Trixter of the Moon CouncilIt’s #caturday and I accidentally a foster pregnant cat
(The crate is just until she gets settled from the trip, she’ll have the run of the cat room but I’m trying to give her the idea that that’s the baby-having spot.)
New Mama was brought to the rescue as a stray, and I know she’s all hormonal but I get the feeling she’s more sassy than spicy. She let me pet her but she gave me A Look about it.
Mamacat looks to be close to having her kittens and I am extremely squeamish about pregnancy and childbirth and the only pregnant foster I’ve had took care of everything by herself while I was at work one day so thoughts and prayers 😭
I need to decide on a name for this mamacat and since the kittens are going to be heading for a cat cafe that’s part of a bookstore I was thinking this could be my chance to name her Lady Jessica and give the kittens Dune names but if she has more than like 2 girls I’m fucked
Look I just want a baby kitten named Duncan Idaho
Edit: It has been handled, thank you!
Hey Fedi-buddies, I have a quick #MutualAid ask for this cat situation:
The rescue is being really generous about buying me food right now because they know money's tight, but I could really use a new kitten room camera if I'm dealing with a pregnant mama. My old one, a super-basic Yi model, has been enshittified into being barely usable, and I'm sitting here at work frustrated that I can't look back at what was going on with her an hour ago because I'm concerned about something, and... ugh.
I've got one wishlisted on Amazon that should ship quick. Y'all have been amazing. 💙
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1QKHRDBGP5OG6?ref_=wl_share
Mamacat Status: Still baking. The kittens (and maybe her, depending on temperament) are going to be at a cat cafe that’s part of a bookshop so I think I’ll do some classic author names for this batch. So here is Mary Shelley.
Gonna start a PolyMarket for when she goes into labor and how many cat beans she’s growing in there.
I have already had to explain to a newer coworker that this is not one of my own cats who I just haven’t spayed, all my permanent residents are spayed and neutered SIR. 😤
Still on Kitten Watch, if anyone was wondering. The rescue got three pregnant cats this month and mine is the only one who still hasn’t given birth. The others had healthy litters and everyone’s doing great. I think it’s gonna be this week though!
Here are the other two with their 0-1 Day Catbeanz. The black and white one had six kittens, the white and orange one had EIGHT. (That’s a lot!)
Honey, you’re gonna have to actually give birth at some point.
KITTENS ARE HAPPENING
We are at 4 and I don’t think she’s done. She’s being a little grumbly about me hovering so I’m going to give her space to do her thing. But everyone seems to be healthy and active and nursing.
It’s been an hour and we’re holding at 5, there may still be a surprise coming but I think that might be our total. One solid black, two brown-gray tabbies, and two blue-gray tabbies.
And here were are. Five little ones: a solid black one, two brown-gray tabbies like Mom, and two blue-gray tabbies. The blue-gray ones remind me a lot of my Anastasia and Windsor. One of the brown-gray tabbies is a bit small, which is not totally out of the ordinary (queens can mate over the course of a few days, leading to kittens in the same litter being conceived a few days apart), but I’ll be keeping a close eye on that one. Mary is being a great mom, though with the casualness of someone who has done this before.
Babies are all fat and cozy this morning. 💙
The Fediverse is my favorite social media because nobody has failed to check the context and aggressively asked me if I was going to get my cat fixed now, which happened a few times on Twitter the last time I had a pregnant foster.
Fun Fact: Their bedding is going to look a little gross from the birth for a few days because it’s actually best to leave it for a bit. There’s good smells and pheromones and stuff in there.
Edgar says he needs to go in the Baby Room because he is Baby.
A squirmy baby pile for #caturday. The purring is their mama standing next to me while I record. 💙
No big updates on the kittens today, everyone is fat and happy and thriving. Mama Mary Shelley is doing a great job keeping everyone clean and fed so I'm just letting her do her thing for the next few days. I'll still be doing daily weigh-ins and basic checks but it looks like we're in for smooth sailing.
TFW you are 4 days old and you don’t even know what news is
Today’s Baby Kitten Pile. As of today, these little catbeans have been in the world for one week.
I *may* have an all-male litter on my hands, though I’m a little unsure about one of them. Kittens are not super easy to sex under the best circumstances, and these babies are still at the age where they fuss if I try to get a look, and then their mama gets Concerned.
Me whenever I’m hanging out in the kitten room
Talking Heads - "Stay Up Late"
Just a box of fat, happy babies having a milk nap. Finally got their bedding changed out, and I may have to scrounge up a bigger box soon. I’ve borrowed a pop-up playpen for when they’re big enough to learn about the litter box but too small to have free access to the whole room. Hopefully their mama will be okay with that!
We’re hitting a pretty important developmental milestone as the kittens start lifting their heads, squirming around the nesting box, and showing increasing awareness of their surroundings! Everyone’s got their eyes open at least a little, though some more than others.
tfw everyone else is asleep but you’re still up
The kittens are at the rolling and toddling about stage!
Today I’m once again trying to convince mamacat Mary Shelley to let me move the kittens into the playpen before they get big enough to climb out of their nesting box. I’ve checked the security camera a few times and she seems to be allowing it this time. 🤞
tfw you discover you have feet
Three weeks and change! I hung out in the kitten room while recording a podcast and the kittens came out of the playpen and explored a bit, then they went right back in to take a nap. 💙
They are trying their best
The cuddle pile has become a fight club. Heart of a tiger, body of a potato.
I’m calling these two H.G. Wells and Jules Verne and one of my friends suggested Wells should be Ernest Hemingway instead so they could be Ernest and Verne.
Getting settled in for post-milkies naptime.
A few more from this morning, of my coffee time pals Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker.
I don’t know what he’s doing and honestly I don’t think he does either.
🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖
Chickpea
Doctor D
Erosdiscordia
Hasufin
Jenn, Blurst Of Her Name@trixter *babies* 😭
@trixter beeeeeans 
Melody 🐰
Madcollector@trixter Ah yes, the joy of lil' paw prints of dried wet food everywhere...
Trip
funbreakerNo steppy in the food, sillies!
@funbreaker It was in the way of their playing!
Pengilly@triphazard She has been a very protective mama. 💙
@trixter wobbly wibbly!
Cherizilla@trixter Wow. They're growing fast.
@trixter the power of beans
@trixter I could basically watch this on loop for 12 hours.
Fiona
@trixter I love them so much.
@trixter More photos, never too many!!
the 1998 Sega Saturn RPG, Baroque 🔞
@himbovoorhees Just rolling back and forth, living his best life
Blue Emu@trixter tiny perfect creature 😭
@trixter Stuff like this always makes me think of the time our (outdoor) cat had kittens, and my dad decided they'd be happier out in the sun for a bit, so he took them out of our shop building and set them nearby outside.
Well momcat did not care for that at all, and she brought each one of them (it was a pretty full litter) right back inside while giving my dad the deadliest stink eye the whoooole time.
@triphazard I've been checking their weights every couple days to make sure everything's all right, and one night one of them fussed too much about being on the scale for Mama's liking and she came over and picked it up and carried it back to the others. 😅