Hi everyone, I posted a while ago re Mina and her pregnancy (and her nipples looking dodgy!).
The kittens are now running around, they're so tiny and light that they seem to literally shoot around! They are lots of fun. They will see the vet on Monday for a check up and worming, but as I don't expect much advice on raising kittens I would appreciate any pointers from you experiences crowd.
Me and Mina are becoming good friends with the help I'm giving with her kittens, she even called me when she was about to have them, it was a great experience I will never forget. My first kittens!
And last!
I LOVE them so much that I would like to keep all 5 but I can't afford to, and choosing one is impossible, I like every one the same! I might keep one to keep Mina company (and that will be a drama), but I'll have to home the iothers and I'm going crazy with worry. I will keep them until they are 12-13 weeks old, or even later, I have no deadline, it's just an expense I can't keep up for years to come, but I don't mind months and monts.
Maybe people will be put off by older kittens? I want to do my best to find a home that will keep them well, and for life, but how do I do that?
I've naively put a couple of ads on web ads sites, and so many totally irresponsible sounding peeps have replied! One wanted one NOW for her one year old daughter (to sit on, presumably), one to give as present to an older couple wih a country home (nice setting, but as a present? What if they dont want them???), a few didn't even make sense, one a student from Japan who will leave the UK in two years, one I sent a picture of a kitten to and she asked me if that was the mum, one wanted a kitten "only if very well beahved", another lot from people who have lost two elderly cats last year (it might be true enough, but it sounds strange when 9 ads with different names tell you exavtly the same thing: two cats, died last year.)
A few people sound all right, one was a Guardian journalist who lives on her own in a nice garden flat, but how do I know how much she loves cats, and what she will do with them if she finds the cat-hating boyfriend or moves homes, or has kids? Same for all the dozen young couples who just moved in new homes, they might be in good faith all right, but once babies start coming, what will they do with my tiny personalities here?
Am I totally nuts worrying about this???!!! What's the perfect way to judge how committed a cat lover someone really is?
As many of the people on this forum work in rescues I was wondering if someone had advice to offer.
Thanks!