Waiting for Kittens

As I said Mommy Cat (I won't use her real name because she has a loving owner that she returned to spayed of course!) was such a friendly and adorable cat.  I thought my other mom cats were awesome but this Mommy Cat was so amazing.  She never ever stopped purring and she loved attention from people.

Anyways... she was described as being heavily pregnant.  Well, the heavily pregnant cat stayed pregnant for longer than I expected.  The shelter gave me some links to read and they all said keep her quiet which I interpreted as don't visit her too too often.  But I still wanted to know what was going on in there.  So what did I do?  I bought some web cams off Amazon of course!  The web cam that I bought had the ability to see in the dark.  It allowed me keep an eye on her without disturbing her.

She had such beautiful BLUE eyes!!!!

Photo:  View from the webcam

The Mommy of my Current Litter

Two months ago...

In January my Ninja litter (Mom's name was Ninja) went back to be adopted.  One came back again.  His name is Bear.  My husband got super attached to Bear.  I made husband talk to the foster co-ordinator to ask for permission to adopt Bear etc.  Anyways... Not too many days after Ninja's kittens went back to the shelter I saw a pregnant cat on the foster list.  She was listed as URGENT so of course I had to volunteer to take her!  She was pretty much the only pregnant cat on the foster list so I was super glad to help her.  I wouldn't have to spend the winter without Foster cats... Yay!

So, they told me she was heavily pregnant.  I interpreted that to mean that she could have kittens any second!  She sure was round!  She was so beautiful and the amazing thing was how friendly she was.  She purred and purred and purred!   She lived in what we call "the cat room".  It should be our spare bedroom but no people stay in there.  Only foster cats.   We don't let our adult foster cats mix with our own cats.  It is too stressful for all involved.  So on January 13th this beautiful girl arrived and we were so happy to see her!   It had been 5 days since we had given Ninja's kittens back so we felt really lucky to have more kittens and moms to help so soon!

The Hard Part about Fostering

One of the hard parts about fostering animals is the day that they go back to the shelter to be adopted.  Logically I know that this day always comes but it is still sad.  I try not to worry about the people that come to give them a home.  I hope that the people are like me.  People who love animals and will be good to them.  I still miss them though.  And of every litter I always get attached to one more than all the others.

With my current guys it is this little man right here.  Here he is a month ago when he was only 4 weeks old.

I love you Leo!  What will your new name be?

My First Day as a Foster Parent

My first little foster kitties arrived at my house in May of 2014.  They look a little concerned in this first photo.  My cousin who has fostered for years told me about using a baby playpen.  However, I quickly realized that these guys were too old for a playpen and Mom cat was not down with it either.  This is a photo of them in the first few minutes at my house.

I would love to share all my photos with the people who adopted these kittens.  Maybe some will find this blog someday.

From May 2014:  This is Inky (Black), Junior beside Inky, Ruby in the front (all gray) and Fluffy.  These guys went for adoption at the CHS in July 2014.

And here they are with their Beautiful mommy Socks.

Leo & Gizmo

Back in January I started fostering a wonderful pregnant cat named Baby Girl.  She had 5 awesome kittens that have been living with me since their birth.

When fostering we keep the kittens until they are big enough to go for spay or neuter surgery.  People are often really attracted to the smaller kittens when they go to adopt so I sometimes send my kittens back in batches.  Yesterday I sent my two biggest kittens back.

I have taken lots of video of these guys.  I will post it once all 5 have moved to adoption.  Their littlest sister is quite tiny so I predict she will go for adoption in about 3 weeks.

Leo

Gizmo

Baby Photos