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Heartbreak and Hope

By on Jul 22, 2012 in Family Life | 5 comments

On June 21st we got to meet three little kittens.  Momma cat was young (just barely a year) but she seemed to be doing well with her new babies.  We had two adorable oranges and a little grey tabby (that looks an awful lot like her uncle….).  All was well, they were growing and getting stronger.  My boys just adored them.  We named them (L-R in the above picture:  Curly, Larry and Moe). Everything I had read about new kittens said to leave them alone until about 3 weeks, and at that time you should start playing with them and socializing them.  So that is what we did.  The boys had a strict “hands off” rule which was hard on them considering that mommy cat had moved the babies into their bedroom! We had a rough time with momma cat moving the kittens around.  From the living room into the boys’ dresser to finally under their bed.  One morning I went searching for...