I just couldn't take it any longer

For anyone who knows anything about stray cats, spring is kitten season. So if you do any kind of animal rescue, you know about this time of year is when all of the calls start coming in for help with a mother and her kittens.



We were getting inundated with calls and I just couldn't take it any longer. The guilt that is. Enter Rocky and her kittens. Well, it just started with Rocky and her kitten - singular. But once the word was out that I had a nursing mother with just one kitten, that easy task would be no longer. It turns out that one of our volunteers works part time at an animal clinic on the east side of Cleveland. Someone came in with a box of newborn kittens and no mother. So Rocky now has four! They actually go perfectly with her and she is a good little mommy.


Rocky is named after the woman who called in about her. She was found with her one kitten (the one on the far right side) at the construction site of the new juvenile justice center in Cuyahoga county. So, her kitten is named Justice. The other three weren't from that site, but we're going with the theme so they are (from left to right) Judge, Habeas and Discovery.


I wasn't so sure about Rocky at first. She hid and hissed (not the combo you're hoping for in order to find her a new home). But after just a couple of days, she is a very affectionate sweet little girl. I am just hoping that the bulge in her tummy is a whole bunch of worms and not another litter. I don't think it is possible for her to be pregnant again when her kitten can't be more than a month old but you never know. Let's just all keep our fingers crossed!