The Adventures of Madeline

I received the call I'd been waiting for. Kittens!

There was a barely six month old short hair grey tabby that was heavily pregnant at the shelter and I thought she'd be my first foster of the year alas the phone call changed that.

As I was heading away for the weekend it had to be organized on when to pick up the kittens and such.

Here I go getting ahead of myself again. So I'll shorten it down into sentences.

I received a call that a shelter an hour away had a mother with babies but no foster carers, I was asked if I wanted to foster them and if yes they would be transferred to the shelter I work with.

I of course, said yes.

Working transport arangements since they were an hour away worked out fine with a few hiccups. My mother was due for an appointment in that direction anyway so we were going to be in the vacinity to pick them up.

With my dad deciding to join the trip it left things a bit squished time wise but we still managed. There was a minor kerfuffle about the transfer documents but I was allowed to leave with said new charges.

Without further ado I introduce the first foster group of the 2013 season.

Madeline is the ever loving beautiful mother who is doing an exceptional job with her babies

Madeline and her babies

Her babies are quite the assortment and so far we are at a tally of three girls and one boy.

Boy Kitten - Ginger Tabby

Eyes not quite open but absolutely the biggest whiner of the lot

Girl Kitten - Grey Tabby

Eyes more open no wonder this one has itchy feet to get moving...

Girl Kitten - Dark Tortoiseshell

Eyes not very open always has to be one to take after mother

Girl Kitten - Brown Tabby with Ginger (or Torbie)

This one is going to be absolutely gorgeous and full of trouble

They are roughly a week old now as they were apparently born over Tuesday night last week. They are all over 200 grams and a few already have their eyes open.

The brown tabby is quite feisty and loves to hiss at me if I dare touch her.

The Grey tabby is the most mobile and the other two are still pretty much sleeping and eating.

I try not to handle them too much. Madeline is very tollerant of me needing to record weights but I dont want her thinking I only go in there to touch her babies. She comes over for pats and I shower her in affection.

Madeline wasnt a brilliant traveller and for awhile we thought she was going to get car sick. Thankfully not but theres a shorter car trip for her tomorrow to get a quick vet check on her family. Hopefully we might come up with some names while we're there and definite gender guesses...

I'll leave you with some cuteness. Please excuse the Dark torti's rear end she was squished on the bottom.