A cat chirped with renewed hope to her kittens when someone took them out of the shelter, promising them a good life.
A cat chirped with renewed hope to her kittens when someone took them out of the shelter, promising them a good life.
A cat chirped with renewed hope to her kittens when someone took them out of the shelter, promising them a good life.
Nova, an orange and white cat, found herself in an animal shelter, going into active labor. A rescue group, Tails High, contacted the shelter to ensure a better life for the feline family.
Asa, a volunteer for Tails High, was running errands when she received a text from the rescue. “I cut my errands short and headed out to make my 3-hour roundtrip drive to pick them up, at which point she was done giving birth to her beautiful babies,” Asa shared with Love Meow.
At just a few hours old, the kittens left the shelter with their mom en route to their new life in a foster home.
“Nova was having a bit of a hard time at the beginning. The shelter said she wasn’t cleaning the babies when they were born.”
Overwhelmed by stress and the shelter environment, Nova withdrew into herself and relied on the kindness of the staff and volunteers to tend to her babies. That quickly changed when she stepped into her foster home.
With a quiet room, a comfy bed, a constantly replenished food station, and a loving human, Nova relaxed. The wariness in her eyes melted away, and her maternal instinct took over. She gently put her arms around her babies as they nursed away on her belly.
After a long feeding session, she stepped out for a well-deserved break, chatting up a storm with her foster mom and rewarding herself with a big stretch.
Despite their best efforts to save all the kittens, one of them, Ash, sadly lost her fight. The rest of the litter, Alexandria, Arly, and Vienna, continued to gain weight and strength. At two weeks old, they officially entered the wobble phase.
For a while, Nova enjoyed some me-time between feedings, but that changed when the kittens started using their legs. Curious about their surroundings, they ventured out of the nest to explore.
