Posted: Tues, April 13, 2010 @ 9:37p.m.
Yes, they have survived....all 3 babies....for a little over 24 hours thanks to Ethar's diligent care efforts. When I came home today, Ethar told me that Lurch has taken over "daddy" duties. Lurch would sneak a baby out of the box and clean it if Ethar wasn't constantly watching. Lurch is extremely protective of them...he won't allow Fukker anywhere close to the babies. This is good since Fukker didn't respond well to them.
The two black ones are girls and the gray one is a boy. This is one Ethar caught of Lurch blocking one of the girls from trying to wander, blindly, off the sofa.
See the tuft of white fur sticking up on the gray one? I've named him Mohawk.
Anytime the kittens are out of their box, Lurch is right there watching over them. He seems to instinctively know that they need their asses licked to stimulate the whole pissing process cause as soon as we finish feeding one of them, when we put it down....even if it's facing him, Lurch will use his nose to turn the kitten around and then lick it's ass till it pees. Gross, I know....but that is what a mama cat usually does when caring for her kittens. If the piss process isn't stimulated, the kitten will die.
Ethar grabbed a shot of me feeding Mohawk. All 3 babies are taking very well to the bottle. We haven't come up with names for the girls yet...guess we just need to see about what kind of personality they are gonna have.