Trixter of the Moon CouncilAnd 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.
I’d like to report a murder.
These two are EATING FOOD and also PLAYING WITH TOYS so they are officially Big Guys.
How am I supposed to live a normal life with this in my house?
Happy Mother’s Day to my foster mamacat Mary Shelley, who has been an amazing mother to what will be her last litter. 💙
Look what she has to deal with
Bram Stoker is being extra photogenic today.
I know it’s late and a lot of people might not see this in time since it ends at midnight Eastern US time tonight, but the rescue I foster for is taking part in a big local fundraising program today and could use some help meeting some of the challenge goals! Even if we can’t hit the goals, every dollar goes toward food and care and vet bills for the cats in our care.
https://www.givelocalpiedmont.org/organization/ForgottenFelinesCulpeper
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Forgotten Felines of Culpeper is a nonprofit 501(c)(3). Our actions speak for us ~ we are passionate about what we do! We stand on our reputation ~ voted Best Animal Rescue in 2022 and 2021 and Best Nonprofit in Culpeper County in 2020, prior to there being a Best Animal
Sorry I’m not posting the kittens as often but they don’t sit still much anymore. 😅
squeaks at u 
@trixter it's called improving the gameplay environment
William Fry 🏳️🌈🔵🐸@trixter My cat loves to rub her face on the corner of my phone when I'm trying to read!
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No think, only pet!!! 🐱
Fiona
Alfred & Toulouse@trixter learning the important cat skills
KrazyKat
Thyanel 🎃@trixter Be glad that's all the baby's doing. One of my kitties has a personal war against technology, and can and WILL bite corners of electronic devices to get you to put them down if you aren't bestowing him pets when he demands them.
@thyanel Oh noooooo! My last laptop had some tooth marks in the corner of the screen bezel from a former foster. Fortunately the person I sold it to (the wife of a coworker) adopted from me once and totally understood. (She ended up with one of my favorite babies, Bucky.)
MrGrumpyMonkey@trixter Those graphics really pop out of the screen.
vandorb12
Erosdiscordia@trixter Blep detected!
Bruce B
mirabilos🐈⬛@trixter awwww! 🐈⬛
wohali
@trixter Voids are Special 😂
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