UPDATE UPDATE!!!!!
Update on these 5 PRECIOUS kittens!!!
We had a scare last night with my other cat, Valentine. He's a house cat that we got as a stray about 3 years ago, completely declawed (front and back) and an AWESOME laid-back cat. He likes to go outside every now and then to play in the weeds and my veggie garden. Well, last night, after the super exciting day of finding these kittens, my neighbor comes over at 9pm saying she heard some really bad, LOUD, cat fight and wanted to check on my Valentine. We ran outside and found him scared to death in my garden. He was laying in my huge pumpkin vine and when we shoo-ed him out, there were patches of his hair and some cat poop there, and a LOT of the pumpkin vine and flowers had been trampled. We checked Valentine out and he was okay, no obvious bites, blood, missing hair, etc, but we had him checked out today anyway and the vet confirmed he's fine.
OK, sorry to ramble!
In talking with other neighbors, I heard that there have been sightings of FOXES and a COYOTE in our area last WEEK!!!!! That's NEVER happened. Some reported their outdoor cats missing! I'm so sad and scared at the same time!!! I'm thinking the mom of these kittens met up with something terrible. We've all been keeping an eye out for her all day, but nobody has seen her come to the area where we found the kittens.
Again, I'm sorry to ramble.
And to answer the question on which ones we're keeping. My boys and I are keeping the calico, named Smithers and one of the black ones, who we named Cocoa.
Gayle
p.s. My BFF and I have made appointments to get all 5 kittens to the vet to get them all set and vaccinated.
