Family in the back room

Over the 4 of July week I caught the mom cat and her babies. Turns out it was 4 not 3 as I first thought.

After work on Tuesday, I set out to have a tiny greeting with everyone.  Mom (Madelyn) came running over to greet me as soon as she saw me.  I picked her up and set her in my car to see what she would do.  She sniffed, she saw a cat bed and very cautiously approached it and ever so lightly rubbed her cheek on it.  When she saw I had finished opening tins -one of which I set down for her- and had picked up a car blanket she followed me to the clearing.

I had set out a trap just in case I would need one and also a carrier. Then I sat there and watched and pet Madelyn as her babies got curious. One was brave enough to come eat from the dish Madelyn was eating from so I would cautiously pet him too. After a bit the others got hungry and started eating the biscuits I had been tossing.  I watched and talked for about an hour and finally needed to go pick up ashes at the E vet in another town.  I let the trap and blanket to let mom know I would be back.

I was not planning on catching any kittens as it was getting late midnight to be precise, I had just come back to pick up the trap and talk a bit more with mom.   I then went to another side of the clearing which was a little more hidden from random people and as I was laying there the little boy came up and I caught him


The first one caught was the little boy whom I have named Captain Olwen.  Oh he was not happy! He cried and started to bite and tried sooooo very hard to be a terror until his mom came to him touched his face and started to groom him.  She watched as I set him in the carrier.  The second was a little black tortishell. When she first showed up I had thought she was a baby skunk because of the mark on her face.

As that was 1 am and I was starting to fall asleep on the hill I told Madelyn I would be back the next day.

The next day was my day off so I showed up around 7.30 and was greeted by Madelyn, she is the sweetest thing and patiently waited for me to set up my picnic area then happily started to eat.  I quickly snapped up the next kitten and had to wait for the last one to get more hungry than scared.  She kept trying to nurse and Madelyn kept running to me whenever the nursing started.
Finally at 8.30 the little Damson was taking the chicken from my hand and I had her.  Madelyn sat beside the carrier as I placed her baby in and then she let me pick her up and place her in as well.

Then a clean up of the site and finding the key I dropped we where on the way home and away from all fireworks.