Future Kitten Update

We will have kittens in August!

We have some great news! Some of our Bella Joy family members already know that Scarlett will be having kittens in August. However, you might be interested in the story of how we first found that out.  😁

You see, we went on a four day vacation to Myrtle Beach. Before we left, we set up one of our Blink cameras in the house so we could check on them any time we wanted. 

Every day that we were there, I checked the camera about once every hour. Diva went into heat and was calling all over the hour. Tally tried to mate with her in just about every video that I saw. However, we never actually caught them going all the way through with the act. Diva hasn't bred before and just didn't know what to do. She kept rolling over onto her side and Tally was only able to hug her and cuddle her. We witnessed no breeding between them.

On the way home from vacation,  I checked the video, expecting to see Tally and Diva trying again. But I got a big surprise! Scarlett walked up to Tally right in front of Diva, in an attitude like "this is how you do it girl," and let Tally mate her. They were still mating off and on for the next two days after we got home.

We still have no idea if Diva mated or not. She is currently not in heat and if she cycles into heat again then we know for certain that they never mated. However, there is a slight chance that they figured things out a time or two. Who knows! We may have more than one litter due in August, but I won't think about that right now. We're just glad to have kittens on their way back into the house again. Our whole family has missed the cuddles and fun they bring along with them.

So stay tuned for more Bella Joy Updates. We still have 2 other females beside Diva that could go into season any time. It is possible that we could have a house full of kittens in August. I can't wait to find out!