4-week old kittens
Channel: steppenvolf
Date: 13/06/2012

Two weeks ago, our outdoor cat Gerda came home injured, almost dead, with a broken leg and a bone sticking out of her tight, skin torned out, awful sight... She had had her first kittens two weeks before, but she had hidden them somewhere and refused to show us, so we just waited for her to bring them when she thinks is right. After her injury, she has undergone an operation and is under treatment now - we are still not sure if she lives, but it seems she wants to, very much. We went to look for the kittens, but couldn't find them. Then, after we lost all hope, the kittens were found in our neighbour's wooden garage, alive! She must had protected them against some animal, got injured, but still managed to hide them in this new safe place before crawling to our doorstep next morning. The kittens were without food for almost 6 days, I cannot believe  they managed to live. It's been one week, they are almost a month old now... I've been feeding them formula, since Gerda cannot nurse them, but they seem to be doing just great, growing and discovering the world around them.