My first litter of spitfires this year

[Pinkbear (Julie)]

Totally forgot about this thread... bit tied up with other problems. 

They stayed with me for about 2 weeks and then were transfered to another fosterer.  I hear they did really well, 2 have been rehomed and 2 are still waiting. (See Sharon's thread in Homes Needed.  )

[Dawn F]

how are these little ones doing Julie?

[Rosella moggy]

Just beautiful Julie 

[StreetKatzRescue]

Gorgeous babes!  Sure they will be putty in your hands before too long.

[Dawn F]

they are adorable - I love a mad torti face but have a soft spot for pure blacks as well

[madkittyrescue]

aaahh the joy of the little spitfires!    they are gorgeous Julie and somehow I sense they are going to be quite the entertaining little bunch.

I see much fun and games ahead with this little lot - good luck with the Julie - am sure you'll need it

[Skully]

I love the indignant look on all their faces as if to say "How dare you photograph me! Don't you know who I am!!!  Do you not know I can burn you with my laser beam eyes. Don't push me. I'll do it!"

[Shirley]

Soooooooooo cute!   

[Janeyk]

how I miss them all swinging off my pyjamas bottoms in the morning 

  

[Liz]

Oh Julie what a band of cuties - somehow those hissy little spitfires will tame down and be proper little poppets  - I do so love the hissy ones

[littlebrambles]

Too cute for words - all just yummy. Sounds like they have come to you just in time. Have fun!!!  I've not had a litter yet this year - how I miss them all swinging off my pyjamas bottoms in the morning 

[Desley (booktigger)]

Good luck with these Julie. I have always preferred to foster adults rather than kittens, I only ever used to do one litter of kittens a year, it was quite enough for me!!

[Janeyk]

They are gorgeous! 

[Millys Mum]

They are gorgeous! Im sure you will have them tamed in no time 

[Pinkbear (Julie)]

You are right... they were very surprised to find themselves at Hotel Pinkbear upon waking for breakfast this morning. 24 hours ago they were darting around a bramble bush and eating slugs.   

They are already a little less scared and getting used to being handled but still protesting.  Give them their due, they have already used the tray and left little jobbies for mumsie.  That's a first because ferals usually try to eat the contents of the litter tray or sleep in it the first few days. 

Pretty soon they will elect a spokes-kitten who will be sent to negotiate for extra previledges. I expect we will also have an intrepid climber who needs rescuing every 5 minutes and a dumpy one who always lags behind the others and gets lost. 

Sometimes I feel a little sorry for people who don't foster kittens like these because after you've been doing it for a while you actually look forward to their little 'games'. 

[LesleyW]

I'm hoping to have a ginger one in there somewhere; I have had someone waiting for a ginger kitten for abour 8 months. 

Must admit, yours have that look of shock about them at the moment but I am sure you will literally have them eating of your hand soon.

[Pinkbear (Julie)]

Oh, it's very unusual for me to get a litter this colourful. It's normally wall to wall black kittens round here.  The last 3 litters I've had have been solid black. All except little Frankie who was unique because he had 4 white toes. It raised quite a stir! 

Fingers crossed you get some too, Lesley. I know we love the black ones all the same but it does spice things up to get some mixture in there, doesn't it. 

[LesleyW]

They are gorgeous  - I hope my pregnant mum gives me little ones that pretty - and hopefully in that ratio - I could do without a litter of black babies, though why people don't want black kittens around here is beyond me.

[Pinkbear (Julie)]

Like all the other southern rescues, we've had a very late and slow start to kitten season. 

These little tykes were trapped by Pudding yesterday. Aged 5/6 weeks we think. Mum is a farm cat living in a rural area. She was trapped too and is being spayed today.  She will be returned to the farm where she makes a modest living on the mice. Kittens came to be because I'm not impressed or intimidated with their silly little spats. 

We have 3 girls ( the torties surprise, surprise!  ) and the little black one is a boy.  They are eating just fine but are thin, packed to the neck with worms by the look of it but otherwise look very healthy.