Kitten Lovers: Cuteness Overload

[strangerep]

... official mascot.

I wish I could be a mascot -- being fed and taken care of, without having to do a damn thing for the privilege except maybe purr when people stroke me...

 

[skyshrimp]

Less than a day old.

 

[jtbell]

"Eh, what are you doing here?"

 

[JT Smith]

Not really a kitten or that cute ^^

Like this guy who came to visit us one night:

 

[JT Smith]

Fits-in-your-hand kitten:

 

[JT Smith]

The runt at 4 days old, part of a litter of seven:

I named her Neutrino. She grew up fine with a little help. Sometimes I'd box off her nursing spot so one of her larger siblings didn't shove her aside.

 

[JT Smith]

Feeding time:

Afterwards:

 

[dextercioby]

 

[berkeman]

 

[berkeman]

 

[DennisN]

 

[berkeman]

Watch until the end...

 

[Averagesupernova]

Difficult shot due to where mom decided to have them. Just discovered yesterday.

 

[jtbell]

They're all hers?

(they don't seem to match)

 

[Averagesupernova]

They're all hers?

(they don't seem to match)

Yes they are.

 

[DennisN]

 

[berkeman]

 

[JT Smith]

They're all hers?

(they don't seem to match)

I think you are oversimplifying the genetics of coat color. It's sex linked for one thing so, for example, orange cats are more likely to be males. Torties and calicos are almost always female. But you can get a combination of colors/patterns in any case.

On top of that litters can be the product of more than one father.

 

[Averagesupernova]

Here's today's pic of the same litter.

 

[Averagesupernova]

Today's kitten pic:

 

[DennisN]

 

[JT Smith]

Runt of the litter at day 4:

She opened her eyes the next day.

At 7 weeks:

 

[JT Smith]

How many kittens can you fit in your lap?

 

[skyshrimp]

 

[BillTre]

 

[berkeman]

 

[berkeman]

 

[DennisN]

 

[berkeman]

 

[DennisN]

 

[BillTre]

 

[DennisN]

 

[jtbell]

Outside my hotel this morning:

 

[berkeman]

 

[berkeman]