Rescuer

My niece is a rescuer.  She has been doing it for years.  Their neighborhood, for some reason, was home for a number of feral cats and the cats returned to her backyard area to have their babies.

My niece always seems to know that there are kittens and where to find them.  She waits for about three weeks and then takes the kittens away from the feral mother and introduces them into a comfortable room in her house.  She feeds them bottled formula from the vet's office, lavishes affection on them, carries them around the house, and plays games with them.  In time, they follow her all over the place and they play games like fetch.

This particular little group of four, two boys and two girls, are just beautiful, she says.  They have long fur and beautiful eyes.  She notes that the long-haired cats don't shed as much and when they do, the fur is fine and doesn't tend to stick.  She said that they are amazingly soft and their fur doesn't mat.  She saw the father hanging around and she says that he is a beautiful cat as well.

Friends and acquaintances who have adopted these kittens say that they grow into amazing adults, playful and very attached to their owners.  They are very intelligent.

My niece has an arrangement with a reputable pet shop in her area, and they really love getting the kittens that she has raised.  She doesn't charge them a bit, and she also sees that all of the kittens that she raises see the vet and get their first shots. 

She has them eat different foods as they transition to solids, so that they aren't picky eaters and will go for most all cat foods. 

I've seen her with kittens before.  They just gravitate towards her and love spending time with her.  Her husband is in on this task too, and he spends as much time with the kittens as she does.  This makes it good for dads in the family where they go -- because sometimes the lower voices scares kittens.

She has caught many female feral cats and had them spayed, but this particular mother she hasn't been able to get a hold of. 

We have four cats already.  I know we don't need another one, but it is tempting, believe me!! 

The other night my husband had Sassy on his lap and I had Gracie.  Then a little while later, Gracie left because she can only take so much body heat, and Fred came along.  So of our four cats, we have four that love to spend time close by or in the lap.  Nice!  It's great on a snowy evening when it's cold outside and we are just relaxing.  Happy cats, happy family!!