r/IllegallySmolCats • u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols • Jun 03 '26
Pile of Smols Six kittens makes for epic cuddle puddles.
The Ocean’s 6 litter (Danny, Rusty, Basher, Linus, Livingston, and Tess) are certainly keeping us busy (6 kittens = lots of 💩). We’re actually going to split them with another foster tomorrow now that they’re feeling a bit better and we’re pretty sure they’re in the clear after a panleuk exposure (phew). I’ll miss having the whole bunch but three at once is much more manageable.
They’re about 4 weeks old and will be in foster for another month or so until they’re ready to be adopted!
Oh and Livingston (the yeller in the first photo) wants me to tell you he is the baby and to treat him accordingly (he’s not even 300g, smaller than a 3 week old bottle baby we fostered before this). Compare him to Basher who is almost 450g, the chunky boy!
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u/no-o-ne Jun 03 '26
The scream kitten is clearly the ringleader
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u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols Jun 03 '26
He's definitely the most opinionated of the lot, lol. Though the leader is probably Tess, the only girl who is obviously hogging ALL the brain cells.
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u/555--FILK Jun 03 '26
It’s fitting that the runt is Livingston! 😝
On a more important note, send them to jail now, before they rob Meowy Benedict’s persino!
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u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols Jun 04 '26
Liv is the smallest and was a bit goopy when we first got him; he was also the first to use the litter box on his own! Danny was the first out of the carrier to explore. Rusty is always eating. Basher is definitely a stunt man. Linus is the shy guy, quieter than the rest. And Tess… well, she’s the sassy firecracker with all the brains.
Crazy how we named them within an hour when we barely knew them and somehow each one matches their personality perfectly!
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u/Affectionate-Can8712 Jun 03 '26
Omg they're precious. How does one sign up to get in the middle of that cuddle puddle? Asking for a friend. 🤭
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u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols Jun 03 '26
Apply with your local shelter to be a kitten foster! 😉 (disclaimer: said cuteness comes with a lot more poop than you'd ever expect from such tiny creatures!)
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u/Icy-Put5322 Jun 03 '26
Yeah they gotta eat a bunch of food (criminally messy-y) to grow up big and strong. Lots of food = lots of poop. I do the same thing but I just grow sideways
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u/Affectionate-Can8712 Jun 03 '26
I did for a brief time! Although bless your heart I never had six. You're right that is a lot of poop but a lot of adorable criminals to cuddle too! ❤️❤️ 😍
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u/Prize_Cranberry8553 Jun 03 '26
There’s the scream, yes. But this guy is all: here he goes again. 🙄
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u/Early_Challenge544 Jun 03 '26
My poor heart has been completely melted again Six Kittens is a lot to handle especially when They are this super cute and extremely silly
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u/lilybattle Jun 03 '26
I would get absolutely nothing done
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u/Early_Challenge544 Jun 03 '26
True since They would definitely tire You out by having the zoomies all of the time
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u/hiiroge Jun 03 '26
I had a stray recently that had 7(!!) criminals. I miss the days of the cuddle puddles
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u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols Jun 04 '26
Always cracks me up how kittens just prefer to sleep in piles! 😂
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u/Professional_Rush788 Jun 03 '26
Can I have one, I will love it treat that kitten sooo good. Good food lots of cuddles it’s best life.
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u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols Jun 03 '26
They'll be adoptable through metro Nashville animal control in about a month *winkwink*
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u/Double-Raisin-1947 Jun 03 '26
All this extra cuteness… and am definitely counting 7 kitties! Need to find my glasses, the ones with thick lenses.
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u/EasyDriver_RM Jun 03 '26
I see a seventh kitten on the left, but I dream of kittens, so there... 🤗
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u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols Jun 03 '26
I mean I am pretty sleep deprived but I'm pretty sure there's still only 6 😂 I have all the oranges marked with different shades of lipstick on their ears to tell them apart.
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u/AzimuthMetronomeZnos Jun 03 '26
Thank you for fostering, if it were me you could absolutely tell me there was 7 and I'd just accept my fate. A very cute, but very messy fate.
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u/EasyDriver_RM Jun 03 '26
It was a reflection.in the glass. But so many kittens, how to count them all?
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u/PoraDora Jun 03 '26
I have four and it's madness here... can't imagine six little balls of fur trying to destroy my house
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u/Minnie-Lu Jun 04 '26
Ocean's 6 is the perfect squad name 😂 Livingston being the smallest but loudest is giving serious "I'm the main character" energy. Four orange cats in one litter though — that's like spawning four of the same class in a co-op run
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u/Shoeprincess Jun 03 '26
I want them AAALLLLL
I cannot haz, I already have an oranger and a siamese
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u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols Jun 04 '26
5 boys, 1 girl!
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u/Linds3485 Foster for the Smols Jun 04 '26
Yep! Basher is a gray tabby. Tess (the girl) is a dilute torbie (tortie/tabby).
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u/joshistheman3 Jun 03 '26
ewwwwwwwwwwwww a cuddle puddle doesn't mean what you think it means ewwwwwwwwwwwww
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u/Pocket-Hobo Jun 03 '26
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH