I haven't had a dose of 'cute' for a while, so here goes. This spring three of our female cats each had 3 kittens. But two of the mamas pawned off their kittens on one mother to feed. That poor mama cat tried for almost 3 weeks to feed 9 kittens (with 8 teats!). She finally gave up and hauled the female kittens to another spot and stayed with them, and abandoned the 5 male kittens. Funny how cats know what sex their offspring is at that age! Anyway, we hated to see the poor things starve, and I have no time for bottle feeding kittens, so we called the feline rescue organization here which is only about 10 miles away. They do great work with stray, abandoned, and abused cats. They have an agreement with another feline rescue group in the Twin Cities and some volunteer veterinarians there, and they house and place cats and offer next-to-nothing cost for spay and neuter. The lady from the local feline rescue place said these kittens would most likely become indoor cats in the Twin cities area.
Here are the 4 females that we were left with. As usual I had a hard time getting photos of the kittens as they would not cooperate and were too wiggly. But they are extremely friendly and cute!
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| Harold needs a lesson on how to hold cats! |
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| If they are all sleeping, I can take a picture of them! |
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| I try to help out Mama Cat by feeding the kittens a little milk, but they aren't sure yet whether to play in it or drink it! |
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| This is the runt of the litter and Mama helps this one out a lot. |
Well, so much for the new "helpers" here on the farm. Here's a photo of how things are progressing in the greenhouse:
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| Look at the size of things now! The bok choy on the left is almost 3 feet tall! |
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| Another view - the cherry tomato plant in the corner is almost 6 feet tall! |
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