So, actually a long story

A neighbour of us took up a stray cat, that obviously asked for help and always came up to him.

So he took her in and in the first night at him, she got 2 kittens.

As their apartment is a little small at the moment (they’re just about to move to a nice one with a garden) and as they already have a cat, we took over.

Mother cat is surprisingly well behaved, but for the first days asked for quite some attention.
Like even calling us, when she needs to go to the toilet - and informed us, when she’s finished.

As she also has a wound from her gangster life, we had the vet here today to check on her and the kittens, and everything is pretty much fine.

But…well, quite some more action in the last days here ;⁠-⁠)

I’ve build them a hideout with blankets, but already in the first night she decided the little room, which was the toilet room of our sadly deceased cat ('bout a year ago), was the better place to be.
So now we put some blankets there and a warning matt.

They all seem to be quite happy and mother is very friendly and chill.

We’re already heart broken, when the neighbours get to their new flat.
But with a garden it’s obviously the better option…

Kittens are now like 6 days old and start to move a bit more - and not just rolling around on their full bellies :⁠-⁠)

Edit: sorry for probably some typos and lost sentences…
I’m starting to lack sleep

    • naeap@sopuli.xyz
      OP
      1·
      29 minutes ago

      Well, you should have seen the face and tears in the eyes of my neighbour who picked her up originally.

      Yeah, she lives with us now and she is happy.
      That’s fine

      But they’ve chosen it’s other on the street and he made the adult choice to ask us, to care for them, because they currently can’t.

      And he isn’t trying his best to change that as fast as possible - as far as I know, they already found a place and want it’s now about payment, loyalities and whatever the fuck I don’t know about

      The mother cat always happily greets him, when he comes for his daily visit.
      But I have to admit, that the cat fell in love with my wife…

      So there doesn’t matter how this ends, there will be tears

      I’m currently just trying to hold all together and care as good as I can.
      Mother cat likes me as well and so there is currently no problem

      But yes… There will probably be a problem…

      For now though, I’m focusing on getting everyone healthy and happy

  • naeap@sopuli.xyz
    OP
    10·
    3 hours ago

    And, because it seems people are interested, here a picture of the family from today

    Kittens are getting bigger by the day

    First they were just fuzzy worms and rolled around
    By now the start to resemble real cats ;⁠-⁠)

    Mother is always happy, when we visit her, so don’t worry, that we disturb her
    She is really happy to get some love and attention
    We sit there and pet her, while she purrs and cuddles her kittens :⁠-⁠)

  • naeap@sopuli.xyz
    OP
    44·
    6 hours ago

    A rather sweet bonus picture, from where we picked them up at our neighbours

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
      16·
      6 hours ago

      Please, try to find a way to get everyone fixed. Cats reproductive systems are ao tragically efficient, the amount of suffering it creates kills me.

      • naeap@sopuli.xyz
        OP
        14·
        6 hours ago

        That’s the plan anyway

        But at the moment, that’s obviously too soon

        Mother cat brought an abscess from a bite with her and it broke up 1-2 days ago.
        We pressed it out and cleaned it up, and then flushed it out. And today the vet checked in on it.

        The first thing now is to get everyone healthy.
        Mother is getting pills against worms once a week and for now some antibiotics against the abscess, that aren’t hurtful to the kittens.

        When everything is more settled, we gonna sterilise her - and castrate the kittens (since today we know, that they are probably both male)

        But that’s next step thinking.

        Edit: but maybe to add:
        She is surprisingly healthy for an unchipped stray.
        No fleas or ticks, got the ears cleaned out today and took care again about the abscess.
        She is probably just one year old. So the kittens already seemingly start to outgrow her ;⁠-⁠)

    • naeap@sopuli.xyz
      OP
      7·
      6 hours ago

      As she came to my neighbour for help and he had tears in his eyes, when he needed to leave them with us (although we’re in the danger same building, just 2 doors away and can visit any time), those two are meant for each other

      The kittens are currently a bit open
      We have one person, who would take one - or both if needed

      We aren’t sure, if we can really give them all away without being heartbroken and think about keeping one.

      But we had a really tragic year with the final death of our loved cat last year and…we’re not really over it

      We will see how it develops and I tend to give the cats the choice.
      As usually cats have chosen me and not the other way round.
      So we just give them time and until then care for them as best as we can

      Edit: fuck me, my keyboard is stupid since the last update, or maybe it’s just the lack of sleep…