Finally we had a chance to take pictures of the kittens in daylight! These pictures pretty much show their true fur and eye colours. All kitten eyes start out blue. Jinx’s eyes have turned a lighter blue, and I’m pretty sure he will have blue eyes as an adult. Jerry’s eyes [...]
The kittens have officially entered “pinball stage”.
That’s where they have two speeds: stop and GOGOGOGOGO! Unfortunately they’re not so great at judging when to brake, and so this is also the stage where they bounce off of us, each other, the furniture…
They are eating on their own and using the litter box almost 100% [...]
Jinx and Jerry grew tall overnight and they’ve started leaping around and playing with everything in sight. Jay continues to purr and want attention, but she won’t settle down because she’s always got one eye on her babies. The kittens started using the litter box a few days ago. There were a [...]
Here are Jinx and Jerry looking out at Annie, who is using her “cat manners” and ignoring them completely. Well *right* now she’s looking at me because I said her name, but you get the idea.
We’ve continued to feed J plain chicken. We were chopping it by hand into small pieces. However, we [...]
The happy family that adopted Tara (one of the orphaned puppies from Beauval) wanted to brag a little about their newest family member:
I just wanted to send you an update on Tara, the Rotti mix puppy I adopted on June 9th. We have renamed her Morley and she is settling in just fine. She [...]
J spent a few days in the hospital being monitored. Her bloodwork was fine, and she tested negative for disease, but an X-Ray did show she had quite a bit of gas when we brought her in. She’s now on a diet of boiled chicken for a couple of days, then we’ll start mixing [...]
A little doggie news in the midst of the cat/kitten news.
Sunday afternoon MM and I went visiting. First I stopped in to see Tulie at her new home — a very nice welcome. It has been just over two weeks since she joined her new family and it is obvious that [...]
J and babies are at the vet’s today. J got quite sick overnight.
This kind of thing is not uncommon when fostering cats. People don’t realize that regular vaccinations are very important for cats. They get stressed out by being outside, then by being in the shelter, and by the time [...]
Have I mentioned the tendency of foster cats to get the runs? Oh yes, more often than not the momma cat will shoot jets of liquid poo out of her rear end, a fountain of feces that (if you’re lucky) coats the sides of the litter box and (if you’re unlucky) everything within a [...]
Today the kittens are taking more interest in what’s going on around them. The grey, Jerry, actually hissed for the first time! We’re so proud. Once kittens can actually see, they will start hissing and spitting whenever something surprises them. This phase will last longer for some kittens than [...]