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Sugarfoot is adjusting relatively well to the kittens having moved on. She's patroled the apartment a couple of times and made a few sad mews, but has taken consolatory pettings relatively well and is about to have a snooze on the arm of the couch. I keep telling her she did a great job as mama and should be nothing but proud -- 'cause she did and she should.
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@zebratron2084 sounds like you did a great job as auntie, too. glad everything worked out as well as it did. <3
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@Sig I'm so freaking relieved, honestly. It really felt like we were raising those kittens by the seats of our pants some days. I remember how DESPERATELY worried I was that they'd choke on a random bit of trash or fall six inches and hurt themselves or something... but nope, they just bumbled around for three weeks and suddenly they were cats. :) I'm so grateful to Sugarfoot and the kids for mostly raising themselves...
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@zebratron2084 yeah, in my experience it's surprisingly easy to work with their instinct to bury their poops rather than advertise to all interlopers where they are and what they've been eating. problems tend to arise once you introduce human neurosis and/or neglect, because of course.
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@Sig I have to say: those kids turned out to be litterbox PRODIGIES. They had a little trouble with accuracy and burying stuff, but they passed Poop 101 pretty early on for kittens...