Hard to believe this was just over 7 years ago. You can see more baby pictures here
Chanel had her annual vet check on Monday. She is healthy, doing well and weighs about 11 pounds.
Chanel sent her sisters Cupcake (fka Dior) a card and some treats.
Looks like Cupcake approves (and has no intention of sharing with Newton).
Happy birthday girls (and your brothers)
OK....it was yesterday. Mom got sidetracked. It happens.
Anyhow, happy 6th Birthday to our resident strange tuxedo girl (and her sister Cupcake who lives with our friend Miss Julie).
A friend was over the other evenjng and managed to get pictures of Chanel on the cat ladder in her favorite positions. Mom hasn't been successful since Chanel moves if mom gets close.
Novella update: she was adopted last week on the same night she went back to the shelter.
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We know cats are mostly liquid but mom wonders how most of this can be comfortable.
Mom went shopping at Aldi's earlier this week and found this cute basket.
Mom and her friend took the cat they trapped on Sunday back after surgery on Monday. The goal was to try to catch the momma cat longing to the kittens they got Sunday. Well, in record time Sparkie was in the trap. She is now back with her babies and taking good care of them. She's a little scared but should be adoptable.
The taco truck is pretty popular. Chanel and Daiquiri like to sleep inside, Baloo prefers the top.
Well the other day he may have leaned too far to one side:
a post from the mom
There have been some changes at the rescue and I've been helping but geez I'm tired. Between work and kittens and paperwork and people texting me, I am developing a twitch.
Celtic kittens are still here until there are surgery openings. Between covid backups and kitten season, it is hard to get spots.
Gordon is doing well and feisty as ever. It helps that he purrs while he chews on me - at least he is cute. He is set up in the living room in a pen with the clear Tespo panels and Chanel is baffled on a regular basis on why she can SEE the baby but she can't TOUCH the baby.
The permanent residents are doing well. Ivy seems more comfortable so hopefully the dental bought us some time with her until she can get back in again.
So other than I need a vacation or I'm going to throw my phone out the window, it's pretty good here. Well it's hot....but it's June. haha
First, since mom has been working from home.l, the TV tends to be on for background noise. Yesterday morning, there was a zoo show on and Chanel heard a tiger:
In the meantime, the kittens are 4 weeks old today. They were getting more and more active so mom rearranged the foster room a little. Barriers up to keep the kittens out of Morrigan's litter boxes (those have clumping litter in them and kittens are this age eat everything....). Other barriers up to cut the room in half to keep the kittens slightly contained.
A quick word about the Kitty Kasas. A foster we follow on Instagram reported she had a kitten get stuck in the openings in the back. To avoid that, mom took duct tape and covered the openings.
Do you recognize those baby butts?
Hard to believe 4 years ago these kitten entered the world. They didn't get to our house until a few days later, but they grew up here.
We have never gotten updates on the boys, but Dior is now Cupcake and lives with our friend Julie.
Happy Birthday design kittens.
If you want a good laugh, mom just realized last night that this was the group she got for her birthday after doing a favor for the tescue6.
Or just Chanel....whichever
This post has been here a while. Mom tried to rewrap it but it didn't work. In an effort to reorganize a little, this is getting recycled. Only, of course once it was in a new spot, some cat had to check it out.
Though in typical Chanel style, she lost interest fairly quickly.
Just a couple of short videos today.
Chanel about once a day gets a case of the crazies. She tends to bounce around the sofa, chase her tail and generally act possessed.
Ivy on the other paw just occasionally gets wound up. She must be feeling good cause she has several times this weekend of running around and chasing toys.
It was cold and snowy here though not much of the white stuff stuck to the ground. Mom mostly stayed home after running a couple of errands. We mostly slept.
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So some cat....who shall remain nameless....but looks like this:
Got herself in trouble the other day.
Mom had gone to bed and heard a noise in the kitchen. A lot of noises she will ignore but this sounded like something crashing to the floor, so she got up to check. Things were moved in the basket on the dryer, so mom figured some cat (probably Daiquiri or Goldfish since they were "casually" walking away as mom came down the hall) had grabbed the edge of a bag and pulled.
She turned to go back to bed and heard another noise. Her eyes adjusted and....there was a cat on the counter. With her front feet in the sink. Who then flicked a paw covered in water at mom. RUDE!
Mom considers herself pretty lucky in that we stay off of the kitchen counter. Though in our defense she isn't the best housekeeper so there is stuff up there we might run into. However, if you remember Chanel's run in with the momma cat, we know she can get up there since that is how she got IN the foster room. But she still got a lecture about staying off the counter.....
The kittens are doing great. Thankfully they've gotten the hang of being self cleaning. Mom has been leaving the airlock open during the day while she works since they aren't tall enough to get over it (yet). Daiquiri likes to go over to clean the plates. Chanel can't figure out how to get over so she lays in front and flirts with the kittens.
This right here is the face of trouble. She would be to differ. But mom has chased her around the condo more than once. And this one likes to chomp on her brother to make him cry.
This would be the crybaby. He could fight back. He could run away. Instead he lays there and howls while she smacks or bites his tail.
Tuxedo weirdness
Mom looked down the hall the other night and saw this.....
Yesterday morning, Goldfish was hanging on the cat ladder and Chanel was in the Sleepypod. She has been snoozing in there part of the day recently. Obviously this required a bath first this time.
Chanel's was last week - Happy 3rd Gotcha Day.
Goldfish's is today - Happy 2nd Gotcha Day.
Life here wouldn't be the same without them. Love you girls.
