She's at it again

By "She" I am talking about Otis, our cat. What is she at again?

KITTENS. 9 KITTENS.

Yes I did type that right, she had nine squirming, furry, mewing, adorable kittens this morning!



And you'll never guess where she had them this time. No, not the compost bin. No, not the chicken coop either. This time she had them, of all possible places, she had them behind the refrigerator in our barn!!

We keep an unplugged fridge in the barn to store animal feed and there's a 6-7 inch gap between it and the barn wall.

Otis thought it was a purrr-fect spot to raise babies. Apparently Otis and I don't see things eye to eye. She's just being a normal cat and found a nice, dark, warm spot to have kittens but it's also dirty, and Otis isn't the one who has to treat the poor kitties eyes twice a day when they become infected because they were raised in a dirty nest. Now, I don't know about you but treating 9 squirming, meowing kittens twice a day isn't exactly what I would call fun (if you think it does then call me and we'll talk).LOL.



So while big mama (a.k.a Otis) was eating breakfast we moved the kittens into a clean nest right next to the fridge. We held our breath as Otis stalked over and investigated her new abode. Please make her like it... I don't want to have to treat 18 eyes twice a day!

She sniffed it, walked around it and...HURRAY!! She went in! Thankfully she accepted the nest and hopefully the kittens will grow to be healthy, happy kitties.

~B#2