Kittens are EXHAUSTING!

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The roomie wrote this: It's 1 AM - Zoe just fussed at somebody and I wake up turn on lamp beside bed, look down in basket on floor beside bed to check on kittens - basket is EMPTY - no kittens in basket - and some adult cat has thrown up on the towel in the bottom of the basket! JOY! I'm terrified to get out of bed and step on a kitten at this point - have to wait til one gets close enough to grab - put him in the basket - find another one - put him in the basket - 1st one has gotten out again - put him back in the basket - there's #3 - put him in the basket - spot the second kitten getting out - put him back in the basket. At this point, I'm feeling like I've got 10 kittens to deal with rather than just the three boys (and it IS all the boys at this point - no sign of the little female) Finally hear Zoe pissing off the little female - they're down at the foot of the bed - safe for the blind chick to get out of bed as I now know where all all the kittens are - get into my desk chair - grab runaway female who is STILL fussing at Zoe - all in basket, Yeah! Put basket on bed - Get bottle start feeding first kitten to hand - bleary eyes on basket to try to prevent further escapes and I realize I haven't grabbed my glasses so can't see worth a damn. Skippy goes over the wall - headed toward the headboard - Zoe's giving him a bath can hear him fussing at her - okay feed next kitten - FINALLY all kittens fed - Skippy's over in the far corner of the bed - use reacher to grab him bring him back to basket - other three now have full tummies and going to sleep - put Skippy back in basket - put towel back over basket to keep babies warm - keep an ear on things while I check e-mail - finally all kittens quiet - no more bumps rising under towel - put basket with now sleeping kittens back on floor beside bed. WHEW! And now I can go back to bed - til the next round. Tomorrow nite they sleep in Elic's room or in a cat carrier.