Category: Cats

It’s their debut today

This morning, Chris called me after he opened the window by the washbasin. “Come here quietly.”

I couldn’t see anything, but he said he saw some kittens. I had just been chatting with the lady next door that we would have a lot of trouble if kittens appeared…

“Under the shed.”
I looked there carefully, and I could see something was moving. They probably haven’t had anything scary happen to them yet, and came out to our yard even though we were there. …four kittens. I heard cats often raise another cat’s baby if it was deserted, so we don’t know which one is which one’s mom. But, anyway, Komoku was nursing. Moku has obviously become pregnant, and Icchan – we saw evidence that she could get kids, but her tummy still looks flat. But one or the other of them could also be the kittens’ mother.

We are almost sure boss cat Ryo is their father. We don’t mind if he is their father, or just an older guy in the neighbourhood: we just hope he brings up the kids safely on his responsibility!

Indeed, they belong to the black and white family. (Moku, Komoku, Icchan, and Kuro.) They are greedy. Even though they are kids, they pushed out Kuro and Icchan, who’ve become adults, and crowded around the dry food. (Although they could be their elder brother or sister.) The kitten that looks most like Ryo put his front paw on the bowl and protected his food. Their talkative personalities are also a proof that they are part of the family?

In just one night, our garden cats just about doubled, and Moku’s kittens will appear within weeks. It’s all right if we just feed them, but we are very sure some trouble will start soon – such as their droppings, and the new generation’s fighting, or the mating season, or pregnancy, and so on. And we know we have are some neighbours who don’t like cats.

Anyway, it’s the short, cutest, kitten time.
Think about future troubles later, and let’s enjoy their cuteness today!

–YS, 3 June 2006

3 June 2006