Peaceful

 The coffee kittens are back at the partner store and with another foster. Teenage kitten energy is a thing and it feels a little more chill here. Cortada was adopted on Friday. A family was interested in Gelato but changed their minds when they got there. No worries- we are glad they decided to adopt. 

The spice boys are now in the foster room. They are still a little skittish but getting better. 

We also have a visitor from the shelter for a couple of weeks. Sparrow is a little older and recovering from a cold. She is loose in the house. Which is ok though mom kicked her out of bed the other night cause she snores.

Otherwise we are enjoying some cooler weather and open windows. 

Slowing down

 Kitten season is mostly coming to a close here in the mid-west. With the rescue it will likely be shifting kittens in and out of partner stores. Most Petsmart store have time restrictions and this rescue does 2 weeks in with one week out. 

Mom picked up a couple of boys on Sunday who will both be here about a week.

The rescue also took in a group of 4 tuxedo kittens about a week ago (you've seen them on our social media if you follow us).

Since they are a bit spicy, they are named after Indian spices. We took 2 and our friend Miss Heather took 2. We have Jira (cumin) and Rai (mustard seed).

They were a little hissy when they first got here (their mom is truly feral so was spayed and released back to her colony). They are slowly getting more adjusted. It is interesting as they are very interested in the resident cats. 

At least with this time of year, spay/neuter appointments are easier to get. So these boys will be neutered on Tuesday. Then it is just working on more socialization. 

Also Buttons gets on the sofa and sits like this. It makes mom laugh

Almost October

 Not that you can tell by the weather. Mom has to close the windows in the afternoon and the air conditioner is still on. Really in the 80s? We want fall!!

Anyhow....

Columbus went back to the shelter on Friday. Mom can't tell if she got adopted quickly or just isn't on the website yet. Hopefully she finds her family quickly. 

We know lots of rescues and shelters are struggling for adoptions. Not ensure but mom suspects economic stuff. If you are able, your local rescue could use any help you can give. Even just sharing adoption or donation requests.

Marisol went home on Saturday. And the family also decided at the event to adopt another slightly older kitten named Thin Mint. They did 7 adoptions on Saturday which helps ease some pressure. 

And just in time since the rescue took in 4 spicy kittens. Their mom was spayed and is back with her colony since she is feral. The kittens are about 6 weeks old and while not sure about people right now (they came in on Friday) they should socialize pretty quickly. We took 2 and Miss Heather took the other 2. Right now they hiss at mom but are totally fascinated by the other cats in the house so that helps. They are named after Indian spices. Meet Rai (mustard seed) with the mostly black face, and his brother Jira (cumin seed).