Kittens

Remember the little black cat that followed Benjamin around all the time when we first moved here? Well she's a mama! Last night she gave birth to four little kittens, two of which were stillborn. Right now, we have two, tiny, one-day-old kittens in our kitchen and they are really adorable. Well, actually they are a little rat-like, but they will grow into their cuteness. :o)

As you can imagine, this was not exactly what we had in mind. We had fixed a very nice box up outside with a comfy blanket and lots of privacy. But last night we heard her crying outside, so we went to investigate. A big tom cat, who we are pretty sure is the daddy was on the stairs up to our porch and Biki (our cat) was down below cowering. Keith chased off the tom and we found poor Biki had already delivered one of her kittens outside -- the kitten was stillborn. She quickly ran to the box we had set up for her, but with the tom still lurking we didn't feel comfortable leaving her outside, so inside she came. Poor thing was at her wits end, but about an hour later her kittens were here!


Benjamin is of course enamored. I am sure we will have more pictures as time passes, please ask Dad to watch over these little lives, and that we would be faithful caretakers until we move.