Friday, September 13, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Kitten update
Updating the kitten status. I didn't realize it I left things hanging so long.
After the first three disappeared, I started taking the last two into the house in the evening whether Calleigh was around or not. She was a decent mother kittie, but obviously had trouble defending against whatever grabbed those kittens.
For about a week, that went fine. Then one day I was a little late collecting the kittens. It was about dusk when I went down to the utility room. The black & white kitten was already in there playing. When I went out the back door, the orange kitten was lying dead a few feet from the back door. Something had grabbed him around the chest/throat, and scraped most of the hair off of his chest, probably when he tried to fight free. Still have no idea what it was doing this.
At that point, I grabbed that last kitten, and relocated him to the spare bedroom. He's still there, though he seems to be wanting outside just a little bit recently. Calleigh will come into the house and spent the night with him most evenings. Once everyone is a bit bigger and stronger, I'll think about letting little Squeek outside again.
So something got four of Calleigh's five kittens.
Sorry to have to bring such bad news, but I thought you would want to know.
After the first three disappeared, I started taking the last two into the house in the evening whether Calleigh was around or not. She was a decent mother kittie, but obviously had trouble defending against whatever grabbed those kittens.
For about a week, that went fine. Then one day I was a little late collecting the kittens. It was about dusk when I went down to the utility room. The black & white kitten was already in there playing. When I went out the back door, the orange kitten was lying dead a few feet from the back door. Something had grabbed him around the chest/throat, and scraped most of the hair off of his chest, probably when he tried to fight free. Still have no idea what it was doing this.
At that point, I grabbed that last kitten, and relocated him to the spare bedroom. He's still there, though he seems to be wanting outside just a little bit recently. Calleigh will come into the house and spent the night with him most evenings. Once everyone is a bit bigger and stronger, I'll think about letting little Squeek outside again.
So something got four of Calleigh's five kittens.
Sorry to have to bring such bad news, but I thought you would want to know.
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