26 May 04

Cuatro Gatitos

Our adventures in kitty fosterhood went well today. John our landlord graciously took the mother cat still in the have-a-heart trap to the vet to be spayed; he likes the idea of having a cat around to deal with the rodents (who indeed get plentiful at times. There’s a crop of corn growing now which will shelter lots of rats.) Pica caught another of the kittens this morning, and it turned out there were two kittens, not one, in the trap. So all four kittens were accounted for and came to spend the afternoon and evening in the kitty nursery a.k.a. our bathroom. It looks like the kittens are about five weeks old.

gatitos.jpgWe have lots of thanks for people. Virginia for kindly hosting the kittens over the weekend while we go birding around the Salton Sea; John for the trip to the vet with the mother; and Deanna, Sue, Carrie and other coworkers of Pica’s for providing lots of veterinary advice.

In the fine tradition of cat blogging (alas one of its finest practitioners , Kevin Drum, in February gave up the practice to move on to loftier blogging digs), here’s a photo of the two orange kitties.

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  1. Early morning report: Kitties ate furiously and well, mushing their faces and chests into the mix while they held on with little front paws. I cleaned each little baby off with the green washcloth and each burped, like babies should. Enjoy your weekend! We’re going to have fun around here.

    — virginia    27. May 2004, 05:00    Link
  2. Oh they are cute. You can tell it must have been quite a preoccupying episode by the Oscars-like list of credits!

    — Coup de Vent    29. May 2004, 01:41    Link
  3. I hope these kitties find good homes. Glad the mother cat is getting a job with your landlord – I hope she’s better at catching rodents than our moggie who is too lazy.

    — Jenny    30. May 2004, 12:51    Link
  4. What beautiful babies!

    Hope you toast each other for kindness in action.
    It took a lot of effort to corral the cats and prevent a population explosion.

    Will you post on the Salton Sea birding trip? Denny and I have that on our distant birding travel radar.

    — Kathleen    30. May 2004, 17:37    Link
  5. Hey! A person who cares for birds AND cats. Thanks for getting those kids out of the wild and fixing their mom. That pretty much nips it in the bud. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens with them.

    If you have a feeder, and mom proves to be addicted to birds, we put a circle of fencing around our feeder that can be moved for mowing. It’s about 3.5 feet high. That and trimming up the branches on nearby shrubs pretty much solved the bird hunting problem when the local barn cat decided goldfinches and rose-breasted grosbeaks were more fun than voles.

    What hefty gorgeous kittens. I’m sure they are making you laugh.



    — Catlin Walker    2. June 2004, 04:24    Link
  6. me encantaron las fotos de gatitos bebes y me encantaria tener unos asi aunque tengo uno y lo amo pero ya es grande y no le gusta tanto que lo acaricien como cuando estaba bebe mi amiga faviana tambien tiene uno que se llama angel y es blanquito y es muy chiquitito y muy tierno y tiene una cintita roja para que no lo ojeen ella se lo encontro botado en cambio el mio yo lo fui a buscar a una casa para que me lo regalaran y desde entonces ya no me pude separar mas de el el es blanco con negro y es muy dormilon y le gusta dormir con migo en la cama y es muy calentito y alorosito por que le hecho talco todos los diaz

    — faviana teresa    3. April 2005, 10:30    Link
  7. estos gatitos que muestran son re lindos los adoro cuidenlos mucho

    — melina    23. April 2005, 08:43    Link
  8. gatitos tus favoritos
    — Marcelita    10. January 2006, 15:27    Link
  9. ES MUY BAKAN ESTA PAGINA Y Q LINDOS LOS GATITOS
    — SILVANITA    8. March 2006, 08:32    Link
  10. Estan muy bonitas sus fotos de gatitos!!
    — Mónica    9. March 2006, 14:07    Link
  11. holasssssssssss
    — miriam    28. March 2006, 11:59    Link
  12. son ecantadores y rompecorazones
    bellezas
    — Amira    21. July 2006, 15:13    Link
  13. QUE BELLEZAS QUIEN NO SE RESISTA A ESAS PAR DE HERMOSURAS
    — Amira    21. July 2006, 15:15    Link

  14. hola pues yo tengo gatitas siameces pero el problemaes que la mama es brava y le gruñe a la otra gatita que es la cachorrita que es muy cariñosa pero la mama la esta haciendo brava quiero saber si alguin me puede ayudar


    — narcedalia    5. April 2007, 18:39    Link

  15. hay son tan lindos , wueno me encantaron kisses


    — jacky    8. September 2007, 22:02    Link

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