Frank
Was out watering the pots and spotted a tiny head amongst them, a little tabby kitten. Then a little black face, two kittens. No sign of mum. Very skittery, probably born to feral mum.
Now to try to catch them. First off have put a box with towel out, and given them some milk as they are probably very low on nutrition.
Frank
It's a girl! She had a little snooze in a towel then on me, then wanted to get down. Made her a nest from a box and a hand towel and she's in there right now. It's all been quite a lot for her. She is very sleepy. Little bit of gunk around eyes but looking alert and can track a finger being waved quite fine.
Frank
Sadly black baby is not in the trap yet.
Now going to sit with tabby, and give it some attention.
Frank
It's morning! The trap went off in the night but no baby inside.
Black baby IS still in my yard, lurking amongst the bushes. I've swapped out the plate of food with a fresh lot and reset the trap.
Meanwhile tabby has eaten some of their dinner, drunk some milk, used the litterbox and is half asleep curled up in a corner. I've said good morning to it, and told it it was a very good kitten.
Now I'll go for a walk and come back in an hour or so and see if blackie's finally gone to get food.
Frank
Black baby is still in yard, sitting sadly on their own. Hoping it's tummy finally drives it into the cage overnight.
Tabby is making very tiny hissing noises when I visit, so very cute. Still under the toilet, I gave bubs a towel and pointed out dinner to it. Hopefully it eats something during the night.
Frank
50% VICTORY! TABBY IS CAUGHT! Was sitting here and heard a click and sure enough, it was in there being angry in a tiny kitten way. Baby has been transferred to a bathroom with a litter box, kitten milk and dinner. Is currently hiding behind the toilet. Shall leave it alone to calm down for now.
WOOOOHOOOOOO
Trap has been reset and now waiting for black kitten to obey hunger pains.
🥳
Frank
Both kittens are playing chasey in the yard. They've been romping about. Tabby has gone into the cage a few times, but not far enough in. Black is keeping back. They're hungry though, sniffing and hunting for food.
Frank
Trap with kitten food on a plate in it has been deployed. So far have seen black kitten moving around, have not seen tabby movement yet.
Fingers and paws crossed
Frank
Just picked up a litter tray, kitten food and kitten milk as I am sure my milk is giving them the squirts. Prep for tonight.
Frank
Cat trap gotten. $35 for a week, here's hoping it works! Sharting with rain here now, shall try it out later today.
Frank
It's raining but the babies are active today, they've been running around the yard amongst the pots and pooping in a few of them. Hopefully my wildflowers survive this.
Frank
Thank fark for a cool change. They were up and exploring again early this morning. I left them brekky and milk and went swimming and they've eaten a fair amount of it and drunk a lot of milk. Shall hopefully get hold of a trap today and see about catching them at dinner time.
A friend at the pool may have a friend who will take them, she'll let me know. I went swimming and told her about my visitors.
Frank
Tabby came back, lots of dinner consumed. Have left them some cold milk, it's still hot out there so they're sheltering in shade again.
'Tomorrow I shall seek out a trap and see if I can catch them.
Frank
Just been out there watering and put down some dinner. It's 36.3 out there and very overcast with hot northerly breeze blowing. Black kitty didn't care and started hoovering into the food. Tabby got frightened and hid amongst the pots. Have left them to eat their dinner in peace, will go down later and give them some milk. Giving them food with lots of gravy, to keep their fluids up.
Frank
Good news! Both kittens made it through the horrible heat yesterday and were scouring the yard for brekky earlier on. Have devoured a couple sachets of cat food and a bowl of milk.
Today is going to be 38 and possibly thunderstorms later. Let's see how that goes. I think I may be hiring a trap on Monday, to try catch them.
Frank
It's been a shocker of a hot day. Kittens have had brekky and dinner. Black kitten has been visible this evening, using one of my flower pots as a litterbox. No sign of tabby tonight so far.
Frank
The kittens have been up and exploring. I've put out some breakfast and milk for them, and watered everything because it's going to be 38 C here today, to try save the plants and cool things down for them. Shall give them some more food in a bit. The birds are lurking and no doubt will help consume the brekky.
Frank
Kittens got another dinner, after I watered the plants gently. They were hiding under the pot at the time. Then came out a minute or two later to wolf down dinner. Black one keeping a close eye on me. Afterwards they got into a pot and curled up together until tabby saw me and fled. Black one sat there for a while, looking very sleepy. Little steps to gain their confidence...
Frank
Tabby is in the wide pot right now which houses a small bush, and is playing with the bush. A good sign! Lots of energy and playfulness. I may be able to lure them with some string, hopefully.
Frank
Just put another meal out for them, one sachet for the two. They came out and wolfed it down. Tabby's eyes are open a bit, hopefully a good sign. Looked at me and dashed off, they're hiding out under a large, wide pot. Shall go give them some more food a bit later once it's cooled down a bit and sun's gone down.
Frank
So the black one is a little bigger than the tabby. Tabby appears to have eyes tightly shut, is around the size of a 3-4 week old but may be older and just malnourished. Black one is around the size of a 5 week old.
They're still hiding.
Frank
I've been swimming, left food out for the kittens. The milk I had left out yesterday was all gone. By the time I got back, the new lot of food was also gone, no sign of the kittens though. But clearly eaten by them.
Shall go sit out there later, see if I can spot them.
Frank
Went out again once it got a little dark, black kitty was sitting out, tabby hiding. I gave them another round of food and they wolfed it down then went back to hiding. Looks like they've used one of my plant pots as a litter box.
Here's hoping they're around in the morning.
GNU social JP is a social network, courtesy of GNU social JP管理人. It runs on GNU social, version 2.0.2-dev, available under the GNU Affero General Public License.
All GNU social JP content and data are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.