Y Kittens all adopted!

Momma Missy was adopted and so all the Y family has found new homes!!! Thank you to everyone who welcomed a new member of their family!

They’re ready!

The babies are ready to be adopted!  Unfortunately the shelter is completely full of cats right now, so they won’t be going back in right away.  We are going to the SPCA on Saturday afternoon to take Yasmine (now Ella Fitzkitty!) to her new family, and we could meet YOU there too with any of these kitties if you’re interested in adopting them!

Please call the SPCA at 374-7387 if you’re interested in adopting Yahtzee, Yoda, Yoyo or Missy!

First, you just have to see YoYo attacking the evil piece of kibble.

Here’s the whole bunch eating.  Notice Ella hanging back, that would be why she’s the smallest!  It’s not like they’re keeping her away, she’s just got this attitude of “Yeah, food, whatever.”

Ella is also ready for Hallowe’en! “Do you want to see my impression of a vampire?”

We are teaching her not to play with feet, but “play with” and “climb on” are so similar…

Yoda has such a plush short fur coat, and he definitely likes his food.  Until he doesn’t.

Yahtzee is so darn photogenic.  His fur is long and so, so soft and downy.

Little did we know, he’s also part Vulcan! “My thoughts to your thoughts….”

Kittens chew on everything.  Here YoYo attempts to look innocent. Or maybe it’s a Hallowe’en monster, the incredible four-eared kitten!

Under two weeks to go

Time flies! Everyone’s had their first vaccinations, and they’ll be ready for adoption in under two weeks!

Yasmine has already been spoken for,  but the other three and Missy are still available! Please contact the SPCA at 374-7387 if you are interested and would like to come meet them.

For the first time, we have a kitten who is extremely shy!  With 99% of our kittens, by this time they’re all running out to greet us and play with us.  Little Yoyo is just more hesitant.  She is so sweet, but might not be the best choice for a home with very small children.  Somehow it feels incredibly special when a shy baby like Yoyo opens up.

Here’s a video of Yoyo coming out of her shell and playing with my foot!

Clay paw, kittens growing!

Momma cat Missy has a cute habit of dipping her paw in her water before drinking, like she wants to see where the water level is.  Her kittens are copying her, which is darn cute.  Unfortunately it backfired on momma.  She must have gone into the litterbox immediately after taking a drink, and the litter stuck to her paw.  It became all muddy and packed up in between her toes, then dried.  We came into the room and she had this big paw full of litter.  Luckily she is a good girl and was patient while we made the litter wet again and I picked it out from between her toes.   She’s been fine since then.

So far YoYo and Yoda are more independent, and Yahtzee and Yasmine look like they may become cuddle cats. A lot of it will depend on what their future human families encourage them to do, of course.

Missy: Still fabulous, dahling.  And her butt fur is growing back too!

The infamous two headed kitten!  (Yasmine in front, Yahtzee in back)

Yahtzee sees a hand… he sneaks up on eet…

And attacks!

Yasmine wonders if this finger is nom?

Yoda wonders what all the fuss is about fingers anyway.

Yoyo knows that food is better noms than fingers.

Playtime

The kittens and mom are all doing so well!  They are starting to roughhouse with each other and with us.  This is the time when we have to teach them to be careful when playing with humans.  Did you know that kittens can’t retract their claws until they’re about four weeks old?  Luckily they are also able to retract their claws now.

This litter didn’t even have one accident outside the litterbox, and now they’re all using it like pros.  Amazing little babies.

Naked cat butt!

First, here is a video of Missy and all her babies from a few days ago.

As promised, here are pictures of Missy after her emergency spay.  They are hidden behind links for those who don’t want to be surprised by seeing a cat’s shaved derriere without some warning.

Missy’s shaved back end

Missy’s shaved hip

She also had an incision on her tummy.  She was on antibiotics for a week and everything seems to have healed up well.  A big thanks to the Small Animal Clinic at the WCVM for a job well done!

Big news, today we found a little pee in the kitten litterbox!  It’s so exciting!  Yoyo was also eating some wet food.  We could almost tell just from her weight, once kittens start eating food on their own their weight really skyrockets.

Tonight I took short videos of each kitten as Leslie scritched them.

Here’s Yoyo.  She’s eating soft food already, at only three weeks old!  She tends to be a bit more shy than the others, but of course once pettins are involved humans look pretty good.

This is Yahtzee.  He is definitely the fluffiest of the babies.

Yasmine is still the runt of the litter, and the snuggliest.  She will just lay back in your hand and let you pet her.  Such a sweetie! She is teething though, and teething kittens tend to try to nibble everything.  In this video you can see Yasmine nibble Leslie’s arm, and Leslie gently discourages her.

Finally, here’s Yoda.  Still, those ears! His fur is so short and wooly, different from everyone else’s!

 

The Cuteness Continues

Please excuse the quality of the photos, all I had was my phone camera but I had to capture the cute!

YoYo is a tabby with some orange calico markings.  Look at her little nose and mouf, it’s like she got into chocolate sauce!

I think they’re finally able to see things a bit farther away at 2 weeks old.  Yoda is in front, about to come see what I am.  Yahtzee is in back, about to follow Yoda.    Look at Yoda’s ears!

Missy continues to be gorgeous and a good Mom.  Little does she know that I have incriminating pictures of her NAKED BUTT that I will post soon.  That’s right.  SHAVED ALMOST COMPLETELY NAKED.  Part of that emergency spay thing.  Check back soon!