An alley cat life is nothing of a fairy tale. I've chosen to take a playful tone, and to allude to fairy tales calling the cats "fairies with tails" and the blog "Fairy Tails", to tell you about the "happily ever after" stories and also the sad stories, then leave the sadness in a far away land and in a forgotten time...

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Dear Diary - more kitties on the way

Greta and her babies are doing great. That's a relive, because my husband just brought me another pregnant one. She is barely a kitten herself. I told you about her in this post in February 20. She is the grown kitten that I was almost able to put into a carrier but she got agitated and broke free from my arms, breaking my good winter coat too...  We had one trap with us and we prioritized to catch the small kitten Oscar, that got adopted immediately trough Org T. Then we stopped trapping as the animal help organizations adoption centers closed. They weren't and aren't even doing TNR. And my house was full of cats, I didn't want to bring in more.

But, I should have better taken her in, because now she is pregnant, and because she is like a teenager, it its a riskier birth. She also may not know how to care for the babies. So, I've left Grata and her babies out of the closet and I put Kiki in the closet.

I don't have to worry much about Greta kittens eating or not making it. But I check on them often as they  can move out of their bedding and I don't want them to get stuck somewhere and get cold. Greta looks after them, and I caught her moving them in her mouth, but she cannot handle six at a time. I cannot tell you cute they are! 

And Kiki, she is shy, but she doesn't look unhappy. I think  outdoor she was chassed by the boys, and they can be aggressive. She is resting and eating for two or more... I think she may have few more weeks to go before she's due, she is not that big.

The rest of the indoor cats are doing fine, and getting along, thanks God! 

The outdoor ones are also fine, my husbands feeds them regularly. The weather is nice, they are happy about that. 

And I'm happy too that we are out of the winter without significant losses.


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