Outnumbered by Cats

Id like to get a female kitten and let her have one litter, I said to my stunned family when they raised the kitten topic. Not surprisingly a suitable kitten was quickly found and Mitzi arrived in time for Christmas, bringing her own brand of fun and chaos, and demanding friendship from a 5 year old cat Cleo. By summer Mitzi was quite confused, she came into season and started calling shamelessly. But when a hapless tomcat answered her call, she was far from impressed; causing more than one cat flap drama, and a hole in the door where a flap used to be. Eventually nature took its course and Mitzi had kittens. The first few weeks were blissfully peaceful, watching as Mitzi took care of their every need. We had a week of heartache when one of the kittens was poorly, and then not developing properly, and was destined to challenge us in ways we could not yet imagine. Then they grew big enough to escape their box, and the bedlam began See more