This just in: A rack protecting a kitteh
One good turn deserves another, you know. It's only fair.
Did somebody say Cute Overload eXtreme Close-Up?
Updates on foster mama Boudica and her kittens over at my place. Before you go, though, bear in mind it's not 100% good news. Still, I had to share, and there's plenty of kitting for everybody...
- T.
(...and thanks to Teh Schmoop for the lovely backdrop)
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Wow..Thats one tiny baby-kitty. I hope they stay strong!
SnorgleFest! ;-)
Now This is a truly marvellous Cats 'n' Racks photo. Saving a life is one of the highest mitzvot (good deed/commandment) there is. Dear Schmoop, your rack is a most excellent incubator, and you ROCK for sharing the pix! Strong work J, CR and T. May the bebehs and Mama Bou get stronger and stronger.
Snorgles & hugs all around.
Awww. What tiny babies! Cuties!!
My kitty (http://www.catster.com/cats/570537 ) sends kind thoughts to yours.
Oh, so good. My faith in interspecies love is affirmed. Best wishes to all!
SAS -- Wow, you even went for the (more) classical spelling! Celtastic.
Bosom Buddies!
my initial reaction:
PURRRRRRRRR!
Bebeh kittehs omg so tiny I want!
I suspected these were going to end up here....
Oh I've completely melted.
*feels bad at first for tiny felines, then sees this*
they(the kitties)'re good and safe now, thanx to shmoop's rack.
and look at teh dinky claws!
Rackage is so much larger than kittage that this doesn't affect Schmoop's profile! I only point this out because I'm jealous.
On the plus (har!) side, this all-natural incubator ensures that kitteh is warmed on three sides....
*scratches "kitteh incubator" off list of possible future careers.*
Maybe I can be an I.B.T.W. yellow polka dot bikini model instead... *sigh*
Hang in there Mama Bou and bebehs!
Wishing the bebehs all the best teho and schmoop...you guys are awesome. keep up the good work.
That is the first Cats'n'Racks I don't hate.
You only have so many hands =D
look at those teeny claws! i hope those little kittahs grow up to enjoy more racks and snorgles :)
Um, GROSS.
yo, Molly, you WISH you had kittens in your rack. And, by DEFINITION, everything posted on this website IS cute.
Oh, my! So teeny! So adorable! *squee!*
Molly -- do you have any idea of the story behind these kittehs? They were in need of warmth right after their birth -- quick thinking on the part of the person in the picture provided the warmth they needed. This picture is not gross. It is life-giving and heart-warming.
Do you think there's such a thing as a 'nuff nuff? Hmmm. I love this picture. So tiny teeny kittehs! Anyways, more cats n' racks. Every day!
heh heh. That's not the extreme close-up I was expecting.
actually, just-born kitties, humans, ferrets, sea sponges and whatever the hork else are pretty un-cute to me. Molly, I hear you. people who comment on this site are genetically disadvantaged somehow and don't see life for what it is: nasty, brutish and short.
[Furkle -- you just commented here too, y'know... and, speaking for myself, *my* life is more than just those three things. - Ed.]
sorry, I gotta post again to say,
Look at that tiny wet nose! Those tiny closed eyes! Tiny fur! Tiny teeths! Tiny whiskers! TINY CLAWS!
I cannot get over this.
That COXCU kitteh is so young to be doing Groucho Marx impressions...
furkle, clearly you don't understand the level of cute that comes with miniature creatures. I don't care what it is, but if it is incredibly small, it is cute. The end.
This reminds me of the "Kangaroo Care" treatment for human preemies. The baby, even if hooked to tubes, wears only a diaper and cap and is held/wrapped skin-to-skin with Mom. This replicates the warmth and heartbeat of pregnancy as much as possible. It's said to have greatly reduced preemie mortality:
http://www.geocities.com/roopage/
In other words, Babes in Racks!
Schmoop is such a good, caring foster mom. I'm sure the kitties are very appreciative too.
Theo- Boudica is a FANTASTIC name for a warrior mama cat.
P.S. I think I have that exact same t-shirt except no kittens-boohoo!
The little guy's face is so *PINK*! (And so are his tiny little paws.) What lucky kitties, and mama Boudica too, to have such a loving human family to take care of them. Loving and supportive thoughts, and Bast's brightest blessings, for all of you, human and feline!
"In other words, Babes in Racks!" - Suda Nim
Babes are happier in racks even when they're full term. Buying a sling to carry my daughter in was the best thing I ever did.
Now that she's bigger, she likes to have her space, but sometimes she still likes to get close:
http://irc-galleria.net/view.php?nick=Ms_Saigon
Oh, and I forgot to mention about the kittens.... so tiny and cute! Mammals, and especially humans, are hard wired to see tiny helpless babies as cute, and these kitties are about as tiny and helpless as they get.
That kitteh is going to snorgle racks for the rest of its life. *approves*
Furkle, I am truly sorry that you stumbled upon this horrid community of people. You're right, what can be worse than making googoo noises over furry little animals and talk about beady eyes and moist noiscles, use words like snorgle, anerable, and fluffitude. Really, they must be all nuts and definitely the worst there could be. I mean, if true happiness of these people can be derived from a picture of a newborn kitten, they have to be "genetically disadvantaged" and really have no idea what life is all about.
Oh, whoops, I really trailed off there... actually meant to say...
OMG Kitttaaaaaans!!1!!!1!!!!111
oh, the tiny wee behbehs! i can almost see them slowly waving their paws in the air and making those tiiiiny mewing sounds!
my hat's off to you, Teho & Schmoop, for all the good work you're doing with your foster kitters.
Jackie33whatsit, that picture is adorable, and what is that, Finnish??
Now, Jaye, dontcha really wanna name any kitten in your rack, George Clooney? Matthew McConnaghy? Sean Connery?
[a-HEM? Hello? Not chopped liver, here... - Ed.]
Oh Meep! Wait until they start fighting over who gets fed next and who gets to sleep in the rack.
Furkle, first of all, you are not the end all and be all of genetic evolution, therefore it could very easily be that YOU are "genetically disadvantaged." Actually, since the basic drive that ALL life has is to reproduce and ensure that its genetic material is passed on, I would think that YOU are the one that is "genetically disadvantaged." If you so hate looking at what most well balanced humans would find "cute" and "anerable", then why do you even come here?
Secondly, don't plagiarize. At least say where your quotes of doom and gloom come from.
"....and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." -- The Leviathan by philosopher Thomas Hobbes
Thirdly, as said previously, all my hopes and prayers go with Boudicia kitty and her 7 kittens, and most especially for the littlest white one. Thank you again, T and J for doing what you do, and letting us into your lives to see it.
Aw...what at treat to share with the world!! Good job Theo and Jaye. I've been so worried about those bebehs and bebeh's momma. Bless you both for being such a wonderful foster family!!
I bow to you, Azhchay. Awww....snap!
Carlisa -- it has already begun!
Azhchay -- remind me never to piss you off... ;)
I feel so sorry for Furkle. Yes, life can be brutal, short and nasty but then you get to snuggle up with baby kittens and then everything seems much much better. Furkle, you would feel so much better about life if you would join the "genetically disadvantaged" folks at cute overload. Here is my prescription for : you must look at cute baby kittehs and moist noisicles and beady eyes and puppy tummeh's at LEAST every 4 hours. You'll feel better!!Now I must go back to exploding from the cute overload.
I just love this pic. It shows what great efforts have gone into ensuring the health and well being of Bou and her babies. My heart is breaking that the littlest tiniest sickly baby didn't make it.
The fact that some people have come on here and spread hate sickens me. What J & T are doing is one of the most wonderful things we humans can be doing....caring for the sick, injured and/or unwanted until such a time as they find a forever home. My hat is off to them and those people who can do this.
Bless those little babies, and Theo and Jaye for giving them every chance. Those who deem themselves genetically "superior" like Furkle and Molly, have a lot to learn from others who have a love and respect of creatures, especially tiny and helpless, who share this world with us. And people like these are the ones who are seriously lacking a little love and compassion at home, perhaps? They are to be pitied, really. We're all linked in the evolutionary chain here; nothing wrong in looking out for those who can't help themselves. Let small minds find themselves another website to vent on; CO suits the rest of us just fine!
Theo - Maybe Jaye lurves her some Pate', ever think of that?
My Philo kitteh was the last survivor of a litter that the mama kitty rejected and began to kill after bratty neighborhood kids put perfume on the kittens. My sister-in-law rescued him but didn't really know how to take care of him and asked me to foster him until he got stronger. I saw him when his eyes had first opened, and he was so frail and fragile that I steeled myself not to get attached to him; he probably wouldn't make it. His brother was half again his size and much more robust.
A week later, the bigger brother was dead, and my SIL once again begged me to take the last kitten. Not yet named, he rode home in my "rack" because very small kittens can't keep themselves warm, as the above picture shows. Husband and I took turns with the bottle feedings, and the kitten thrived.
Now he's a two-month old bundle of energy and purrs, and my SIL's not getting him back, because neither Husband nor I can bear to part with him. He's definitely bonded with us; we are Mommy and Daddy and he follows us around and sleeps with us accordingly.
His story had every chance of turning out sadly, but he has brought us so much happiness. Please add my best wishes and hopes for strong, healthy kittens to those already expressed. With so much love and care, they're bound to do well.
Just to show you how far Philo came in a few short weeks, here is how he looked when I first got him:
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/Noelegy/?action=view¤t=philoface.jpg
And here he is two weeks later:
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/Noelegy/?action=view¤t=philopeek.jpg
He has lost all the blue in his eyes now and they are a dark gray, on their way to green. He seems smaller than he should be for two months; maybe he was the runt of the litter. But he's bright, curious, affectionate, and above all, yelping healthy. I can't help but be proud. Sorry to threadjack, Theo, but I wanted to hold Philo up as an example of a kitteh who had all the odds against him but who's turned out to be a fine cat, a very fine cat indeed.
Theo -- Actually, it'd be better to piss me off. Then I just curse incoherently. :-) Angry is where you don't want me, but that's easily avoided. Show me a cute kitty picture and it's like the proverbial "shiny object." Brain goes elsewhere.
Furkle just got unlucky. I'm a Biochemist by trade, with a fascination for Genetics, so throwing out terms like "genetically disadavantaged" well... hehehehehehe... Also, that particular quote from Thomas Hobbes is one of the few that I remember from my Philosophy classes. Again.. just sheer bad luck on his part.
And to keep this CO approved. OMG look at the cute kitties!! I'd imagine that's what my Caramel's kittens would have looked like, if she weren't spayed. She's also quite the lovely calico.
If the members of CuteOverload are 'genetically disadvantaged' (what? please to be 'splainin.), then what the bloody hell are you doing here? Looking at cute pictures no doubt. Idjit.
Anyway, adorable and wee little bebeh! So sad that one didn't make it :( But at the same time, that makes the ones who did that much more precious.
And I knew there was a reason for my rackage....must to be findings bebeh kitters now.
Noelegy, Philo is a sweetheart--you did a great job. Thanks for sharing his story!
And thanks to all who've shared encouraging words. The others aren't worth comment. We'll keep you posted over on Theo's blog.