Four cuties all in a row.

[layne67]

Found these near the toilet at my office the other day.



It was midday, and their mummy was nowhere in sight. They were so quiet, too, none of the mewlings you'd expect from kitties left by their mum. Or are kitties normally like that? I don't have much experience with cats myself. Maybe their mummy just went off for a while, maybe to get food? And maybe they have been well-fed, that's why they were so quiet.

They were still there in the evening when I finished work. They were more restless then, walking around, and two of them came to me, rubbing themselves against my legs. The mother was still not around. I was thinking that I have to find people to adopt them or something if they were still around the next morning, but they were gone by then.

Do cats usually do that, leave their kitties and went off to do whatever?

/is curious to know.

Comments

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

oh my gosh they're so cute!!!

I hope the mother moved them or that people took them to homes!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

It was like they appeared by magic, one moment they were not there, the next they were! Hee, Frodo, Merry, Sam and Pippin :D

[leelust.livejournal.com]

They're so cute! I don't know much about cats but usually they sleepy and quiet when they fed well so maybe their mom's around. *iz hoping*

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Want to give them Russian names, Lee? :)

[theartoffic.livejournal.com]

oh so cute! *scritches them* :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

*purrs*

( on their behalves )

:D

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Owwwwwwwwww, my poor babies!! :( Oh, they're hungry and their mom is not around. Aduuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh!!!

But I hope the mom has returned then.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I hope so. They can't just went off on their own, can they? They were so small? How old do you think were?

[ckll.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness. I wish i had one

[layne67.livejournal.com]

*grins*

Well, if they came back, I'd fed-ex one to you. Which one do you want? Kitty!Jared or Jensen or Sam or Dean?

[montmorency.livejournal.com]

Their mom may have been off hunting for food. It sounds like she found them later, which is good. Feral mama cats will leave the babies to hunt, and often they will move the babies around from place to place so they stay safe. The kittens learn to be somewhat quiet for the sake of safety.

There are feral cat colonies in cities all over the U.S., and often what people do is to catch them, have them neutered, and re-release them into their old territory. That way they can continue to live and to be with the cats they know, but they won't reproduce any longer. Because a lot of feral cats (and dogs) don't have the best lives, scrounging for food and sometimes getting killed by wildlife.

Our local animal shelter will take in feral kittens if their mother is dead or gone, and usually they can become quite domesticated and find good owners. If I could, I would adopt a few dozen orphan kitties, but my current two cats would not approve.

<3

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Feral meaning "stray" I take it? I've always thought feral means savage :)

I've heard that the healthiest and most well-fed stray cats in the world live in Rome. My friend Mely who lives there sent me photos of the cats at the coliseum and they even put the domesticated ones in my country to shame!

My sister-in-law is like you. At one time she had almost twenty cats living in her house, now she has only two.

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

Ooooooohhhhhhhhh......kitties! Cute kitties! Photogenic kitties!

Do you have any plan to bring them home? :))

[layne67.livejournal.com]

They're gone now, Dian. They were there only that one day. I guess the mother had taken them somewhere else.

Hee, I guess the mother went hunting that day, leaving the eldest in charge of his three siblings. Eeeps, imagine John and Mary having 4 kids instead of 2! They'd be the death of Dean, having three little Sammys to look after. One is bad enough!

[illyria-novia.livejournal.com]

Aiiii...kitty-pile. They're pretty grown, more than a week old, I'd say, ears unfolded and all that, so maybe the mummy just went out to grab a bite or something and leave the kiddies on their own. Awwww, they're so cuuuuutttteee... *goes into wibbling mode*

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Ahh, and the mummy had the good sense to leave her kids at a safe place. Ahem ;)

[arabia764.livejournal.com]

I hope mum came back for them, such cuties!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

All four were gone the next morning. I hope it was the mum who took them. It'd be awful if they were eaten by predators or something.

Btw, have you seen this vid (http://community.livejournal.com/vidding/1588730.html)? It's gorgeous, do download it if you had the time.

[willoweese.livejournal.com]

Oh my. They are so adorable :)

I'm not certain about mother kitties, but those little ones look reasonably healthy to me, so I'd think they are probably being looked after...

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Yes, they did look healthy and reasonably clean. I remember being quite surprised at that, because the stray cats here are usually scrawny.

Their mum did a good job of licking them clean!

[lbilover.livejournal.com]

Gosh, they are totally adorable. I suspect mom was just gone hunting and came back later for them.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Hobbit Kitty-pile!!!

:D

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

What pretty markings they have. Sounds like their mama left them there while she went hunting, then came back for them.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

It's amazing that the kitties knew to stay put. And they were behaving themselves too!

:D

[daisychains1957]

Awwwww, such lovely kittens - I do hope their mother took them away or some animal welfare place took them to safety!!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I hope so, too. And I hope the mum would leave them here again soon while she goes to work. My office, the kitties' nursery!

[mochness.livejournal.com]

So cute ^_^

*Looks around for her cat, finds her getting ready for another nap*

Bleh, she sleeps like there's no tomorrow -_- =P

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Hee! How's Toffee, sweetie? Did you bring her along to Vancouver Toronto?

[lisabellex.livejournal.com]

They're adorable! And back safe and sound with their mother now.

:)

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I hope so, too. I wonder where they are now. And I hope they'll drop by again soon :DD

[melyanna-65.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

They're so cute!! What a lovely sight! I'd have started squeeing like crazy if I found them, kittens are the most adorable creatures ever!!

I hope they're safe with their mother somewhere right now!

*purrs and hugs*

[layne67.livejournal.com]

You were among the LJ-friends that I thought of when first saw the kittens! I remember thinking Mely and Shinta and Julia and Monty ( among others ) are going to love these.

:D