Critters!

[silverfox]

Our first foster litter!!

I am going to be spending A LOT of time in this bathroom.

Mama kitty is super loving too.

[Too Old For This]

@silverfox KITTIES!!!! They look fabulous!

[Kestrel]

@silverfox Thank you for sharing this very important mews.

[Ganymede]

@kestrel

[silverfox]

@greenflashlight

Yes. But I realized I was responding to your question if I wanted to talk about them from the Peeves thread and decided to move it to critters.

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This is Mimi. She is an almost exact copy of her mommy, right down to the line to get left eye that goes to the corner of her ear. She loves cuddles and has zero fear whatsoever. She was the first to learn to climb people and is very upset now that the vet has clipped her claws. My legs are happy and starting to heal though. When we had mom she always wanted to do whatever mom was doing, and I swear half the reason she ate so much was simply because mom was so into eating. Now that mom has been separated she is way more into bouncing and chasing her brother about, but isn't against a good cuddle too.

This is Jack. He was named first because his single white spot looks like a white tie - he is dapper! He is also our trouble maker. If anything can be gotten into he WILL. His mother was an excellent escape artist but she was big enough we usually caught her in the doorway. Jack though has escaped and made it into other rooms before we are able to catch him. He is also fearless af. He will go right up to our two cats and hiss to let them know he is the boss. My senior cat is not happy and has wacked him before I could drive in after one of his escapes. He is usually the first to pounce his sisters and will gnaw the heck out of their ears. With mom gone we have also learned he can YOWEL. He lets his displeasure KNOWN.

Finally we have Jill. She got her name from Jack because when they first arrived the two were inseparable. Since Jack has become so much more outgoing that has changed, but the name stuck. Jill is way more chill than either of her siblings. While the two of them race their brains out she sits and watches till they stay in place long enough to pounce. She LOVES toys and will happily lay on her back in my lap and bat at the soft toys I bought for them. While Mimi or Jack will fall asleep by themselves Jill requires some kind of cuddle to sleep. She has adopted me as a safe cuddle spot, but if she had her preference she would be at the bottom of a siblings pile. We were so surprised to learn she had torn her cage up when waking up from being spayed, but reflecting as I write this I think she was just scared to wake up alone.

Jill at the bottom of a cuddle pile as happy as a cat can be.

[GreenFlashlight]

@silverfox Aw, what adorable little assholes! I'm so glad you told us about them. And shared photos.

[Ganymede]

I hereby report that the Itty Bitty Kitty Council requires you to continue to care for the buggers so that we can see more pictures.

[silverfox]

The little assholes caused panic this morning. They managed to open the drawer right behind the door and it prevented us from opening the door more than a crack.

I'm usually pretty calm but the idea of kittens trapped without food or fresh water had me shrieking for my husband. We got the door open by sticking a spoon in the crack and inching the drawer closed, not helped by asshole Jack sitting in said drawer and preventing it from being closed all the way. >.>

[Aria]

My sweet old man has started having worse and worse arthritis because of his age, so we increased his dose of pain meds.

The trouble is the pain meds upset his stomach, which is already fairly sensitive. So right now he's having his dog food withheld and is on a diet of rice cooked up in chicken broth until his tummy feels a little better.

The thing is, special dog rice is apparently boring and yucka, so he's only eating about half of it and then refusing the rest. (No, this is not because his tummy hurts, I assure you. He's eating his medicine wrapped up in cheese slices and flavored dog vitamins just fine, the little asshole.)

He's basically just being a drama queen, throwing a tantrum because dinner isn't what he wanted. Clearly, he is neglected and abused. His people beat him, and make him sleep in piles of snow, and he has never even smelled food in his entire life. We're obviously monsters, based on our desire for him to neither be in pain nor pooping all over himself.

[GreenFlashlight]

@aria Yeah, some animals are like that. I don't know why, but feed them the same thing long enough, and they start to want only that instead of some variety.

[silverfox]

This is the very last kitten photo. We had to take them back to the shelter so they can be put up for adoption.

So so so many tears.

[GreenFlashlight]

@silverfox said in Critters!:

So so so many tears.

They'll always remember and love you for being a good mama to them.

[Ganymede]

@silverfox

... you hid them in the car, didn’t you?

[silverfox]

@ganymede

I wish. No. I went and returned them. Opened the crate in the kitten room and sat next to it and even batted a bully away so Mimi would come out. Kept my shit together till I was back in the car then cried.

[Ganymede]

@silverfox

I have no words that will sufficiently comfort you regarding your choice.

Kittens are kittens.

[Arkandel]

@silverfox said in Critters!:

@ganymede

I wish. No. I went and returned them. Opened the crate in the kitten room and sat next to it and even batted a bully away so Mimi would come out. Kept my shit together till I was back in the car then cried.

I completely feel you. Both of my cat jerkfaces are foster failures. I'm so sorry about the heartbreak.

[silverfox]

So. 7 new babies. Saved from a cat hoarding situation. All different sizes. I think there are three different litters here. 3 are tiny (less than 1 pound) two are just over a pound, and two more over a pound and a half.

[Arkandel]

@silverfox That's amazing, great job! Are they all eating?

[silverfox]

@arkandel

They are! I put out two cans which looks like it might have been too much for their bellies. So I'll cut down to one and a half tomorrow morning.

[Testament]

So anyone that knows me knows that I have far too many pairs of sneakers. There was recently a restock of the Jordan 5 'Toro Bravo' colorway that I just so happened to walk in at FinishLine recently. I usually take pictures of my new shoes for the 'gram by using the cat tree.

Hence, new shoes, but a Bubba for scale. He's such a majestic bastard.