Progress maybe

 Going back to titles. My hit rate went down by a lot. Haha

Anyhow, the traffic kittens are relaxing some. Roundabout (the tortie) can be approached and petted. She has even purred. Her brother Traffic Cone is unsure. He hisses and mom has to catch him but will let her pick him up and has purred a couple of times. Detour would still like mom to drop off the planet. 

Mom tried putting their caned food bear her and just sitting there but finally had to push it a couple of feet away to get Roundabout to eat. TC came up after her to clean up. Detour was a hard no. 

Mom is doing some research and talking to some friends about the next steps.

The crate in the living room is currently occupied by one of the spice boys (Amchoor) who had to come back from the store due to a cold. 

Buttons discovered that is she walks across the sofa and climbs on the arm she can maneuver into the Sleepypod. She was very proud of herself (and determined to give mom a heart attack).

November 10, 2025

 Jira and Rai moved to a partner store on Saturday. They are 100% but need to be exposed to more people and new things. Plus while they are on the rescue website, adoptions are always faster when people can see them for themselves. 

In the meantime, there was a family of cats living near a rehab center. Mom and dad will be TNR'd but the kittens aren't totally wild so we are going to give them a shot. Mom picked them up on Thursday. One boy and two girls about 3 months old. The tortie seems less freaked out, the orange is hissy and the calico would like us all to drop dead. Haha. Our friend Miss Heather does more with hissy kittens and came over on Saturday to give her opinion. Shes thinks they will be ok with some time and work. 

After some thought, mom moved the tortie out to the crate in the living room to see if that little girl will socialize a little faster.

Now for names. As you know, we love a them and mom thinks she's funny. So please meet the traffic kittens: 

Roundabout 

Detour

Traffic cone

Have a great week everyone!

Nov 3 2025

 Since we are generally posting once a week on Mondays, mom is trying a new title strategy and just using the date. Not exciting or anything but easier.

Jira and Rai are doing SO much better. Jira now will come up and ask for pets and then snuggles in for attention. Rai still takes some encouragement but doesn't mind being held. They weirdly still run if mom gets up to walk around but that may just be them. 

Also Mocha is back taking a break from the store. NO idea how she isn't adopted yet. She is absolutely adorable and very sweet. Great with the other cats too. Plus she was tested on stairs and immediately figured them out. 

Also on break is another kitten named Swayze. He's very good with the cats but a little unsure of mom. They both got here Saturday afternoon so he no doubt just needs a couple of days. 

Otherwise we seemed to skip the nice open windows part of fall and skipped right to the dang it's chilly part. Of course that means the heat is on so yay floor vents. 

We hope all is well with all of you. Send sone good adoption vibes this way!