Absolute Craziness

I have been neglecting my blog. *slaps self*

Needless to say quite a bit has happened over the past week or so since I last filled you in.

Harlem has been adopted.

You Go Girl, Happy Life little one.

I found this exceptionally fitting as she was the kitten I thought would not make it. For at least the first week in my care Harlem's weight only went down and she didn't have much left to lose but she defeated the odds and made it to sales and is now the first of the six to find herself a family. Woo Hoo.

Garfield, who I only had for a little over a week or so, reached weight quite easily and returned to the shelter. I'm pleased to announce that only recently he too, has found a family of his own.

Giving people my cute eyes worked ~ Garfield

My advertisement of the shelter cats and kittens has proven to be quite helpful and I hope as I continue splashing cute cat pictures that more will find homes.

My time with the remaining four S's - Salem, Suess, Sherlock and Sierra - unfortunately reached the end.

Having a snooze after a big photo session

All kittens were well over 1 kg upon returning and if I kept them much longer they would turn into little cats. They were already reaching the lanky stage and several times I caught myself looking at Salem and thinking he was Onyx.

Yoda had also packed on some much needed grams. Due to some sore eyes that were fixed with treatment she had been kept apart from mixing with the other kittens. At the vet check they found her to be clear of illness and she was at the right weight to pass into sales.

Looking much better now...

Needless to say being dumped in the kitten room wasn't her idea of a fun time but at least for awhile she might get to catch up with Garfield and Bieber. She's such an exotic looking kitten I hope she finds a home soon.

Well earlier in the week I brought home two kittens who look extremely tiny but their movement says they're older. I call them the Fuzzies.

This is Cleo fully relaxed in dads' arms

Tash trying not to fall asleep on me and failing

 Tash and Cleo are affectionate little mites but are still quite badly underweight being in the high 300 to low 400 gram mark. If all goes well Tash is already spoken for but I'll be able to relax more when they've gained at least 100 grams.

Trying to show how unique Tash's coat is. Her black patches are actually tabby striped.

The five black kittens have names and some glaringly bright sock coats because once again they have no distinguishing markings. I asked a fellow blogger and kitten fosterer Connie (you can see her blog here) to name them as currently her kitten season is being a bit slow in starting where mine doesn't seem to be ending.

Ayoss (has been changed to Ace due to my inability to pronounce the name properly)

This sock suited Ace, she even got a yellow or pink ball to carry around matching her outfit 

Aura

Very hard to tell apart from Athena if she didn't have her coat

Athena

Athena making sure her sister's aren't coming to ambush her.

Apollo

Apollo stopping to give me a nice shot.

Zuess (since I had Suess at the same time and once you see his sock coat you'd understand but I've been calling him Zee)

Zee the bumble bee

So this week I started with twelve again returned five and came home with another one.

Mac is already adopted but she's a little below the right weight so she's sticking with me.

Cute little Mac still bright and happy

Hopefully by Friday she'll be at a weight in which she can be safely put under for her surgery. She does currently have a little issue with a bad tooth which will also be seen to at the same time.

This is the mayhem that has been going on over the past week or so. Current tally is 8 but if all goes well I might be down to 7 by Friday.

In The Time That's Passed

So much has happened I'm not sure where to begin.

The six big black kitties Onyx, Lexi, Harlem, Pixie, Jinx and Midnight returned to the shelter and are currently on the adoption floor in numerous different rooms to spread them out. So far no news of any of them being adopted yet...

Harlem And Lexi cuddling up with some RSPCA kittens

In return I received 5 tiny blacks so now we're back to square one. I don't think these little dudes will take too long to get up to the right weight but they might take a little time in the socialization section. They're all purrs in the cage but given free run its quite difficult to get them to come over to you.

And we're back to identical looking pure black kittens. Will need to pull out the sock coats again.

Of the five S's I'm now down to four. Scout was adopted into a lovely family and never had to set foot on the adoption floors. Right place at the right time.

Little Scout perched on the top still small enough to fit.

The other four have recently been having some tummy issues but fingers crossed they will get better and there will be room at the shelter for them to return.

Salem not really into hugging as Sherlock clings for dear life.

Garfield reached his weight pretty quick and he's now sharing the corner kitten room with previous fosters Bieber, Onyx and Pixie as well as a few other kittens. He doesn't look to be suffering from lack of things to do.

Adorable little mite with captivating eyes.

Felix dropped by for a temporary stay of less than half an hour before being popped back in a cage and carted off to his home with my auntie's mother in law. He's living it large and taking over the house from what I've been told.

Such a beautiful boy and so tolerant of everything thrown at him.

Yoda is on a course of medication for some sore eyes. Otherwise she's at a much better weight and is becoming a not so quiet little terror.

I really like my hot water bottle ~ Yoda

Sherlock really tried his cutest tactics on my friend Michelle who dropped by for some purr therapy. Alas she's not in a position to buy one at the moment but did enjoy snuggling with him.

I've even given her most of the chair, what more does she want ~ Sherlock

Still have ten currently on foster care but it seems that kitten season may finally be ending and I might actually get down below the double digits in the weeks to come.

More detailed introductions of the new five black kittens to come at a later date.

Checking In and New Additions

Due to the shelter having at last count 125 cats on site and in foster care I've been trying to help out by volunteering and taking pictures of the kitties to plaster all over Facebook. So far there hasn't been a massive influx of people liking or sharing the albums or pictures but I hope maybe someone is seeing them and might be enticed to go out and visit one of them.

If you haven't seen the albums or don't follow my community Facebook page for Legends of the Little Fur Balls please click here.

The blacks are always getting bigger, all 6 are well over 1 kilogram now and I've stopped weighing them. It's nearly to the point that they're outgrowing their room so I really hope that some might begin trickling back soon. I definitely can't keep them forever.

Why not keep us forever? And buy us a bigger bed?

The five S's are also getting up there. I've put them through a course of worming and fleaing since Suess has been at the 760 gram mark for at least 4 days with no rise or fall and two of his tabby brother have now zipped past him in weight gain after sitting in the 600's for quite awhile as well.

Tired kitties

On Friday I got asked if I'd possibly take on 3 more. I agreed as I had room for one more cage and technically the others don't NEED me. Its just let them out for a run and keep food up to them.
I missed the challenge of kittens that needed at least a bit of extra attention.

So here is Yoda

Such a pretty little kitty...

Yoda is adorable but she's not behaving like a normal kitten. She is underweight and although she does eat, she's not eating enough and for a kitten is very, very quiet. I haven't witnessed her actually playing. Its still very early days but she hasn't gained or dropped from her first weigh in.

Pumpkin (Although while he's here he'll be known as Garfield thanks to dad)

Full of purrs this boy...

Garfield is also underweight but less so than Yoda. He has a  short coat but the fur is so thick that it easily hides how skinny he is. He's dropped weight since he's been here but not by a massive amount and he still has quite a hearty appetite so I hope that with time he might begin going upwards more.

Now...lets wait for all the girls to start screaming...

Last kitten is called Justin Bieber (No I did not name him but by golly it suits him)

This kitten has attitude like I've never seen and unfortunately he's out of my capabilities to fix. He is antisocial...way antisocial with other kitties. He does try to bite hands and can go from completely chill to nearly going ape shit on you in a matter of seconds. Since he's been here I feel he has improved a little but scruffing doesn't calm him at all so the only way I've found to get some control is to wrap him up in a blanket and hold him close.

With other kittens he can go all day or long hours without so much as doing anything. The problem is EVERY SINGLE KITTEN AND CAT on my premises will NOT challenge him. If he gets amped up and ready to have a wrestle or attack another kitten they are SCARED of him.

The black kittens will shift out of his way staring at him and growling. He isn't stupid and he wont approach those growling at him but its fear growling and the blacks are extremely upset.

The five S's I thought were doing extremely well and spent most of the morning together but there was still tenseness and fear in a few of the kitties. None of those challenged him and it was all defensive 'back off' hissing in fear telling him they'll defend themselves if they had to but didn't want to start anything.

I was going to leave him in with the five overnight until he got all amped up and hypo and he beat the absolute crap out of one of the smaller tabbies to the point it was screaming but pinned against the wall and he wasn't letting it go. I admit I grabbed him and threw him away from the other kitten onto the bed in the back of the cage but he was going straight for the kitten again.

Poor Sherlock had ended half in the water bowl and was running away hissing.

I tried bringing Bieber out to learn some manners from Leo or Terra. He'd get all arched and growly and big and since neither would approach him he advanced on their territory effectively remaining the bigger kitty. Leo and Terra would move away rather than approach him.

Even Missy would rather return back outside than approach the arched, fluffed up, growling furball who started with backing off but when she turned away would begin inching towards her all cocky and confident with his intimidation tactics.

It absolutely sucks but I CAN'T help him. He's stressing out all the other residents to the point everyone is growling at each other and all jumpy when another sibling touches them.

He is at an adoption weight and hopefully he can go into the kitten room where there are other kitties that are as fluffy as he is and maybe they might be confident enough to give him a taste of his own medicine.

I feel like such a failure thinking he was coming around and integrating into the group of 5 but after witnessing what he's done and seeing how tense the other 13 are its just not worth them all being at each others throats and on edge.

If I had room and a few confident kittens that would have no issue with treating him the way he treats others I'd keep him and work on him but I have never seen such an aggressive kitten.

With time he might make a perfect single kitty for someones home. I'll be working on his people skills as much as I can but I don't see him staying any longer than Tuesday.