Turtle

When I went out of town last week, I learned Maggie (Callies’ mother) had another batch of kittens. Six of ‘em just five weeks fresh out the oven, she stole them from where she lived and plopped them in my mom’s shed.

Over the past few days I got a chance to know them, 5 boys and 1 girl, though my lack of a biology degree initially had me thinking she had 5 girls and 1 boy. Must reread the book on the birds and the bees.

Anyhoo, of them all, this one…

Turtle

…endeared himself to me the most and I don’t even like boy cats. I called him Turtle. B/c when I’d go visit them @ the shed, he’d run underneath and stick his head out, see me, and stick it back under, then immediately stick it out again.

I think he’s the runt o’ the litter only b/c when I’d feed them, he’d rather stand in the shed and not eat…

Aloof

…he’d also fall asleep while standing up…

Dozing

…he didn’t play much w/the others. At least not when I was around. Rather, a tornado of kittens would go flying by…

Fight!

…he’d get caught in the backdraft, tussle w/them for a bit, catch me standing there and scamper off.

When we brought them all inside, @ one point having 9 cats in the house!! (Queen Maggie, her 2 cubs: my Callie and Callie’s sis Holly & the 6 kittens) he’d go around the rail, under the planter and start to meow like he was lost. I’d bring him back with the others, he’d go back around the rail and under the planter and start to meow.

In addition to Head Cat in Charge, Maggie…

Maggie

There was Mykah. RIP Mykah (he was run over by a car @ 7 months) Older bro to Callie & Holly, they were 5 weeks when he was 7 months…

Mykah

There’s Holly, littermate to my Callie…

Holly

They meet again (Callie’s laying down)…

Sisters

The Tiger Twins (One boy, one girl)…

The Tiger Twins

Black Boots Twins…

Black Boots Twins

and lastly, Callie Jr…aka CJ…

CJ

…who may or may not be blind in one eye…

CJ

Thus named CJ b/c it goes both ways for a girl or boy and of all the kitties, his fur looked the most like Callie’s when she was that small.

Baby Callie…

Baby Callie

I wished I could bring them all w/me but baby kittens are hard work. Plus Callie hated them all w/a passion. For some odd reason, they’d see her and try to nurse…lol

Two last shots…b/c it just melts my heart…

Family

…and makes me smile…

Chowing down

the backwards nursing…they are so determined…I think that’s the same anklebiter w/his legs all splayed out on the white blanket.

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