Cali & The Big Challenge

The little ones were all taken to be desexed this morning. Unfortunately, we have had the slightly worrying news that Cali has a heart murmur. The vet wasn't too worried about it but we will be taking her back this afternoon to stay with us a little longer. Apparently they can grow out of these things so that is the hope for her. She will just have to be adopted out as a slightly older cat. It's not ideal, but it's certainly better than the alternative.

And as it would happen (since it often does!), there was a new litter waiting especially for us upon the return of the others. It is the very sad reality that the RSPCA and other rescue groups are often faced with very young litters coming through their doors. At only a week old our newest litter is, quite frankly, not expected to survive. Many, when faced with this challenge, would simply euthanise and use their resources elsewhere. We, and the RSPCA (ACT) have decided to give these three tiny lives a chance. The expectation is that they won't last very long, but hey... maybe we can have a bit of a Christmas miracle. We will certainly do our best to make it happen (3 hourly feeds... yikes!)

Here are the new 3. They are not very good photos as we cannot use flash photography on ones so small, and once you wake them, you have to get that bottle to them quickly!