More babies for Mama Lucy!

So yesterday we drove down to the Austin Pets Alive! clinic to pick up four more orphaned newborns! Two sets of two!!

Unfortunately two of the babies didn't make it. They were transported from out of town and the person who brought them in didn't give them any kind of heat source. They also went without food for four hours. One of the babies was already fading on arrival to the clinic and she passed shortly before I took the rest of the babies home. Her brother fought to last a little longer, but about an hour after we got him home he stopped breathing. Both babies were warm and comfortable at the end.

The other two however are doing fantastic! They have been named Gul and Gaile, and have made themselves quite at home with their new mama and siblings. They're quite a bit smaller than Lucy's babies, but they'll catch up quickly! They're on some antibiotics as a precaution because both the Austin Animal Center and the Austin Pets Alive clinic can't guarantee that there aren't some germy bugs flying around. The antibiotics will just make sure that neither of the new babies comes down with anything. Both new kittens are nursing really well and are fighting off the bigger babies for their spots on the nipple.

Mama Lucy wasn't fazed at all by the new arrivals; in fact she was trying to get to the new babies before I even got the carrier open! She started licking and cleaning them and carried them into the nest herself. Yet again all I can say is Good Job Mama!