a kitten tale

in mid-september 2011, a very sweet, very pregnant little black cat showed up on our back porch. all the local shelters were full and no one would take her, so we kept her. she gave birth to seven kittens (3 boys, 4 girls) on 2011.09.11. this tumblr is mainly just a way for me to keep a record of their growth, while we foster them for the next 8 weeks, but for anyone who stumbles upon this, welcome and enjoy!

Mama’s first day home after the surgery, in her fancy new “Elizabethan Collar” :) Although Mama likes to wear it as a skirt…

I don’t know if I’ll keep updating this once all the kittens are gone, but Mama and our two big boys will still be here, so we’ll see.

My apologies for disappearing! But we’ve been busy busy sending the kittens off to their forever homes! Up top is Otter and Tiger going off to their new home (where they are now called Mina and Sir Digby). Turtle and Opposum were next (now Piper and Prue), and Jagger went off with her new Mommy just a few hours ago. We miss them all terribly, but we are very happy that they all found good, loving homes.

We are down to two kittens now, just Bengal and Mouse, and the picture above is the one going on their “Kittens for Sale!” poster. Again, anyone in the Portland OR area who might see this, drop a note in my Ask box if you’re interested :)

Coming up after I post this: some pictures of kittens from the last couple weeks, and of Mama after her hernia repair surgery - we found out only a little while ago that she had a congenital condition that caused her liver to form around her heart, so she had to have surgery to get it repaired. But she’s feeling much better now, super hungry and super playful! She was also spayed at the same time so all she has to do for the rest of her life is be adored :)

A video for the prospective kitten-parents I know are following the tumblr :) There are also a bunch more uploaded to the YouTube account if you open it in YouTube and check out the kittentale channel!

A video, featuring Otter playing with Mama and an Opossum cameo at the end! Plus, weights: Mouse 1.57lbs, Bengal 1.67, Tiger 1.69, Opossum 1.36, Turtle 1.44, Jagger 1.47, Otter 1.51

It’s going to be so hard to give these kittens away…;_;

We weighed everyone again today! Otter: 1.38lbs, Mouse: 1.37lbs, Turtle: 1.29lbs, Jagger: 1.32lbs, Bengal: 1.51lbs, Opossum: 1.25lbs, Tiger: 1.47lbs

Just one more pound to go before they reach adoption weight!