Adoption Tails: Confectionary kittens

Confectionary Kittens
Here are the length updates for Buttercup, Kit Kat & Skittles. The owner originally took Buttercup and Kit Kat only, but quickly adopted Skittles also when they heard that Coco (their mum) was adopted and she was left alone at SAFE. I have put in an approximate timeline based on when Buttercup & Kit Kat first got adopted. I also received quite a lot of photos, mostly a rotation of 2 out of the 3 kittens on the cat tower hammock, taking turns squishing each other. Please take a look at all three profiles (ID: 5251, 5252, 5253) as I might have missed uploading all photos on all three profiles. 

Confectionary Kittens
1 day: The owners picked up Buttercup and Kit Kat last night from the foster carer. The room has been set up with new things. They have been hiding the whole day. First under the bed, now under the desk. They have little interest in food and the owner has put out some wet Ziwi food as per foster suggestions. Owners are worried that they do not want to eat anything and have prepared food and water in 2 different places in the room but cannot tell whether they have touched the food or not. The cats also have not used the litter tray. The owners have left the cats alone in the room, trying to minimise the noise level. They will also check with foster carer with the cat litter the cats have been using.

Buttercup

Kit Kat

1 week: Buttercup and Kit Kat are fine, having used the litter tray shortly after the 1 day follow up. They have slowly eaten more food and now eating a normal amount every day and drinking water also. Buttercup is a quiet girl, always hiding under the bed or desk when the owners come in. Kit Kat is quite naughty, giving the owners a scare when he went "missing" twice! The first time he was in a drawer that was never opened by the owners. They have no clue how he got in. Second time Kit Kat was found in a suitcase. Kit Kat loves watching birds at the window. Both kittens have climbed up to the top of the cat tree to explore. Buttercup and Kit Kat are quite comfortable in the room but they still prefer to keep their distance from the owners. Every time they enter the room, the two will immediately run away to hide. Kit Kat likes to stare at his owners though. The owner is thinking that either she or her husband will work in the room with the kittens next week to get Buttercup & Kit Kat used to their presence while the other stays outside with their resident cat. The resident cat has been very curious and sniffing at the door but has not seen them yet. He is a little bit anxious.

Giant scratchy pole

1.5 weeks: The owners have set up a camera to take video and watch the kittens since they are very active after they close the door. The kittens are very playful and the owners have bought them lots of toys. They have dragged everything under the bed. They are pushing back the plan to have her or the husband work from home in their room to let Skittles settle in some more first. Buttercup lets her stay 1.5m away from her and did not run away when she got this close. They were also successful in playing laser with Buttercup.

2 weeks: The owners took Skittles home on Friday, less than 2 weeks after taking Buttercup and Kit Kat after learning Skittles is left alone at SAFE when Coco got adopted and went home. They were a little concerned about whether Buttercup & Kit Kat have forgotten their sister Skittles and vice versa. All was well when they brought her into the room where Buttercup and Kit Kat are staying, Buttercup came down from the cat tree. Skittles immediately ran to Buttercup and they stayed under the bed together until Buttercup left again to sleep in her favourite spot on the cat tree, leaving Skittles alone. They are very playful and the owners have bought them lots of toys. The three kittens have dragged everything under the bed.

Skittles

Buttercup is the proclaimed boss of the three kittens. The owners got a new toy for them which was initially ignored until Buttercup started to play and did not let the other two get anywhere near it. Skittles was waiting for Buttercup to get tired to play. The owners have been able to watch them through the baby monitor. Kit Kat stole Buttercup's favourite spot on the cat tower while she was eating. She returned and promptly sat on top of him and forced him to go away.

Baby camera

1 month: The kittens are much bigger now and naughty too. They knocked down everything on the table and shelf. The owner does not seem to mind too much because she is happy that they are playful. Buttercup will now come to the owner when she walks into the room, the owners find it very sweet. Their resident cat is still a little bit scared so they are still separated at this stage.

1.5 months: All three of them are very playful and naughty. They do not mind sitting next to the owner but do not allow her to touch them. She hopes the three will cuddle with her and her husband soon. The kittens sniff their hands during feeding. Kit Kat has been showing his belly, she thinks it is a positive sign that they will come around. She and her husband play with them every day. Skittles loves any kind of toy whereas Buttercup prefers feather toys. The resident cat is slowly getting along with them, even kissing on the nose with them.

Needs must

 Some of our water spray bottles have run out of puff. I devised an alternative. Instead of spraying the cleaning paper with the spray bottle, dip it into a dish of water. Do not double dip. It works very well.  I will try to remember to buy some new water spray bottles.

Over the weekend there were adoptions: Sandy, Florence, Skittles, the last Coffee Kitten Mocha, two of Star's planet kittens and one of the supermodels Naomi. On the arrivals side we have KitKat who only eats wet food and has a sore eye.

KitKat

And, another white but medium haired, Pearl.

Pearl

Our Daisy visited. She had been to the vet a day or two ago to have her anal glands attended to. She was sent home with a large, opaque, hard plastic collar which she hated. She couldn't walk in it. She removed it. Her person dropped by the vet to get another. Daisy took it off in the carrier. She came on to us (having phoned before) to get a cloth collar. We will see if it stays on. It certainly looked good.

Daisy

The person who adopted Hera brought in the things that she doesn't like: food, covered litter tray, metal food dishes. She is very happy with her and has renamed her Poppy. I showed her around and she would have taken them all if she had room. Bowie pulled out all the stops, of course. He likes to be held like a baby.

Bowie

Rhapsody has moved into kitten Sandy's stand alone. While Sandy and I had a tea break, she joined the conversation so we moved over to beside her and she came out to sit on our knees.

Rhapsody

Mia is a passion pussy too.

But the amazing news is that Megsy has a clean bed, at long last.

Megsy

Ginger magic

 Gina was chosen yesterday and her excited person came in today to do the paperwork. I think they will be very happy together. Gina didn't quite make the website.

Gina

The woman who adopted Coco last week thought she would be able to pick her up today after her ankle surgery yesterday. Wishful thinking, I thought. She didn't come. Skittles is happy to have her mum with her as long as possible.

Coco and Skittles

The smelly boys below Hana have been desexed. Duke is out back until a single condo becomes available.

Duke

Bowie is still on naughty row because he had an undescended testicle and had to have exploration in his abdomen to find it. He is wearing a collar (of shame). And didn't pose for a photo.

We have an new big faced ginger boy in the main room with a name that starts with a Z. . . . impossible for either Joy (thanks for all the photos!) or I. He is very chilled. [Zatoichi is his name. He was with a foster carer who named him after a blind eyed Samurai because Zatoichi had Entropion surgery done at the beaches vet. The rescuer kept him until we had a spot at SAFE. . . . thank you Irene. As it is a Japanese name it will be pronounced Za - toe - itchy]

Zatoichi

Also new out front is Eric and Lucy. Don't know where they came from but one is friendly and the other hissy. Lucy and Eric are siblings, who were in separate foster homes for 6 weeks. Lucy was bitten by a dog and had part of her tail amputated. They were rescued from Condell Park way.

Eric and Lucy

And Leon and Teddy have moved into Suzie's double. Can't tell them apart either.

Teddy?

Leon?

More questions. . . . Kiki is supposed to be a black cat. But when I tried out a cunning brush* on her this afternoon, her face looked black but her back looked deep, delicious, chocolate brown.

Kiki

* Sandy and I sorted through the three containers of brushes, combs, nail clippers and other grooming aids. One was a glove with plastic knobs all over. To see if it worked  I tried it on Kiki. She loved it and I looked closely at her fur.

** The three containers are nicely separated and arranged now. Worn out or otherwise useless tools have been discarded.

Coco chaos

 Irene has been badgered by people who want Coco because she looks like a Siamese. The most persistent woman said that her friend is allergic to all cats except British Shorthairs and Siamese. She brought him along with her to test out his allergy to Coco at 1:30 on the dot. Even after I took him around to see everybody who was available he didn't have any allergic symptoms. So, either the anti-allergenic food works or . . . . . ? While I tried to get him to sneeze, she fell in love with Coco who is no more Siamese than I am.

Coco

Neither is her daughter, Skittles, who was still hiding in the carrier they were delivered in from the foster home at around noon.

Skittles

We did the adoption (with difficulty but with Irene's help by phone) and Coco will stay with Skittles until she is picked up next week after her new owner's ankle operation is done. 

Later in the afternoon, a young woman came with her friend. She has badgered her mother into letting her have a cat. The first cat inside the door is Sandy, in the stand alone that housed Abbey (adopted). It was love at first sight. She met everybody else and is going to talk to mum about it.

Sandy

Florence has been moved into Mayka (adopted)'s stand alone. I gave her a cuddle rug and she tried to pull it around until I slung it over her shelf and she loves it there.

Florence

Their crates in Incoming have been dismantled and removed to storage. The extra space is grand. Cass could tell that Mia's kittens needed a hammock. The three tabbies let the tuxedo sleep in it all by himself.

Separate sleeping arrangements

But come dinner time, the tabbies claimed prime feeding position while the tuxedo had to eat downstairs. I don't think they had the same mother.

3 up/1 down. (No escape interest when there is food around.)

Hanna, in Naughty Row is chirruping. We think she may be on heat because the boys below her haven't been desexed yet. She wants to be seen, for a change.

Hanna (always an escape risk)