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Hello everyone

It's roughly ten past one in the morning on Saturday here in London, and I am on nipple duty.

What is nipple duty? I'm so glad you asked! The brave, beautiful and somewhat overtasked stray cat we took in and called Lil Speedy has finally had her kittens. Five of them, in fact. That's more than we expected her to have (especially since we think she's maybe six months old herself) and it's quite a task to make sure each kitten gets enough to eat. Some of them are underweight and need to be prioritised, so basically we're hot swapping kittens in and out like an old school switchboard operator.

This is a very roundabout way of saying that I haven't had time to record this week's episode of Prey - I'm gonna do it tomorrow (or later today if we wanna be technical) and hopefully have it up the same day. It might slide to Sunday - we'll see.

Apologies, but honestly these kittens are worth it. They're so sweet.

Comments

Mark Stewart

I feel like the phrase “nipple duty” will end up coming up in the recording somehow now.

Philmc3

Awww, they're so cute!

Bill

Kitty care is worth the wait. Similar to self care, family (or dependent) care is equally important.

Brian Schoner

Priorities are correct. Make sure you take care of you, too...Prey can wait as needed.

Lauren B

Lil' Speedy is such a champ! She's lucky to have such amazing human helpers as such a young mamma!

Coryanderwolf

Swap those kittos!! Congrats to the young mother and new grandparents!!

PJ Buck

I agree, the kittens are worth it! Hope you get to rest soon, both you and your partner. And congrats Speedy!!

Jaz

Congrats Johnny! 👏 take some rest as soon as you can and swap those kitties 😸

Veryan Croggon

Kittens are always worth it! Well done Lil' Speedy and her amazing foster family :)

Riannah Clarke

The kittens are definitely the priority!! You're both doing amazing so far with them and Lil' Speedy, we'll be here when you're all rested - plus the updates on twitter are making my days

Ham&Chips

Look at those little potatoes, they are so cute, you have GRUMPY AND STITCH's support and understanding for the delay 😜😊😊

Pascal Simon

mini- speedys <3 <3 <3 can we have more pictures pls? <3 edit: ups, just found your twitter, alright, tyvm, im very much satisfied <3

Merissa J

They are so wonderful and such a helpful stress reliever when you do play Prey.

Individual2501

*unintelligible they’re so cute noises* and then I explode from the cuteness!……..of the kitten, not the nipple duty, though fair play 👍

Nick

Family first, Johnny. Always.

Katrina Trigari

They are so cute! Definitely priority over Prey.

Ethan Blomquist

Take all the time you need! Speedy and Kitties come first@

Paul Harris

No probs, make sure you take enough time for yourself also.

Jasmine

The kittens should definitely be the priority so it is all good. Look after yourselves as well 'cause I know that having five kittens to take care must be rewarding but also really exhausting 😉

ThunderCookie

Agreed, please don't overexert. Honestly, I'd rather you skip a week than force yourself to put another episode online if it means you, your spouse and the kittens are doing well.

Nick Jeffery

Kitties are cute, and need to be given all the hugs!

Paleontologic

Hey Vet here 👋 definitely take all the time you need. Taking care of kittens is exhausting. But if I can give some advice: swapping the kittens is important but with such a young queen you should also consider supplement feeding with kitten formula to help Lil Speedy out. Most formulas now come with bottles in the pack as well. Hope you and the little family is doing well!

Johnny Chiodini

We're giving supplement feeding a go at the moment but the kittens aren't that keen - we'll keep it up anyway!

Paleontologic

Yeah, unfortunately the formula doesn't taste as nice but perseverance is usually key. Lil Speedy is lucky that she found such lovely foster parents 👍

Empo

That image is deserving of a resounding 'Aw' from all of us. =)

Tim Moss

Kittens are more important than Dr Igwe!

Tim Moss

interesting - @Patricia, I read somewhere that kittens have designated nipples, but puppies don't - is this true or apocryphal?

Paleontologic

Actually that is true. Kittens do have "preferred nipples". There's been a few studies and it seems about 80% of kittens will always go to the same teat. It's believed that this is to reduce squabbling between the kittens that could cause injuries. If you have that many kittens it still is a good idea to swap them to make sure all get enough though as Johnny said they are doing.

Tim Moss

Presumably because some nipples are less productive than others? I'm looking forward to seeing Johnny's nipple management strategy spreadsheet .

Paleontologic

You'd think that they compete for the most productive nipples and that's been assumed in literature for years as well. But according to newer studies apparently there is no higher competition for the nipples with better milk production. In these studies they suggest that this "teat order" (yeah that's what they call it) could instead be a means to optimize the number of nipples remaining productive as well as reduce fighting between the kittens.