Nibblets came to us, a tiny scared kitten, trailing along after a young mother cat. No matter what we tried, we couldn't tame her. Alas she "matured" too young, about four months old. With the help of the Kitty Angels I managed to close her inside our garage, hoping she wasn't already in the "family way." But she was. Two months later, when I could finally
touch her and brush her, on April 1, 2000, she gave birth to five
incredible silver chinchilla British Shorthair kittens. Seems Daddy
is the white Persian who lives two doors down. Then two days later,
Nibblets almost died from an infection. We were all so lucky she was
with us and not out on her own. We rushed her and the babies to The
Vet Cat Clinic, God bless them. Nibblets was very feral with the
Vet and Staff, but she and those babies stole their hearts right off.
The Vet said she'd "Never seen a finer litter of kittens."
All that, from a four pound, way too young to have babies, Mama. With the loving help of many internet cat friends who donated to "The Nibblets' Fund," we were able to save Nibblets and the kittens. I owe each one of them, most unknown even by name to us, a major Thank You! Sort of fuzzy, but it's hard
to keep them still! Here they are at about two weeks. The staff at
The Cat Vet Clinic dubbed them "The Spammers" after the
old Monty Python song cause I taught them to come to me by singing
it to them! La Montana MacPuddin' of the Clan MacPuddin'
at a very young age. Montaña - early November 2000.
You can see her true colors now. She's sure growing up. We had No
problem finding homes for her four litter mates. In fact I'm still
amazed we kept Montaña, but my husband made a snap decision
VBG! And here's Nibblets! She sure is getting chubby now! Sydney loves her with all her heart and just to see them together makes all the worry and work we had keeping her alive just vanish.
Nibblets MacSwain and La Montaña
MacPuddin'
