Thursday, July 06, 2006
48 Thundering Paws
Actually it may not be 48 Thundering paws but may be closer to only 24 paws thundering around. The momma cats and the 4 smaller kittens don't thunder too loudly. But the six older kittens sound like a herd of moose running around my bedroom. The mother of the six kittens is named McKenzie and she is a black, orange and white calico. She is about as small as her kittens. She is so thin and almost didn't get sent with the kittens to foster. She had been so stressed out that she was not being nice to her kittens. Now since she has been here, she is a lot nicer to the kittens. She is working on weaning them and the kittens are eating on their own. They are mostly black and white with one white and grey tabby mix. McKenzie is calming down and has explored around the house. She is making herself home and seems to enjoy her kittens now. The other mother is a red tabby named Coral. She is still terrified but she did come to me today. She allowed me to pet her but on her terms. Have you ever heard a cat growl and purr at the same time? She did just that...she wants to be petted but is so fearful. Her kittens have accepted me and come to me when I go into the spare bedroom. They are all orange tabbies and male. I will try to get a camera to take some pics to post. My camera is still at my son's in Tennessee so I will try to get some pics up later. They are the cutest and I want to share it with my fellow bloggers.
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Those cats sound so pretty. I am so glad you have taken them to foster. Sounds like the mom cats were overwhelmed. Nature is not very nice to stray cats in general, but nature is especially unkind to female stray cats with lots of kittens to care for.
I am such a sucker for mom cats because I know how much they sacrifice to take care of their kittens. And momma dogs do too but my heart always goes to the cats. They are usually not as trusting to people they don't know and won't seek help from people like dogs can. These momma's I have were thin and the orange one, Coral, has a big fear of people. She let me pet her yesterday and I got to hand feed her. She and the other momma may end up here with me unless I can get Coral tamed to anyone else.
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