Itty 2’s

So Mamma became pregnant again and delivered the Itty 2’s to me in October 2015. This time there were no full black kitties. They were all different, but still beautiful.

My days were spent mesmerised by the antics of all the kitties. Little Grey vanished after I was flooded out in the January 2016. Mamma had taken them to safety but when she returned with them Little Grey wasn’t with them. Sadly a few months later White Lip also disappeared, leaving just Tuxie and Fluffy Butt of the Itty 2’s.

Mamma was an incredible mother to her babies. She would call them all out to show them off to me, but I wasn’t allowed the touch them. It was fascinating to watch the interaction between Mamma, the Itties and the Itty 2’s. I learned so much about how animals behave over this time and they are to be admired.

During Summer it gets very hot here, so I put ice cubes in their water bowls. Fluffy Butt loved to play with the ice cubes, batting them around.

They would all also play in and with  my jade plant which you can see scattered about.

The three original all blacks were still around and getting towards a year old now.

A few weeks after Mamma had the Itty 2’s one of the original blacks, Black Tart, also had a litter of four kittens, but unfortunately only two survived.

To be continued: