Abandoned 1 week old kitten being taken in by foster cat

[SentientCushion]

Hey everyone,

So I've had a couple of threads about my foster cat who has just had five babies, they are three weeks old today and are all doing really well and Mam has gone back to her chilled out cuddly self. So this afternoon we got a call saying that a one week old kitten had been found abandoned and could we see if our foster cat would accept it.
The answer is yes she will, she sniffed it and licked it straight away and then let it feed off her. It's still early days but it now has the best chance of survival.

And of course, here is a pic

I actually can't tell yet because they are all black so by the time I've counted they've all squirmed around and I can't tell if I've counted someone twice lol. I think it's 3 girls 3 boys. I think.

This brought a tear to my eye. What a fabulous cat!

What a lovely cat family you all are!

Op I love your foster cat ❤

She's our first one but we love it. We're going to turn our spare room into a kittie nursery.

Gobbolino, or Gobby, for the one that makes the most noise, male
Panther
Night
Star
Spats, for one with white paws
Moon
Luna, Latin for moon
Selene ( sell any) or Selena , Greek for moon
Hecate, for a mischievous girl, queen of witches

This has really made me smile after a crap day
Beautiful kitties.

We've decided to name them after the stark children in Game of Thrones with the new arrival being Jon.

I love mum's expression when they're all feeding!

OP that has really made my day. You must be so proud of your foster girl.

What a brilluant idea! Got kitties!!

She is good to take on a 6th. She must be eating loads.

She is! She's eating 2 full bowls of dry food and 7 felix pouches a day!

Aah that's great.

I've got a mum and six 5 week old kittens coming to me tomorrow for foster. All Black! Name suggestions welcome!

They all match! maybe she thinks number 6 is one of her that's just shrunk a bit and she's like 'eh? whats happened here?'

pumpkin Of course, we will need lots of pictures to help inspire name suggestions!

This thread has made my day. So lovely

Oh pumkin how lovely!! You'll have to post pictures here.

She's feeding in shifts bless her.

I wish she had a kittie mumsnet that she could vent on.

Thank you for sharing all the lovely pics. She's doing a great job. I think she likes being a mummy. Are you getting any sleep?

I'm not doing the hard work, she's doing it all so I'm fine. It was stressful at the start but I'm in the swing of it now.

We've just heard that they've found the Mam of the little kitten, it's im a factory with his siblings but they can't get to it because where they are would mean disrupting whatever they do at the factory so the cats protection are going to get it on Friday when the factory closes for the weekend.

Oh - they're lovely!

Pumpkin

Unisex Names
Midnight
Satin
Hero
Sparta

Girls
Ava
Lois
Perdita/ Purdey
Florence
Opal
Winnie
Nellie (from a storybook my DD had - lovely little story)
Bardot
Ingrid
Leah

Boys
Omar (I love this for an all-black boy)
Rommel
Otto
Tosca
Hagar
Ivan
Korky
Morris
Bartok

9er, yes - I do spend my entire life thinking of names for any extra dogs/cats which might land up on my doorstep. How did you guess? Are you a MAGICIAN?)

Some more piccies.

I'm not even a cat person but these photos are bringing a tear to my eye. Well done to you ( and her ) for the great work you are doing. Every pet deserves a family like yours.