kitty lovers: our neighbor's cat had 3 kittens on top of

[elehhhhna]

our neighbor's sleeping 7 year old daughter.

Seriously. Kid slept through it.

Have you ever heard of something like this? I sure haven't!

[In_The_Wind]

1. Wow! I've never heard of that happening.

What was the little girl wearing at the time?

[zbdent]

3. something that was probably

thrown away immediately ...

[In_The_Wind]

4. And moisture proof.

[elehhhhna]

6. the comforter was a bloody mess and our neighbor

was shocked and astounded when she went in to check on her gal @ midnight, as you can imagine.

[In_The_Wind]

7. I understand the unpleasant surprise.

The child must not have a care in the world to have had a peaceful night's sleep.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. They weren't on top of her, but my daughter woke up one morning

to find Momma Kitty and four babies in her bed.

[libodem]

5. Wild story

I love mama Kitties and baby Kitties. Awww. They are such good little mamas.

[Arugula Latte]

8. The mamas just get a look of bliss when their kittens are snuggling/nursing.

They squint their eyes and "smile" as the babies "make muffins" on their bellies ... so proud ...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. gorgeous. every. one.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. lovely pics

[Ikonoklast]

14. There is a good reason why the Egyptians worshipped cats and had Bastet as the goddess

of fertility and motherhood.

[tabbycat31]

22. great pics

I love the one in the middle. The look on Mama's face is priceless. Is she an Abyssinian?

[Arugula Latte]

23. I think so. She's got that classic Aby look.

They are so smart, those Abyssinians. I love "talky" kitties, and most of them are like that.

[tabbycat31]

24. I'd love an Aby

I have a thing for talky kitties. My late Tabby (not an Aby, just a mutt kitty) was very vocal. I miss his serenades.

[Grateful for Hope]

11. Yes I have

When I was about 9, our cat Precious had her first kitten on my stomach while I was sleeping. I woke up, I think, immediately after this happened, and took her to the box we had prepared for her to give birth. She had three more while I watched.

I think cats do this when they really trust their humans.

[Arugula Latte]

12. You were made an Honorary Kitty.

Congratulations. Few get that acclaim.

*makes bowing motions with arms*

[Stuart G]

16. could you explain why that penquin..

keeps knocking that other one down??? in your post.?

[Arugula Latte]

17. It has to do with the existential angst of Penguin's inpenguinity to Penguin ... or something

[Stuart G]

19. do penguins always act like this? Inquiring minds need to know....??

[Arugula Latte]

20. I have no idea ...

It's just so sad ... the innocent little penguin waddling along, minding his own business ... then , WHAP!

[Stuart G]

21. It is the story of me...walking along..and most ladies....their arms were not out to hug, but

swing that sucker around, and I was on the ground....

[Grateful for Hope]

18. I do feel very honored.

[union_maid]

13. Yes. Almost

Our cat was nestled up against my daughter on the couch when kittens started emerging. I think my daughter was home sick from school that day. I was sitting on the loveseat and could see this happening. This was a long time ago. Now we would not be so negligent as to let a get knocked up, but this was in the seventies when things were kind of wild all over.

[csziggy]

15. A cat that was dumped at our farm had a kitten in my lap

The mom cat was tiny - only weighed about 6 pounds ever - and we didn't think she was old enough to spay. Our vet didn't think she was old enough to spay, she was so small.

About four months after she showed up, she crawled into my lap and was acting odd. Suddenly my lap was damp and there was this kitten. There was only the one kitten, a little calico.

Mom cat was spayed as soon as possible and the kitten was spayed as soon as she was old enough. Mom cat died of a heart defect at six year of age. The calico lived with me all her life, until she was seventeen.

[Bertha Venation]

27. Wow.

I bet you have wonderful memories of both of them. What were their names?

[csziggy]

29. The mother was Talia, the daughter Hillary (named for Sir Edmund, not for Clinton)

I'd had a Siamese that was an accomplished climber and named him Tenzing Norgay. Years later I had Hillary, who was not a climber, then my husband adopted another non-climber we named Edmund. My current kitty is Tashi Norgay, named for Tenzing Norgay's grandson. He's not much of a climber, either. He recently fell off the roof, fortunately the only injury was to his pride.

[Bertha Venation]

30. Oohhh, poor Tashi!

Glad he wasn't hurt.

[csziggy]

31. I was freaked but he was just embarrassed

He hasn't gone up stairs or out on the deck since, though.

[applegrove]

25. Think how distressing it must be to go

into labour if you are a cat. She must have really trusted that little girl to pick her in her time of duress.

[Skip Intro]

26. a cat gave birth on top of a kid?

who didn't wake up at all during the whole thing?

That's weird.

[winter is coming]

28. LOL. My best friend had a cat that delivered the middle of the kitchen floor while

we were doing dishes. I glanced down and said, "Look, the kittens are coming!" and my friend said, "Yeah, right," and then realized part of kitten was sticking out of Mama Cat.