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Weeble's Mama
Most of you know that Weeble's real mama abandoned him and one of his
sisters last August, when he was only a day old. The story that I haven't told here was that I waited about a month, and then set humane trap out for his mama & remaining 3 siblings. Mama got caught in the trap ONCE, and went berserk big time when I approached the trap (my goal was to trap her, keep her on front porch while I trapped Weeble's three siblings, let her finish raising the kittens, adopt them out & have Mama spayed & then release her back into the wild), she managed to escape the trap when I was about 2 feet away. She never approached the trap again, although I did reset it & all 3 off Weeble's siblings entered it and were on the trip-plate, it didn't go off. We did manage to catch 3 raccoons (or the same raccoon 3 times, since we just released it (and to me one raccoon looks like every other raccoon) - and it waited patiently while we opened the trap) and one opossum (and this one didn't want to leave the trap, I had to pick up the trap & shake it to get it out!). I would occasionally see Mama & the Trio (what I called them) crossing the back yard, or in the hedgerow that separates our property from the surrounding. And then she & the trio disappeared. I have never seen the trio since them, and have no idea what happened to them. Mama made an appearance again this spring, and, in the same place she had Weeble & his sibling, she had a litter of 4 kittens. I left food out for her and she continued to accept it and she & the kittens remained there for about a week. Then one morning, about 2 weeks ago, they were gone. I didn't see hide nor hair of Mama at all, until today. I was riding along on the mower, and all of a sudden there was an explosion of black & white cat darting from under a pine/fir tree (I can never tell pine from fir - it has the big soft needles), and I look, and there among some dead branches is an overturned 5 gallon bucket, and dating into the bucket is a kitten! I shut down the mower, and went to investigate while Mama high-tailed it away somewhere. There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. The kittens eyes are open and VERY blue, they have their baby teeth, but they aren't 'walking' yet, still kinda crawling a bit, almost walking. Right now they are VERY scared, though they did pee when stimulated, they wouldn't eat (their bellies are kinda big, so I'm thinking Mama had just fed them) They are all females, and I have tentatively named them Eenie (the white with brown/grey tiger spots) Meanie (the white with brown/grey tiger & orange spots - and it seems to fit her as she hisses at me a lot), Minie (or maybe Minnie - as in Mouse?) for the white & grey tiger, and Moe for the one with brown spot on her nose. Thankfully I didn't see any fleas on them, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I'm keeping them on the front porch so to keep Fat Basta-, er.... Tennessee from thinking they are food and eating them. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:00:08 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©"
yodeled: Most of you know that Weeble's real mama abandoned him and one of his sisters last August, when he was only a day old. The story that I haven't told here was that I waited about a month, and then set humane trap out for his mama & remaining 3 siblings. Mama got caught in the trap ONCE, and went berserk big time when I approached the trap (my goal was to trap her, keep her on front porch while I trapped Weeble's three siblings, let her finish raising the kittens, adopt them out & have Mama spayed & then release her back into the wild), she managed to escape the trap when I was about 2 feet away. She never approached the trap again, although I did reset it & all 3 off Weeble's siblings entered it and were on the trip-plate, it didn't go off. We did manage to catch 3 raccoons (or the same raccoon 3 times, since we just released it (and to me one raccoon looks like every other raccoon) - and it waited patiently while we opened the trap) and one opossum (and this one didn't want to leave the trap, I had to pick up the trap & shake it to get it out!). I would occasionally see Mama & the Trio (what I called them) crossing the back yard, or in the hedgerow that separates our property from the surrounding. And then she & the trio disappeared. I have never seen the trio since them, and have no idea what happened to them. Mama made an appearance again this spring, and, in the same place she had Weeble & his sibling, she had a litter of 4 kittens. I left food out for her and she continued to accept it and she & the kittens remained there for about a week. Then one morning, about 2 weeks ago, they were gone. I didn't see hide nor hair of Mama at all, until today. I was riding along on the mower, and all of a sudden there was an explosion of black & white cat darting from under a pine/fir tree (I can never tell pine from fir - it has the big soft needles), and I look, and there among some dead branches is an overturned 5 gallon bucket, and dating into the bucket is a kitten! I shut down the mower, and went to investigate while Mama high-tailed it away somewhere. There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. The kittens eyes are open and VERY blue, they have their baby teeth, but they aren't 'walking' yet, still kinda crawling a bit, almost walking. Right now they are VERY scared, though they did pee when stimulated, they wouldn't eat (their bellies are kinda big, so I'm thinking Mama had just fed them) They are all females, and I have tentatively named them Eenie (the white with brown/grey tiger spots) Meanie (the white with brown/grey tiger & orange spots - and it seems to fit her as she hisses at me a lot), Minie (or maybe Minnie - as in Mouse?) for the white & grey tiger, and Moe for the one with brown spot on her nose. Thankfully I didn't see any fleas on them, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I'm keeping them on the front porch so to keep Fat Basta-, er.... Tennessee from thinking they are food and eating them. OMG, a bunch of Weeblings! Keeping my fingers crossed for you and all of them, and hoping you can nab that Mama cat and do the right thing for her. In the meantime-- pictures of the tiny tots, maybe? Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:00:08 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©"
yodeled: Most of you know that Weeble's real mama abandoned him and one of his sisters last August, when he was only a day old. The story that I haven't told here was that I waited about a month, and then set humane trap out for his mama & remaining 3 siblings. Mama got caught in the trap ONCE, and went berserk big time when I approached the trap (my goal was to trap her, keep her on front porch while I trapped Weeble's three siblings, let her finish raising the kittens, adopt them out & have Mama spayed & then release her back into the wild), she managed to escape the trap when I was about 2 feet away. She never approached the trap again, although I did reset it & all 3 off Weeble's siblings entered it and were on the trip-plate, it didn't go off. We did manage to catch 3 raccoons (or the same raccoon 3 times, since we just released it (and to me one raccoon looks like every other raccoon) - and it waited patiently while we opened the trap) and one opossum (and this one didn't want to leave the trap, I had to pick up the trap & shake it to get it out!). I would occasionally see Mama & the Trio (what I called them) crossing the back yard, or in the hedgerow that separates our property from the surrounding. And then she & the trio disappeared. I have never seen the trio since them, and have no idea what happened to them. Mama made an appearance again this spring, and, in the same place she had Weeble & his sibling, she had a litter of 4 kittens. I left food out for her and she continued to accept it and she & the kittens remained there for about a week. Then one morning, about 2 weeks ago, they were gone. I didn't see hide nor hair of Mama at all, until today. I was riding along on the mower, and all of a sudden there was an explosion of black & white cat darting from under a pine/fir tree (I can never tell pine from fir - it has the big soft needles), and I look, and there among some dead branches is an overturned 5 gallon bucket, and dating into the bucket is a kitten! I shut down the mower, and went to investigate while Mama high-tailed it away somewhere. There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. The kittens eyes are open and VERY blue, they have their baby teeth, but they aren't 'walking' yet, still kinda crawling a bit, almost walking. Right now they are VERY scared, though they did pee when stimulated, they wouldn't eat (their bellies are kinda big, so I'm thinking Mama had just fed them) They are all females, and I have tentatively named them Eenie (the white with brown/grey tiger spots) Meanie (the white with brown/grey tiger & orange spots - and it seems to fit her as she hisses at me a lot), Minie (or maybe Minnie - as in Mouse?) for the white & grey tiger, and Moe for the one with brown spot on her nose. Thankfully I didn't see any fleas on them, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I'm keeping them on the front porch so to keep Fat Basta-, er.... Tennessee from thinking they are food and eating them. OMG, a bunch of Weeblings! Keeping my fingers crossed for you and all of them, and hoping you can nab that Mama cat and do the right thing for her. In the meantime-- pictures of the tiny tots, maybe? Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. Gorsh. I hope you can either re-unite them with Mama and get them all spayed, or be able to raise them by hand, and catch Mama. Good luck and please post piccies and keep us informed. The cats offer purrs for the kits' well being. Pam, Rob, and the NC seven |
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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. Gorsh. I hope you can either re-unite them with Mama and get them all spayed, or be able to raise them by hand, and catch Mama. Good luck and please post piccies and keep us informed. The cats offer purrs for the kits' well being. Pam, Rob, and the NC seven |
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As requested, piccies added. Major KF warnings!
http://community.webshots.com/album/143920530zyHZCK or http://tinyurl.com/2vu2s -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message news:cR8qc.14845$gr.1304919@attbi_s52... Most of you know that Weeble's real mama abandoned him and one of his sisters last August, when he was only a day old. The story that I haven't told here was that I waited about a month, and then set humane trap out for his mama & remaining 3 siblings. Mama got caught in the trap ONCE, and went berserk big time when I approached the trap (my goal was to trap her, keep her on front porch while I trapped Weeble's three siblings, let her finish raising the kittens, adopt them out & have Mama spayed & then release her back into the wild), she managed to escape the trap when I was about 2 feet away. She never approached the trap again, although I did reset it & all 3 off Weeble's siblings entered it and were on the trip-plate, it didn't go off. We did manage to catch 3 raccoons (or the same raccoon 3 times, since we just released it (and to me one raccoon looks like every other raccoon) - and it waited patiently while we opened the trap) and one opossum (and this one didn't want to leave the trap, I had to pick up the trap & shake it to get it out!). I would occasionally see Mama & the Trio (what I called them) crossing the back yard, or in the hedgerow that separates our property from the surrounding. And then she & the trio disappeared. I have never seen the trio since them, and have no idea what happened to them. Mama made an appearance again this spring, and, in the same place she had Weeble & his sibling, she had a litter of 4 kittens. I left food out for her and she continued to accept it and she & the kittens remained there for about a week. Then one morning, about 2 weeks ago, they were gone. I didn't see hide nor hair of Mama at all, until today. I was riding along on the mower, and all of a sudden there was an explosion of black & white cat darting from under a pine/fir tree (I can never tell pine from fir - it has the big soft needles), and I look, and there among some dead branches is an overturned 5 gallon bucket, and dating into the bucket is a kitten! I shut down the mower, and went to investigate while Mama high-tailed it away somewhere. There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. The kittens eyes are open and VERY blue, they have their baby teeth, but they aren't 'walking' yet, still kinda crawling a bit, almost walking. Right now they are VERY scared, though they did pee when stimulated, they wouldn't eat (their bellies are kinda big, so I'm thinking Mama had just fed them) They are all females, and I have tentatively named them Eenie (the white with brown/grey tiger spots) Meanie (the white with brown/grey tiger & orange spots - and it seems to fit her as she hisses at me a lot), Minie (or maybe Minnie - as in Mouse?) for the white & grey tiger, and Moe for the one with brown spot on her nose. Thankfully I didn't see any fleas on them, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I'm keeping them on the front porch so to keep Fat Basta-, er.... Tennessee from thinking they are food and eating them. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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I'm not gonna hold my breath that we can even catch Mama - and even if we
do, I'm doubtful if she will accept her brood back. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Tanada" wrote in message link.net... Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. Gorsh. I hope you can either re-unite them with Mama and get them all spayed, or be able to raise them by hand, and catch Mama. Good luck and please post piccies and keep us informed. The cats offer purrs for the kits' well being. Pam, Rob, and the NC seven |
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As requested, piccies added. Major KF warnings!
http://community.webshots.com/album/143920530zyHZCK or http://tinyurl.com/2vu2s -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message news:cR8qc.14845$gr.1304919@attbi_s52... Most of you know that Weeble's real mama abandoned him and one of his sisters last August, when he was only a day old. The story that I haven't told here was that I waited about a month, and then set humane trap out for his mama & remaining 3 siblings. Mama got caught in the trap ONCE, and went berserk big time when I approached the trap (my goal was to trap her, keep her on front porch while I trapped Weeble's three siblings, let her finish raising the kittens, adopt them out & have Mama spayed & then release her back into the wild), she managed to escape the trap when I was about 2 feet away. She never approached the trap again, although I did reset it & all 3 off Weeble's siblings entered it and were on the trip-plate, it didn't go off. We did manage to catch 3 raccoons (or the same raccoon 3 times, since we just released it (and to me one raccoon looks like every other raccoon) - and it waited patiently while we opened the trap) and one opossum (and this one didn't want to leave the trap, I had to pick up the trap & shake it to get it out!). I would occasionally see Mama & the Trio (what I called them) crossing the back yard, or in the hedgerow that separates our property from the surrounding. And then she & the trio disappeared. I have never seen the trio since them, and have no idea what happened to them. Mama made an appearance again this spring, and, in the same place she had Weeble & his sibling, she had a litter of 4 kittens. I left food out for her and she continued to accept it and she & the kittens remained there for about a week. Then one morning, about 2 weeks ago, they were gone. I didn't see hide nor hair of Mama at all, until today. I was riding along on the mower, and all of a sudden there was an explosion of black & white cat darting from under a pine/fir tree (I can never tell pine from fir - it has the big soft needles), and I look, and there among some dead branches is an overturned 5 gallon bucket, and dating into the bucket is a kitten! I shut down the mower, and went to investigate while Mama high-tailed it away somewhere. There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. The kittens eyes are open and VERY blue, they have their baby teeth, but they aren't 'walking' yet, still kinda crawling a bit, almost walking. Right now they are VERY scared, though they did pee when stimulated, they wouldn't eat (their bellies are kinda big, so I'm thinking Mama had just fed them) They are all females, and I have tentatively named them Eenie (the white with brown/grey tiger spots) Meanie (the white with brown/grey tiger & orange spots - and it seems to fit her as she hisses at me a lot), Minie (or maybe Minnie - as in Mouse?) for the white & grey tiger, and Moe for the one with brown spot on her nose. Thankfully I didn't see any fleas on them, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I'm keeping them on the front porch so to keep Fat Basta-, er.... Tennessee from thinking they are food and eating them. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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I'm not gonna hold my breath that we can even catch Mama - and even if we
do, I'm doubtful if she will accept her brood back. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Tanada" wrote in message link.net... Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. Gorsh. I hope you can either re-unite them with Mama and get them all spayed, or be able to raise them by hand, and catch Mama. Good luck and please post piccies and keep us informed. The cats offer purrs for the kits' well being. Pam, Rob, and the NC seven |
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For those of you that are interested, I never did finish mowing as by the
time I got back from the stores it was raining, and now there is a full blown thunder storm going on. I got soaked just putting the mower back in the garage! -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message news:cR8qc.14845$gr.1304919@attbi_s52... Most of you know that Weeble's real mama abandoned him and one of his sisters last August, when he was only a day old. The story that I haven't told here was that I waited about a month, and then set humane trap out for his mama & remaining 3 siblings. Mama got caught in the trap ONCE, and went berserk big time when I approached the trap (my goal was to trap her, keep her on front porch while I trapped Weeble's three siblings, let her finish raising the kittens, adopt them out & have Mama spayed & then release her back into the wild), she managed to escape the trap when I was about 2 feet away. She never approached the trap again, although I did reset it & all 3 off Weeble's siblings entered it and were on the trip-plate, it didn't go off. We did manage to catch 3 raccoons (or the same raccoon 3 times, since we just released it (and to me one raccoon looks like every other raccoon) - and it waited patiently while we opened the trap) and one opossum (and this one didn't want to leave the trap, I had to pick up the trap & shake it to get it out!). I would occasionally see Mama & the Trio (what I called them) crossing the back yard, or in the hedgerow that separates our property from the surrounding. And then she & the trio disappeared. I have never seen the trio since them, and have no idea what happened to them. Mama made an appearance again this spring, and, in the same place she had Weeble & his sibling, she had a litter of 4 kittens. I left food out for her and she continued to accept it and she & the kittens remained there for about a week. Then one morning, about 2 weeks ago, they were gone. I didn't see hide nor hair of Mama at all, until today. I was riding along on the mower, and all of a sudden there was an explosion of black & white cat darting from under a pine/fir tree (I can never tell pine from fir - it has the big soft needles), and I look, and there among some dead branches is an overturned 5 gallon bucket, and dating into the bucket is a kitten! I shut down the mower, and went to investigate while Mama high-tailed it away somewhere. There are 4 kittens, one tuxedo-like except that the parts that would be black are grey tiger, one white with even less grey tiger & a brown spot on it's nose, one white with a few brown/grey tiger blotches & a few orange splotches, and one white with a few brown/grey tiger spots. Fearing that since I startled Mama away that she will abandon them (like she did Weeble), I gathered them into my (oversized) T-shirt and found a box (full of yet-to-be-used Foster & Smith goodies) and a scrap of rug & put them on the front porch., ran to the pet store & got some KMR & some new nipples for the bottle I used on Weeble last year, the grocery store for some unscented plain cheap tissues with which to wipe kitten bottoms with until they are litter trained, and thinking ahead I got some jars of baby food just in case. The kittens eyes are open and VERY blue, they have their baby teeth, but they aren't 'walking' yet, still kinda crawling a bit, almost walking. Right now they are VERY scared, though they did pee when stimulated, they wouldn't eat (their bellies are kinda big, so I'm thinking Mama had just fed them) They are all females, and I have tentatively named them Eenie (the white with brown/grey tiger spots) Meanie (the white with brown/grey tiger & orange spots - and it seems to fit her as she hisses at me a lot), Minie (or maybe Minnie - as in Mouse?) for the white & grey tiger, and Moe for the one with brown spot on her nose. Thankfully I didn't see any fleas on them, but I'm not going to hold my breath. I'm keeping them on the front porch so to keep Fat Basta-, er.... Tennessee from thinking they are food and eating them. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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