Wind Gusts / Crying Kittens / Missing Cats

Yesterday Wednesday, March 30, 2022, we had some very intense winds practically all day. I usually feed the cats between 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. but I could not even open the kitchen door due to the 44 mph plus wind gusts.

When the winds finally died down to the 20 mph range I was able to go outside but was short two cats...Nicolás and Donald.  Did not worry they are full-grown cats who are capable of hunting for their own food.

In a comment in my prior post, I mentioned that Luna had moved her kittens to the old water heater closet. Since I have been feeding the cats on top of dad's old car since the old washing machine is where I have the bigger winter cucha I saw her eating and made a dash to place a little cardboard box and placed the kitties inside. They were crying, so tiny, with their little eyes closed.

They look a lot bigger than they actually are.

I was worried about them because they kept on crying and Luna did not know how to quiet them down.  I had flashbacks of Molly and her cats crying and she not feeding them leaving them to starve under the kitchen crawl space.

I would later go see how they were doing but found that Luna had removed them from the box and put them farther into the water heater closet so I could not see them much less reach them.

This morning Donald was back but there was no sign of Nicolás. He usually sleeps in the garage/carport as I only bring him into the kitchen when it is very cold outside. I was about to walk to the garage when he came out from behind it but he had a hard time walking as he had an injured front paw probably from the prickly cacti.

I walked toward him to pick him up and bring him inside but he demanded to be put down...so I did and let him come in on his own. For someone that has been missing for a day he did not eat much and he went right to his bed and went to sleep. As I am typing this it is 8:12 p.m. and he is still asleep!

This is his injured paw...it looks swollen

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Why are all my cats born in March?

Blanca gave birth to Paquito, Nico, and Rudy on March 24, 2018.  The only surviving cat is Nicolás who last Thursday turned 4 years old. His mom Blanca is still alive and drops in once in a while but she seems to have found a home. As soon as I got her fixed she left leaving me to raise her kittens.

Nicolás better known as Nico

Nico my little butterball is very chubby and since Paquito's passing, he thinks he is King cat and tries to keep the others in line. He has become aggressive something out of character for him since he was always so shy.

When Nico sleeps he looks like an angel...

Last year during the Texas Freeze in February I found out that both Bonnie Mae and Murderous Molly were pregnant. Molly's pregnancy came as a surprise since I thought she was a boy. Their offspring were born in March 2021.

Bonnie Mae had three kittens...Muñeca, Donald, and Barnabas. Molly had four offspring whom she killed thus giving her the nickname Murderous Molly.

Since then I had Bonnie Mae, Murderous Molly, and Muñeca fixed.  

Last year on March 13, 2021, Murderous Molly gave birth to her brood. Two weeks later Bonnie Mae had her kittens on March 27, 2021, so her litter is now officially one year old.

In a prior post, I commented that I discovered that Barnabas was a girl. She of all the cats is leary of me and won't come near me unless I have food and the other cats are around. Why? I have no idea. I have known she was pregnant but she did not look that big. This morning I heard a catfight and ran outside thinking Nico was the culprit but it was Luna (her new name) chasing an orange cat. I was afraid she was attacking Muñeca but it turned out to be another orange cat. That is when I realized that she would not have acted this way unless she was protecting her kittens.

I looked inside the winter cucha I had for the cats that I had wrapped with my old sleeping bag to insulate it against the cold and strong winds. I saw two kittens inside and blood from the afterbirth but they did not look like they were just born. She still has a tummy but I do not see any titties so she can nurse.

So whatever day Luna happened to give birth it once again took place in the month of March.

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