Honey Wants to Be a Momma, Too!

Lovey "The real Momma cat"

Honey

"The wanna be Mom"

I know this has nothing to do with gardening, but it was too funny ,crazy and endearing not to share.

We have a house cat, Honey, and we have outside, barn or garden cats. One of our outside cat, Lovey, had 4 kittens of her own and adopted 4 kittens. Their mother died and she has taken care of 8 kittens for the last 3 weeks.

Yesterday, the kittens seemed restless. They have been inside our laundry room with Lovey and we let them come into the living room to play. We weren't quite sure how Honey was going to react to the little balls of fluff.

See Honey was rescued, she was abused as a kitten and taken away from her mother too soon. So she has had socialization problems with people and other animals.

Here is what she did. You can see for yourself in the above photos, not only did she like the kittens, she loves them. So much so Honey decided to be a surrogate momma. Crazy cat is even trying to nurse them, how I'm not sure. She is fixed and isn't lactating.

Anyway, it's amazing how some animals and even people surprize you with a compassionate side you didn't know was there. Lesson: never give up hope on those that seem hopeless.

Until next time,

Blessings,

Laurie