throwback Thursday

Last March we got our first kittens of the season - Strawberry and the soda kittens: Faygo, Fanta and Rootbeer. Everyone has since been adopted....

Thankful Thursday

Today mom says she is kind of thankful that Strawberry is going to be spayed tomorrow and then will go up to the adoption center. MOL  Strawberry is getting a little....feisty. haha She is already on petfinder and Colony's website (in case you or someone you know is looking for a nice medium hair gray lady cat).

Honestly, she is probably going to be thankful to get away from Fanta....

Oh - and on that note, it is still gonna be a couple of weeks that Fanta is here. Oh joy....cause that boy is BORED by himself and apparently Daiquiri isn't supplying enough entertainment for him.

snoozin

Fanta

Rootbeer fell asleep on the back of mom's chair on Saturday

That pillow isn't attached, so she had to grab him before standing up

Strawberry

Isn't she lovely???

Those kittens love their momma.....

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our grandpa today!!!

Random Friday

This lasted about 2 minutes before one of the kittens ran up behind her and she decided to find somewhere else to hide nap.

Dat Rootbeer loves his mama.

Fanta and Faygo

(Fanta doesn't look quite so snarky now that his cold cleared up)

Surgery went well.....except for Fanta who basically spent the day at the clinic hanging out. Seems not all his man parts had come in yet, so they want to wait a couple of weeks and THEN neuter him.

Mom was supposed to do a transport tomorrow but it was cancelled. Two little old lady beagles were going from a shelter to rescue. Well....one little old lady got adopted by a volunteer. And then yesterday afternoon someone from the public came in and adopted the other one. Mom says that is a GREAT reason to cancel. Concats to the ladies and their new families.

Mom will take the kitts to an adoption event on Saturday. If no takers, then Faygo and Rootbeer will go up to the adoption center. Fanta will come back here until he is neutered. Don't feel bad....Daiquiri thinks the kittens are awesome so he will have someone to play with.

We are preparing for much screaming and moaning around here this weekend. For those that haven't notice, there is something called March Madness going on.....mom LOVES it. sigh......

It is that time

Breaking news: 8:24am somewhere in Ohio......
   Strawberry was still nursing the kittens so mom left her at home and she will get spayed next week (or so).

   In other breaking news, mom sucks at sexing kittens. MOL  Turns out we don't have one boy and two girls.....we have 3 BOYS!! Lucky for mom the names still work.

  Pick up is tonight after 5pm.
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The time has come....Strawberry and her kittens will be dropped off this morning (about 8am) at the clinic to be spayed and neutered. Normally momma cats stick around for a little bit after kittens leave to "dry out" but Strawberry, despite being harassed by her kittens, is done nursing, so she will go as well.

Hopefully it will all go well. Mom has an adoption event scheduled for Saturday so they will go with her to that and hopefully we can get them homes quick. They are just a nice group of kittens and Strawberry is sweet and relaxed.

Those kittens sure are bitey though.....

Video Wednesday

Sorry we are a little late.....

weekend report

There was some serious snoozing going on around here. Mom was supposed to be somewhere all day on Saturday, but her plans fell through. She ended up going to Petsmart for an adoption event. And since one cat was going home, mom took Sonata with her and Sonata is now over there waiting to be adopted. We sure hope her family comes soon....Sonata wasn't too happy about being left at the store.

There was some of this on Caturday....the kittens are getting bigger and Rootbeer thought he might give his momma some attitude. Let's just say it didn't end well for him. MOL

And of course there was lots of goofing around. The kittens are at the into everything and everything is a toy stage....which is a lot of fun. Their momma on the other hand is more into the snoozing-leave-me-alone stage.

weekend wrapup

Faygo

(no, she isn't normally that snarky)

Rootbeer

Fanta

(her URI moved to her one eye and it is a little scarred 

but doesn't seem to bother her)

Strawberry

(mom didn't see Fanta back there until loading the picture)

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The kittens were allowed out of the bathroom for most of the weekend. It went pretty well and they seemed to have a great time. Strawberry is mostly behaving...she parks herself in strange places in the hall and that makes Spud a little nervous, but Strawberry is pretty laid back about the kittens being out and about.

Daiquiri is having a good time with them. She isn't very sure what to do with them sometimes, but she has been good with them. There have only been a couple of times that mom has had to tell her to be gentle.

Couple of weeks and they go for surgery and will be looking for new homes.

weekend happenings

The kitts are about 5 weeks old now (give or take). They got their first vaccines on Saturday. They did well and are growing like crazy.

 

Fanta

 

Rootbeer

 

Faygo

(she has more white on her chest)

 

Strawberry

They have figured out how to climb the gate. We like this one since it is taller, but the bars are closer together. Daiquiri still sits right outside, but also still hisses at the kittens.

Strawberry is fine with everyone....so long as we stay OUTSIDE the gate. Tim went over the other day and Strawberry was NOT having it. Mom said the impressive part was how quickly Tim turned right around and got back out. MOL

The kittens are incredibly sweet and outgoing. Mom got to ask about their background...the rescue got a call from an apartment complex that found the family outside. Which means to us someone had to have kicked them out....mom is a nice girl, they are all pretty healthy and the kittens are social.

It's that time of year

Mom posted on her facebook page last week that she dreamt of gray kittens.

The kittens aren't gray, but the mom cat is, so we think that counts. Mom got a text Saturday morning and picked them up then.

Mom is a long haired gray. She is a little timid but a nice girl and we know she will come around in time. She lets mom pet her but has been hiding.

The tabbies are both girls. The black kitten, who has some interesting stripes and markings that we know will come in more as he gets older, is a boy.

Mom got thinking about names: mom cat will be Strawberry, and the girls are Fanta and Faygo, the boy is Rootbeer.

Oh.....and they have a stalker:

It will be interesting to see what Daiquiri thinks of the kittens. They are about 4 weeks old so it will be at least a couple of weeks before they get some freedom.