"Excuse me, they are my fluffy jellybeans, and your attention is not required!"
LOL, that may explain her short temper...
They are precious, and many thanks for those tails!
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Wild And Wonderful Animal Rescue's Feral Cat Tails...
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They are precious, and many thanks for those tails!
What sweet little handfuls of kittens! I love following your amazing rescue work through this forum, you are making a real difference to these little ones!
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Oh my goodness you guys. What an EXHAUSTING day. I am back at work now running on two hours of sleep. We got three ferals into the feral sanctuary and let me tell you that place is GORGEOUS. I am so jealous. Lots of land with a lot of outbuildings, screened in so the new cats can acclimate. There is a little stream that goes through the property. It is beautiful. We picked up our friendly kittens, unfortunately the mom with 7 3 week olds that we were picking up lost one of the kittens so she only has 6 babies now. Probably because 7 was too many for her to feed, she is a little girl.
When we finally got home and I was settling everyone in I noticed that Mia is starting to calm down and was not hissing and spitting at me like she was this morning. So maybe tomorrow I will be able to get everyone out and switch out her bedding and clean the cage... maybe. She allowed me to get in the cage and give her a dish of KMR and some kitten food which was progress from this morning. She didn't even want me looking in lol
Tomorrow I am going to set up the new kitten cam so I can watch while I am away. I was going to today but I was just way too tired lol
When we finally got home and I was settling everyone in I noticed that Mia is starting to calm down and was not hissing and spitting at me like she was this morning. So maybe tomorrow I will be able to get everyone out and switch out her bedding and clean the cage... maybe. She allowed me to get in the cage and give her a dish of KMR and some kitten food which was progress from this morning. She didn't even want me looking in lol
Tomorrow I am going to set up the new kitten cam so I can watch while I am away. I was going to today but I was just way too tired lol
Better not out-run yourself and take care of your health and have enough sleep else you’ll loose concentration at work.
Do show us photos of this feral sanctuary if you can. We love to see it!
Do show us photos of this feral sanctuary if you can. We love to see it!
Gosh, yes, I'd love to see that sanctuary! I dream of being able to do something like that.
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Momma Mia still is not letting me reach in towards her babies. I might have to get some gloves to get their box cleaned out. I am worried because I havent been able to weigh/supplement them but they all seem to be doing great! Here are a couple of pictures I was able to get!
Yes, get gloves. I’m worried with 7 if they are all getting enough milk.
Is her bedding layered? If so, can you slide out the soiled top layer?
Is her bedding layered? If so, can you slide out the soiled top layer?
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I had layered the bedding but I am worried about just yanking off the top layer with mom and 7 babies on top.. I think I am going to get gloves, prepare another box and move them over one at a time (weighing in between) then hopefully she will move to the other box and I will just take the old one out. This sounds like a good idea in theory anyway lol.
I hope she co-operates and moves to the clean bed. The kittens are all so sweet!
I'd love to see some pictures of that sanctuary too. A stream running through it! That sounds like heaven.
I'd love to see some pictures of that sanctuary too. A stream running through it! That sounds like heaven.
I was thinking more along the lines of a slow pull rather than yanking, but moving crates is a better idea! 
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Lol I think after I took the one baby out the one day she will not let me touch anything inside of the box without lunging so I think even doing it slowly would result in my arm being shredded lol she is in protective mom mode. I am working overtime today but I have this weekend off so I am going to try to clean it out either tonight or tomorrow!
If you know anyone who rides a motorbike ask if you can borrow their gloves. Those long motorcycling gloves are really useful in times like these.
Now, there's a good idea! Or even get a piece of Plexiglas cut to fit into the crates. That shouldn't be expensive, and would allow you to see what you are doing. You might even be able to glue a drawer pull on to one side so that you could hold it with one hand and fish out kittens with the other.
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Ok so I must be lucky today! I went back and she was taking a break and over by the food bowl. Obviously she froze when I walked in so I took advantage to get into the crate and take the whole nesting box out! While I had them out of the crate I weighed them, took pictures, and cleaned out their nesting box and then finished cleaning the crate! Yay! Here are weights. Day 3.5 D tortie 163g, black 1 163, tux 1 177, black 2 169 (already has one eye open!), tux 2 164, torti 2 149, tux 3 143. All seem to be doing well for only three days and not knowing their birth weights! Will post pics in a second, in order! It looks like all but the dilute torties are male!
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Meet the kids!
I cant believe one has its eyes open already! i know sometimes it happens. But I also wonder if they were a few days over due since mom was adjusting.
I cant believe one has its eyes open already! i know sometimes it happens. But I also wonder if they were a few days over due since mom was adjusting.
Whooopieeeeee!! 
Awesome!
They're lovely! That's such a sweet little white stripe up the nose of the three tuxedo kittens.
