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).

Off to the store

 Cortada, Latte and Gelato went this morning to the partner store for the rescue. Hopefully their forever families will find them quickly. 

Mom found this cute cat ghost house from the local Aldi. Its been a hit.

Columbus came back from the rescue for a week. Right now it's her, along with Mocha and Marisol from the rescue. We suspect things will probably start slowing down as fall breaks out here. 

Adoptions have been a little slow so cross your paws for the rescue and shelter. The more adoptions, the more people we can help in the future. 

Fun and games

 First, adoptions: Cincinnati, Zanesville and Pinwheel have all been adopted.

Gelato is currently in baby jail. She came down with a virus and will be in there until she's better. She will be more tha happy to tell you her life is terrible and she wants out.

To help our friend Miss Heather, 3 of her foster kittens are here. They are on break from the store and should go back next weekend. There were 7 total named sterling coffee drinks. Cortada (brown/white tabby) Mocha (brown tabby) and Latte (tuxedo) are with us. 

Mocha actually has very mild CH as well.

Marisol has been allowed some freedom time out of the crate and is having a good time running around. Thankfully she has stopped growling and hissing at the permanent residents. 

Also mom bought a cute ghost house from Aldi. 

Welcome

 It may not be spring but we still have kittens.

Gelato has a virus so she's shut back in the foster room. She is NOT happy about it either. 

That does mean we have an open spot so there is a new single kitten in the living room crate.

She very cute and sweet. Just need to get her on the spay schedule. 

Adoptions are pretty slow though so the rescue has to limit intakes to make sure they aren't overloaded. 

So cross your paws for adoptions.

Meet Gelato

 We got a text on Friday asking if we would be willing to foster a single kitten. She had been found by another rescue volunteer and needs fostered until she can be spayed. 

Meet Gelato: gray and white, female, 3 1/2 months old (give or take)

She found a corner and slept most of Friday.

She's very curious and people friendly. 

Since she's by herself, mom took her on Saturday to be tested for FIV/FeLV. Both negative so she was free to be loose in the house.

Mom helped the rescue on Sunday at a festival booth.

Monday was a holiday so Gelato got her freedom. As normal, the residents take a little bit to adjust to new kittens, but she was very respectful. 

She will get on the surgery schedule to be spayed and then she's ready for adoption. 

Crate update

 The foster room is hard to divide so to have more space we had been using a pop up playpen in the living room. This mostly worked though they aren't the easiest things to clean. After some thought (and a pop up being destroyed), mom started looking for a better solution. She found a crate but furniture piece. It looks nice but is functional. 

However, it was very short. Obviously since its meant for dogs. However a kitten could get in a back corner and was just harder to catch. Like all foster plans, there are always many steps as you look for a workable solution. 

First step - can it be taller? Bed riser for the win. However that created a new problem ' space under the crate. 

You wouldn't think this was a huge deal, but if the kittens were to have more space to run around they can't be allowed underneath or they will escape into the house. So block the front. After some thoughts, cardboard seemed the easiest first choice.

From there is was use the tall tespo panels as walls and we have a new fix. It did take a couple of tries on where to attach the panels so the kittens can't climb the crate to escape.

This set up is with supervision only. If no one is home they are in the crate. But for right now this is working pretty well. 

Weekend news

 Sapphire and Peridot were adopted together!! Love that.

Pinwheel is now down at the partner store sharing space with Malachite. 

The Ohio girls are doing well. Still a little hand shy but not terrible. Mom's been connecting the smaller playpen to the crate which gives them more room to run around. Only under supervision but its a little more space.

And with 3 kittens from the rescue temporarily in the foster room on meds for a cold, we are full up.

Hopefully they are feeling better soon and adoptions for the rescue pick back up. August is usually slow with vacations and back to school. 

Hope all of you are doing well and sending purrs to those that need them. 

Let's see...

 The gem stone kittens were back here for a weekbreak from the store and went back on Saturday. Hopefully they get adopted quickly. They are really great kittens but have hit the long leggy teenager stage. 

The crate in the living room has 3 littler girls from the shelter. They were on meds but now just need to grow and get used to people. They were mildly hissy when we got them and being medicated for a week didn't make them like mom much. Next couple of weeks will hopefully just be fun.

Pinwheel is still here waiting for adoption or a spot at the store. She just loose in the house and hanging out. 

Sunday mom took a road trip to help the rescue pick up a pallet of canned kitten food. Mom's not sure how it works but there's a group that coordinates and offers it to rescues at a steep discount. 

It is pretty hot while loading so mom was drinking a lot of water on the way home.

Hope all of you are well. Keep cool and safe.

News and new kittens

 Amethyst got adopted!! Momma took her to the big adoption event at Petsmart on Saturday. A family that had previously adopted came by not really looking but fell in love with her. Nothing yet on the kittens but paws crossed.

We are babysitting Pinwheel for a few days for another foster. She has 3 days of meds left for a cold but is otherwise adoptable. Miss H took on some hissy kittens and this cleared up at least a little space. She will be loose during the day but probably crated at night to give everyone else a break. 

Plus these guys...

They are from the rescue and on meds for some chronic ongoing snotty issues. Two of them like mom, the other isn't convinced yet. They are Arthur (the orange), Calliou and Clifford (yeah yeah the orange should be Clifford...the rescue names kittens before we get them so its not our fault haha). 

And Buttons has decided she likes videos posted by Miz Robyn on Love and Hisses.

Late update

 Mom was actually gone this weekend. 

Let's see:

Dora and Blue went back to the shelter on Friday for surgery and adoption. Dora was adopted over the weekend and hopefully Blue will get picked quickly. 

Honda was also adopted last week so that's good news too.

Amethyst is now at the rescue's partner store location. We haven't gotten any news on applications but we have our paws crossed.

The gems kittens went for surgery yesterday so they are now officially available for adoption as well.

Over the weekend mom traveled to Kentucky to visit a friend and help her at a vendor table at a cat show. Her friend is an author and had some of her books for sale. While mom is always going to say rescue first, it was interesting to see some of the breeds. These are Maine Coon KITTENS being shown. 

If you are friends with mom, you may figure out where she was staying. Ham didn't want anything to do with mom but Ravioli was friendly.