Just found a cat and newborn kittens in my garden on a low bench. WWYD??

another one just wanting to say your doing an amazing job!
also wanted to mark my place to keep up with the kittys

Good luck Pinot, really hope they all make it now!

Aw they're so cute!
And very lucky to have found you

this thread is lovely! so glad those kitties found such a great foster mum!

i hope CPL continue to help you too. I adopted two FIV positive cats a few years ago and CPL cover their medical bills, which is such a help with their condition. One died at Christmas aged approx 13 and the other one is sunbathing in the lounge window. always sad they can't go out in case they infect another cat, but always grateful the CPL rehome FIV cats rather than put them to sleep.

good luck with your new kits.

Another who has been watching and would just like to agree with everyone else in saying you are doing a fantastic job. Looking forward to following the story over next few weeks!

I Want a kitten

Hello, I too have been following this saga and wanted to post to say you're doing such an amazing job. Am still hoping that the Mummy will re-surface...

I clicked on your profile and agree that the kits are scrumptious. Was also a bit bemused by the title of your favourite book 'Random acts of heroic love'. How very apt!

Hoping karma is real and you have some loveliness round the corner.

Watch out for your sofa I read a thread on here where somebody's kitten kept hiding down the back of the cushions and nearly getting sat on. Also the kitchen - make sure there are no nooks and crannies where they can get behind the units or you may have to rip the whole kitchen out to rescue them. Our cat also likes climbing in to open drawers and then jumping down the back of them - so you can't shut the drawer and you can't get her out either. She also loves the tumble drier......double checking before we put it on is now an unbreakable rule in this house!

no chance of me going anywhere.... a holiday is a distant dream with my finances

Dunno about being a guru.... generally the term used about me is 'crazy cat lady'

Awww!

I want a kitten.

If you fancy sitting in the sun with them it won't do them any harm (as long as they're warm enough) but no they don't need to.

Give it a couple of weeks and they'll be on their feet and full of beans and you'll spend all day playing 'hunt the kitten' so I'd advise leaving them to snooze as much as possible now so you don't mommy yourself out before they get going

On that note... if you have any pot plants i'd advise covering over the soil now... the little buggers will dig

What a good person you are, Pinot. They are lucky lucky kittens. People can be so heartless when it comes to kittens and cats. That mommy cat made a good choice for her kittens to be born in your garden.

Might they run off if you put outside?

They are very cute,when my children were young they also found some abandoned kittens in a box just across the road from us.we had the local paper round and they printed a pic of my kids and the kittens ,they were all found homes really quickly.Which seaside do you live by ? is it mine in Bournemouth [ eyes up one of the kittends]

As long as they're cuddled up to you I don't think it matters where they are does it? Do they need vitamin A - I suspect not. If mum was still with them she wouldn't be taking them out and applying sunscreen would she?

SSSQQUUUUUEEEEEE!!!!!!

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Lovely, really lovely. I've come over all broody now... don't tell dp but i'm glad it's coming into kitten season and there's a chance of some rescue kittens

You're doing so well Pinot, not an easy job but fair deuce for taking them on.

My grandmother's supposedly male 5 month old kitten was found in a wardrobe with 4 kittens... sadly 2 were dead, she's bitten one's tail off and the remaining one had a badly broken tail. They just don't have the instincts at such a young age . The kittens were dotes though and my parents took them in as pets for me (I was 9) and they were sweethearts.

My own dopey stray mom-cat wasn't the best mother either, judging by her size she started young too. When i first spotted her in the area she was pregnant but no kittens ever materialised and she was pregnant again very quickly so I assume she lost them all. The next litter were my shed kittens and although she made a good nest and fed them well they were filthy and infected by the time i got hold of them. She never picked them up and only did minimal cleaning. She also didn't play with them, despite being very playful herself. She does walk around the house with a toy mouse calling to her kittens now sometimes though, which bemuses them no end as they're all twice the size of her! I was there for the birth of her last litter and my god it was scary.... she damn near killed a kitten swinging it around by the umbilical and i had to stop her biting a few legs too.

My cat has also known to kill loo and kitchen rolls. Then acts all when we tell her off .

I do like the name Gus for a pussycat - Gussy, Angus when naughty... Please????????????????????????????????????????//