Cats, cats, cats

Hi sweet kitty friends. FairyDragonfly, love those whiskers!! So sweet! Mommyof2, I've heard those words before. Your words have helped me not to focus on negativity any more. Thank you very much.

This weekend, the kittens are coming in the house, to their own bedroom for a little while, and the trap will be set for tuxie Porkchop (Porky), their mother. She is smart and sweet, and a good mother and, hopefully, will be able to get her spay and then can stay in our garage for 2 weeks while she recuperates. I know she will miss her babies, but we must do this to prevent her from having more kittens. Her boyfriend, Mister, stray tabby, AKA The Traveler, has a neuter appointment Friday morning, and he'd better make an appearance!

Thank you for listening to my problems and I apologize for coming here, but I appreciate all your kindness, thank you. I hope to share some photos sometime of little kittens that are up for adoption, ones that will sit for the camera, it may take a little while, and a few chicken breasts and cans of tuna. Please keep sharing your sweet kitties, they sure make me smile! Love and hugs to you today and every day!!

I love this video of how this kitty was transformed:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/dymj2g/amazing_and_adorable_stray_cat_transformation/

I had yesterday afternoon off ( it was supposed to be my infusion day, but my LVEF is too low for HP right now). Went home to look for kittens. Momma was nowhere to be found. I walked around the brush pile and called her - nowhere. I carried one kitten at a time into a bedroom in the house - still nowhere. My husband called, and here she came, walking up, looking for her little ones. There was no way I could bring them back, they were under dressers and the bed, all in hiding.

I put our carrier out back with a piece of chicken in it and sat in a chair, talking to her, telling her what a good momma she is. I went out front with the wheelbarrow and got the kennel our friend loaned us, put a nice piece of chicken in the bowl of food and waited. (she had eaten the chicken in the carrier while I was gone) She circled around it 3-4 times, an hour or two went by, and I was just on the verge of giving up, going back in the house, when she decided to make one more try. I did have a trap, but no idea how to set it up, the kennel I could figure out.

I will pick her up in about an hour from the vet, she was spayed this morning. No more babies! PTL. She will stay in the garage 10-14 days. My husband moved the car out and put down some cardboard, we are going to let her run free in the garage. She liked my lawnchair, so I will set it up, with a blanket or bed, and I hope to feed her some delicious things so she will forgive me for steatling away her family and tricking her into a cage. I hope she can lead a better life.

Thank you, Santabarbarian, I am going to do that. I will keep her in the cage a few days, she has the blanket now, we put it on when we left the house last night. I don't know if I can put food and water in there, but I will try!

I wondered about showing her the babies. One of my coworkers mentioned that too. I can't let them loose in the garage, but I could maybe put them in a box or something, if I can catch them all, they are still sad about the loss of their mom, and hiding. Thank you very much!!

You would want to put them in a smaller cage or take them in one at a time so they don't get away from you.

The way to befriend babies is to stay w them in a small room, kind of ignore them, and let them come to you. Even sleeping in the same room...

Long ago I adopted a feral... and the first time she got close was when I was asleep: I woke up just as she was creeping across the bed and settling in the crook of my leg!

Oh great job Missouri!! Momma cat will thank you once she realizes the favor you did her.

Great job Missouri!

Awesome Missouri!

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Swooning over that kitty!

It's a great knack of cats to enjoy the royal present despite what's gone before. She looks completely content. I'm a little envious of her before the fireplace. We have one but don't use it, because every time the weather makes us want a fire there's a burn ban. We finally just gave up.