Sometime around the Christmas break of 2008, a female cat appeared outside our house. One of my brothers fed her and she hasn't left since. Around April 09, we washed her and took her inside so that she could give birth to her kittens. She had 3, none of which are still with us. We gave 1 away, while the other two are presumed dead (they disappeared).
One year later, the cat had three more kittens. Unlike last time however, she gave birth outside our home. At first no one knew where they were but we new they existed since the cat was no longer... big. Her three kittens were discovered in our backyard. They run away as soon as I get close, although human-cat relations are improving. I secretly want to wash them and bring them inside, so as to make them more people friendly thus making them desirable to cat lovers and give them away... far far away. Instead they are more on the wild side, and their hair-shedding does help. It's annoying.
This brings me to the second topic of this post. It's hot outside! Boiling temperatures! No joke! How a cat can give birth to three kittens in this weather and survive is beyond me. Alas, a mystery of nature.
P.S. The house's air conditioning system broke for a bit, but it's fixed now. It is in these times and temperatures that I'd have no qualms about snow in the middle of May.
