Mischief Monday - Ummm, Some Excuse - by Styx

 Hi friends, hi friends, hi friends!

The Lady promised we were going to have lots and lots and lots of time to catch up with your blogs yesterday and then she got a call to go help catalogue cats in a colony who need to be re-homed and she did that and then spent 2 hours going through the pictures to make a profile for each of the 18 cats. The people say people keep dumping cats near their house and they have been trying to take care of them. 

She said you would all understand. 

Here are some of them. 

sigh! She really is being a crazy cat Lady

Styx

Remeber that Time We Accidently had 12 Cats?

 I turned and said that to the Man last Wednesday, when having newborn kittens was fresh and we were both tired and I laughed and laughed and he gave me the look. 

This is how this happened.

We knew Friendly and Austin were being picked up for their forever homes on Friday the 11th. They stayed an extra few days because Friendly was getting spayed on Monday and we didn't want her to have to move right away. We moved them into my office, to make space for Celeste, Acorn and Oakley, who were coming as soon as they were caught (it took almost a week for this to happen). We knew we would have 8 cats for a few days.

Then when Celeste gave birth, we had to move Acorn and Oakley somewhere and the only space was the bathroom (our house is very open concept). they are staying in the bathroom for now as my office is really not ideal for kittens.

So for 3.5 days or so we had 12 cats.

Tigris, Styx and Lanie

Friendly and Austin 

Celeste and 4 newborns

Acorn and Oakley

I am going to be honest, this was a lot. I do not recommend. 

Friday we said goodbye to Friendly and Austin. We wish them all the best with their new family and hope Austin escapes getting dressed up by little girls (although I don't know if he will).

The first day after spay, she slept on me all day

Wordless Wednesday - King of the Castle

 

The Other 2 Fosters

As we mentioned yesterday, Celeste came in with 2 kittens, who were not hers. Originally, they were part of 7 (there mom is very, very feral), 4 the SPCA took and 3 who were left. Sadly, one was killed before it could be rescued.

First up is Acorn. Acorn is a spitfire cat, who is all play and cuddles. Her attention span is a millisecond. She has had a little eye infection that is healing. 

Before the birth

She has the cutest spotted belly

Next up, is the elusive Oakley. We believe she is also female (we only got a quick look during the moving process during the birth stuff!) She had seemed to be coming a little out of her shell that first day (she was actually caught after Celeste and Acorn and brought to us later in the day on Monday). However, us having to chase her around the room to get her out, damaged some of the trust and we are working to get it back. She is starting to come out to play if we are in the bathroom (yes, they are in the bathroom, why, find out on Thursday!) We know she will need some time, but we are here for it.

Before the move

These are the fosters who are requiring play and attention, but overall seem to be doing well. The Man takes them to the vet today as I am transporting a load of cats for a spay and neuter.

Celeste and the Cosmic Kittens

 We interrupt our regular scheduled posts to just catch you up on foster life! It has been a week.

We will start with Celeste and her cosmic kittens.

Celeste (and 2 kittens not hers, who we will introduce  tomorrow), came in to our care on September 7. They had been living on the streets and the person who was feeding them caught them and gave them to the rescue. 

No one knew just how close to birth Celeste was. Tuesday night, just as I was falling asleep, Man yelled, we have kittens.

We were not prepared for this. So after a few minutes of panic (getting the other kittens out of the room, contacting the rescue and the internet), we took a breath and let Celeste do her thing. I must admit was my only help was moving the first born from the box to the tent where she had moved. 

Between 10-11:30 pm on Tuesday, September 8, Celeste welcomed 4 kittens to the world. I stayed with her, dozing on the former guest bed, until about 3:30.  I only knew we had a new kitten when it mewled. Since then, we have been checking in a few times to make sure all the babies appear to be doing well, Celeste is well and she has lots of food and water and to change the litter.

So far, so good! It has been amazing to see how fast these little kittens have grown.

4-5 hours after birth

5.5 days later - pardon the litter, it is not time to clean the room yet

We have finally given them names. It will be hard for you to see as I am respecting Celeste as much as possible. It was hard to pick gender neutral names.

The Cosmic Crew are:

Eclipse (all black one)

Quark (black and white one)

Orbit (grey one with a little white on the side)

Velocity (the other grey one)

While the Man had specifically said no pregnant cats, and I know that likely won't happen again, I am really enjoying this special time and watching Celeste be an amazing momma to very fast growing kittens!

Stay tuned for more kittens!

Brief Check In

 Sorry we have been MIA - we have so much to tell you. 

The biggest news is we have new fosters and Tuesday night, one gave birth! Celeste was a rockstar and we have 4 newborns. At this time we aren't sure if they are staying or going to another foster, but for now, we are enjoying them (from a distance to not stress out mom!) and getting a crash course in newborn kitten and mom care. At the time of writing this we have 12 cats in our house.! We promise more soon. 

Wordless Wednesday - Open The Door