It should have been a giveaway -- among my vox neighbors today were the posts "A great day for cuteness" and a post of the song "Lovecats" by the Cure.
Oh, she went early! Can I change my bet? No I'm happy to pay up. What a calm Mama. You've made her feel secure.
Thanks for posting the photo and the vid. Post more, of course. Close
ups of the kittenz so we can hear the meeps.
Can we place bets on names? Kilimanjaro (for the biggest one), Masai
(for the bravest one), Nairobi (for the first born?), Mombasa (for a
girl-or a black one-, Ladysmith Black Mombasa), Swahili (for the one that talks the most). Have FUN!
Sadly, we were all at work & school. Mama was all finished long before we got home. Everything seemed normal this morning before I left, though; Kenya was lounging as usual, plenty of food & water, clean litterbox, etc. and no "nesting" behavior evident. Then, S'PRISE!!
T., you are simply giggling with delight. And Jaye: 'finding the spigot'???
What a beautiful family - all warm, furry, content and safe. We require more videos, yes, but I think something more is needed - possible a novel, maybe "Five Little Kitters And How They Grew"? I'm sure Margaret Sidney wouldn't mind.
This is the bestest way for me to wrap up my day! Started off crappy, had a great time at the benefit, and now this!!! Congratulations to the kitty family and the Teho Family!
Pyrit, the resident cats haven't been allowed any contact. Part of the fostering contract is that the foster creatures are kept in their own room. And we'd be keeping a tom, even a neutered one, well away from new kittens not of his breeding in any case...
I just looked in on the little family. Kenya looks *so* pleased with herself, and the bebehs are a warm, sleepy little pile cuddled up next to her belly fur. Awwwww, what a sight to start the day.
Yo, Teho - because I'm a great beeg geek, I played around with the bets yesterday (entered 'em into a spreadsheet and made pie charts 'n' everything!). Anyway, I can give you the answer to who won:
Shanchan bet that 5 kitters would arrive on March 30th.
Well, on the drive to school this morning, Schmoop Teen 1 suggested we name the little wanderer (who couldn't find the milk) after the explorer who kept going the wrong direction. We couldn't remember his name, though.
Schmoop Teen 2, the budding Egyptologist, liked Cairo.
I'm inclined to wait a little while before naming 'em, because sometimes I like the "gender-specific" names, and right now I can't tell the boy kittens from the girl kittens. (I'm pretty sure now that Kenya's female, though.)
Jaye -- re: "Cairo" -- for which kitten? And I want to name the tortie... which leaves one more kitten for somebody to name... hmm... I wonder who that should be...
Hi Jaye! Yes, well and good. Sensible precautions must be taken to keep
baby kittens safe. I had got to wondering if Bounce was jealous,
curious, clingy, aloof, etc.
As for the names. I love names. Names fascinate me. Yay for the name game.
Cairo is cool. Misguided explorer? Umm, Yukon Cornelius? Congrats Shanchan!
[this is great!] Yay!! See, I told you Kenya would be considerate enough to give you the whole weekend to adore her baby-kins! :)
(I have been absolutely swamped at work, finally all caught up, so I'm just now getting to join in the fun!)
Although I would love to have the chance to name one, I hestitate to do that since I won't be able to see them in action! :) That said, I've always wanted to name a girl cat Koushka (Russian for cat, I believe) and a black (girl or boy) cat Gigi, after the cat in "Kiki's Delivery Service." But you are under no obligation to use those!
I'm off to make my donation, can't wait for more videos!
Well yes, I'll certainly post more video, so you won't totally miss out on the Kitten Action. Koushka and Gigi are good names (and teh Schmooplets would approve of the Miyazaki reference).
I like Pyrit's names, altho all the ideas so far are good.
Teho, you know the odds are extremely high that the tortie (tortietortietortie!) is a girl too. I shall inform HRT that another of her sort has arrived to rule the world.
With a tortie and a cream, looks like Kenya fell for a marmie tom, and mebbe a black one for the others.
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KITTENS!
Oh, boy!!
My sympathies.
I wuz wondering about that one in the middle, if'n it was white or had a touch of butterscotch -- well, cream is a very light orange, right?
I am not kidding. My heart hurts. Wait, it could be my ovaries. No, they are in a jar at the hospital...it's my heart.
Oh oh oh oh oh
5 little luvmushes to pwn the Catcave!
What a calm Mama. You've made her feel secure. Thanks for posting the photo and the vid. Post more, of course. Close ups of the kittenz so we can hear the meeps.
Can we place bets on names? Kilimanjaro (for the biggest one), Masai (for the bravest one), Nairobi (for the first born?), Mombasa (for a girl-or a black one-, Ladysmith Black Mombasa), Swahili (for the one that talks the most).
Have FUN!
ooooh, the little squeeeeebabies!!! Congrats to Kenya & Teho & fambly! little squeebebehs, little squeebebehs...
I'm just a puddle of squee now!
[this is swell]
T., you are simply giggling with delight. And Jaye: 'finding the spigot'???
What a beautiful family - all warm, furry, content and safe. We require more videos, yes, but I think something more is needed - possible a novel, maybe "Five Little Kitters And How They Grew"? I'm sure Margaret Sidney wouldn't mind.
This is just lovely.
And such a proud and sneaky momcat.
I just looked in on the little family. Kenya looks *so* pleased with herself, and the bebehs are a warm, sleepy little pile cuddled up next to her belly fur. Awwwww, what a sight to start the day.
Congrats to you all and the lucky potential owners of the kittens.
Ooooh, what a pile of cuties!!! And so colourful too!!! YAY and congrats to Kenya, teh Schmoops and you!!!!
Yo, Teho - because I'm a great beeg geek, I played around with the bets yesterday (entered 'em into a spreadsheet and made pie charts 'n' everything!). Anyway, I can give you the answer to who won:
Shanchan bet that 5 kitters would arrive on March 30th.
I <3 kitters!
Way to go, Kenya!
I like the creamy one, too! Oh hell, what am I saying? I love them all! Am looking forward to more pics!
;)
I'm 3rding pyrit's suggestions, so it's official, right? :)
Schmoop Teen 2, the budding Egyptologist, liked Cairo.
And I voted for Reykjavik for the white one.
Clearly a family conference is called for.
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan?
Capt. Peter "Wrong Way" Peachfuzz?
Wrongway Feldman?
Jaye -- re: "Cairo" -- for which kitten? And I want to name the tortie... which leaves one more kitten for somebody to name... hmm... I wonder who that should be...
Because of the kittens.
They thought I was *very* weird.
*I was young and stupid, and thought you waited until cats were physically mature to neuter them. Ha.
As for the names. I love names. Names fascinate me. Yay for the name game.
Cairo is cool. Misguided explorer? Umm, Yukon Cornelius?
Congrats Shanchan!
[this is great!] Yay!! See, I told you Kenya would be considerate enough to give you the whole weekend to adore her baby-kins! :)
(I have been absolutely swamped at work, finally all caught up, so I'm just now getting to join in the fun!)
Although I would love to have the chance to name one, I hestitate to do that since I won't be able to see them in action! :) That said, I've always wanted to name a girl cat Koushka (Russian for cat, I believe) and a black (girl or boy) cat Gigi, after the cat in "Kiki's Delivery Service." But you are under no obligation to use those!
I'm off to make my donation, can't wait for more videos!
Also, you've got Vox mail. ;)
Teho, you know the odds are extremely high that the tortie (tortietortietortie!) is a girl too. I shall inform HRT that another of her sort has arrived to rule the world.
With a tortie and a cream, looks like Kenya fell for a marmie tom, and mebbe a black one for the others.
KITTENS!
but I'm a bit concerned about "Cairo". has SchmoopTeen2 considered that Cairo may grow up to resemble this namesake?
I like the name Cairo! After the geographical reference, I thought of this one.