Here we were, yesterday evening just hanging around the house with the kids. And the rabbit. And the cat. Nothing particularly exciting going on but around 7:30 or so I noticed Agnes, our cat, sitting on the couch in Liam's lap. Not normal. Agnes hates Liam. His feelings toward her are quite the opposite and being a hyper little boy who loves animals and has absolutely no fear of them at all, he can sometimes be a little rough with her. Agnes stays inside most of the day. She comes inside, she eats, gets some water and immediately goes to hide inside the couch, going outside only to potty and kill a mouse or two before coming back in to hide. Not under the couch, or behind it...but inside of it. That's how much she hates Liam, she doesn't even want to be anywhere that he could remotely touch her. So to see her sitting on the couch with him was odd, to say the least. I walked over to sit down beside them and noticed Ags making some...different noises. I picked her up and felt something wet on my arm. Blech!!!!!! "She's having the kittens! On Liam's lap!" We whisked her outside and got her out to the shed just in time for the first kitten to be delivered. We all stood around watching and cheering her on for the first 2 kittens and the boss decided "You know, she might like some privacy" so we left her to do her thing, coming out to check on her periodically. The kids were all into it until they saw her eat a placenta and then they decided..."umm, yeah, good luck with that Ags" and didn't want to watch anymore :-)
There are 5 little precious furballs in all and Ags was a champ through the whole thing. Since the end of the delivery process, she's been back inside with her wee ones and has been nursing ever since, only going out to potty and then coming right back in to her babies. 3 are pretty much all black just like their mom and I guess the other 2 are a perfect mix of Ags and the daddy(who was big and orange) So proud of my girl! Now...who wants a kitten in 6 weeks? Come on, you know you want a kitten!!!
"If I let you take a picture of me will you go away and leave me alone?"
So yea! 6 cats, one rabbit, 3 kids....so that's, what? Only 174 nails to trim? No problem....
7 comments:
Aw, so sweet!! My husband is happy we aren't neighbors, because I'd be taking one.....or two. :)
Can you ship cats? Cause...I could do that if it's legal...
Love it! Go mama Ags! If we were near by I'd love to come see one... if Greg was with me he'd probably take one home too ;)
Love the new color of the blog too April!!
Let me look into it ;)
How funny that she chose to sit with Liam....like she was thinking....okay kid as much as you have tortured me holding me during my time of need is the least you can do for me. LOL! Congrats on the new additions!!!!!
I could be tempted...especially one with stripes. So Cute!
you should get one Cynthia. The stripped ones are the biggest one, one is a girl and one a boy :-) Come on!
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