That works! I also get a kick out of the stories where a cat forms a friendship with an odd companion, like a duck.
The kittens were only 13 days old in that picture. Their eyes had just opened a couple of days earlier. Mom, Curie, is behind them.
I’m not sure if I posted this before or not, but these are the “stud pants” that I have to use on Darwin and Pascal. Having two intact males is not recommended practice unless you have a very large cattery, but I couldn’t pass on the opporunity when I saw Darwin and Curie listed on a classified ads site.
They really look like a thong!