These little ones have fever coats - caused by their mother being sick while she was pregnant. They will change colour; there are actually only 2 grey kittens there
2 years ago I took on the task of feeding a neighbour's dangerously thin cat that had 5 kittens, to keep them all alive and I still feed one of those kittens. I went there 11 days ago to check on her and was shown a box with 5 very young kittens in the kitchen that had been there a couple of days. There was nothing in the box except a saucer of cows milk and they were thin and lethargic so I fed them some of the adult cat food and they ate ravenously.
Nibbling on my toebeans
I was told that the owner of the mini supermarket nearby had given them away and suggested to the person who took them that he was keeping them in very unsuitable conditions - by now most of them had vanished into the lower compartment of the kitchen unit through a large rat hole and that they were actually too small to be separated from their mother but too old to be fed nothing but milk, nor was adult cat food suitable and that they were going to crap and piss all over his kitchen and persuaded him to let me have them and return them when they were older. I have no intention of giving them back as none of those people are able to take care of cats in any way that isn't just cruel - cats are unfed and unsterilised, they will all be dead in 6 months or end up at my place anyway, either sick or abandoned.
Stinking cute even when I'm using the box
Getting the kittens into a carrier was fun: to get them out of the compartment, he took out the stinking rotten boards under the kitchen sink - the sink is leaking and nobody fixes it, there's just a bucket under the drainpipes. Of course there was one that had made his way under the drawer compartment so, being small of stature, I got to climb into that stinking unit and reach into the hole that led to that compartment.
Once I got them home, I started feeding them properly and they showed themselves to be very thirsty for water and quite good at using a litter-tray which was a relief. I braced myself for the inevitable diarrhoea tsunami and they didn't disappoint. Lots of dewormer and probiotics later, most are pooping normally and they are growing nicely and having fun.
Kitten antics do my heart good
What can I say: I told my vet I needed a slap and she said they'd help me to home them later. I'm a sucker for cats and I couldn't bear the thought of them dying needlessly in that man's foul kitchen. When they are this young and full of energy, I can definitely use the laughter therapy caused by their kitten antics
