Peterborough cardboard box kittens to be named after rescuers
The Wombles group had been clearing litter from Bishops Road to the Embankment in the city when they came across the kittens.Group member Harry Machin said it was "certainly the most unusual litter we have found for quite a while".Although food had been left in the box, there was no water and fosterer Ms Heyden said the animals were underweight for their age.One - a black female - weighed only 150g (5.3oz) and has been placed with a receptive nursing mother cat.The other five are all being hand-reared by Ms Heyden and her partner at their home in Stamford, Lincolnshire.All are now gaining weight and confidence and will be put up for adoption when they are ready."They squeak and want feeding all the time, but they are going from strength to strength," Ms Heyden said.However, she expressed concern about the kittens' mother, who was not with the abandoned litter, and would now be "crying out and looking for her kittens because they usually stay with their mother until they are about nine weeks old".
She came up with the idea of naming them after their rescuers because she "thought if would be nice to reach out and give the litter pickers an update".One of those involved has already applied to adopt her namesake kitten.Mr Machin, one of the Wombles who found the kittens, said while he thought "Harry" was an unusual name for a kitten, "it was absolutely lovely that Vicki told us and it's very nice to get an update and know they've been fostered".
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