I just got back from picking up a new family. They were born early this morning in the pouring  rain on a porch at a local trailer park. I have named the young mom Avis in honor of my best friend who recently passed away. The kittens are not yet named. Avis is quite young and so far she isn’t paying much attention to her new family, but I think in a few hours when she settles- it will be fine. For now, I am supplementing her babies with kitty glop every two hours. I am grateful the woman did not just leave the mom and babies outside and she brought them in out of the cold even though she says she only loves dogs. I am not sure, but Avis is quite fat so she might still have a kitten or two inside. They were covered in fleas which have all been dealt with- but now officially, it is Mother’s Day here and kitten season is well underway-

On that note, just received a lovely mother day’s gift in the form of an email. here it is

Hi! 

I just wanted to write to you and let you know that your website saved a minutes old baby kitty.

Last Friday, our cat surprisingly gave birth early in the morning. (We thought we had more time.)

She gave birth to her first in the cold bathtub. Imagine my sons surprise when he yelled out to me. He thought it was dead and it wasn’t moving for at least 2 minutes. So, sadly I started to take a towel and slowly begin to think of the rough task at hand of removing the wet and cold kitten. (He was COLD). All of a sudden, my son screams again HE MOVED… Now As I am running, I grab the phone, Google, and your website comes up. I only saw … There is still time… Blow dry the kitten on low, not his face. Keeping it warm is paramount. 

Those words saved his life. I blew him dry an held him until mom came back. She smelled him  and sort of shunned him for 10 minutes, but I kept reintroducing him. She had her second and I was with her as she ate the placenta. Once I took the second, we had a box ready for them and I put both in. She looked at the first as if he were alien. I kept reintroducing him. She didn’t feed him for a while. She had her third and I made sure he was in the mix. She cleaned the second and third and I introduced the first to her nipple. It took a bit of time and I stayed with her. About an hour later, she was feeding all of them. The first kitten has bounced back clutching at that nipple for dear life. 

I guess that mom was shocked the first survived. I know I was. She is a patient and good mom. 

Thanks to your website www.kitten-rescue.com , the litter mates are enjoying their new lives together.

Maria