These newcomers are so in need of a lactating mom, that I decided to take a chance and post on Craigslist that I was looking for a nursing mom. I didn’t think anyone would respond, and I was surprised (and saddened) to find out the opposite was true. I got dozens of emails almost immediately with people either begging me to take their queen and her kittens or saying I could borrow their queen for as long as I needed.

I have a lactating queen upstairs right now- but there is a problem. She is so young, and she is depleted from her own 4 kittens that only two nipples are giving milk. Her kittens were born on Father’s Day and so they are just still weeks old. I did put the weakest on her for a few minutes- but I know better than to ask her to take on more kitties. Her owner is going away for a while and asked me to keep her while she was gone as she couldn’t find a competent kitty sitter.

If someone contacts me and says their queen has lost her kittens and still has milk, I will try that route. But otherwise, I suspect if I accept another “family” I might not have a visiting queen and kittens, but ones that will be staying whether I want them to or not!