names

Puffin goes this week to get neutered and the he's ready for adoption. He's very sweet but definitely will need a playmate since he has energy to burn. Most of the time...

Wren isn't quite big enough to be spayed yet so she will be here a little bit longer. Don't feel too bad about them being split up. Wren is probably looking forward to done peace and quiet considering her brother plays pretty rough.

Momma and kittens are doing great. At least a couple are eating canned food though we suspect they all probably are just haven't been caught in the act. And we finally have names...

All named after Italian alcohols. 3 boys - Amaro, Campari and Sabuca, and 2 girls - Aperol and Frangelico.  
 

fall is here

We are enjoying the windows being open and mom says she is going to hopefully enjoy a break on the electric bill.

Wren and Puffin are still here. Puffin is big enough to be neutered but Wren is still too small. Since the clinic is across town, the rescue is fortunately flexible about letting mom wait to take them until they are both ready. 

We also got a new family to foster. This means Wren and Puffin are out during the day and sleep in the crate at night. It's going pretty well.

The new momma cat is Kira (named by the guy who found her). She is very sweet and kind of chatty. She's doing a great job taking care of 5 kittens. The kittens are about a month old. They are playing and exploring and are very social. 3 boys and 2 girls....still working on names.

 

fun and games

First an update: Persimmon is doing great and they kept her name. She is doing great and her pre-teen human loves her very much.

Wren and Puffin got some freedom this weekend. Mom wanted to see how they did outside the foster room and it went pretty well. 

We had a fairly uneventful weekend. We were hoping it would be open eindow weather but it was just too humid. But hopefully starting this week we will have cooler weather. 

Nothing too exciting here other than standard kitten shenanigans. Have a great week! 

updates

Ikea was adopted!! We love a quick and easy foster with a quick adoption. No doubt her yelling at people at tge store made a difference. 

The little girls are doing great. Playing hard and trying to escape the foster room. 

Mom put a box over Wren and that led to a new game.  

 

We are all doing well. We had a couple of nice days when the windows could be open but apparently we have moved on to something like 3rd summer. 

 

long weekend

In unfair news, our air conditioning started acting funny Thursday. That night was pretty miserable and Friday was hot and sticky. Luckily a technician was able to come out and repair it so the cold air was back. But we would all very much like fall to hurry up to it's cooler and we get more open window time.

In good news, Stormy was adopted last week and Persimmon was adopted on Sunday. She went home with a young girl as her new person. 

Ikea is now at the partner store and was yelling complaints at the store clerks as mom left. Haha! We suspect she will be adopted in no time. 

Wren and Puffin graduated out of the playpen and now have access to the entire foster room. They are both super friendly and playful and gaining weight. 

 

 

 

 

newbies

 Persimmon is doing great at the store and has had some adoption interest so hopefully she goes home soon. 

Ikea is doing well and should go to a partner store this weekend.  

Thursday night mom got a call from the rescue about 2 kittens on a construction site. Mom is very feral and will be spayed. But she moved the kittens to an unsafe spot and their eyes were pretty crusty, so to be safe the rescue picked them up. They are friendly which was surprising and needed to be supplemented with KMR but also sort of eating on their own. After just a few days of meds they look so much better. Meet Puffin (female tabby and white) and Wren (female torbie).

 

 

Change over

 First - good news: Cubanelle and Scotch Bonnet were both adopted.  Cubanelle on the Saturday afternoon they went back, Scotch a couple days later. 

Persimmon is now at a partner store and looking for her forever home. Hopefully that happens quickly. Mom has talked to the rescue and she does had a couple of restrictions for applications like no littke kids and not a good first time cat.

Stormy goes back to the shelter for neuter surgery then available for adoption on Thursday. He ha been funny to watch come out of his shell. 

And of course never a dull moment as the rescue took a call Saturday night from a local animal hospital. A nice pair of ladies had been picking up furniture from Ikea and saw a kitten fall out from under the truck parked next to them. She went back under the truck when they tried to catch her but eventually was fished out of the engine compartment. The driver of the truck said the kitten wasnt his so the ladies took her. 

She's probably about 9 weeks old. Very clean and people friendly so who knows how she got under the truck and went for a ride. She does have a limp and the rescue will need to get that checked out as well as get her spayed and all the necessary other things.

She was pretty screamy the first night in the foster room. Mom can't really sleep through that and also worries about the neighbors. So, knowing any potential risk, the kitten was released into the house on Sunday. At least it's mostly quieter. 

So meet Ikea and wish her well.

Almost that time

 All 3 girls get spayed this week. 

The pepper girls go back to the shelter on Thursday and will get adopted from there. Cubanelle is super adorable and friendly. Scotch Bonnet is so cute and come so far. She is doing really well with mom ... not 100% but pretty close. That said a friend came over last Friday and Scotch hissed at her. So we will give the shelter all that information. 

Scotch Bonnet

Cubanelle 

Persimmon gets spayed on Wednesday and will likely go to a rescue partner store next weekend. Mom still needs to do her write up. She is lovey but has rightfully earned her nickname of the gremlin. Fun fact - she taught herself to play fetch. Her new friend the purple mouse may have to go with her.

Wild and crazy

 All 3 kittens are scheduled for spay surgery next week. 

Scotch Bonnet and Cubanelle are doing well. Cubanelle is super friendly and purry. Scotch is still a little skittish though much better than when she got here. Still no purring when she is being help but there were a couple big sighs on Sunday which is a good sign. 

Persimmon continues to be an adorable menace. Mom is working on her bio for the website. Definitely no little kids and should have cat experience. As mom has said about Boba: not a good starter cat. 

Persimmon is cute and lovey but has no boundaries and no is not in her vocabulary. 

We hope you have a good week. The hots are back here so we plan to resume sleeping on the floor vents. 

Kitten report

 The pepper girls went in for a check up on Tuesday. Got their first vaccines and will be spayed in the next 3 weeks. Cubanelle is bigger than her sister and still friendlier. Scotch Bonnet is much less hissy but still shy.

The foster room got a good cleaning and the girls got an upgrade. They seem to be enjoying having more space. 

That means Persimmon is out and loose in the house. She is a bit of a gremlin and has zero idea what the word no means. 

We had a couple of open window days this past week but that is probably over until fall for now. So we are find comfy spots and enjoying the cold air inside. 

Sleepy weekend

 Mom has had a long few weeks at work with people being out so she took the weekend off. Breakfast on Saturday with a friend and a house warming party for another friend on Sunday. But otherwise spending time with us and kittens inside away from the heat and wildfire smoke.

Persimmon had a vet visit on Thursday. She wasnt gaining weight and was just acting super mopey. She is on meds and is back to her normal wild self.

In some sad news, Guava passed away last week. He had been doing just OK but then crashed and the best thing to do was let him go. Unfortunately it is always a part of rescue but it's never an easy decision. 

Scotch Bonnet is still in hissy tortie boot camp. She's better than she was and actually ate an entire churu while on mom's lap on Sunday. But she still hisses some and makes that face.

Cubanelle is super sweet but still snotty. They have a vet check on Tuesday at the shelter and hopefully the vet sees more improvement than mom is seeing. 

We hope you are all being safe and send lots of positive thoughts to our Canadian friends.