We seem to have a 'suckers live here!' sign over our house.

[nilchance]

There's at least one fluffy kitten, possibility up to three, lurking around our back steps. The tortoise-shell kitten is a little ball of 'tude today, though yesterday she was running from us like her ass was on fire. Now she runs as far as the second step from the top and GLARES, like "hey! you there, the one that's twenty times bigger than me! you disturbed me! prepare to die."

The other kitty (...ies? I've only seen one other kitten, a tuxedo, and MIL says she saw a tiger-striped but it could be the tortie + MIL's bad eyesight) is too terrified to stick around where the hoo-mans are. I haven't seen a mother cat, though I'd imagine they came from the many many feral cats that get dumped out here. If I see her, and we can get her, she's coming inside, too.

So. If you can spare a good thought / prayer / energy for us, so we can get these kittens and/or their mama out of the winter where there's vet care and food and laps (ETA: after the necessary search on craigslist and a check for those microchip thingies, obviously), I'd appreciate it.

(ETA, the revenge: and if there's more than two cats involved, we may need to find the remaining kitten(s) a good home. We'll keep y'all posted.)

Comments

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

awww kitties! I hope they find homes! We too seem to have stray (?) cats, though I haven't seen them in ~a week

Also:


Stray kitty homes (c&p from a locked post)

"Materials needed:
Sturdy cardboard box, tarp, duct tape, a couple foam gardening pads (for kneeling on), and an old towel or two.

Instructions:
Cut a doorway in the box, a few inches higher than the bottom, just big enough for a cat to fit through.
Then cut the pads to fit inside the box, and tape up the box.
Wrap the box like a present with the tarp, and tape it up.
Fold the tarp inside around the opening, and tape it well. You can add additional layers of tarp/tape.

Then just place the towel inside on the pads =) (I'd replace the towel once a week, and make sure to have dry ones inside on rainy and especially cold days). My gang of ferals moved in the day I put them out, they're quite popular!"

[1more-sickpuppy.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm feeling it. My cat doesn't like the cold and snow, and stays indoors a lot during winter - which makes her incredibly bored and demanding. So I signed up as a halfway home with the animal shelter people, and I'm waiting impatiently for them to place a kitty with me! :) A playmate for my monster and a good deed to boot.

What's winter like where you are? We have loads of snow and terrible cold, so the stray cats are kinda flooding the shelter organization.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I love tortoise-shells! :-)

We've got a couple of strays hanging around our house, too-- one who I think had to've been dumped or something because he's way too used to people and esp. small children to have never been a pet; and one who's thisclose to feral. She'll come up to the edge of the porch and eat the food, keeping an eye on us the entire time, all "evil human scum OM NOM hate you all MUNCH".

Good luck with the kittens!!

[katzb101.livejournal.com]

*lots of good thoughts heading your way*

[meredevachon]

~~~~~~~~~~~sending good thoughts, warmth, and scritches~~~~~~~~~~~~ for the kitties getting out of the winter.

[tobemeagain.livejournal.com]

We most definitely have the same sign :)

On the plus side 2 of the 4 fosters we got in October have been adopted... sending you lots of good luck vibes.