Posts made by silverfox

I don't have enough lap for all the kittens who want lap.

Names:

Hermes is on the left, Castor, Rhea, Persephone, and Pollux is in my arms.

Not pictured, Daedalus (having recovered from his virus how is eating me out of house and home), and Leonidas, who is trying to lap but there is no ROOM.

These are mixed messages!!!

I know I am spamming but they are so cuuttteeee.

***=Someone said drowsy?***

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They are SO GRUMPY at me making them take their meds, clean their eye gunkies, and giving eye drops.

***=There are seven of them, but little Rhea is passed out in back.***

@duntada

That does make me feel better!

I hope he isn't in the hospital for weeks. Their nearest hospital is an hour and half away from home so it would be really rough on their family, plus he is the only breadwinner now that sister's work is out for the summer.

I can't decide between gripping fear and anger.

My sister's family has COVID, and brother in law (who I adore - this is not a distant relationship) is in the ER right now with very low oxygen levels. This is the fear.

The anger is because they deliberately chose not to be vaccinated because they were hesitant because of misinformation. (They attributed a friend's death to the vaccine but he had a history of blood clots before the vaccine and got Pfizer not J&J.)

I feel like this was preventable but I will never ever ever say this to them.

So venting on an anonymous internet forum.

Also to the people who I could not RP with for months/ years then can pick up a thread with me and turn it into fucking meaningful rp on a dime.

It restores my faith in this hobby like wow and makes me reach out to the others I've had that same connection with.

@testament

10/10 support this new scale.

@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.

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.

My phone autocorrecting 'dicks' (as in male assholes) into 'ducks'.

It will never not be funny.

Being shown pretty pictures to make into stuff, even if my words aren't nearly as good as the pictures.

Eric Carle.

@Crawfish

@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.

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.

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. >.>

@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.