Yikes

 Well the gems have kitty colds. Oh the snot we have here. Amethyst thankfully didn't catch it so she was spayed on Thursday. The kittens are on meds and will be fixed in a couple of weeks. 

Malachite is the least snotty. They got a new fuzzy bed and he has claimed it. 

Honda went back to the shelter  and was adopted. As often happens this time of year, mom came back with more kittens. Dora and Blue (both girls) were on meds but also not big enough for surgery.

They are pretty sweet and go back in a about 10 days.

Adoption news: Panzanella was adopted last week by a family 2 kids and a dog. He's chill enough we hope it's a smooth transition. 

Also, a volunteer took Ambrosia home from the store for a break and quickly decided to adopt her. They do have other cats but also enough space that she can get some quiet time. 

We think Amethyst will go to the partner store this week. She has been out in the house briefly a few times and has been generally unbothered. Chanel got in her face once and got a hiss but Amethyst chose to leave it at that and walk away. 

Otherwise it is miserably hot here and mom refuses to leave the house unless she has to for some reason. Be safe friends!

Busy busy

 Waldorf and Panzanella went to the rescue adoption event on Saturday. Waldorf had an approved application and went home. Panzanella is staying at the store hoping someone will see him and fall in love.

Honda appears to be snot free and goes back to the shelter on Monday. She is super sweet and playful so hopefully she gets adopted quickly. 

Amethyst and her kittens go on Thursday for spay/neuter surgeries so they will be available after that. 

Oops - missed a week

 Let's see....

Honda went back to the shelter on the 6th and they put her on a new medical for her cold. Mom was out of town so Hinda spent the weekend there and is now back with us for a couple of weeks.

Mom also brought a "fancy" crate for the living room (which is where Honda is staying).

Momma cat and kittens in the foster room have names. Mom is Amethyst. Kittens are Malachite (male gray tabby), Peridot (male gray white tabby with the tail light) and Sapphire (female gray and white tabby). They are all doing really well. 

Also (welcome chaos) the 3 remaining salad kittens needed a break from Petsmart. Also mom had set up an adoption event with a local candle and bookstore so that worked out. Caprese was adopted and the other kittens there got lots of great attention. One is on hold and hopefully we get a couple more applications. They will likely go back to the store later this week.

A friend of the shop owner brought in the hat above. Some of us at the rescue are hoping we can get her to make more gor us to buy. 

Adoptions and news

 Ambrosia and the kittens all were spayed or neutered on Thursday. Saturday they went to the local partner store and are now there for adoption. In fact, Cobb was adopted on Saturday by a couple with another kitten already at home. Caesar was adopted on Sunday by a retired couple with an adult cat. Hopefully additional adoptions will happen soon.

____________

We can't remember if we told you about Honda. She's a single kitten from the shelter who needed meds for a cold. She's in a crate in the living room (no mixing kittens). She little and cute. Mom gave her some freedom on Sunday and she had a good time. She is already spayed and scheduled to go back to the shelter June 9.

_____________

Of course it is a kitten season,  so the foster room was full again quickly. Well have a young momma and 3 kittens: 3 boys and 1 girl. No names yet but we think there is a theme. Just have to double check the master list for repeats. Mom is super friendly.

The kittens are a little shy. The one in the back not looking at the camera is the girl. They are eating well but need a brush out. Mom thinks they are about 5 weeks old so depending on how fast they grow, they will be here about a month. 

10 weeks old

Time flies. The salads kittens and Ambrosia go on Thursday for their spay/neuter surgeries. Then there is an adoption event on Saturday and if there is space they will stay at the partner store to be adopted. 

Also on Friday mom picked up Honda from the shelter. She's in a crate in the living room separate from the salad kittens. She has a cold so will be here for a couple of weeks.

It doesn't quite feel like May here yet in the Midwest but it's warm enough we can have the windows open. And today is Memorial Day so mom has the day off. 

Freedom (sort of)

 Mom let the salad kittens out of the foster room on Sunday. They were all interested except Caesar who poofed and went back inside. Since no one is sure what Ambrosia will do, she's staying in the foster room as well. She didn't seem to mind.

Yes there are beds in there...not sure why this is the spot for a nap.

Waldorf and Panzanella check things out

Buttons checks out Caprese 

Only for a little bit on day one but it went pretty well. The kittens were curious and the girls were respectful. 

New achievement- they figured out how to get up on the cabinet shelf. 

Plus we got a new bigger box. Mom says it's not staying too long but we will see. 

Happy spring

 At least we think it has finally arrived. Hope so since mom planted flowers on the balcony. 

The kittens were petty fascinated with mom being outside for a while. 

The salads will be 2 months old on the 15th and the rescue is working on getting them all on the surgery schedule.  Then it is off to be adopted. 

We have also been babysitting for the shelter. A foster went on vacation and 3 of the kittens she had weren't big enough for surgery. They go back on Thursday and have been in the playpen and then allowed done freedom the last few days. Buzz, Woody and BoPeep

7 weeks old

 First: Phoenix went back to the on Thursday to be spayed. Available for adoption on Friday and was adopted on Saturday. Yay!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~

The irises outside the condo bloomed. Hopefully the once again lousy weather here won't kill them. So pretty.

Dear Buttons: how is the comfortable?

The tabby boys: Cobb and Panzanella 

The 2 headed black and white kitten monster: Waldorf and Caprese 

Caesar - still judgy

This rescue does surgery when they are over 2 months and 2.5 pounds. When mom weighed everyone on Friday, the boys were all right around 2 pounds and Caprese was 1.89 pounds. So probably a couple o weeks more. 

They are a barrel of monkeys in there and while Ambrosis very good with them, there are times she makes it clear she is ready to be done. So depending on scheduling and everything, she may be the first priority. 

6 weeks old

The "fun" part of foster kittens is the number of times the room has to be rearranged. Maybe someday we will get a bigger house with a separate foster room, but fir now the space is big enough for kittens but no storage or space for other stuff.

In this case, the panels are gone blocking the big litter boxes. Probably going to pull the crate out too since they aren't really using it much anymore. Mainly for goofing off but not really for sleeping. 

Waldorf contemplates attacking 

his momma's tail while

Caprese snuggles up

Waldorf

Almost the entire family

Panzanella and Waldorf 

Ambrosia 

April can't decide on the weather. Mom was wearing shorts on Thursday and a sweatshirt on Saturday. But we are getting some open windows time at least. 

Oh....and this made mom laugh. Boba was under the covers and Buttons was trying to grab her tail. Wait for the end...