weekend report

It was a nice weekend here....nice weather and ot too busy.

Mom did do a transport on Saturday for the bloodhound rescue. Jake and Duke are 18 month old brothers left a high kill shelter. They were not neutered, heartwork positive and had entropian (their eyelids curl in and their eye lashes rub on their corneas). They were good in the car but the cones were pretty big and kept whacking each other and mom.

Cookies? For me?

Marilyn was spayed on Friday and did well. Mom got called that she was done early and picked her up falong with 4 other cats from the rescue. Marilyn is now at one of our rescue partner stores and will hopefully be adopted quickly.

This little girl was one of the pick ups on Friday....Wheat is finally healthy and made weight and went home with her new family on Saturday.

playtime

Mom says there is nothing much more fun or a better way to de-stress than for her to go into the foster room and play with the kittens. They sure do know the meaning of fun....and everything is a toy.

Russell - king of the trackball

If you look close, you can see they both have a paw in the game.

Pictures taken when Wheat was still here. She ended up in another foster

home and mom heard over the weekend that she has made it to 2 pounds.

Hopefully her toes will clear up and she can head to her forever home soon.

That incline scratcher is a big hit. Not sure how much longer Saldano is going to be able to fit in the hole however. One of the brandy girls climbs up to the top, digs in her claws and then hangs on the incline. 

relaxing weekend

Good news- that new orange guy that mom found a week ago is doing MUCH better. He calmed down after a day or so and apparently is quite the nice boy. Next step - new home.
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Let it not be said those kittens won't find a snack wherever they can.

One of the brandy girls was playing with mom's shoe. Normally mom doesn't wear shoes around the house, so this was something new. And it is all fun and games until your sister shows up.

Mom needs to ask about the other two boards for the doors.

Wheat is 100% over the other kitten shenanigans     

Mom took Russell to another adoption event on Sunday. He did great -though he did attempt to make a run for it when a bird that is caught in the store made a fly by. Otherwise, he snoozed on mom's lap or in the carrier. He did sing the song of his people in the car....and totally harassed the other kittens when he got back to the house since he had gotten such a nice long nap.

Random Fridays

HAPPY (belated) Birthday Tommy!!

and we are sure Tim got extra treats over the Bridge

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The brandy kittens were tested on Tuesday and are....NEGATIVE (in case you missed it on facebook). The plan for the weekend was to put Saldano and Wheat in a carrier, clean and move a couple of things in the foster space. Then....mom wanted to move Marilyn and all five kittens into the foster space with Wheat and Saldano.

However, mom decided that moving them Wednesday night was the better idea. She was going to be home to keep track of everyone...and honestly was getting tired of the bathroom being a disaster. The kittens are getting big enough that it is a whole different kind of adventure with them in there.

So Marilyn and the five kittens packed their bags and were hauled off to the foster kitten space.

Saldano isn't too sure about that bigger lady cat

Saldano and Russell give each other the floof suit reaction

Calvados took it all in stride....then found a new toy

Kirsch and Chambord were pretty jumpy about the changes

All in all, it went pretty well. Wheat and Monroe were about as laid back as they could be. Marilyn checked out the place, found the food and made herself at home. The brandy girls were a little jumpy. Calvados and Russell wandered around and checked everything out, only getting jumpy when a certain gray girl would get in their faces.

Saldano was just RUDE about all of it. She growled, she hissed, she floofed out. However, there was no smacking or anything like that.

By the time mom went to bed that night, everyone had settled in.

Mom did take a few minutes to weigh everyone Thursday morning before breakfast.
  Saldano  1 pound 13 1/2 ounces
  Wheat  1 pound 6 3/4 ounces
  Monroe  14 3/8 ounces (not good...mom is keeping on eye on him)
  Russell   1 pound 13 3/4 ounces
  Calvados  1 pound 3 1/8 ounces
  Kirsch   1 pound 2 3/8 ounces
  Chambord   1 pound 1 3/8 ounces

Wheat is mostly fluff. She had some minor snot going on that is clearing up now, but we suspect she wasn't eating as much due to that. We are glad to see all the brandy kittens over a pound. They are still tiny for their age, but considering where we were with them 2 weeks ago, this is great progress.  And Saldano and Russell are well on their way to 2 pounds. Best mom can figure the brandy kittens and Russell and Monroe are 9 weeks old this week. The brandy girls are getting big enough that mom may be able to get collars on them to be able to tell them apart....hopefully. 

weekend report

Mom was hoping to move Marilyn and the little kittens into the foster room with Saldano and Wheat. However, the little kittens still need to be tested. That should happen Tuesday. Then mom wants to clean up some in there and then will move everyone. The bathroom is getting a little small for kittens that want to run around and play.

But the girls are doing well. Saldano is a little hand shy but puts up with a lot of stuff. Wheat is hard to get a picture of at this point since she likes to come RIGHT UP to mom for some loving.

Everyone else is good.....

weekend report

We know it is Wednesday, but mom was gone all weekend and didn't get around to updating anything until yesterday afternoon. She spent the weekend in Tennessee with her family and got back Monday night.

Which would be her excuse for not wishing Spud a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Barley wasn't adopted over the weekend, but the center seems to be busy on Tuesdays, so we are hopeful he will get adopted this week.

 

Liberty and Freedom

The patriot girls are back in the tower. They were both out of the foster room when mom got home and were running scared. She managed to get them and put them in the tower to keep them contained. She is going to email the head of the rescue about the next step. Mom is sure she can't get them any friendlier - they have been medicated so many times they are afraid of mom. Plus she suspect part of the reason for the continued snotty noses may be stress.

Marilyn continues to take very good care of her boys and Fiona's kittens. The brandy kittens are still pretty tiny, but they are active and eating and seem to be doing well. Nothing is ever guaranteed, but we continue to hope they will thrive.

With Hops adopted, Barley at the adoption center, and the patriot girls in the tower, Wheat was by herself in the foster room. And she was NOT happy about it. She sang the "I am very lonely" song over and over....loudly and in siamese.

So mom contacted the rescue and Tuesday afternoon brought home this:

 

Meet Saldano

Ironically, like Wheat she was left in a box at one of our remote adoption centers inside a pet store. We figure this means it was meant to be. She came right out of her carrier to check out the foster space and within an hour or so the girls were playing happily together.