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herding cats

(19,612 posts)
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 07:46 PM Jul 2023

Pic of my kittens and their mommy tonight.



It's dinner time and they weren't holding still. Lol! I've been able to pet them, but still haven't held them. Their mommy is super tame (as I said before, she's super tame and sweet.)

They come running to me when I call and get within inches of me. They play with toys with me now (thanks for all the videos!!) and I truly think we're bonding now!

We're making progress. ❤️

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Pic of my kittens and their mommy tonight. (Original Post) herding cats Jul 2023 OP
So sweet! Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #1
It's been my pleasure. herding cats Jul 2023 #6
😻 Deuxcents Jul 2023 #2
squeeeeee. Those precious little faces! I LOVE the tongue sticking out! niyad Jul 2023 #3
Action photos. Lol! herding cats Jul 2023 #7
Perfect timing! niyad Jul 2023 #19
Beautiful kitties! zuul Jul 2023 #4
They really are, aren't they? herding cats Jul 2023 #8
Lucky Kitties & you, Cat!💙 Cha Jul 2023 #5
Thanks, Cha! herding cats Jul 2023 #9
Might as well face it.. Cha Jul 2023 #10
I'm gonna have to add on if this keeps happening. herding cats Jul 2023 #11
Like herding cats? Cha Jul 2023 #12
It was a prophetic choice! herding cats Jul 2023 #14
These were my previous 3. herding cats Jul 2023 #13
3 instead of 2 is the big jump. After that, it's just... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #18
A year ago March I had 2. herding cats Jul 2023 #21
We were down to 2 for about 3 years, and I missed having... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #22
Oh! How I love Siamese! herding cats Jul 2023 #24
There's something, for me anyway, extra-captivating about blue-eyed cats. 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #25
Gorgeous !!! Karadeniz Jul 2023 #15
Thank you! herding cats Jul 2023 #17
The momma's coat is exquisite. 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #16
Before I knew there were kittens, I swooned at her beauty. herding cats Jul 2023 #20
Awww! Such pretty cats - and of course the kittens are adorable! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2023 #23
A blep & a mlem! tblue37 Jul 2023 #26

herding cats

(19,612 posts)
6. It's been my pleasure.
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 08:23 PM
Jul 2023

We've survived the heat dome and they're doing ok so far!

Now off to the vet soon for 2 spays (mom and Misty (the grey one) and one neuter of Midnight, the black sassy boy. ❤️

herding cats

(19,612 posts)
8. They really are, aren't they?
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 08:29 PM
Jul 2023

Not a hint of any other colors in either of them. A rock solid black and grey kitty. Not common at all among the strays around here. They're all tabby's of one variety or another.

I'm not sure if they're locals or if someone dumped them here. I had that happen a year ago with another kitty who ended up being pregnant with 3 kittens. I found homes for 2 but 2 of them now live here in my home with my other pets. There's so many unwanted kitties here it's desperately hard to find good homes for them. Even when I do the spay/neuter and vaccinations before giving them away.

herding cats

(19,612 posts)
9. Thanks, Cha!
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 08:40 PM
Jul 2023

This is the second time in 2 years I've had kittens manifest.

Last year a sweet stray showed up here and I took her in trying to find her owners. She wasn't chipped, not a single reply to all my online attempts to reunite her with her family.

About 2 months later we had 3 kittens. 😂

herding cats

(19,612 posts)
11. I'm gonna have to add on if this keeps happening.
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 08:57 PM
Jul 2023

Currently I have 3 indoors (I found homes for 2 of Daisy's kittens last year) and these 3 outdoors.

If I can't find homes for them I'll just move them in, too. Which may become a bit challenging soon.

3catwoman3

(25,440 posts)
18. 3 instead of 2 is the big jump. After that, it's just...
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 09:16 PM
Jul 2023

…”Hey, what’s one more? Why not?”

My husband might not agree. We have 4 right now, and have had 5. I know there are DUers who have several more than that.

herding cats

(19,612 posts)
21. A year ago March I had 2.
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 09:30 PM
Jul 2023

Then by late June I had 6. (Another dumped mommy and her 3 kittens she birthed in my bed. Lol)

Then I found homes for 2. Our total was 4.

Sadly my elderly sweetest boy caught cancer and passed late last summer. Which brought us to 3.

Now there's these 3 little sweeties. So, six it is as soon as I can get them all inside.

My poor husband. My heart goes out to him. 6 seems to be our magic number.



3catwoman3

(25,440 posts)
22. We were down to 2 for about 3 years, and I missed having...
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 09:44 PM
Jul 2023

…blue-eyed cats, so I finally got brave enough to tell my husband that this situation needed to be remedied. After some brief obligatory husbandly grumbling, he agreed, and at the end of January, we adopted and brother-sister pair of Siamese kittens.

It was fascinating to watch the little female. She took to my husband immediately, and would want him to pick her up and snuggle her, would purr for him instantly, and she’d seek him out around the house.

He was a goner within 24 hours. She knew who she had to charm.

herding cats

(19,612 posts)
24. Oh! How I love Siamese!
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 10:07 PM
Jul 2023

My oldest now, a veritable baby by my standards, a 5 year old female Siamese rescue.

My previous Siamese, my most precious, sweetest baby boy caught pancreatic cancer in mid 2017. He was hands down my closest companion and we shared a deep love unlike most of the other bonds I have shared with my pets. And, I'm a weird, love them like family person. He was just super special. That once in a lifetime companion.

A few days before his one year anniversary of going over the rainbow bridge a friend reached out to me about a 6 week old Siamese kitten rescue from a breeder. Her mother had died due to complications during birth and she was one of the surviving kittens. She'd been being bottle fed, but the breeder (very unscrupulous person!!) wanted out from underneath the responsibility of tending her and her 2 other surviving siblings. The other two had found homes but she was left because she was missexed as a male. I didn't care since I wasn't going to breed the kitty and just wanted to rescue the poor thing. Also, I preferred male kitties personalities once neutered. Win-win.

I bottle raised "him" loved him and we became deeply bonded. My sweetest little "man" I called him. Only to take them into the vet at 10 weeks to learn he was a she! Lol!

She's now my sweetheart of a girl, and I love her dearly. ❤️

Siamese are a truly special breed of cat.

3catwoman3

(25,440 posts)
25. There's something, for me anyway, extra-captivating about blue-eyed cats.
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 10:12 PM
Jul 2023

We’d had 3 before this charming pair, 2 ragdoll mixes, and 1 lynx point. I could stare at their eyes for hours.

With those blue eyes, it’s almost like there is a little fellow human in there staring out at you. That may sound weird, but I can’t think of any other way to describe it.

herding cats

(19,612 posts)
17. Thank you!
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 09:15 PM
Jul 2023

I won't lie, they're pretty full of themselves. They're just starting to do that grooming thing where if you pet them after they've washed a spot, they look all indignant and have to rewash it to get your cooties off.

I'm thinking they're going to be just fine if I can find them a loving home. They're pretty much kittening like I'd expect except for running when I try to pick them up.

It's a small thing and we're working on it.

herding cats

(19,612 posts)
20. Before I knew there were kittens, I swooned at her beauty.
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 09:22 PM
Jul 2023

Check out her toes, if you can zoom in on the pic. Seriously, her feet are so beautiful. They have the most lovely markings I've ever seen.

She looks like she's barely a few generations from being a wildcat. I know she's not, but her markings make you think it possible!

It's so sad someone didn't take care of her properly. She's so beautiful, loving and nearly killed herself trying to keep her babies alive in the wild. It was heartbreaking.

Rhiannon12866

(222,146 posts)
23. Awww! Such pretty cats - and of course the kittens are adorable!
Sat Jul 22, 2023, 09:59 PM
Jul 2023

Thank you so much for sharing them - and their progress - with us!

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