Some may remember last year when one stormy night I invited a stray cat inside - and she had kittens.We had her neutered,and the 2 males we kept.When my daughter moved back to Auckland a couple of months ago she took the mother with her - she is enjoying having an interesting backyard to herself,and with no competition has turned into friendly domestic moggy.
However,the neighbourhood is littered with her previous litters.The female from 2 years ago has had a male B/W and a fluffy tortiseshell....I tried to pick her up a few weeks ago and nearly lost a finger,not doing that again! The female from 3 or 4 years ago had a pure white (never seen it again) a B/W that looks so like our Andy that we call it The Clone,and two fluffy smoky greys with blue eyes,only one around now.You can see why the old mother cat felt a bit flustered with all the rellies hanging around.
Tonight I saw one of my cats in the backyard and went out to play with him....and the fluffy tortiseshell shot out of the grass near by.....but he stayed sniffing under the tramp.
It looked like there was a hedgehog there,but when I got closer saw it was a 3 week old kitten.A little tortiseshell.....her grey and white brother is dead under the hedge.....She is too young to lap,and will have to be fed with a dropper for a little while.My elder daughter turned up half an hour later,and I pulled the kitten from behind my back....

She does voluntary work for the SPCA,so the little one will be well cared for,although her own cat,who she saved as a runt,won't be too pleased.
Harden the fuck up Motu!!!!
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