one was 'a bit hissy.' We went out to meet them and they were both fine. Frightened, but not aggressive. No hissing, no growling, they allowed us to pick up their kittens freely.
So......now the alternative feline family is in my laundry.
The mothers may be sisters, or it's possible one is the mother of the other. Regardless, I didn't want to split them up. The two litters of kittens move freely between them, with each mother nursing, cleaning, and reprimanding them all. They're so cute, always all curled up together. The litters are small, as is expected when they're delivered in the wild. The older litter is two, I think both males, around 4 weeks old. The younger litter is about 2 weeks old, and there are 4.We try to come up with fairly unique names, as the adoption records can get very confusing over the years when you've rehomed 8 tabby cats all named Tiger.
So we've deemed these the Q babies. Mother 1 is Quill, with her kittens Quince and Quip. Mother 2 is Quail, with her kittens Queso, Quaint, Qwerty, and Quirk.The mothers have settled in to be purring machines, friendly and completely tame - obviously ex-pets that were tossed out/ran away/lost without ID. And the best news? They know how to use the litter box!
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