Meet Tiny, Tipsy, Teddy, Tinker and Tabitha as well as Milly and Molly.
This adorable litter of kittens are absolute favourites here at Esther Honey. Their mum was bought in to the clinic just days before being due to give birth, so Tiny, Tipsy, Tinker and Tabitha were all born right here.
A few of us were even lucky enough to witness the whole event; a rather special moment in anyone’s books.
Mama Cat is such a good mum that two days later, when an orphaned stray came in and his only chance for survival was a real mum, she happily accepted Teddy as one of her own. Not even the introduction of Milly and Molly 10 days later phased her (though she does now eat about six meals a day).

The kittens grew at an alarming rate, opened their eyes a good few days before they were supposed to, and proved to be an incredibly healthy robust litter. With the nursery full and the two young ones still too small to be put in any of our other cages, poor Mama Cat is stuck in the tiny ‘bird cage’ all day but doesn’t seem the least bit bothered at having seven playful mischief makers clambering all over her.

We try each day to give her a break by having a ‘kitten party’ on the lawn with the bigger lot which you would think Mama Cat would appreciate, but she supervises very closely from her spot and after 20 minutes gives us a meow to let us know its time for the kids to come home.

In another few weeks, Mama Cat will be spayed and sent home and all the kittens will join the nursery kittens waiting for a loving home.
But in the meantime, it is a delight to watch and cuddle these genuine Esther Honey kittens!