Someone recently challenged foster caregiver Ronda Caldrone to take pictures of her bottle-baby kittens inside a cup. With two ridiculously tiny ginger kittens on her hands, Ronda didn’t just accept the challenge; she turned it into an entire photo shoot. Mr. Wiggles and Rookie took turns posing inside a bright orange Reese’s cup surrounded by Reese’s candies, and somehow the whole setup matched them perfectly. Between their orange fur, the orange cup, and all that candy, Ronda had created what she called “two cups of cuteness.”
These Two Are Still Small Enough to Fit in a Reese’s Cup
The photos make Mr. Wiggles and Rookie look almost impossibly tiny. Each little ginger kitten fits inside the Reese’s cup with plenty of room for a fuzzy head and two little ears to peek over the top.
Scattered Reese’s candies around the cup complete the scene, but the kittens are easily the sweetest part of the setup. It’s also a pretty adorable way to document just how little the bottle babies still are before their next growth spurt arrives.
Ronda has been fostering the kittens since September and sharing pieces of their progress as they grow. Bottle babies require plenty of hands-on attention, so watching them get bigger and begin reaching new milestones can make every new stage feel worth celebrating.
The cup photos capture one of those stages perfectly. Mr. Wiggles and Rookie are growing quickly, but for the moment, they’re still small enough to fit inside a candy-themed cup made for a very memorable size comparison.
Mr. Wiggles Is Already Moving on to Bigger Things
Mr. Wiggles recently reached an especially important milestone when he tried eating from a bowl for the first time. He understood that food was involved, although the finer points of how one is supposed to consume said food apparently required some additional practice.
According to Ronda, he dove face-first into his meal and started digging around as though he were searching for buried treasure. By the end, he seemed to have eaten some of his dinner and worn the rest, which is a fairly respectable first attempt for a kitten accustomed to getting his meals from a bottle.
Learning to eat from a bowl is part of the transition bottle-fed kittens eventually make as they become old enough to wean. It’s rarely the tidiest stage of kittenhood, but watching a tiny baby begin eating independently is an encouraging sign that they’re growing up.
Mr. Wiggles certainly seems committed to the process, even if his technique could use some refinement. Judging by Ronda’s description, he had “the time of his life,” which is arguably more important than table manners at his age.
Bottle Babies Need a Lot From Their Foster Humans
Caring for very young kittens without their mother can be considerably more involved than simply offering them a tiny bottle every once in a while. Depending on their age and circumstances, bottle babies can require frequent feedings, help staying warm, close monitoring and plenty of attention as they grow strong enough to become more independent.
That’s one reason foster caregivers can be so important for young kittens needing this level of care. A foster home can provide the individualized attention needed to keep track of small but important milestones as kittens grow.
Eventually, all that work starts producing moments that might seem ordinary with an older cat but feel enormous with a bottle baby. Gaining weight, becoming fluffier, and figuring out how to eat from a bowl are all signs that those tiny babies aren’t going to stay tiny for long.
Ronda has already noticed the difference in Mr. Wiggles. She recently shared that it feels like only yesterday that he was a tiny bottle baby, but he’s quickly becoming a handsome, fluffy little kitten.
Being This Cute Is Apparently Exhausting
The Reese’s photo shoot turned out to be particularly demanding work for Mr. Wiggles. Afterward, Ronda found him completely passed out and joked that “being this cute is exhausting.”
It’s difficult to disagree after seeing how much has been happening in his little world. There are bottles to graduate from, bowls of food to climb into, photo shoots to attend and an unreasonable amount of growing to accomplish.
Rookie is growing right alongside him, which means Ronda’s “two cups of cuteness” aren’t going to remain cup-sized forever. That’s part of what makes photos from this stage so special, because tiny kittens have an inconvenient habit of becoming noticeably bigger when nobody is ready for it.
For now, Mr. Wiggles and Rookie still fit perfectly into their bright orange Reese’s setup. Soon enough, Ronda may need a much bigger cup.