I have mused in the past about the cat/man divide and how I prefer to maintain this boundary. Again, it is nothing personal, it is just the chemical warfare that reeks havoc with my sinuses and eyes and lungs that is cats. But again, whatever I want or need is of no matter to cats. If our feline overlords decide that they like you, then like you they will and you will like it (say that like Colonel Klink)!
For some time, a black and white spotted cat and a grey and white tiger striped cat decided they liked us. Or at least our yard.
Shortly thereafter, one very early morning, before the sun came up, I stepped outside my front door and -- zoom! zoom! zoom! -- three tiny exact copy cats of these two big cats ran right over my feet!
Kittens.
Oh boy.
Kittens.
We have kittens. Strike that: As I just explained, we don't have kittens. Kittens have us.
Fortunately, the kittens also have Mama Cat watching them. She is doing a fine job, too. But kittens!?
Thank you, Internet, for giving me a few tips on the situation. We are offering them bits of food and we sit as close as we can, so that the cats will hopefully become socialized. I hope they will become trusting enough to let us touch them, so that at least we can get them spayed or neutered. Best case scenario, someone will be willing to take them in. For now, they seem pretty young still and they are probably best staying by Mama Cat. Dad Cat is actually not such a deadbeat and shows up once in awhile, too. I hope he's not just being a Tom Cat. I don't need more copy cats.
Anyway, here I'll let the kittens work their cuteness voodoo on you, too...
This one I call Braveheart, because she has the most courage.
This one we call Meow Zedong, because he's kind of a dictator, bossing his sisters about.
And this one. This one is so shy and stays back and lets her brother and sister do all the exploring. We just call her Grey One or PC2 (Pretty Cat, Too).
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Yup, cute alright! When we moved into our old house, we called our back yard Cat Fancy as there were so many feral cats, up to 30 at one time. We named them all and even "rescued" one of the kittens and raised it. It finally had to go due to his bi-polar nature and attacking baby Stella. Eventually the city responded to our pleas and cleaned up the place. It was crazy for a couple of years though.
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