One of the orphaned kittens is bottle feeding
Lizzy with her 4 babies and 5 adopted kittens, a very busy and loving momma
Lizzy, a beautiful tortie rescued cat mama came to the shelter with four adorable kittens who just recently opened their eyes. Just a couple days later, Stacey, their foster mom received a call from a friend who had a litter of orphaned kittens. “After some research and talking it over with a couple of cat experts, we figured out that we could try to introduce them to Mama and see if she would accept them as her own, with some nutritional supplementation. Nine babies is a lot of babies, but it works out best for everyone — especially the kittens — if they have a feline mama,” said Stacey.
“Lizzy is an awesome cat and an awesome mom. Within moments of us introducing the kittens, she was grooming and nursing them as if they were her own. So now we have a mamacat and NINE babies. Whenever I am home I am switching them out every two or so hours. Right now the four older ones are nestled together in a box inside a carrier on one side of the room, with the heat keeping the room at a toasty 82 degrees. On the other side of the room, Lizzy is in her nest with the smaller babies so they can all get a chance at nursing without having to fight off a kitten twice their size. I’ll switch them in a bit. I’m also giving a bottle to anyone who will take it, but the older ones in particular are not happy about a bottle, and are very vocal about it.”
Photos courtesy of ©Good Karma Pet Rescue.
Getting ready to have food
Stacey helps Lizzy the cat mama feed some of the babies
Stacey also helps to clean the babies to take some workload off the cat mama
This little baby's eyes are almost completely open
The orphaned kittens are getting along well with Lizzy's babies
Snuggly fuzzballs
Lizzy doing a wonderful job taking care of 9 babies. What a great mother!
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Lovely story! Isn't Lizzie beautiful!
How sweet are these little guys. Wish I lived in Florida. Thank you for taking care of these little guys.
I had two sister kitties who had litters at the same time and they worked it out so only one had to be with all 9 kittens at a time. Tiffany ended up doing most of the mothering, while Abby Tabby spent most of her time away. She did give Tiffany some relief time though.
What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing this story and thank you for caring for them.
Beautiful story, thanks for sharing. We had 2 mommy cats at one time and they didn't care which kittens they had as long as they had the correct amount.
When I fostered two kittens, my kitty George thought they were HIS babies. He was a little confused when they tried to nurse on him, but there was much grooming and snuggling to be had. They even looked like him.
Now whenever there are little feral kittens in the backyard, he comes to me and cries to make sure I follow him to the back door. He wants to take them all in. (:
Both Lizzy and Stacey have been generous foster moms. Kudos to both!
What a great story thank you for sharing. She is just amazing, and beautiful too. You are awesome for helping her, I hope they all find nice homes.
Lizzy is a sweet super mama! Great story, I love them all
Very sweet story, great mama cat and wonderful Rescue people!
love the pic of the baby belly. so cute!
awww, such a good mama..she's beautiful.
I want them all!
Baby cats are the most precious things in the world!
So glad the mama cat accepted the extra babies. Great job you guys!
Now that's one gorgeous Tortie , and she's extra beautiful as a queen ! Good momma cat , taking care of all of those little hearts
We can learn so much from animals about caring.
An animal will kill to eat only…
What an example this MAMA-QUEN CAT.
How lovely and sweet. This definitely puts a smile on my face!
Such a ood Mama. Give her a hug & kiss from me.
Lizzy looks like my Angelina, who is neutered, a great story. Some mothers are just born for the job others have to be forced into it. I had one of the other kind, cat mother, not my own.
Beautifully done by both Mama cat AND the humans involved…BRAVO!!!
Beautifully amazing!
You are both an inspiration to me!! What a lovely story!
Lizzy is the most beautiful & amazing cat mama!
congragulation to such this kind
faimly for taking care of cat and
her babayssssssssssssssssssssss
Lovely pictures. I love this story!
Cat mamas are so amazing