Update on Jared

Jared was adopted back in November. His owner has been awesome enough to stay in contact with me via email, and send pictures now and then. This shot is from shortly after he joined his new house. Jared is also now called Logan (after Wolverine from X-Men, cause he's quite the claw-sy little bugger).

Here's a recent update (from December) on Jared, a.k.a. Logan:
"Jared's used to the routine of things now, and curls up to sleep with me (I sleep with the window up). Being in the country, he sits in my window and watches the birds and squirrels when he gets done playing with us, lol. Good fun!"

So nice to see my kiddos in good homes.

Molly and Jared Adopted!

Jared and Molly were adopted back in early November, on the same day. Molly had a bit of a rough time settling in, but she's settled in now, and is her owner's (a little girl) shadow these days. She also has a tendency to climb up into the little girl's doll house, making herself comfortable in a room, while the little girl plays. Jared is quite content with his new daddy, snuggling up with him at night.

FuRR biannual yard sale THIS WEEKEND

Jared and Leto

The brothers, Leto (top) and Jared, who are both available for adoption, as is their mama, Shannon. (This was taken right after they'd finished nursing on their mama. She doesn't appear to be nursing them any more, but this was only like 2-3 weeks ago, lol))

Adopted!

Ducky and Gibbs got adopted to the same home today. Which I'm thrilled about because they're both pretty close to each other. The lady had 2 14 year old cats who died this summer from complications of diabetes, that were brothers, so she was interested in adopting Ducky, because she looked like a baby version of her boys, and a litter mate if she any. I explained that they weren't biologically related but she was a part of a "litter". Ducky and Gibbs are very close, Gibbs is very much a big brother to Ducky, so I was thrilled when she decided to take them both, because her boys had been so close. I think it will make the transition easier on them.

It's hard to let my babies go, though I've been told it gets easier. These two were particularly difficult to let go because back in August we had an outbreak of a viral neurological syndrome in our house that affected Gibbs, Ducky, and Abby all to different extents. Gibbs got it first (we still don't know how), and got very sick. He was badly dehydrated when we realized something was wrong, and he was actually septic when we took him to vet the next day after emergency subcutaneous fluid that night. The neurological part was that his hind legs weren't cooperating enough for him to really walk. All 3 kittens had some version of this, with Abby's being the mildest (low grade fever and the hind legs not quite cooperating), Ducky's being the mid-case (fever, mild dehydration, and uncooperative hind legs), and then Gibbs. By a week later, all were much better and acting normal. And now there is no evidence they ever had a problem. But we were very paranoid there for about a week, and you really bond when there's a medical issue, I find.

So yes, I'm sad they're gone. But I know they're at a good home. I can tell. And soon, I hope to get updated pictures of them. I have with all 3 of my adoptions up to now, I've gotten some kind of pictures or updates. Which makes me VERY happy, and much more content to let them go to new homes. It makes it less hard when you know it's a good home they're in.

Update

Abby and Gibbs

My sister, Reese, and Ducky (see? they're all kid-trained, lol)

Leto, who should be fixed at the October clinic

Leto's brother, Jared

Gibbs, who is now available for adoption

Ducky, who will be fixed at the October clinic (she just in the last week pulled over 2 lbs)

Gibbs and his "littermate" Ducky

Gibbs, Abby, and Shannon got fixed at the clinic Saturday, so they are all available for adoption now. Shannon's available, but I'm hoping to keep her around a while longer so the boys (Jared and Leto) can learn more from her. Not that that should be a problem, seeing as she's about 2 years old, and it usually takes longer for adults to be adopted.

Abby is very laid-back and playful. You can do almost anything to this kitten, and she could care less. Very kid-friendly. She's a black and black-on-black tabby. She loves to snuggle and be loved, and she loves to give kisses (which sometimes become baths) on her own terms. She loves to play.

Gibbs is Abby's brother. He's a real cutie with a precious face, gray and white (with half a moustache and a goatee). Playful and pretty calm, he likes to sleep on people or in a kitty pile with his littermates. He's a very chill cat, just not as much as his sister, and good with kids. Very tolerating. Like any kitten, he loves to play.

Molly is about 6 months old. She's black and white, and still very much a kitten. She loves to play, and she's good with kids, having been lugged around by my 4 year old sister since she was about 6 weeks old. She likes to play, and she loves attention, and she will insist upon it. Once she gets used to other cats, she seems to be very lovey to those smaller than her after a while.

Shannon is about 2 years old, with an unknown history. She's a gray tabby. She'd do best, I believe, in a home with either no small children or a home where she'd be able to stay away from the child(ren). She has, thus far, been a one-person cat, attaching to myself, and tolerating everyone else with varying degrees of affection. She's shy, and skittish with other cats, but that could be because of her boys, Jared and Leto. She loves to be petted, talk, and purr. She's very social once she gets to trust you.

Those are my "adoptables" for now.

Rest in Peace, Rain

Sorry about the lack of posting. Life has been crazy since school started Aug. 20, and I started work on the 24th.

S. gave me her little bottle baby, Rain, since she was so tiny and just wasn't thriving on the bottle. I had a nursing mama, so we thought maybe she would catch up on Shannon's milk. Well, Shannon took to her fine, but it took us about 8 hours to get Rain to figure out what she was doing. Stubborn kitten.

A week after I got her, she passed away. I walked in to scoop the litter and she was lying on the floor, unmoving and cold. Needless to say, it was a huge shock. I hadn't expected it, and the first time you lose a foster is supposed to be the worst. I'll never get used to it. I hope it doesn't happen often. I'm not sure I could handle it if it did. We wrapped her in a towel, and buried her in our kitty graveyard in the backyard. I've been trying really hard not to think about it too much, because I still tear up, a week later. And I'd really rather not cry.

So rest in peace, sweet baby.

July 2009- August 29, 2009


Gibbs, Abby, and Ducky all managed to get some variety of a neurological virus, and Gibbs was in a pretty bad state when it was discovered something was really wrong (he was very dehydrated, pretty weak). Some fluids and a few days on antibiotics and being forcefed the gravy off of hard food soaked for a while, and Nutri-Cal, and he's fine now. So are the girls. Everyone is over it now, thank God. It was a pretty stressful weekend though (same weekend we lost Rain).

The boys, Jared and Leto, are getting bigger. They're eating hard food now, as Shannon is weaning them. They get hard food and canned food, both. Last I weighed them, they were 1 lb, 12 oz. and 1 lb, 11 oz., respectively.