The previous tenant in me and my partner’s new apartment abandoned a young pregnant black cat. We moved in just a week and a half ago when we met her, and she begged to come inside. Since my partner already has a cat, we set up a shelter for her in our patio closet, and got her kitten food. She became friendly with me, and early last Tuesday morning, she gave birth to FIVE kittens in that shelter we made for her.
I’ve been wanting my own cat, and was planning on adopting one from our local cat cafe, but the cat distribution system had its own plan. The awesome news is that we took her and the kittens to the vet today, and they are all very healthy! Momma, who we have named Arya, tested negative for FIV, feline leukemia, and heartworm, got her vaccines, and is 6.2 pounds. She’s probably only 10 months to a year old. We are also giving her a dewormer just in case, and an anti parasitic. I’ve been tracking their weights and they are all now at least 170 grams at just about a week old. The kittens hearts and lungs sounded good, and they don’t seem to have issues. So, since everyone’s healthy, we were able to bring them inside!!!
She is the sweetest trusting baby, and such an amazing momma. I haven’t had a cat before, but after we brought her back from the vet and got her set up in our guest bathroom to keep our cat Mike away from her kittens, she gave me the long slow blink, that my partner says means she trusts and loves me!
Since we live in an apartment we will only be able to keep Arya, but obviously we will be keeping the kittens until they’re weaned, and just hope our leasing company doesn’t find out, because no shelters around us are able to take them.
I love her and her babies with all my heart, I genuinely cried over not being able to let her in last week because she would meow loudly at our patio door begging to come in. I’m so glad I get to take care of her and get her everything she needs! I’ve been browsing this subreddit lots for tips, and it’s how I found out about the Kitten Lady resources. Thanks so much everyone!!!