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My friend Marc's cat's brood. Her name is "Metro" ; so-called because he rescued her at the Metro L.A. Transit Yard where he works. 

Chatons au Metro are 6 weeks old ; three boys (the red tabbies) and one girl ( tortie ) .

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Dinner seemed sick all night the night before, but he was wound up and hit on the trail of something in the yard this morning. 

If you were curious, he and Patty get along about as well as kerosene and an open flame. 🤣

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2 hours ago, Papaof2 said:

Here's Sophie and Bean. Sophie is the small one, she's 6, Bean is 3.

Lovely pair of girls ! Are they related ? 

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2 hours ago, bobss396 said:

Ivan in his new favorite spot. He turns 9 in 2 days.

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This looks familiar....

 

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And the kittens are still kittening. As far as I know Dinner has never even seen them.

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22 hours ago, Chuck Most said:

This looks familiar....

 

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And the kittens are still kittening. As far as I know Dinner has never even seen them.

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They should be mobile very soon.. momma will have her paws 🐾 full.

 

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Now my problem is Dinner 🤣 

He's been the only cat in the house for the better part of 10 years, and he doesn't seem to be adjusting well. He seems really tense. I might need to formally introduce him to the kittens once Patty is back outside. She's obviously been a lot less tolerant of him since she moved the litter downstairs.

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21 hours ago, Chuck Most said:

Now my problem is Dinner 🤣 

He's been the only cat in the house for the better part of 10 years, and he doesn't seem to be adjusting well. He seems really tense. I might need to formally introduce him to the kittens once Patty is back outside. She's obviously been a lot less tolerant of him since she moved the litter downstairs.

We introduced Ivan to Chloe when he was 8 weeks old and had all his shots. But she KNEW there was another cat in the house before that. She was with us for 4 years already. 

Man... she did not like the new kitten one bit. We had to watch her with him. Probably why he is still skittish to this day.

We put her down almost 3 years ago, she had mandibular cancer. Ivan did not miss her, or didn't let on.

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Got my hands on 2 of the 5. 

I noticed there's no urine or feces in the area. So I got curious and googled it... Yeah, wish I hadn't because exactly what I thought was happening was happening. 🤣

 

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27 minutes ago, Chuck Most said:

I noticed there's no urine or feces in the area. So I got curious and googled it... Yeah, wish I hadn't because exactly what I thought was happening was happening.

That's what mums - "queens" - do with their babies. Felines - whether big cats ( Cougars, et al. ) or small cats ( our "domestic" companions ) - are clean by nature. They eliminate as many traces of their presence as possible, which includes burying scat and urine ; or, in the case of a queen , grooming her babies until they are capable of performing that on their own - including the ritualistic hand, face, and ear grooming which they partake in after eating anything. (BTW, notice how they shake their head when taking the first bites ? That's a hard-wired compulsion which emulates the tearing of flesh of their prey). 

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On 4/29/2025 at 8:05 PM, Chuck Most said:

Got my hands on 2 of the 5. 

I noticed there's no urine or feces in the area. So I got curious and googled it... Yeah, wish I hadn't because exactly what I thought was happening was happening. 🤣

 

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Momma cats keep the babies immaculate. Whatever it takes.

We had one with a stillborn kitten... well ... it disappeared when we checked on things. Momma cat eats the afterbirth, so eating a small kitten is no stretch.

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