My resident Queen Slut mama cat just brought her litter (approx. 5 wks old) out into the sunshine for the first time today. I tried all week to trap her ass (she’s starting to wean), and she just turned up a lip at me and strolled on by.

The kittens are all fat and furry and gorgeous, but I haven’t been able to get close enough to snap a picture yet — she knows exactly what I’m up to, and she is very not amused.

Got 2 ferals from The Myrtles done, also got a lovely new round of “cat-scratch fever” rash from the very “tame” “Miss Sissy” who turned out to be a neutered male “MISTER Sissy” and decided after the rabies shot and the buzz-cut on his crotch (couldn’t ascertain if he/she had been fixed yet or not) that he hated my guts, popped a blood vessel in my arm and raked me a few good times. Yay.

There’s a gorgeous little black boy teenaged cat recovering from his anaesthesia hangover in a carrier in the back of my truck, and in the morning he goes back to the town recycling center. Sweet little fella. Was aiming for that calico hussy, but she is still too slick for me. Any tips on herding/corralling ornery mama cats, Bryan? These hussies are the bane of my existence. It’s one thing to get the sperm donors, it’s a whole other world to get the wombs-on-legs.

Yes, Anya got color and I got gray scale. Oh, these kitten will be domesticated, but their mother doesn’t tolerate much contact until they are mobile with their eyes open. In a month she will be ready to be rid of them and start weening. Ringo was a feral kitten who decided she liked people and cars. I brought her inside because she wouldn’t stay away from engine blocks or driveways.

Yes, Hipparchia, some cats don’t like other cats and pushing it is not a good idea.

the resident dog would welcome the addition of a kitten to the household, but the resident cat is also the resident curmudgeon and most decidedly would not. when the kittens were living here, he alternated between resigned and grumpy.