Incredible Mother

Well these new kittens with their step-in-mother aren't going to be as straight forward as I had originally hoped...not that they would ever really be straight forward anyway.

I had figured if mother and bubs were fit and healthy and going strong I'd only have to keep an eye on their weights to make sure mother was supplying enough milk and keep food up to the mum while keeping her room clean.

Hah...

Went to pick them up from the shelter today where they had their vet check up. Not great news. All kittens eyes which are at around the opening stage are gunky so I'll be having to bathe them and a few of them are snotty so it wont be long before they're all snotty and gunky...fun

There is 4 kittens here

Mother coughs like she's trying to bring up a hairball and is some ointment to see if that helps but she will also probably end up catching or developing symptoms of what the kittens have due to the close quarters with them.

Any who their story is quite incredible no matter the outcome. The mother came in separate to the kittens her own six week old - or thereabouts. Her kittens had been given away or something as they didn't come in with her. She still had milk.

Not sure how long between but someone found the dumped four little teeny tiny day old kittens somewhere. By off chance the shelter staff thinking they were hers offered them to her. The mother cat accepted them and therefore gave them a fighting chance.

Zoomed out take up so little space on the big bed

When all this was going on I was still saddled with the sneezing Trio and wasn't able to take on more kittens, especially not ones that young. Another staff member took them with her and looked after them for the week to week and a half but wasn't set up for long term fostering.

And that's where I stepped in.

The days and weeks to come will decide whether these tiny little kittens are strong enough for this world or if they succumb to their illness' but I will try everything I can to give them the best care no matter what outcome.

The mother is called Asher

Asher looking for pats

The kittens don't really have a name right now beyond The Midgets. They were named after Kath & Kim names but since I'm not sure if they have been gender checked and don't particularly love referring to a snotty  nosed kitten with my own name I've decided against personalized names for now.

Will try and keep the events updated but it might be a short while between posts. Pictures of kittens sleeping with gunky eyes can only be posted so often...

Fingers crossed these little guys fight :)