Wanted to share this with you all. <br />I like cats just fine but never have had a cat adopt me before. This stray came into our lives a couple months ago. She is the only cat around here that actually can catch and kill my little squirrel buddies. So adopting her was a way of controlling squirrel damage by keeping her inside during the day and letting her out at night. Well she decided that I was her person (or slave in a cats mind) and is always at my feet or sleeping on my feet at night. Even when in the bathroom she cries until I open the door. Taking a shower no problem. She sits on the rug outside the tub and peeks in every once in while to make sure I'm still there. Needless to say I've become quite fond of her.<br />Well when she went into labor Saturday the 1st of May it got worse! Being a young cat she had NO IDEA what was happening! From 10 am until PM I had to be next to her with my hand on her or she would just scream. (I was home alone as the wife was doing her drill with the Navy that day)<br />When the first baby came out she sat up and started licking my arm like crazy! I turned her around and showed her the baby. She then started licking me again! Now I'm getting scared and am yelling not me Lick your Baby! At that point I reached over and pulled the sack apart so the kitten could breath. It just layed there for a second then went meow and Penny must have jumped three feet into the air taking the baby with her! When they both hit the floor she started cleaning it up just fine. When the second one came she just lay ed there again so I picked up the sack and showed it to her.. wham she went right into action cleaning it up. Had to do this with all seven kittens. My wife was home by the time she was giving birth to the 5th. After cleaning she was so tired we had to tie off the cord and cut it for her. By 9PM me the cat and the bed were a real mess but that was OK with us 
<br />Three were still born but Penny wouldn't have been able to handle all seven anyway. She still cleaned them up and thats just natures way.<br />The really up side is that since we helped her with all the kittens she decided that our bed was the place to keep them. So we took the bed out of the room and put down a 3 inch high mattress so the kittens could only fall off onto the carpet. And she doesn't mind us playing with them 24/7 from day one.<br />Hope you all enjoyed the story and the pics.<br />These were taken on day of birth May 1st<br /><br />Brownie: 1st born and named because like his mother in direct sun light is really dark brown not black.(Male)<br />
<br /><br />Blaze: 2nd born and not sure why Elaine named her that. (Female)<br />
<br /><br />Tabby or Tabatha: 3rd born and named because she is a Tabby. She is the runt of the group maybe 1/4 - 1/3 the size of her brother and sisters. She is our favorite. First to walk, first to open her eyes. Bad part is that we told the gal across the street she could have pick of the litter since her Tom disappeared the day we took Penny in and she likes tabby also. (Female)<br />
<br />Ain't she cute!<br /><br />Screamer:Last to be born. The vet was worried about her because she was not only upside down but back wards also! She came out butt and tail first kicking and screaming! Had broken out of the sack before getting her head out! She is the largest of them all now. (Female) <br />
<br />Three were still born but Penny wouldn't have been able to handle all seven anyway. She still cleaned them up and thats just natures way.<br />The really up side is that since we helped her with all the kittens she decided that our bed was the place to keep them. So we took the bed out of the room and put down a 3 inch high mattress so the kittens could only fall off onto the carpet. And she doesn't mind us playing with them 24/7 from day one.<br />Hope you all enjoyed the story and the pics.<br />These were taken on day of birth May 1st<br /><br />Brownie: 1st born and named because like his mother in direct sun light is really dark brown not black.(Male)<br />
(Female)<br />
