And then there were... five?

I'm finally getting around to posting something on this blog again! The reason being (or at least partly so)... a lot of cats!

A week ago Tuesday we were merrily taking our evening Pack Walk and we came upon these little two week (best guess!) old kittens, abandoned in a jerry can along the side of the road. Being such little tykes we knew they wouldn't survive for long left there and gullibly bundled them up and brought them home. I'm quite sure that the whole thing was planned and just knew that everyone we passed was snickering at the dumb suckers who fell for the "abandoned kittens" trick! We basically take the same Pack Walk every day so if anyone wants to dump tiny little creatures in hopes of gullible people stumbling across them, they know the time and the place to do so!

They were so tiny that I really didn't think that they would all survive, especially since our search around Entebbe at 7:30pm that night didn't yield any goat milk like we'd hoped. I syringed some watered down plain yogurt down them that night, and then one of my friends in Congo told me about easy to make kitty glop. I googled it and wow, what a life saver! Amazingly, one and a half weeks later the kitties are not only all alive, but thriving!!

We've been feeding them on evaporated milk mixed with water, a little bit of plain yogurt, egg yolks and a touch of veggie oil to keep things moving :) An eye drop bottle made the PERFECT kitten bottle, too!

As you can see, there are three little calico's - so three girls! We plan to keep one and give the other two away. Imagine the lines that will form in hopes of getting one of these bottle fed kittens!! ;)

Madea would have been an amazing mother! But, just looking at her, you can obviously see why she was spayed (and no, the same rule doesn't apply to humans! I'm not spayed ;). She'd practiced mothering her Kong and now she's doing a GREAT job mothering these baby kittens!
She gets a little more feedback from the kittens than she ever did from her Kong :)


I also learned from the Internet that young kittens can't stimulate their own poop and pee. Their mothers do that for them. When their mother is not around then someone has to do it and thankfully Madea happily and diligently took up the job! This may sound gross but it sure has made my life a LOT easier. No rubbing kitty butts with cotton or cleaning up their poop for me!

Madea also kind of wanted to nurse the kittens but well...

She was a little too ticklish!! Yikes!!!!

One little, two little, three little kitties

The dogs have been great with the kittens - even Billy is fairly gentle with them. It's Ella who we've had to be worried about, due to her enthusiasm and big feet. She gets so excited that at first I thought she was going to start juggling them or accidentally step or sit on them!

Bottoms up, little one!

One is a 'dilute' calico

Ranger, Frankie, and a kitty

"All I need is my Kong and my kitty. That's all I need!"

The Cat Kids

Mama time. Inter species adoption seems to work for Madea!

She's still loyal to her Kong though. You can see it still laying beside her :)

Now we've also learned that kitties need a soft, warm, comfortable place to sleep. Billy's tummy will do!

Sanyu's view of cats is the same as mine. Sometimes you just HAVE to get away from them!

Ms Dave had to inspect the kitties too. She was really not all that impressed.

Little Billy LOVES kitties!!!

Frankie sort of loves the kitties. I think he would love the kitties more if his mom wasn't so preoccupied with them!

Our big kitties, Rowdy and RODEO, are good friends

You may be asking, "Rodeo? I thought her name was Jeanne?!" And it was, until I discovered little balls on "Jeanne!" Ella quickly changed his name to Rodeo :)

Indeed, God surely does have a sense of humor. For you see, I am a dog person. Like, a raving dog person. As I've gotten older I've found that cats actually sort of creep me out. They slither! And I don't like slithery things. Snakes are slithery.

And now, here I go to work in the morning, with my computer in one hand and my crate full of CATS in another. Oh yes, I take them to work with me. There I sit with my office mate, Richard, with a basin or crate full of kittens. No, I've NEVER pretended to be cool and YES, everyone knows I'm weird anyways! So it's not really any big surprise to anyone. And it's not the first time I've taken a cat to work with me, either. I used to take my kitten Cody with me too. Only he came stuffed in a backpack riding on my boda!

So yes, for the moment we have FIVE cats. Ha ha!! But it won't be for long. I plan on getting them spayed just as soon as I can and finding two of them homes! Three cats are okay - five are not!