Early this morning when I had Ava in the bathroom doing the poopy thing, Ava just started screaming when the first stool appeared. It was fairly hard because unfortunately kitty formula does contain cow’s milk which leads to constipation issues in kittens.

Then I heard Marlow at the foot of the stairs answering her! I leaned out and could see Marlow and thought- “well let’s see what happens.”

I brought Ava to the screen door and set her down- grabbed a nearby towel (in case of attack of either me or Ava) and opened the door. Marlow darted down the stairs, roughly grabbed up her baby and raised up the stairs with baby in tow.

I followed and watched and Marlow brought Ava into the rest of the family and set about licking the scrud out of that kitten- probably to get rid of all the alien smells on her.

I then fetched Castaway and stood in front of the screen where Marlow was tending to the kittens. Castaway started to scream and Marlow didn’t even look up. I set the kitten on the stairs- brought my hand up to block so kitty wouldn’t tumble down and Marlow stayed put.
Well, I tried and when I woke up this morning, I checked on the family and Ava was fine nursing along with her brothers.

Not sure why this black kitty has been rejected- there has still been on poop appearing on the horizon even after using all my tricks. I will just keep going and pray for the best.

Google gets spayed today- then hopefully I can find her a loving home to go to.