New friends

There's just no doubting it... cats are smart.

This mama cat (furthest to the left) showed up at a friends house on Sunday, crying at the back door for food. She's very clearly underweight, and has been for some time, so a can of tuna was put out on the porch for her. The big surprise was when she returned last night with her two kittens in tow. That's a cat that knows good people if I've ever seen one!!!

They're all very skinny, and beyond starved, but they're now on the fast track to recovery! They're also so hungry that the feral was just starved out of them, because they'll let you go and pet them (and even briefly pick them up) as long as you've got food in your hands. Tonight they'll be put in carriers and taken to the Meow Mobile for sterilization and vaccines tomorrow morning. And after that they will call this house their home... thank god for good people out there who do the right thing instead of turning a blind eye!! These little furry friends will make fantastic outdoor pets, and are already so grateful for the help! The human family living at the house also have a young kid, who is more than happy about his new pets:) And once they are cleaned up and fattened up, I'm positive they'll be happy to play with him and snuggle up for pets and purrs!!!

The two kittens look to be about 14-16 weeks old, and we believe (from the brief picking up to inspect) that they are both males. Mama herself can't be much more than a year old. All three are very pretty cats, and will be very friendly strays.

UPDATE:
Turns out both the kittens are female and around 12 weeks old. Mama is about a year old, possibly even as young as 10 months. This is why it's so important to spay and neuter... cats can start reproducing as young as 4 months old, and can have up to 4 litters a year. It's a far cry easier to sterilize from the start than it is to try and play catch up after a litter has already been born (and already having their own litters, and so on and so forth)...!!!