Welcome to Kittehpile

Our friend, Amy, started referring to our pile of kittens as a kittehpile and the name stuck for us. Being as we are Canadian and often teased about saying “eh”, it seemed very fitting for us and thus, kittehpile.blogspot.com was born.

Mike will be acting as kitteh whisperer reporting what the lil tikes tell him they were up to that day and what they have learned to do now. I will be reporting on the general progress of the kittens from our perspective and updating the photos and layouts detailing their progression.

Clousette, the mamma, was a stray that has been visiting our house for months. We have been keeping an eye on her (originally thought was a he thus the odd name... originally Clueso for her white mustache marking). We were attempting to gain enough trust with her that we could take her in for a check up and make sure that she was fixed however, mother nature had other ideas first. By the time we had gained enough trust with her, we discovered that she was pregnant... quite pregnant! so our plans changed.

We got her in for a vet check up to make sure she and the babies were in good health. Thankfully, she and they all seemed to be in great health.

Unable to find a no-kill shelter in our area with room that they would take her and her babies, we discussed the matter and decided that we would take on responsibility for her and the babies. We brought her into our home, set up our master bathroom and garden tub as her nesting area. She seemed quite happy and very affectionate and sweet. She remained separated from the rest of the house and our cats for a full week and a half as ordered by the vet to ensure that she wasn’t coming down with a cold and neither were our cats.

Our own cats were getting along alright with her, the usual original tension and figuring out order, when we first introduced them. However, within a couple of days, she got more defensive and protective of her state. We decided it was best to re-separate them as she appeared to be getting closer to birthing.

As it turns out, she was definitely getting closer as only a couple days later, we awoke to a bathtub full of 6 little kittens and a very proud mamma wanting to show us what a great job she did on her own while we slept.

That was the beginning of the kittehpile. It has now been just over a week since they were born on Saturday, June 27, 2009. They have all gained weight as expected and on schedule according to everything we have read. They are weighing in around the 8-9 ounces each now.

Brit was the first to open her eyes on her 7th day in this world, July 4th. Nugget is beginning to open his eyes but hasn’t fully decided that keeping them open is a good idea. Mydnight is our eater and sleeper but today decided to also show me his cute little pink tongue.

So there you have our kittehpile background and can sit back and enjoy the journey with us as Ash, Brit, Masq, Mydnight, Nugget and Smirk grow up and begin looking for adoptive homes.