DDay

What a clever cat she is. She's done it all by herself, and needed no help whatsoever.
At lunchtime, she was so friendly, rollin on my lap and wanting a lot of fuss. But she wasn't eating that much, and was up and down, checking in the corners, going into her box.
I worked in the afternoon (I work from home), and checked on her later. She had produced two kittens, so I sat quietly in the room, just there in case she needed anyting. She had ignored my wonderful box, that took me two hours to make, and had given birth in the hooded litter tray.
She suddenly ran out of the pen, came up and miaowed loudly at me with her paw on my leg, then ran back in. So I went to peep in and she rolled over to show me three kittens. An hour or two later and there were more. I couldn't see how many and didn't want to disturb her. Later I found there were six.
She was very good, no mess, no trouble, and settled down to feed them.
I had a couple of those tiny tins of rather posh cat food saved for her, and gave her those, which she loved. Then she settled down for the night.

Melody is Restless

She has been quite restless today. I had to go out this evening and was a little worried in case she had them whilst I was out. However she is still eating well, and they usually go off their food a bit before they have them.
When I came home, she was fine, and happy to see me. I've made her a kittening bed with newspaper and soft bedding, and a top over it so she can be safe in their. She keeps going in and scratching at the newspaper, so hopefully she will be happy in their.
She is in a pen and I let her out when I'm around, and she goes in at night, to keep her safe.
I don't think it will be long now.

Melody

Melody is a lovely and friendly cat. Considering she doesn't know me, she is very trusting. She has been sitting on my knee and purring loudly. She is eating well. We've put her a hooded tray in, as she wasn't too sure about an open one. She has used this fine. She is very pretty, with a tiny face and long white whiskers. We are going to enjoy having her here.
I've sprayed Feliway around the house, to help my cats cope with having a stranger moving in.

Melody Moves In

We took in a pregnant cat today. She had come in to be spayed, but we found she was pregnant, so she has come to me whilst she has her babies. She is a lovely little thing, quite small apart from her large belly.

She has settled into a pen in the sitting room. We didn't know her name, but as she sang sweetly all the way home, we have called her Melody.

We let them out of the pen yesterday and they were just delighted. After carefully sniffing around and checking out the room, they then started running and playing. They had such a great time. A kind neighbour has given me a play tunnel which they just love, and they've been hiding in it and popping out to surprise each other. After 4 hours non stop fun, they finally flopped into a heap, asleep.

Today, Bailey, my big cat, came in to make friends with them. They had rather freaked him out yesterday when he came into say hello and they set up a chorus of growling, which made him change his mind about being friendly and back himself out of the room. Today he had a better reception and they have all been rubbing up against him.

There is one pair who play a lot together, so it would be best if they can be homed together. Then there is one who is more on her own. She is very sweet, and she is the one who comes up wanting a cuddle first. I've fallen in love with her and will find it very hard to let her go.

The pair are a boy and girl, and they play constantly with each other, rolling over and play fighting. They are very funny to watch, one invents a new game and the other joins in straight away. The boy is very friendly and the girl more timid. She is coming round quickly though, and came to sit by me today. At the moment she is less happy to be stroked than he is. She was very intrigued by the computer and sat on the keyboard to help.

Its all gone quiet now as they are all asleep in a pile. I'd best get a cup of tea before they wake up again.

Ginger Kittens

Well they've arrived. Apparently the mother turned up in someone's outbuilding, and then produced four kittens. The people have been looking after them ever since. Only 3 have come here as they have decided to keep the mother and one kitten.

They look to be between 8 and 10 weeks old. One is a little more timid than the rest, but they are all very playful. They've just had a totally mad hour, playing with all the toys and leaping around the pen. They are all using the litter tray, and eating and drinking.

We wormed them yesterday, which often makes them loose for a day or two. Oh lovely.

It looks like we have two girls and one boy. One is all ginger, and the others are ginger with white paws and tummy. They are very sweet.

I'll keep them in the pen for a day or so. This will make sure they use the litter tray. Also, as one is quite shy, if I let them out now, she would just disappear behind the sofa and it would be very difficult to get her friendly and used to being stroked. In the pen, I can get in with them, so they get used to being close to a person.