The story so far...

The past few days have been very exciting and positive. Just when I was giving up on humanity with all the bomb blasts and unnecessary loss of life, with helpless kittens being left to die on the streets, some very wonderful and kind people contacted me and restored my faith. There's still hope.

A couple of days back I was seriously worried about what would happen to the kittens if I were unable to get them good homes. I sent out mails to my friends who were kind enough to forward the same to people who could help and I got a surprising number of inquiries and tips on how to take care of them. :) If things go as per my conversation with the interested parties, I think I have managed to get all of them good homes.

Spoke to Dr. Sangita and it seems the kitties are all settled in. They are eating well and meowing at the top of their lungs ( I actually heard them scream over the phone ). I plan to go and visit them on weekends till they are adopted. And as cats and kittens have been an integral part of my conversation lately, I have learnt quite a few things about them.

1. Its not possible to determine the sex of the kittens during the first 2-3 weeks. (Go Figure!) So my analysis of all 4 kittens being females maybe flawed. I expect to see some changes in the sex ratio in the coming weeks :D
2. Male cats like to mark their territories a lot and hence one must be careful that funny smelling objects, clothes have probably been marked and hence needs cleaning.
3. Female cats go psychotic during heat ( actually so do the males, they can smell out prospective girlfriends as far as 12 kms!! ). So apparently cat owners do a very intelligent thing. They get them spayed/neutered. :P
4. They are genetically potty trained and love to stay clean( they should somehow isolate the gene responsible for this. whoever does it will make millions! )
5. Cats coughing up hairballs is not just something in the cartoons but is an actual phenomenon! Funny chaps these cats are :D

Would like to take this opportunity to thank all you guys who responded and changed your status messages pointing to this blog :). All of you who forwarded the mail ahead. A special thanks to Gauri and Sohini. Your friends have been kind enough to step up and adopt. Oh by the way, did I mention that I just love the internet? Why? Well for instance, I met Sohini on orkut in a community I made for Bongs in Bombay. (That community seriously needs some work) She's in the UK but she forwards it to a friend here in Bombay and she wants to adopt (not one but two!) See!? That's why I love the power of internet. If only people made good use of it rather than sending threatening mails to blow up the world. Thanks Monali for the backup plan :)

I would be putting up details about the adoption once they are done and the guys don't object to me putting them up. Last but not the least, thank you all for writing in with all the tips and tricks of taking care of cats. You guys Rock!!