09/02/2025
Update on the kittens my roommate and I foundā¦
Hey guys! Iām the one who posted about finding a litter of kittens a few days ago, but I didnāt really have any pics of them at the time yet. Well, I still donāt have really fantastic ones yet and these are from a couple days ago, but Iāve been so in awe of them itās actually a bit tough to remember to take pics, or to want to be holding a smartphone out in front of them. Anyway I do have some decent kitten-pile pics, so I wanted to share them.
Things have been continuing to go really well though - at least for the most part, we did have a bit of a scary moment. Yesterday morning we came down to the garage to check on the kittens and give Mom some fresh food, and we found the nest in the cat carrier empty and no kittens anywhere in sight! Mom was standing right there In the middle of the room still waiting to be fed, seemingly unconcerned, so we knew they couldnāt have gotten that far. We thought she must have carried them one by one to some outdoor location (we left a way out for her) that she felt was safer, and we hung out with her in the yard for half an hour hoping she might lead us to where she stashed her kittens while checking sheltered areas and keeping our ears open, but we couldnāt find them anywhere.
We went back to check the garage again, and it turned out that she had actually stashed all the kittens in this tiny closet/crawlspace area under the stairs, which actually made sense. We ended up moving the carrier/nest under the stairs, and mom moved them right back into there all on her own, so weāre just keeping the nest there for now, since mom has shown a preference for feeling safe in that spot, and they were still this this morning which I think was a good sign.
Just an hour ago actually I went to check on the kittens and they were all alone and Mom was gone! I was worried a bit because we just had a pretty severe flash rain and thunderstorm, and went out looking for her. Took me about 5 minutes to find her across the street, and then we just walked back to the garage together with her practically heeling to me like a trained dog, between purring and brushing against my leg. She was soaking wet so I dried her off with a towel, which she actually seemed to really enjoy. Itās tough not to totally fall for this mama cat and her family.