When does 1+2=15?
Well let me tell you how!
What was supposed to be just one mom and two kittens turned into a full on TNR and a search and rescue mission for some very tiny babies whose lives were totally dependent on their mama’s.

I was called to a location with businesses and residential mixed. A mama showed up at a business with 2 babies. I was to trap them and fix them and find homes for babies. Great. This is easy.

Day 1 - I trapped 1 male and THREE females. Not knowing anything about them they went back to rescue while I worked on trapping kittens. No kittens were trapped but they were seen. Including a third not on my list.

Day 2 - I returned to the site and quickly trapped 2 of the 3 kittens. I drove them straight back to rescue and put them in the quarantine room where the 3 mamas were free roaming. I wanted to see who the mama was. During that time, one mama came over to me and was friendly, so I started petting her and realized she was lactating. Oh no!!! I immediately left and went back to look for her tiny babies.

My first stop was a house 2 spots down and behind where I trapped the mama’s. BINGO!! They “thought” the mama was theirs but they couldn’t be sure but they did have babies. We just had to find them. Somewhere outside or inside their screened porch. They didn’t know how many though. We eventually found them in a storage room. I scooped them up and took to the one I thought was mama. It was indeed and she was very happy to have them. I put mama and babies in a trap so she could nurse. The other female was agitated by their meowing though and came to check on them. She let me pet her and then I discovered she, too, was nursing, but she was a little more firm. I sent out an SOS for some helpers to help scour the area with me.

After many more hours, eventually all mama's, babies, and two males were trapped and safely back at the sanctuary.

So here's where we stand:
The first mama has 2 babies. They are about 10 weeks old.
The other calico mama has TWO litters. One in the first litter is about 10-11 weeks AND she has 10 day old babies whose eyes are just starting to open.
The third mama has 4 babies who are about 5-6 weeks old. OH AND THIS MAMA IS THE MAMA TO THE OTHER TWO MAMAS!!

So if one mama had been fixed it would have prevented two other mama’s from having litters and one having two litters.
So 3 mama’s and 10 babies!!
Plus 2 males
That’s how 1+2=15!!
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So because of this, we have lots of tiny babies in rescue with mama's. All but the three youngest are eating canned and dry food. We are going through at least 24 cans PER DAY !! These are nursing mama's who are also eating the kitten food as they nurse and wean their babies.
We are in dire need of cases of food. It's not one the the expensive brands so a case is under $25.
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​The third annual Parks and Paws was held at Goose Creek State Park on May 4th from 10:00-2:00 and once again Paws and Love was there!! And so was Miss Kitty!! Who is Miss Kitty Watson?? She is a super sleuth who tracks down feral cats in need! Miss Kitty Watson came to Parks and Paws to help us learn about the role of “Trap Neuter Release” (TNR) in keeping our community cats healthy and safe.
 
Paws and Love Board members Bryan Grisham and Barbara Jones offered a TNR workshop with the support of volunteers Nina and Leonie Maiorana. Barbara shared the importance of TNR to care for community cats while Bryan and Nina demonstrated how TNR works using a motorized car – driven by a little kitty – who entered the traps in search of food! Lots of people wanted to see if they could catch the crafty little kitty! Leonie share the Tortorella Foundation’s “Meet Miss Kitty Watson Word Search” activities so that everyone could learn even more about TNR. This fun and educational demonstration was a highlight of the day!
 
Parks and Paws is hosted annually by the Humane Society of Beaufort County and Goose Creek State Park along with other animal loving organizations. In addition to the Paws and Love TNR master class, Leonie and Nina hosted a face painting table for “cat-faces and ears” to ensure that there were plenty of friendly and feral kitties roaming the park. Barbara gave away cat shelters made out of coolers so people could offer protection (and warmth in the winter) to their outside kitties.  Leonie set-up and manned the donations table and talked with visitors about the Paws and Love Sanctuary kitties.
 
It was a busy and fun day filled with learning with lots of Paws and Love!