Ketchup

I'm so behind in posting! Lots of things are going on in Catland.

Firstly, my latest fosters have been challenging, to say the least! I forgot to mention, in my previous post, that the day I got them, was the same day a dear anipal of mine on Twitter passed away. In honor of this kitty, OscartheCat, our new foster is named: Oscar the Kitten! His sister is Chloe. I just hope our Oscar lives up to his namesake's good reputation as being a very fine feline.

The kittens were really getting fractious-worse, instead of better. I pulled their food and only fed them if they came to me and sat near me to eat. I locked them back up into their huge dog crate, with litter pan and water and cat bed and a cover over the whole thing. Our Director told me it would "calm their minds" being in a smaller space, instead of being loose in the room. She was right on. Once they were locked up, they calmed down.

While I got both of them to eat and play, Oscar seemed shyer, but of the two, he would let me give him a few pets and not be too bothered by it. It was so frustrating to not be able to handle the kittens, but I had to let them come to me.

Thursday I brought the kittens to be spayed/neutered. I found out they both weigh 2.25 lbs-which would put them at about 8-9 weeks old. I correctly sexed them, so at least I don't have to change their names. Their tests came back negative, but Chloe did have a weak positive for Feline Leukemia. We ran a more sensitive test and it came back negative-thank goodness!

I was surprised to find out that Oscar couldn't have his surgery because his lil' boy beans didn't descend yet, so we gotta wait another week. Chloe had her spay surgery and was kept over night.

One night was all it took. Oscar blossomed last night. Not only did he let me pet him, he seemed to like it! I was also able to coax him to sit on my lap, where he stayed for over an hour, purring LOUDLY the whole time. I wanted to CRY, but I didn't dare scare Oscar, so I held it back. I was so glad to see this improvement and his sweet nature was simply effervescent.

This was taken at about 1:30AM, a few minutes after Oscar hit my lap. He looks nervous, but you'll see he looks more relaxed in later photos.

I didn't want to leave him. Last night felt like going on a date with someone you really like and finding out they like you, too!

This morning, Oscar was even more friendly and relaxed. yay!

He's such a cutie!

It was remarkable to see how quickly Oscar's behavior changed. Was it because he was alone? Probably, but he was showing signs of coming around with his sister here. I guess I'll see what happens when she returns from her surgery. Hmmm...