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outtakes

Texas kittens

The Texas kittens are doing well. They are BOUNCY and active...which makes getting pictures tough. They are also fascinated by the door so mom has to catch them on their way out when she opens the door to go inside the foster room. Everyone got pawdicures on Sunday as mom is tired of the kittens climbing her and stabbing her (we can't imagine why).

Shiner

Amarillo

Shiner (again - maybe??)

Bristol (pretty sure)

Marfa

Marfa has the white stripe on her nose along with her other white markings and Amarillo has white chest and feet. Shiner and Bristol are actually easier to tell apart in person than in pictures. Shiner is a darker tabby and Bristol is more of a caramel color. However, in pictures it is harder to tell color. Mom hasn't weighed them, but just based on her guess, they probably have another month to go before they are ready for surgery.

weekend report

We posted yesterday that mom woke up Sunday morning and Cranberry wasn't doing well. Mom got a text last night that she passed away being cared for by the director of the rescue. RIP sweet baby.

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Mo and Chanel getting their snooze on

Daiquiri is a little obsessed with those spring toys. 

Mom bought more and threw one out for her.

Chanel tried to play with it and got growled at for it.

Blueberry checking out the balcony. He and the Texas kittens are doing well but mom is keeping a close eye on them.

Random Fridays

We wish you a relaxing weekend. Mom says she has LOTS of plans for Saturday but not as much on Sunday so it should be quieter around here then.

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The Texas kittens finally have names. The boy is going to keep his name of Bristol. The girls are as follows: tabby no white is Shiner, tabby with the white on her nose is Marfa and the tabby with white is Amarillo. Now if they would just hold still for more than 0.5 seconds, mom could get good pictures. They are so excited to see her they don't even pass out for naps until she leaves.

In case you missed it though, Chanel found a crack in the door and was making her presence known the other day. She hasn't been in to meet the kittens, but they were baffled by the paw. MOL

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Happy Friday the 13th.....Mo and Allie say don't believe everything you hear about black cats (unless it is good of course).

clean plate club

  Chewy.com

We got the food at no charge but that didn't affect our review. All opinions are our own. Thanks though for helping to feed the hungry heathen foster kittens.

This month we got a box of Tiki Cat after Dark variety to try with the kittens. It is all grain free and the main source of protein is the first ingredient on the can. Mom does say be careful opening the can though - these have a pretty high moisture content and mom almost spilled the entire can when she opened the first one (so of course her fingers then smelled like chicken broth and the kittens got even more excited - you would think she would learn to open the cans and fill the plates somewhere other than the kitten room).

you gonna open that box or what??

Everyone was pretty excited about this. Cranberry and the Texas kittens ran each other over for the first can and mom had to quickly open a second one to keep everyone happy.

clean plate club

The kittens give it 6 paws up. They have loved every flavor and cleaned the plate every time. In fact, one of the Texas girls growled at Blueberry when he got too close. MOL

you in there

Hellow????  

Kitten lovers on the interwebs?? 

Can you sees us??

comfy

Such a shame she can't relax.

Chanel had a good weekend. She went out with mom on Saturday to Petsmart and the to another small local pet store. She won't walk, but she did get to ride in the cart at Petsmart and seemed to enjoy that. She got to see the fish and almost launched herself at the birds. MOL

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Everyone is settling in to a new routine. Thank you so much for the condolences for Tommy both here and on Facebook. There were really no warning signs. His last vet appointment went well and his bloodwork from last fall was very good. He had been losing some weight but everyone agreed it may have been more age related than anything else. He just seemed to crash early Friday morning. Mom didn't want to take him to the er vet and play 20 questions with someone she had never met. Unfortunately our vet was out of town but we have another local vet that the rescue uses and mom was able to get in there with him. He has certainly left a blank spot in the house, our hearts and the foot of the bed.

the kittens

Bristol Texas

Blueberry

Cranberry

So the Texas kittens came with names but mom isn't a fan of the girls' names. She wants to try to name them after Texas towns. Come to find out, Bristol is a town in Texas so our boy gets to keep his name. He is more of a caramel color than his tabby sister. The other two girls have white paws and one has a white stripe on her nose.

They are a bouncy active group....and have escaped a couple of times already. Fortunately they are very people friendly so they are easy to catch.

Blueberry and Cranberry are doing well and are just waiting for surgery dates. Though Cranberry still really doesn't want much to do with mom. Luckily they are doing well with the Texas kittens after the first few days.

Tommy

10/4/03 to 10/6/17

You can read our first post about Tim and Tom and their story of how they joined our family.

Mom woke up about 2am Friday morning and kind of knew something wasn't right. She sat with Tommy on the blanket on the bed for a while then curled up with him until the vet opened. She knew she didn't want to deal with the emergency vet and a million questions.

He was a little agitated but settled in to mom's arms and passed very peacefully. Our head mancat will be missed desperately.

We do take some solace in knowing that Tommy is reunited with his brother Tim over Rainbow Bridge.

Random Fridays

Thanks for all the concats about Chanel. She is fitting in very well and keeping everyone on their toes.

Mom did take her to Starbucks the other day. She didn't quite understand the whole whipped cream thing. MOL

Nothing really planned for the weekend here. Mother Nature refuses to admit it is fall, so we are dealing with that....and mom sneezing all the time as her allergies flare up.

so this happened

Last time we updated you about Chanel, she was back on the adoption floor with a head tilt after a bad ear infection.

Mom stopped last Tuesday at the adoption center and Chanel was in the kitten room being all friendly with everyone. Mom walked in and Chanel stood up and was loving on mom...nibbling on her chin.

Mom left, made it about half a mile down the road and turned around.

Yep....Chanel came back to the house that night. She has now been here over a week and fits in great. Daiquiri was a little bent out of shape for a few days but is doing better.

Mom hasn't gotten a good picture of her sitting still to show the tilt, but it is pretty obvious. It does seem to affect her balance some and she has fallen off a few things giving mom a start. But Chanel gets up and walks away.

Mom did take her out this past Tuesday to a local Starbucks and Chanel did great. She walked around the patio, didn't care about the noise or traffic, and greeted several people. Mom hopes to keep her going out and being social.

Please welcome the newest Random Feline. Yep....she is officially adopted....by us.

the berry kittens go Texan

Blueberry thinks mom is ok. Cranberry is still kind of skeptical. But they are both very sweet and just need to put on a little weight to be spayed and neutered.

 We do have some newbies too. A couple of volunteers drove to Texas after Harvey went through and brought back animals that were already in a shelter before the hurricane hit. These were 4 of them. Mom has them in the crate in the living room until they are tested and have a couple of days to settle in here. Then they will be introduced to the foster room and the berry kittens. One boy and three girls, all very sweet but no momma. Their records show them as 4 weeks old but their eyes are no longer blue so probably closer to 6 weeks old. But they aren't very big so probably close to a month until they are ready to go.

vacation

Mom spent the weekend with her family in Tennessee. On Sunday they rented a pontoon boat and spent the day on the river - fishing and picnicking.

 

the kid and her dad