Kittens With Tortie Mom

A little over three weeks have passed since I snatched the three tortie kits from Dad's backyard. On 9/15/07 they weighed about 2 pounds seven ounces each and received their first FVRCP shots.

On Sunday (9/16/07), I brought each of the kits, one at a time, out to the garage where the mom cat, Mandy, was caged after recovering from spay surgery. She immediately started trilling and making the call of a mom cat when she saw her babies. She just melted and seemed so happy! After returning her kits to the house (to romp and play), Mandy was so affectionate and let me pet and rub her all over. She even reached out with her paw and touched me on the nose as if to say "Thank you for taking care of my babies!"

Yesterday, I put all three kittens in the cage with her for a few minutes. She was again very happy to see them, all together, even though the kits weren't much interested in her.

(Mom cat, Mandy, is in the back of the cage while her kits wander, uninterested in her)

(We're outta here, Mom, time to go play some more!)