Sure, it sounds cute. And it was. However, the bottles kept getting stopped up because of the canned food we mixed into them. You had to make sure the kittens were sucking and not chewing the bottles, and that they weren't on their backs. And if you don't have 2 people doing double-duty with a bottle in each hand, then goodness help your poor legs, because the ones that had to wait to feed would start crawling up your bare skin with their claws in attempt to get food.
The little rugrats soon learned how to crawl directly up the couch, and soon it was their favorite nap place. This was adorable considering they all bunch together in one big mass when sleeping, and whenever they needed to get off for something, they suicide-jumped the 3 ft to the floor with a nice big thud.
Meanwhile, Mom and I were on momma-cat watch because there was a VERY pregnant momma cat in the basement of the other house which we checked in on 2 or 3 times a day. Saturday night when we went, we were surprised with 4 new kittens! There was a beautiful calico, an orange one, a black one, and a black one with the most interesting white stripes ever. I'll post a picture, but he has a double cross on his back, and more very geometrical and symmetrical markings on its tail, face, etc. Unfortunately, one kitten didn't make it, but it looked like it had died a long ways ao, it wasn't very developed, more like a cat-shaped sack of parts.
Mom and I cleaned up the blood, put down fresh bedding, fed the very hungry momma, and alerted the family to its new additions. And took a few pictures, of course ^_^
The 5 that were in my closet:
the babies:
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