Part of my morning rounds now includes checking on kittens and mamas. I am happy to say that Rosencrantz is showing no signs of wanting to move her kittens anywhere. When I check on her, I stand to the side of the dog house, stick my phone camera into an opening, and try and see through the screen. This morning, Rosencrantz ran out, but she did not go far. I snapped a quick picture, then stepped aside, calling to her a bit. She was comfortable enough to go back in to her kittens.

I still have some hope of being able to bring Rosencrantz and her babies into the “maternity ward.”

While visiting with Butterscotch and Beep Beep earlier, they both went into the old kitchen while I topped up their food and water and grabbed the bird and deer feed. Butterscotch even let me pick her up and cuddle her for a bit, before she went back to her kittens, but I’d managed to get a quick picture while she was out.

I am now kind of concerned. And confused. (slight graphic warning)

The kittens are fine, but that’s blood on the pillow!

I checked pictures I took yesterday, and it was not there, then, so this happened overnight some time.

I had held Butterscotch, and she wasn’t bleeding anywhere that I could see.

Normally, I would have thought it was from birthing, but Beep Beep is still pregnant, and she doesn’t go in there, anyhow.

So where did the blood come from?

I couldn’t see it when I took the picture; getting these pictures are a “stick the phone in, use voice control and hope for the best” arrangement. Now that I know it’s there, I’m going back to clean things up and check on the mamas again!

The Re-Farmer