To tell the truth the mother full of milk had been brought in Thursday and it took until Friday to round up the kittens. Needless to say they haven't had much human contact. This time instead of being barely two weeks old this lot are four weeks old and actually resemble little kittens.
I set up the cage this morning then drove out to the shelter not knowing what color these guys were or how feral they actually are.
Mother is a beautiful dilute calico - please correct me if this is wrong, I still mix up tortoiseshell and calico's.
I'm not sure if she actually has a name yet or not but a volunteer suggested Marley so until I get another name off her paperwork that's what she'll be called.
Marley wasn't outright affectionate but she did head butt my hand and accept pats without fuss. She was however placing herself in front of her kittens that were huddled against the back wall.
One by one I got to meet the pathetic little hissing bundles of fluff. Three of the four kittens are fluffy the other is not. The first, a girl is a similar dilute calico as her mother with pale orange and grey. It seems she might be the first one to come out of her shell but time will tell.
The second - assuming by gender check - is a grey and white boy. He's possibly the biggest of the bunch but that could just be floof.
The third - also assuming - a light ginger and white boy. He seems to be one of the smaller ones and much more shy. To the point when he was placed in the cage at home that he wiggled behind the bed and into the corner effectively making himself stuck upside down.
Lastly is a tortoiseshell female short hair. I'm not sure if she'll grow to medium hair or not but she's much less fluffy than the other walking cotton balls. She also hides in the corner with the orange and white boy.
Names at the present haven't been decided, one because I'm not certain of their genders - except for the tortoiseshell ones since its extremely rare to have male ones due to gene things, I've been told. Another reason is I'm drawing blanks and haven't found names that fit or know if they came in with names.
Suggestions would be appreciated, even if they don't get used I'm sure I'll store them for future reference.
At the present I dont have individual photos because they think I'm a monster and I dont really want to make them even more scared of me by grabbing them and putting a flashy thing in front of their faces.
Here's a few pictures of the little rascals.
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| Mother with little scaredy kittens |
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| Pretty girl and pretty boy, other two hiding in that back corner |
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| Zoomed out to give a rough idea of their size |
oh they are darn adorable!! good age too, once they start exploring, you won't be nearly as off putting as you are now, especially if you come with food and toys.. :)
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