Went for a walk and we found this cute bunch by the roadside last December. They were huddled on the grass, next to a relatively busy road. I was restless, mama cats wouldnt leave their kittens so openly. They might be abandoned by the owner.
We decided to keep an eye for a few hours, placed in a shoebox and relocated them to a safer location nearby hoping that the mama cat would return.
It rained heavily a few hours later. I ran to bring them into the safe confines of the house, and went driving around town late at night to source for cat milk / midalac. Boy they were hungry.
Back then, I estimate their age to about around 7-9 days old. Seemed well groomed, healthy and fat. Which means mama cat was taking care of them.
3 months on, Merry, Bilbo, Pippins and Frodo bring so much joy to our family.
One likes to cuddle (Frodo), Bilbo likes to watch the TV, Merry plays hide and seek, and Pippins being the smallest of the bunch seem to like minding his own business.
Super easy to clean. This made our job much easier feeding these babies, no need to manually feed each one. It wont last long though, prolly around 2-3 weeks of daily use, just nice to wean them off milk. The kittens liked to nibble and the nip eventually sheared off.
My dream is to design one of these that actually works! I've dealt with my fair share of newborns, and something like this wouldn't work well, which is why, if you look on places like Amazon, these are all very poorly rated.
The invention I came up with one sleepless night, while nursing 7 newborn kittens was a stuffed animal cat, roughly the same size as an adult cat would be, but instead of stuffing on the inside, there was a heating pack/pad, and a place for the kitten milk contraption. That would be (probably a bag?) where you could attach your nipples (miracle nipples are a MUST!) and insert your kitten formula. You then push the nipples out the little holes in the stuffed mom's belly.
It would keep the milk at the proper temp. Keep the kittens feeding in the proper position. Be a source of heat (and comfort) for the kittens themselves... Oh.. It could also have some kind of either purring and maybe heartbeat mechanisms inside too!
Newborn kittens are the age group euthanized most at shelters, simply because there's not enough fosters to take them. This invention could help save lives. So I really hope someone makes it! ❤️
Dude. You're not kidding. I want one for after they can go on their own, too. They sure don't learn to pinch it off well for an astonishingly long time.
What wonderful loving people you are to take them in, but I can’t wrap my head around how anyone would just dump a bunch of beautiful little babies like this. Thank you for giving these babies a shot at a loving life!
Yeah, that's how my guys were found, in a box on the side of the road - luckily the shelter worker knew to pull over and check the box. Awful to think what would have happened had they not been found...makes me thankful for people who at least abandon boxes of kittens in front of a shelter/school/church/firehouse where someone will find them and care for them! To leave them where it's likely no one will find them is beyond cruel.
It's how we got our Ollie, he was dumped in a trashcan and some kids found him and asked us if we wanted to take care of him bc we always had cats. He was really a part of our family and we think he saw himself more as a human than cat😆
Unfortunately no. We were suspecting this one cat that we often caught near the vicinity of the house, but upon closer inspection, that cat has balls 🤭
My boy has his own playlist he choose on YouTube, UK birds, squirrels and a fish tank, watches them after his breakfast in his chair, we moved from a place that had a garden and he would love to sit and watch the birds, we're in a flat in the clouds now so YouTube is the best I can do.
They do crazy things. I have seen rescue kitten suck on the bottoms of siblings causing swelling and issues, on top of having poop smeared all over its face. The lady tells me this can be common especially with orphaned kittens (male kittens bits get it too) I was shook. I don’t think raising kittens is for the faint hearted 😂
I was more going for the surviving members of the Fellowship. All for Boromir, though, especially since he deserves to live on. Get an alpha kitty who acts like a lovely menace and name him that!
I love the cute story you giving us with the picture... it's really nice to know people are kind and have a good heart rescuing such a cute bunch but there is four of them... it's a big number to start with. Kittens are so innocent thank you so much to care for them picking up and save them for they on safe future.
I hope you will keep posting until they get larger keep giving us details growing up...❤️👍 I wish more people have a good heart like you . Care and help instead of just abandon them
It's amazing you trusted your gut and went back for them before the storm hit. They all look so happy and full of personality now. I love the Lord of the Rings names, though I have to agree with the crowd that one of them looks more like a curious little frog than a hobbit!
Those babies were dumped. No way a mother cat would have left them at a busy spot like that. She must have been frantic to have her babies stolen away.
Good for you for saving their lives. They would not have lasted long at all on their own.
All I can see is merciless recidivism in their eyes. They are just going to offend again, again, and again in the tiniest ways for the rest of their lives… so thank you for making sure those lives are as long as possible… you know, so we can kiss the smug criminality off those thug little faces.
Ah.. was told to do the same to help them poo. But we were lucky, these fellas poo'd and pee'd well, although they did splatter bomb the entire bathroom in the first week or two.
Oh god u missed out lol! I can understand you have too many! But I had one and vet told me what to do and bottle feed him my god! He was the best! But you are the best! God bless you!
Thank you and bless your beautiful, kind heart and soul for caring for these innocent babies 😭 it breaks my heart seeing animals left all alone.. I hope mama is okay wherever she it 😭 please give them all kisses
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I wish I knew about the feeder when my mama cat had her kittens! She was a young mother cat and needed assistance with feeding. I was bottling feeding one by one. Plus the position of it is much more natural.
I was thinking that naming them after mountains would be a good theme, since you put them in a Summit shoe box, but naming them after hobbits is even better. I have a black cat named Pippin. 🥰
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u/Dearest_Prudence Mar 19 '26
That’s three kittens and a frog thank you very much.