Thank goodness for the air lock

 The fruit girls are enjoying being in the foster room. Mostly. They give mom a hard time in the mornings and demand freedom. To which mom says: not a chance. While it's nice the are people friendly, it makes it difficult to work. They get some time out in the evenings though and they spent most of the with house privileges. 

Thankfully they aren't quite tall enough to get over the gate so the inside door can be open without escapees.

Katie asked about their whiskers - they are starting to grow back and in fact Fig has a couple that have grown out. 

Fig

Apricot

Apricot & Lychee

The girls do love those squeeze up treats

Switch back

 Mario and Luigi go back to the shelter today. They are doing very well and will hopefully get adopted quickly.

That means the girls will go back into the foster room which we are sure they will enjoy. They have been getting time out loose in the house, but they make work harder for mom so it will be nice for them to have more space during the day when they get a time out. 

Lychee

Fig

Apricot

They are all very sweet though Fig is the more independent of the three. They love toys and seem to be having fun with Boba though she can be a little rough on them (not intentionally - she's just bigger and plays hard).

Attack of Boba-saurus Rex

Still need to get some weight on them before surgery so they will be here for a little bit longer.

Weekend report

 Its been a week.

A good friend of mom's had a tornado hit her house so she's been supporting her from a distance as things settle in. She and her cats are ok but the rest is going to take time to fix.

We got a couple of older kittens from the shelter for a couple of weeks as they recover from colds. They are in the foster room since they are bigger. Meet Luigi (white markings) and Mario (all brown).

The little girls moved to a play pen in the living room since they are smaller. 

Someone asked on our last post about their whiskers. They ate like people hair or finger nails. They will grow out and then grown more. They already are a little bit longer.

Mom spent Saturday working on her desk area.

Sunday she let the little girls out to play. They had a good time running around. Though not too sure how they felt about being chased by Boba.

She found the open door.

Not sure she would be happy if it 

was zipped shut though. Haha

New kittens

 Gelato and Biscotti are at a partner store waiting (impatiently no doubt) for their family to show up. We will keep you posted.

In the meantime, the rescue did a little shuffling so we have kittens here that were bottle fed and then with another foster and are now here. There are actually 4 siblings, but their brother is being adopted by a good friend of the head of the rescue so he is living with them.

Fig

Apricot

Lychee

Meet the fruit girls. They are all very sweet and very playful. Mom did notice that all of them are missing their whiskers. After some investigation, turns out their brother has all of his whiskers. So we know who the viewer was in the family. Haha

Lychee is about 6 ounces lighter than her sisters. Most fosters with any experience will tell you there is always that one that has to be different. Mom is keeping an eye on their weights but she is acting normal so no worries. 

Boba has been in to play with them but is going to get herself banned if she doesn't start being a little more gentle. She is bigger and plays harder and we don't think she realizes it.

Boba Tea

 First an update: Mochi is doing great. She loves her new family, including the dog, and especially her new BFF Luna. 

In other news, Tiramisu & Zeppolli are now at a partner store looking for their forever homes. Biscotti and Gelato are being neutered today.

But on to the big news: Boba is now an official Random Feline.

We know some of you won't be surprised. We know others might. It certainly wasn't planned but there were a lot of factors that went into it. The biggest one being she fits in well with the rest of us and mom loves her - even when she is being rotten. 

The orange is strong

 OK so we all hear the one about orange cats sharing one brain cell. Pretty sure Zep and Gelato have gotten out of line. Biscotti is pretty good but those other two....

Zeppolli

Gelato

Biscotti

Poor Tiramisu and Boba

Weekend report

 Well the weather was nice for a few days with the windows open. Mom says summer has arrived so the cold air machine is on and the windows are officially closed. 

The rescue has decided to start doing spay or neuter surgeries at 12 weeks. The kittens are a little bigger and it allows us to have the vet give their rabies vaccine before being adopted. 

Everyone is out during the day now. Zeppolli escaped over the air lock on Thursday night. He and Tiramisu both escaped during tge day on Friday. Saturday mom started letting them out during the day only. They will still sleep in the foster room. 

Fortunately they have each other so they are mostly leaving the adults alone. 

Tiramisu

Biscotti

Zeppolli

Gelato

Shenanigans

More Dessert

 We had visitors for a week. The shelter needed a pair of kittens to be fostered. They came in whike the vet was on vacation so it was literally just a week. The shelter named them Marge (tabby) and Homer (black). They are headed back today for surgery and adoption.

Since the dessert kittens are in the foster room, these two ended up in a playpen in the living room. Boba was confused:

The dessert kittens are doing well. Gelato got the clearance from the vet for vaccines and to be adopted. The rescue has decided to start holding kittens until 12 weeks to get a rabies vaccine at the time of surgery. 

So they will be here for a few more weeks. 

Quick update

 Boba is doing well. She seems to enjoy being out and about but also spent the weekend staring at the little kittens since the baby jail airlock was up and the foster room door open. 

The dessert kittens are doing well. Tiramisu and Zeppolli are almost to weight for surgery. Biscotti is running in 3rd and Gelato is way back at 1 pound 6 ounces (though for reference he weighed 1 pound 3 ounces a week ago). The head tilt seems the same but he is a happy boy and gets around well and loves to play with his siblings. Mom does wonder if it effected his hearing or response time cause he is a little slow to respond to noises sometimes. 

The boys are all friendly, Tiramisu still runs to avoid being caught but doesn't mind being held. 

The hot weather is back though so after a nice weekend with open windows and mom working on our balcony (hope she remembers to water those flowers), our windows are closed up and the cold air machine has been turned on.

Road trip and...

 Mom went to visit her family this past weekend. Since Gelato is on meds, she took him and not wanting him to be lonely, took Zeppolli too. They were pretty good on the car and also good in the play pen. 

The family, especially mom's niece (ie the kid) loved seeing them too. 

Gelato has a vet appointment tomorrow so hopefully an update on his head tilt and meds after that. But everyone is acting great and gaining weight so that is good news.

In other news, Boba is being spayed today and will then be available for adoption.

Plus Daiquiri and Chanel both have appointments for dental cleanings, so big vet week for several cats here.

Didnt need that

 Well the Italian dessert kittens are giving mom heartburn. Tiramisu - the only brown tabby and only girl - has been great. Couple days of goopy eyes but that cleared up pretty quickly. The main goal now is to get her more friendly.

Biscotti and Zeppolli are doing well. Biscotti got a bath last week and is holding a grudge about it. Zeppolli (he has the more visible white) is a typical orange - very friendly and outgoing. 

Gelato though. Geez he is giving mom a run for her money. Last Monday she fed them dinner and all was well. Two hours later he was barely able to stand and had a pretty serious head tilt. After a call to the rescue, they met up, had a chat and the head of the rescue took him to an urgent care vet. They diagnosed toxoplasmosis. He's 0n meds. The tilt is pretty noticible but he is doing really well. He's eating and actually playing with his sister.

Sort of sweet

 The Italian dessert kittens were kind of rough when they first got here. The only girl is Tiramisu and she's actually been great the entire time.

The boys had a tougher start. Fortunately sone meds and good food and they seem to be feeling better. Now on to stage 2 which is get them friendly. They weren't really handled much before they came here and it doesn't help that the first interaction with people was being medicated. 

Gelato is the darkest orange with no white. Lousy picture as he is friendly already and cones right over to mom.

Zeppolli (donut) is thinking about being friendly. He is very curious but also cautious. As you can see he is orange with a good amount of white.

Biscotti is pretty hesitant at the moment. He's got food on his face right now since mom wants to make everything positive for a while. He is orange and white with less white than Zeppolli.

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Boba is loose in the house and has been very good. Though the adult cats no doubt find her very pesky...she can be pushy and bitey and is very independent.

Kitten season is springing

 Mochi has been spayed and is at our partner store to be adopted. Paws crossed she doesn't have to wait too long.

  Boba is here with us for a few more weeks. Not quite big enough to be spayed yet. She is quite the handful as she is displaying some "single kitten" behaviors - mostly she is very bitey. 

  And we have a group of newbies. The rescue is working with a lady caring for cats in her neighborhood. The momma cat of these kittens is feral, so she will be spayed and released. These 4 have pretty gunky eyes and some other things going on so mom is keeping a close eye on them. One girl a brown tabby and 3 boys - all orange or orange and white. Mom is going with Italian desserts: Tiramisu for the girl, the boys: Gelato, Biscotti and Zeppole.