Sherry And Bubbles Come For A Visit

Sherry and Bubbles have been here for a week now and are settling in nicely. Sherry is the more outgoing of the two and is a real lap cat while Bubbles is very skittish and I am still unable to pick her up.

Sherry

Bubbles

I still have the other four kittens. I think they're here to stay.....LOL. Hopefully they'll be going up for adoption soon as they're really growing up. As you can see by the following pictures, they are very "at home".

Sundays are for taking it easy!!!!

Autumn and Merlin

Madison taking a snooze....

Sophie and Madison lounge in the sun!

They look like they're making plans for the afternoon, don't they?

Two More Cats Added to the Mix

Where does the time go? The kittens sure keep me busy. Madison has been sick with an upper respiratory infection. She's on her second round of medication and is doing much better. The other cats are doing great. Merlin is really growing. His coat has changed from a light silver to a dark gray and he's a very handsome little guy. Autumn is still a tiny little girl. The vet has assured me that while she is tiny, she's in good health. He said that she was probably the runt of the litter. Timothy's eye infection continues to get better and I don't think it will be too long before it's all cleared up.

I have two new cats staying with me for a while. They were in another foster home that had a dog that barked all the time and they were totally stressed out. When I brought them home they immediately went under my bed and stayed there for the day. Sherry came out in the evening and was very friendly. Bubbles stayed under the bed until I went to bed and turned out the light. She jumped up on the bed and checked me out, decided I was okay, and cuddled up next to me for the night. She's been very friendly ever since. I'm going to keep them in the bedroom for a couple more days before introducing them to the rest of the clan. I'll take some pictures in a couple of days.

I think some of the kittens might be going to PetSmart this weekend for adoption. I'm just waiting to hear from Barb. Winston's due to be fixed and hopefully that will take place this week. He's almost six months old and getting quite big.

Where has the month gone??????

I can't believe that it's been a month since I last posted. I still have all of the kittens. It's been five weeks - the longest that I've had any one set of kittens and they have sure made themselves at home.



They all love sleeping in this basket but it's way too small for all of them to fit in it so last night I brought out another basket and they took that one over as well.


It didn't take long for Winston to become a member of the family. He loves playing with both Sophie and Willow, although he can be a bit rough with the kittens. His favourite place is at the kitchen window where he can watch all the birds in the backyard.

Winston

Merlin is coming along nicely. He is still timid so I feed him in the tent and when he's finished I spend some time with him. Now he starts purring as soon as I go over to the tent and purrs the whole time I'm holding him. He crawls all over me and settles down on my lap and kneads away so I know he's content. He is still skittish any other time but I am able to get closer to him before he runs away. Winston was the same when I first got him so I know it's only a matter of time before he lets me pick him up at any time. He's really grown in the last five weeks.

Merlin

Autumn and Madison (Calendar Girl), the two little girls, are still tiny and will probably always be on the small side like Willow. We nicknamed Madison "Calendar Girl" because she's so pretty; we think she should be on the cover of a cat calendar. Autumn is a lovely little cat who likes to be held but loves sleeping in the basket the most out of all of the kittens.

Timothy, Willow and Autumn

Madison

Timothy is a wonderful little boy. He's the little guy with the eye infection. It's still clearing up and there is only a bit of film left over his left eye. He loves to play with all of the cats and Sophie. His coat is so soft it's like silk and he likes to spend one-on-one time with me. He loves eating with Willow and Winston so I've given up trying to feed him with Merlin. It means he's eating regular cat food as opposed to kitten food but he's growing like a weed so I don't think it's hurting him.... :o)

Timothy

One thing I can say......All of the kittens I have looked after since I began fostering have been wonderful. They all had a rough start in life but anyone would be lucky to adopt one of them. They are great little kittens. Each one of them is different in temperment and personality but would make a lovely addition to any family.

My Latest Bunch

When Barb dropped Winston off she also brought back Timothy and three new kittens. Timothy wasn't quite ready to be adopted and the three little ones needed to be socialized.

It took a couple of days for Timothy to settle in but now he has decided that he likes Sophie's crate and has moved in!

The other three kittens are eight weeks old and are slowly settling in. Every day I see an improvement. They all come around on their own time. Autumn has settled right in, follows me around and likes to be picked up. Madison is just a little skittish but for the most part likes to be picked up and cuddled. Merlin was very timid and skittish when he arrived. He still doesn't let me pick him up if he's running around but he no longer spends his time under the couch. He runs around and plays with the other kittens and there are marked improvements daily.

I have been giving Merlin medication as he was congested when he arrived and we didn't want it turning into an upper respiratory infection. I have to feed him in the tent so I am able to give him his medication afterwards. I would never be able to catch him otherwise. He is very good about taking it and afterwards I hold him for a while and he always purrs, which is a big surprise as he is so timid. None of the other kittens have purred yet and I thought for sure that he would be the last one to do that. I don't feel that it will be long before Merlin loses all of his fear and allows me to pick him up at will.

Madison

Autumn

Merlin

Merlin is a "Snowshoe Siamese" and has very unusual markings. Snowshoes result when a siamese mates with a domestic short hair. The markings on his face are almost like a raccoon.

Winston's Come Home To Stay

After we lost Simon Willow found it very hard to be by herself. She was so used to having Simon to hang around with that she didn't know what to do with herself.

I found out that Winston, one of the first pair of kittens that I fostered, had still not been adopted. Barb thought that he might have bonded with me and was missing me. When they took him to PetSmart he would hang back in his cage and would not interact with anyone who came to his cage to see him. So he was being passed over for adoption each time. When I heard that I asked if I could adopt him and we decided that I would take him after I returned from a week's vacation.

Well, Winston came home and it's like he never left. He just took up where he left off and he and Willow have become great friends.

Winston has settled right in. He's a lovely little cat, very affectionate and a real purring machine.

A Big Blow

I lost Simon this past week. Last March he got a really bad cold and lost a lot of weight that he never put back on. He slowly lost ground and after blood tests I found out that his kidneys were failing. He was hardly eating and just wanted to be by himself so I felt it was time........


When I got him from the local OSPCA he picked me, I didn't pick him. He wouldn't leave me alone and I thought if he wanted to come home with me so badly, why not let him. He was a wonderful cat who loved me and showed it every day. I am going to miss him so much but he is no longer suffering.

Simon

2003 - 2009

The Three Amigos

Three little kittens arrived last Sunday. Henry, an orange tabby, who has a great set of lungs and doesn't hesitate to use them; he's a real talker. Reggie, a fluffy black and white fellow who likes to follow me and loves to cuddle and Timothy, a shy gray and white little guy who likes to hide behind the throw pillows on the couch.

Timothy has a film over one of his eyes and I am putting an anitbiotic cream in it twice a day. The film has gotten lighter since he's been here but he will probably always have a bit of a film for the rest of his life. It sure doesn't slow him down, in fact he is the most playful and sure can move.

Willow tried to get into the action and grab some of the kittens' food but they weren't willing to share. Willow eats dry cat food so when the kittens' wet food comes out she's ready to chow down.

Barb is coming to pick up the kittens tomorrow as I'm off to the cottage for a week. These three little guys were here less than a week but they fit right in. I'm a pushover for a kitten...lol.