Oh no. Kitten advice? Please?

[Suu]

Squirm, Hide, and Squeeze...they now have their new names. 

I hope you find good homes for them!

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

 

Those names are pretty great actually.
Yeah. They'll get good homes.
I think they're starting to get used to people. One ate while I was petting it.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I currently have four in my house... Their mother left them neck deep in water during a rainstorm. However, there were no shelters with room for kittens and everyone apparently already has all the cats they want... So Kumo, Dora, Toes and the little Black Bear are still chilling at my place.

I suddenly feel like I'm turning into the weird Cat Lady...

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Heh.
I already have four of my own.
Two are mine and two are Mr Squids. You shoulda seen the day they met.

man that was ugly

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Heh.
I already have four of my own.
Two are mine and two are Mr Squids. You shoulda seen the day they met.

man that was ugly

We had two before these four troublemakers moved in.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

PILES AND PILES OF KITTIES!!!!

[Cain]

Advice: done medium rare and served with chips, salad and garlic mayonnaise dip.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

tsk, there's no meat on these things. it'd be worse than eating squirrel.

[Cain]

Three kittens to every one person.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

tsk, there's no meat on these things. it'd be worse than eating squirrel.

HEY!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Don't put them out, they'll die. So she'll be happy she got them back for about a day, and then they'll be dead and she'll be sad. For a day, and then she'll forget about them, which is what will happen once you put them somewhere she can't hear them.

Really?  I'm not saying you're wrong, I don't know much about cats, but it seems strange to think that cats are dependent on human assistance to get through infancy.  Seems like if mothers couldn't keep their kittens alive, cats should have gone extinct by now.

They're not dependent, but the mortality rate for feral kittens is pretty horrible. Why do you think we're not completely overrun by feral cats? Most of them die.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Don't put them out, they'll die. So she'll be happy she got them back for about a day, and then they'll be dead and she'll be sad. For a day, and then she'll forget about them, which is what will happen once you put them somewhere she can't hear them.

Really?  I'm not saying you're wrong, I don't know much about cats, but it seems strange to think that cats are dependent on human assistance to get through infancy.  Seems like if mothers couldn't keep their kittens alive, cats should have gone extinct by now.

They're not dependent, but the mortality rate for feral kittens is pretty horrible. Why do you think we're not completely overrun by feral cats? Most of them die.

Yep, cats as they exist today have been genetically fucked for outdoor survival, most particularly during the first 3 months of life. Once they're big enough to hunt etc they do pretty well. Also, a lot of feral mothers appear to have no really useful instinct about being a Mom.

The babies we saved were born in the basement window well of our house. (Dunno why the mom thought this was a good place). When it started to rain she moved the kittens from the hole in the ground to a spot under a bush. Once the rain got worse and water started standing in the area... she took off for a dry spot in the backyard and left the 2 week old babies. When we got to them they were up to their necks in water and crying.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Those kittens are crazy adorable!

[Prelate Diogenes Shandor]

Don't put them out, they'll die. So she'll be happy she got them back for about a day, and then they'll be dead and she'll be sad. For a day, and then she'll forget about them, which is what will happen once you put them somewhere she can't hear them.

Really?  I'm not saying you're wrong, I don't know much about cats, but it seems strange to think that cats are dependent on human assistance to get through infancy.  Seems like if mothers couldn't keep their kittens alive, cats should have gone extinct by now.

They're not dependent, but the mortality rate for feral kittens is pretty horrible. Why do you think we're not completely overrun by feral cats? Most of them die.

The reason why most of them die is because people intervened when their ancestors were faced with the same situations, thus short-circuiting natural selection...

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Don't put them out, they'll die. So she'll be happy she got them back for about a day, and then they'll be dead and she'll be sad. For a day, and then she'll forget about them, which is what will happen once you put them somewhere she can't hear them.

Really?  I'm not saying you're wrong, I don't know much about cats, but it seems strange to think that cats are dependent on human assistance to get through infancy.  Seems like if mothers couldn't keep their kittens alive, cats should have gone extinct by now.

They're not dependent, but the mortality rate for feral kittens is pretty horrible. Why do you think we're not completely overrun by feral cats? Most of them die.

The reason why most of them die is because people intervened when their ancestors were faced with the same situations, thus short-circuiting natural selection...

So?