First Day

Meet Miss Dora, the mother of 5 foster kittens. The animal shelter had already named her. She and her babies were brought to the shelter in this box with these blankets. The box is quite large and I think I'll use it for future foster kittens that are really small. I'll describe their other living arrangements later.
When I finally brought the foster kittens home, they were only 2 days old, and they were all nursing well.

There are 5 kittens - the kitten above is the only one this color. Two kittens are black and two other kittens are black and white. At this point, I didn't know boys from girls.

Miss Dora is out of the box having a can of food. I make dry kitten food available to Miss Dora at all times, and I feed her two cans of food a day (once in the morning and once in the evening). She looks forward to seeing me coming! Nursing cats need lots of calories so that they can make plenty of milk for their babies.

Yes, the blanket they arrived in was dirty, but it has since been washed several times. And I have another quilt that I swap out while the other blankets are in the wash.

Right now the foster kittens either sleep or nurse. Their eyes are not open yet. Miss Dora is a wonderful mom. She only leaves the box to use the litter pan or to eat.