Kitten Season

Now is the time of year when the kittens are popping out right and left! So, for the second spring in a row, we are fostering kittens, be they orphans or mamas with babies.
The Sunday after we got back from our trip, we picked up mama cat, Jewel, and her 7 (!!) 3-wk old babies. You can tell she's been down this road before because she is very protective of her brood and is taking great care of them. We've named her two boys, Jasper and Jimi, and her 5 girls, Jade, Janis, Joan (Joni), Jovi, and Josie. All the names are either gemstones or singers:)
Then, a few days later we acquired mama cat, Madeline, who is not much more than a kitten herself! She has 3 little girls that we named Mary, Martha and Mirium. They are a bit older than the first litter at 5 weeks old.

I'm sure glad we have the mamas this time around! Bottle feeding 10 babies this young would not be very fun. A few of the girls in the "J" litter have not been gaining weight like they should, so we've tried moving the big boys over to the "M" litter for a few hours a day...hopefully the little girls will catch up this way. Plump babies are healthy babies! I'll post again with individual pics on the babies so you can see how darn cute they all are:)This is Janice...she's the runt of the "J" litter....more cuteness to come!