plus 6

The bathroom is occupied again. Mom got an email from the rescue on Monday saying they needed foster homes. Mom immediately sent a text to the head of the rescue and picked up this crew last night:

Mom cat is doing pretty well. Seeing other cats stresses her out some but they did get her tested (both negative) and vaccinated at the rescue before coming here. She did hiss some as mom brought her upstairs and has hissed at Daiquiri under the door a couple of times as well (we suspect it is mom hormones). But overall is being a great mom and even let our mom give her a pawdicure. The lady who "found" her said she was a stray but this girl is relaxed with all the house sounds, so we have our doubts about that.

These kittens were born Saturday - mom got kittens for her birthday!!!  We would love to tell you genders and names, but mom hasn't taken her remedial gender test yet (and they are pretty tiny). That will come in good time.....

OK - and if mom had to guess (and she loves to do it), the tabbies are girls and the rest are boys. The black one has some faint stripes on his legs, so it will be interesting to see what happens as he gets bigger. Oh - and mom cat keeps making faces at mom when the camera comes out....she will keep trying for a better picture.

the newbies.....

(mom says the new interface may be growing on her - it just looks funny - she did try wordpress for a short time and HATED it, so she is going to make this work.....  MOL)

Mom got a call on Wednesday that the shelter had a mom and kittens that needed to be fostered.

When she got there Thursday night, the leads were holding a little black kitten. Mom thought it was one of the ones she was supposed to pick up. Nope, he had come in by himself. After several phone calls, trying the bottle, they introduced him to our new mom and kittens.

So, Louisa (an 8 month old kitten herself) came in with 6 kittens that are about 2 weeks old now. And came into foster with 6 kittens + 1. The +1 seems to be about the same age. And after 2 days, mom isn't sure which one is the addition. :)

 The problem is that Louisa has roundworms - she came from a place where none of the cats EVER got vet care. She is being treated now, but she has the runs. BADLY!! She just has no control and sometimes doesn't make it to the box. The bottom picture is 3 of the kittens after their first bath on Saturday... the plan was to give everyone a bath on Sunday.

We know that some people would wonder about having Marble and Silver and then taking another mom and kittens. But, Silver is old enough to spend some time on her own. Marble is going back and forth into and out of the pen, so that is fine too. Mom has the experience to deal with different groups and especially since so many groups need fosters and help.