Bye-bye babies - Thursday, April 7th (redux)

And for the same reasons as Janie's departure, so Sashi and her lovely five kittens have also moved on to a new foster home.  I never could tell the boys apart (except by weight).  The girls will be gorgeous cats.  Hopefully, I'll get to see them one more time before they get adopted. 

Since Sashi and her sons all suffer from being 'black cats', they will probably be guests of the shelter for a while.  Sashi is a real love-bug and will be great for anyone wanting a quiet lap cat.  The boys may get a break at the Kitten & Puppy Shower event in May.  More on that later.

Here's some good-bye pictures of the crew:

OK everyone line up!

Mia

Duffy

The gang



Bye-Bye babies!



All together now ... Thursday, March 24th



Sashi, Earl, Mia, Cricket, Duffy, Topper

 OK everyone, line up ... boy, girl, boy, girl, boy ...

Meet the new kids - Monday, March 21, 2011

So, we let the hissy mom have a quiet night with the kids in her new room.  The lovely all-black Sashi - she's funny.  Must be the hormones 'cuz she can't tell what mood she's in.  She comes up to me seeking attention, she loves pets, chin-scratches, head-rubs, and has the elevator-butt going, but if you stop - HISS!  She's still figuring things out.  I think she kinda wants to be a lap cat.

While she's working that out, here's the intros to the new kids on the block:



Cricket, male, 8.1oz




Duffy, female, 7.9oz




Earl, male, 7.6oz










Mia, female, 9.0oz





Topper, male, 8.3oz



Sashi and kids



Can you find 3 boys up front?

Hissy mom - Sunday, March 20th

Rained out at Pet Days today, but got to spend some time with all my fosters.  Here's the current count:  2 moms, 9 kittens, separate nurseries, and a very confused Cotton sniffing at both doors.

Sashi, the new mom, seems to know only one vocalization - hissing.  She's not mad or mean; that just seems to be her only way to communicate right now.  She's hissing at me as she reaches up for head-butts and chin scratches.  She's purring (but not as loudly as Janie).  She's taking good care of the littles.

She's a Third Chance cat rescued by our shelter from a more overcrowed facility.  Lucky girl.

Her litter has 3 boys (all black) - Topper, Cricket, and Earl.  Can't tell them apart.  2 of them are just starting to open their eyes.  Also part of the gang are two beautiful girls - Mia, a little siamese and Duffy, a dilute brown tabby with what might be an agouti coat.  They're all just little balls of fluff right now.  Everyone is healthy.

So, there will be NINE little kittens growing up around here for at least the next three weeks.  Stay tuned.  New pictures of everyone tomorrow. 

New mom & 5 kittens - Saturday, March 19th

After a long day at OC Pet Days,  went to the shelter & picked up a new Third-Chance foster mom-cat and her 5 little kittens (probably 4-5 days old).  3 boys, 2 girls.

Sashi (mom) is all black and a little scared but nice enough to let me pull her from the carrier & set her and the kids up in a nice room of their own.

I'll let them settle in before we try to take pictures.  Besides, I'm beat from standing on the asphalt all day.  Whew!

Scaredy Cat Central - Aug 24, 2010

Today I'm having my house professionally cleaned - a first for me, and I'm guessing for the cats, too.  To avoid any accidental escapes, the cats & kittens were banished to the garage for a couple of hours.  Although banished is a bit harsh; I set them up with all the comforts of home. 

Cotton is freaked out and hissing at everything that moves; but then, he does that to the kittens anyway.

Lorenza is hiding under the hot water heater.

Colleen is no where to be found.  She'll never forgive me.

It took 2 solid hours this morning to feed, medicate, clean, set up, chase, catch, and move everyone into their temporary quarters.

Kittens are taking it lying down - it's time for their mid-day nap anyway.

Breakfast for 10 - Aug 17, 2010

 Total mayhem at feeding time.




Breakfast for 10!

10 little indians... August 16, 2010

Yay, they're back!  All my kittens came home last night and brought 4 friends with them.  Now 10 kittens in the house to bother Cotton.  Pictures to follow!

Kittens go to Camp Missy - August 6, 2010

The kittens have gone off to 'Camp Missy' this week - another foster home in our network - while I have to travel to Houston on business.  Have fun ... see you next week kids!

More pics - July 28, 2010

Kit, Abigail, Brenna

3 weeks on ... July 28, 2010

It's been a long 3 weeks.  Mom-cat Zoya had almost no milk so Foster-mom Pam had to bottle feed 8 (then 7, then 6) little kittens round the clock.  It's been exhausting, but they are doing great!  Kittens are all teething now, so Zoya went off to another foster home for a little R&R before she goes back to the shelter to find a forever home.  I'll get to keep the kittens for another month or so, or until they reach at least 2 lbs.

Kit (center), Abigail (front)

7th Heaven

Little sleepy-heads. There are only 7 in this picture; little Checkers started fading this morning, so we rushed him down to the Clinic.

Eight is Enough - 7/3/2010

Introducing.... Abigail, Brenna, Checkers, Duffy, Kit, Lacey, Marielle, and Willie. We'll sort out who's who later. They weighed in this morning between 2.1 and 3.4 ounces. Mom & kids all doing well so far.