Communal Cats

My dad once exclaimed "What kind of farm do you have? Is this the funny farm"? The name has stuck. Our cats fit really well in the Funny Farm. We use to have a cat that would steal other cats kittens. We would look down our driveway and there she would be a kitten swinging from her mouth. This cat also once nursed a bunny and she thought it was one of her kittens.

We also had two cats share kittens. These cats were best friends so they would lie together with each of their four kittens. It was a really strange sight.

Recently two of our cats each had a litter of kittens. One of the cats kittens died so she decided she was going to kittennap from the other mom. She would sneak in to where the kittens were playing, lie down, and start purring. The kittens would run up to her and she would lick them all and start walking away. She would call the kittens to follow her. I kept taking the kittens away from her so she finally decided she would just join the other mom. So the kittens have two moms raising them.

The two moms: Princess (white one), FleckHead, and the three kittens.

Lorissa