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@chandra @anthracite We are profoundly likely to take you up on that. <3 In the meantime we can take donations at egypt@urnash.com.

Our needs aren't that serious yet, presuming the kittens don't need any serious vet care, but we do want to get the whole clan vaccinated and fixed before the year's out, so we will definitely need help eventually. We are most grateful and to my astonishment so is Sugarfoot (who has been extremely gracious since this whole awkward deal was arranged) . <3

So one of the kittens started doing this thing where they let out a scary little hissy-wheezy-breath and their belly flutters like crazy for a few seconds.

They are absolutely right as rain after it happens and both Peg and my common sense feel strongly that this is just One Of Those Things Kittens Do in the process of learning how to operate a cat body.

So I suspect they are okay, but... this was just a little taste of the next couple of months. I am gonna be the worst helicopter parent. I'm so grateful for the offers of support, 'cause if one of these kittens so much as gets a proper case of the sniffles I'm probably gonna break down and take 'em to the vet.

I promised myself I wouldn't get too attached. I promised myself if it really came down to it I would accept these are not domestic cats and let nature take its course. That promise is probably not going to get fulfilled.

@anthracite @kistaro i am starting to seriously wonder how much it would cost to just lease a car for one month and try to get 'em all during that month...

it's been a stressful evening with 6 out of 8 cats in a household with one and a half litterboxes, a complex impromptu airlocking system to keep an aggro unsnipped male away from the next kittens, and multiple feline containment failures.

I am going to shut myself up in the back room while Peg shuts herself up in the front, with Sugarfoot and the newbs safely napping in the room in-between.

And I am going to get stoned beyond coherence.

@kistaro @anthracite sugarfoot has been expressing emotions that seem to be the closest feline analogue to gratitude and it's kinda making the whole thing worthwhile. she could not have picked two more bumbling excuses for kitten godparents but she definitely chose people willing to try

@Balina i confess i faved this purely on the basis of the cw before even opening the toot but i feel it didn't really affect the outcome much

@anthracite It really wasn't your fault, babe, sorry I stressed out at you. I knew she couldn't have gotten *too* far and I should've figured it wouldn't take much to bribe her!

I figure the fact we also accidentally left the back door wide open during the whole thing is pretty good evidence we shouldn't feel guilty about the evictions, either -- they had every chance to come back in and there were no takers!

@001zlnv peg's little pair of costume bat wings already learned 12 the hard way, thanks a LOT arthur XD

@chimerror yeah well

you're just lucky i moved to new orleans, sister

*powernaps under a papaya tree* 🐯​

@JulieSqveakaroo We can. We're in NO HURRY. At least give us a few weeks to frantically google "how the hell do i care for these freaking cats" XD

@001zlnv @JulieSqveakaroo Luckily they are in my studio, which is really minimal in terms of furniture. Not much to clean up and not many places they can get in trouble, though thank you for reminding me that the gap under the closet door is another place @anthracite and I need to kitten-proof!

things have been quiet today, out of spoons and only started my "day" job an hour ago

kittens are doing fine, the enormity of the fact they'll probably be in my room until like March or April is still slowly hitting me

sugarfoot you better know what the fuck you're doing because i sure don't. the urge to helicopter-parent and strain at every possible thing i could be doing to endanger them is already hitting me.

just breathe, large cat, it'll be okay.

@Oneironott cripes i miss the wind-up mousedoll princess i used to play on puzzlebox...

(Ah. Her Majesty says "Don't worry, the cats on My side of the veil can talk, and can therefore be easily bribed. There are lasting treaties and recurring festivities." What a relief.)

Sugarfoot and the two micropanthers are doing fine. They're peeping a little now and then but they don't seem distressed and they're already pretty rambunctious. Despite all my biggest anxieties things look like they're going great for all so far, Bast permit.

Oh dear speaking of goddesses i wonder how Antler Mom feels about being surrounded by Cat Vibes all day? I should do something nice for her, kinda smooth things over.

okay now we have EIGHT cats

nope, sugarfoot seems to be done dropping kittens

peebles showed back up after three days missing in action

i'm so happy but fuck that is a lot of cats

if y'all are not averse i think we will DEFINITELY be considering a donation drive for spayings, kitten supplies, and maybe some help setting things up so at least some of these cats can Live Here for real

the one part of being a good cat mom friend i am totally not getting is the "let them have their privacy" part. can't help peeking in and fretting over 'em.

@spacewastrel@yiff.life Yup. *hug*

@kistaro There's a TNR program but we were really holding out for a vet, 'cause these guys... aren't our cats, but they're not not our cats, and we weren't sure if a TNR program would handle them with the kid gloves we'd prefer, or by relied upon not to release them elsewhere or something, I was just getting the focus together to resume doing the research today... and then bang, mew. :)

hahaha omg i just realized

after a few weeks of being in my studio room, nursing her kids

there is absolutely no fucking way sugarfoot will ever be persuaded that she does not live here

sigh dammit peggy call the realty company and say we need to add someone to the lease