New Additions

J and went bike riding this weekend on the road in front of our house. We were just goofing off, racing up and down the street when I heard a cat meowing near a field with cows in it. I stopped on the side of the road, and started calling to the sound. (we live in the middle of nowhere, so I was suprised to hear a cat meowing that far away from everything!) J pulled over as well, and we saw the grass rustling...and more meowing. Kitty sounds - BABY kitty sounds! I saw two kittens fall/jump from the tree - keep in mind at that time it was drizzling outside, warm, but not that warm. The two little kittens RAN to us! We picked them up and they kept nuzzling us, and wouldn't let us put them down!

So we took them home. That was a feat in itself as we had to hold them with one hand, use the other hand to steer our bikes and pray that we didn't fall over - and we had to ride with them for almost 1/2 mile!

We dried them off, fed them and played with them. We figured they probably got lost or seperated from their mom and/or littermates, but they knew what real cat food and water was so I'm sure they were weaned.

On Saturday, we decided that just to be on the safe side, we'll check with a few neighbors to make sure no one is missing any kittens. The first ones we checked with claimed ownership of the cats and said we could keep them if we wanted them as they have a few farm cats that have babies already. They actually offered us more kittens if we wanted them. For now, we'll just keep our two kittens.

So the kitties have a new home! We don't have names yet, we're calling them Fuzzykitty and Greykitty right now. But they are fun cats! We already have them sort of trained to come back to us when we call them! Now only if they grow up to be mousers...