Full Litter

We were given more cats a few weeks ago. Since we don't have a good track record with cats, it seemed a good idea to take the four kittens being offered by my cousin AH along with the mother. For good measure.

My thinking was that the kittens might stay together better and be happier if their mother was with them. Plus it is pretty wild and crazy out here and the mother might have more experience in survival in the wild. She could teach them her survival skills and how to hunt mice.

So I brought them all home in two animal carriers and locked them inside the workshop for several days. With food and water and litter box, of course. I really don't know much about cats, but I have heard that they have an internal homing device. If so, they needed their GPS reset to our workshop.

They are predominantly black. The mother has "tuxedo" coloring, along with two of the kittens. One kitten is calico. One kitten is black. We're still not sure how many males and females we might have. I should probably look.

So far, so good. A month later we still have all five! They are very lively and come running outside to greet us when they hear the Mule coming. The kittens have grown so much that it's now hard to tell which one of the three tuxedos is the mother. I'm pretty sure the mother is the one with more white down the side.

It's really hard to get good photos of them. They are constantly moving.