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We are foster parents to cats. Yup - we take cats into our home for a prescribed amount of time, and then hand them back to our local SPCA.
Our latest feline was a beautiful tabby cat that we named "Seven". Why Seven? Because she is polydactyl - she has seven toes on each of her two front paws.
Seven arrived to us on Thursday March 22nd. She was very pregnant and ready to give birth any day.
On Sunday April 1st, we went out in the afternoon. Upon arriving home, we heard little mews coming from our bathroom - Seven had given birth to three little kittens under our bathtub. Of all the places in the house, she chose under the tub where it is cold, dark, and dirty.
We promptly started moving her and her kittens to the basket that we had prepared for her. One at a time, we carefully picked up the kittens and carried them to the basket. While moving the second kitten from the tub, we passed Seven heading in the other direction - a kitten in her mouth! She apparently was trying to move them back.
We are foster parents to cats. Yup - we take cats into our home for a prescribed amount of time, and then hand them back to our local SPCA.
Our latest feline was a beautiful tabby cat that we named "Seven". Why Seven? Because she is polydactyl - she has seven toes on each of her two front paws.
Seven arrived to us on Thursday March 22nd. She was very pregnant and ready to give birth any day.
On Sunday April 1st, we went out in the afternoon. Upon arriving home, we heard little mews coming from our bathroom - Seven had given birth to three little kittens under our bathtub. Of all the places in the house, she chose under the tub where it is cold, dark, and dirty.
We promptly started moving her and her kittens to the basket that we had prepared for her. One at a time, we carefully picked up the kittens and carried them to the basket. While moving the second kitten from the tub, we passed Seven heading in the other direction - a kitten in her mouth! She apparently was trying to move them back. 
Once we settled Seven as her three kittens into their new home, we made some dinner and lounged around. I went back into the bedroom to do a "paw check"... four... eight... twelve... sixteen.... twenty... uh oh.... Seven had given birth to a fourth kitten. Once again we left them alone, only to find a fifth kitten a few hours later. Fortunately for us (and her!) that was the last. She cleaned them up, and settled down to nurse them to sleep.
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