Foster "mom" again!

The shelter has been looking for a foster home for a mother cat and her five kittens for the last week, and I took one look at them yesterday and fell in love, so we're now foster parents again :) Lucky kitties won't eat the carpet like the bloody rabbit!

The kittens are just 3 weeks old and absolutely tiny. I don't think I've ever seen kittens this little before, and they are just the sweetest little things. The mother (who we named Cleo) is also a gorgeous kitty. She's happy for anyone to reach into her space and pick up her kittens. She's also incredibly affectionate, very loving and has a very pretty face.

So we'll have these guys for about 5 weeks, just looking after them, and getting them used to being handled. I got a large wire crate from the shelter, which the kitties stay in most of the time. It's plenty big enough for them, keeps them from going too far (they aren't very steady on their feet, so they certainly don't need much room!), and will help them learn how to use a kitty litter tray. We'll just them out regularly to play with them and cuddle them. It certainly makes it much easier to keep them, I can just wash the blankets in the cage if they make a mess. We've let Cleo out a few times, and she hasn't gone far from us, she hasn't tried to go downstairs, she just wants a bit of attention herself!

There's 4 little boys and one girl, the girl is a tortoiseshell, one boy is a grey striped tabby, 2 boys are mostly black but have some tabby stripes starting to come through, and other boy looks black, but seems more like a really dark grey at the moment. It'll be interesting to see how their colourings develop in the next few weeks!