The Madison update

Six day old Madison is doing very well!  Because Madison is an only child, I’ve been able to spend a lot of time with her during feedings, and we’ve really been bonding.  I usually have at least three kittens when I foster so it’s feed/burp/pee/repeat, and I don’t interact with them very much.  With Madison, we can sit together for fifteen or twenty minutes after she’s been fed, and I’m surprised at how personable and funny she is.  She rolls around, purrs, likes to have her belly rubbed, sniffs my face, and see seems quite happy.  Her purr has become really loud, too.  I think she’s healthy (knock on wood), and she’s going to be gorgeous—I can’t wait until her eyes open (her ears have unfolded a lot).  I’ll take some pictures of her later this evening.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 01/25 at 10:32 PM

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  1. Uh-oh, it sounds like your becoming attached! Madison has a home to go to when she’s old enough, right? Sounds like lots of fun. Until you’re a mom, you don’t realize how much babies really do.

    Posted by Victor Tabbycat's Mom  on  01/26  at  03:44 PM

  2. When I was a child my family and I raised three kittens on bottles from the time they were two weeks old. It took so much time and effort, we couldn’t believe it, to do what the mother cat does so effortlessly. But it was very rewarding and something that we will never forget.

    You are special to be doing this.

    Posted by jan  on  01/26  at  04:22 PM

  3. I always get a little bit attached, but I figure that means I’m doing a good job.  Madison already has a home to go to (the people who found her and Miles wanted to adopt them both), and I know they’ll be great for her.  I’ll be sad to see her go, but I think this adoptive family will actually keep in touch with me.  None of the others have.

    Jan, I appreciate the compliment, but it’s me who benefits from the kittens. They make me so happy—it’s the best job ever.

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  01/26  at  05:54 PM

  4. I am so happy to hear this. grin

    Posted by Coll  on  01/27  at  02:48 PM

  5. Awww. That is so much work. I cared for a tiny kitten I found in my driveway many years ago (something must’ve happened to poor mama cat to drop her) and took her to work and everything. I thought she was a male so I called her Floyd. Her eyes were just starting to open when I took her.
    I should go back and read....why again didn’t the owners raise her, was it a time thing? I’ve missed a bunch lately. Got busy with work and life and not enough time to get online much!

    Posted by Carina  on  01/27  at  06:07 PM

  6. I’m not exactly sure why the owners didn’t want to raise her.  They may have had full-time jobs away from home, or they may have just been bewildered as to how to do it.  I remember how terrified I was when I raised my first set because they seemed so tiny and frail.  In retrospect, they were the easiest set of all (no health problems at all), so I think they broke me in gently. 

    And yes, Carina, you do need to get back online.  The spammers are taking over your comments!

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  01/28  at  12:11 AM
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