Kittens

My favourite part of spring is the new batch of kittens that usually arrives mid to late May. This year, however, Molly (our resident Momma cat) miscarried. So no babies. :( Come August we discovered she was pregnant again. She'd already had two miscarriages since last years batch, so we were concerned it would happen again. After we returned from our last camping trip of the summer - she was skinny again. Fearing the worst, we felt for nursing. Sure enough, she'd successfully delivered. Yay!! It took us the next 6 weeks of almost constant searching to find them. Clever cat. Last night I found them in the attic; they were able to get in through a small opening from the garage rafters. After a interesting escapade I managed to sneak in through the hallway attic access and bring the hissing darlings down. (I'm a little sore today.) More than we expected - we were expecting 1 or 2, by the fact that they were so hard to find - but we've got FOUR kittens running around the basement now. I love kittens! Preliminary sexing gives us 2 females and 2 males. Here's a few pics.

From left to right: Jasper, Ebony, Harley & Charlie

Mom is the Calico above them.

Jasper (Male)

All white, slight peach colouring on his ears and tail. Friendliest one.

Ebony (Female)

All black with white hairs framing her eyes (faint). Very frisky, but quite small.

Harley (Alpha Male)

One of the twins, with his own unique marking on his face. It makes him look cranky or "badass" all the time. Both twins have 'siamese' markings on their ears and tail, and a fairly grey coat.

Charlie (Female)

The favourite. She's the other twin, but is whiter than Harley is. She's quite timid, but so precious!