From birds enjoying our feeders, to mice that used to inhabit the house, to caterpillars we have raised and released back into the wild as butterflies, Winifred Manor has a lot of critters! The other day we even found a baby raccoon skittering through our yard. Our indoor pet, Purrky and Smudgee did not appreciate that very much. We even have had a skunk or two! For the city we sure do have a lot of wild life! I like to think of them as my own outdoor pets- well, maybe not the skunk!
I was outside gardening instead of working, which happens from time to time, and I see a little orange head with perked up ears dart behind the shed. I got really excited and thought we might have a baby fox! I am not sure why this excited me, but I was obviously going to go look. Instead of a fox, I found a litter of kittens!
After a few failed attempts at capturing the kittens, and learning that Mama Kitten is very friendly and loveable, we managed to get the kittens moved into the shed with the clever ploy of one of the kittens in a carrier to help Mama move everyone toward her trapped kitten. Mama Cat found a home at my mom's house and one of the orange kittens was adopted out.
Now we have three kittens to find home for- the fourth, a little torti is going to join our home in a week!
Anyone want a kitten? We have a black/gray guy named Charcoal, a shy, fuzzy fuzzy fuzzy orange guy named Professor Catsby and a very playful, roly poly guy who is orange and white named Little Rascal.
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