Pile up

I am making the most of every second with these beauties, being very conscious that my personal clock of time with them is fast ticking away. They are such fun, galloping around my home, chasing one another up & down the hallway into and out of the rooms.

They will all seek to be with me & or with their mum & siblings & often I have a 5 or 6 cat pile up on my bed or where I’m sitting. I wake from a snooze to hear kittens purring away (so different a sound to adult purring) or I hear Pru’s Mummy call, or else I hear her kittens suckling madly upon her nipples. Yes, those cheeky kittens will still nuzzle their way in to suckle even though there is no milk, it’s really just like having a dummy in, they do it for comfort.  Pru will generally allow them to do this for a short time, particularly if she is dozing as she is in this image. Here it is daughters Karma (head buried) who is under sister Lux & each is attached. Prune will allow this just as long as they do not bite her or until she feels sore. She will either push them away with a back leg or more often as that continually fails, she will get up & move away.

Comatose Bookends!

Kittens old & new

A family group moment for Louis & Lux with Aunty Noodle and Mummy Prune. Karma was there just out of shot, while Elvira was notably absent! Can you see the green foam golf ball? These are Noodle’s favourite fetch toys. Most often I’m presented with the green or blue ones which appear to be her favourites, though sometimes she puts them away for safe keeping but seems to forget where they are!

A lovely photo was sent to me today by Kirsty who purchased kittens from Noodle’s 2 litters. These are two females are Gamora (Mora for short) and Nebula (Nebby for short) born to the same parents, the father is a solid black male called Charlie. The litters were approximately 1 year apart & both ended with Caesarean sections, which is why Noodle is now spayed.  I did not wish to put her through that again, though she was an exceptional mother who has helped Prune so much with her first motherhood experience most recently.

Mora (facing) has developed Noodle’s colouring, she looks so like her, albeit she has a black flash on her nose which Noo doesn’t and both have Dad’s green eyes. Nebby has developed much darker patternation and has a white nose flash, though it’s unseen in this image.