The Story of Molly and Her Kittens


"If you save a life, you are responsible for it." - Chinese proverb


Molly first showed up in our backyard in early March 2008, when we started putting food out for a possum. Molly would come every evening and eat the food before the possum arrived. So our humans started putting a plate out for her, too. Then one night, she appeared outside our back door and just sat there staring at it until our humans noticed her. That's when they fell for her.

On June 8th, she showed up outside our Living Room window with three adorable kittens. One of our humans phoned our vet (on a Sunday night, no less) and he told her that the kittens could probably get homes, but Molly would either be put to sleep or spayed and re-released. A shelter was out of the question because we were afraid they'd all be put to sleep, even if it was a no-kill shelter. People have told us that when no-kill shelters are full, they have to pass them on to somewhere else or else they're forced to put them down anyway. Our humans wrote – twice – to a local feral rescue, who never bothered to answer. Meanwhile, they'd put food out every evening and bring little packages upstairs with them, so that the "buffet" could be replenished until they went to bed (around 3AM). And yes, the possum continued to be fed, plus a red fox. And just recently, a baby possum was added to the mix!

Finally in late July, we found a rescue (Saved Whiskers Rescue) on MySpace that's only a few miles from us. They lent us traps and we caught all of them in three nights. All were spayed/neutered, deflead, tested and received their shots within the next few days. Molly was our humans' main concern from the start and no way was she going to be put down or put back outside into the elements. The original plan was that Molly would join our family and the kittens would be fostered by the rescue group until good homes could be found for them. But while fostering the kittens ourselves for more than two weeks (until a foster home could be found), our humans grew to love them more and more each day until finally they decided to keep them all!

Since Chloe is the only one of the Doxies who climbs stairs, and that's only when she manages to get around the barricade that's put up (because of Doxie back and disc problems), Molly and the kittens will live upstairs and we Doxies will live downstairs. Maybe someday we'll meet, but it won't be for a while. Molly still has some adjusting to do but is doing beautifully. Within two days, she was rubbing up against our humans and allowing them to pet her. Even before she was caught, she was allowing them to kneel next to her and spoon food onto her plate while she ate. And she'd let them near her kittens, too, although they were still pretty shy.

Molly is a brown, black and grey Domestic Longhair Tabby. She was 7.8 pounds and thought to be about 14-15 months old when she joined us. Our vet put her Date of Birth at approximately May 2007. So Molly's birthday was decreed to be May 15th.

The kittens were probably born near the end of May 2008, so their birthday will be celebrated on May 28th. When we first saw them on June 8th, they were very tiny. All are Domestic Shorthair Tabbies. Cupcake and Cubby are grey and black and Creampuff is blonde/brown and black with a spot of red on top of her head. Our vet said that she appears to be a Tortoiseshell/Tabby mix.

Tiny Cupcake is also known as "Miss Personality". She's the most outgoing and vocal of the group. She also likes to climb and we expect we'll find her swinging from the chandelier some day! She and Cubby have become very close as they ate and slept together in the same carrier during their first weeks here. Cubby was very shy and sat in his litter box all day when he first arrived, which earned him the nickname "BoxBoy". His quiet sweetness made our humans fall in love with him. As the days went by, he began to come out of his shell and relax and play a little more. Creampuff, the feistiest of the kittens (nickname: "Miss Feisty Creampuff"), had her own carrier and is a little more independent. She was the last of the group to be trapped and was out there alone for an entire day after her mother had been caught, a long time for a tiny kitten who had always been with her family. Our humans had been so worried about her and were so relieved when she was trapped and safe and sound. All of them, but Creampuff especially, went from being "wild" kittens to lovable lap cats in a matter of days. The transformation was amazing!




Molly, a few days before she was trapped.





Left to Right: The Kittens – Creampuff, Cubby and Cupcake.




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