Kitten Update

The little babies are doing well. They are eating solid food and using their little cat box. Mama cat is still with them most of the time, but she does need her mama breaks every so often. I try to get her to come in at night and stay with them because the nights are still cold. I was worried about them when we had a frost warning for the night from Thursday to Friday but when I checked on them in the morning they were as frisky as can be and playing. They do not really trust me yet especially since I picked one of them up. I just love it when they hiss at me. ;-) I think the biggest one of them might be a boy, the other three are definitely girls because of their coloring. I called the SPCA and the Spay and Neuter Clinic for advice. The cat rescue people at the SPCA are up to their eyeballs in cats and kittens just as I expected. I have several options what to do with them and I have been thinking a lot about it. A friend of mine has a friend who owns a pet store and she has offered to take them for selling. At first I was not sure if this might be a good idea but I guess they might as well take their chances with somebody who is willing to pay for them. When they stay around my garden I have to have them fixed which, honestly, we can not afford at the moment and then there is always the danger of some idiot running them over. We will try and get mommy fixed though and she can stay around. That poor kitty cat is the only available female in the area, all other cats are toms, I finally got a look at the backside of the long haired white cat that sleeps on the neighbor's porch and even that one is male (can't tell if he is still intact or neutered, too much hair). So we will keep them until the are weaned and used to people and then hope they will get as lucky as Miss Kitty who is also from a pet store.
Cute as they are I would not want them in the house. We got our first cat when he was only six weeks old and I remember all too well how that turned out, and all that times four, no thank you. I don't like living in a disaster zone. ;-) Here is a picture of mama cat and three of the kittens - feeding time at the zoo. :-)
What seemed a bit of a problem on Tuesday morning is now part of my daily routine (and part of my daily chores).