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

[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?

[layne67.livejournal.com]

*purrs*

( on their behalves )

:D

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

Umm, several weeks already. They have been furry and all. :D

[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

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

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

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

[ckll.livejournal.com]

KittyJared :D
It's more playful

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I think kitty!Jared must be the one on the extreme right. He has uhm, kitty!Jensen under him ;DD

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Second from right, I mean. They're all so tangled up that I can't make them out :)

[ckll.livejournal.com]

ALWAYS :D

[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.

[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!

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

*nods* That's what Mother Cats do; moving her kids around. Just like our cat. Sometimes she out her kids in under our roof, above the ceiling. Not exactly the attic, 'cause we don't have one.

They'd be the death of Dean, having three little Sammys to look after.

I'd love to watch SPN with three Sammys! :))

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Dean would go NUTS!!!

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

And I'd love too watch that also. *grins*

[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]

Me, too! Dean going nuts would be so much fun to watch!!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

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