Sapphire & The Gems

Sapphire was the mother I was expecting to have next. She gave birth to three weenie babies on the 3rd of January 2015.

Pretty Sapphire just a baby herself

Sapphire is a pretty tortoiseshell and she's doing a wonderful job with her babies so far. The very sad part is that Sapphire is barely more than a kitten herself. She shouldn't have had to be a mother so young or at all.

Sapphire's little Gems

Her babies consist of a tortoiseshell and two buff kittens. One is a light ginger and white while the other is just ginger. Should make telling them apart easy.

Thankfully should be easy to tell apart

Even on the drive home I noticed something very strange with the little tortie babies breathing. It seemed that compared to her other two siblings that every breath was a struggle. She wheezed.

Worried about the little torti

I got the go ahead to take her in to the vets. Sadly the vets said there was likely something abnormal but when she wasn't even one week old there were no medications and no proper diagnosis on what was wrong with her.

Splenda, Honey and Graces' goodies were let out for a run around the lounge during the evening.

Oreo testing a career in Pole Dancing

KitKat is pretty and she knows it

TimTam preparing to be ambushed by another kitten

Splenda giving Dad some head bops.

Leo telling the kittens to "Back Off" (older pic from when Salt&Pepper were here)

Splenda finding a comfy spot for a nap

TimTam & Oreo passed out on Dad's Lap

Splenda and Honey with Mum. 

Oreo has decided dad's lap is the place to be whenever play gets too rough for her.

Oreo in dreamland before any of the other kitties

Honey is still here due to a heavy workload the vets postponed her surgery so she may even go in next Tuesday where Splenda may be at a weight to join her.

Always prefers the arm of a chair to the lap of a human.

Such a beautiful girl.

Sweet Goodbyes

Well its time to start saying goodbye to the first litter born here at The Legends.

Grace stayed back today 6th of Jan 2015. She is a beautiful cat, don't get me wrong, but I wish her future family luck as it seemed to be a constant battle to get her to use a litter tray for going to the toilet and not her water bowl.

Her babies could have had her around for another few weeks considering they were still reasonably young but they were doing fine on their own and I felt that maybe KitKat's eyes might stay clear if her mother wasn't tracking litter and who knows what else from one end of their cage to the other.

The boys Salt and Pepper also stayed behind to be booked in for their 'brain' surgery and were to be marked for a transfer to another shelter on Friday.

Pepper (very possible it could be Salt I have no idea who is who)

Pretty sure this is Salt

Cuddly kittens so different from their mother.

Honey is to go into surgery on Friday and to be picked up by the shelter staff from the vets once its done. From there she'll hit the adoption floors.

Adorable little mite

Honey ~ Say What? Who said anything about surgeries?

Splenda, due to her strange illness, will be here for another week. Considering there is another kitten at the shelter on the adoption floors that is blind we seem to have the deaf and the blind covered for this year. Would have been cute if they'd been adopted together being the eyes and ears for each other.

Splenda quite happily thinks she lives here forever

Word has it there may already be another mother with small babies born at the shelter that will be my next group.

Adjusting Kittens

Things don't tend to run smoothly all the time.

First Grace appeared off colour or at least uncomfortable. Her kittens are getting crusty eyes but it doesn't scream flu at me. It is highly likely with her less than clean bathroom habits that they may have conjunctivitis.

Grace taking a break

I had to remove a second black cat off a well used road. Kills me whenever I see any dead animal but knowing someones pet is not longer with them (and right before Christmas no less) hurts to high heavens. Sadly it had been passed for quite some time but I moved it to the side of the road hoping his family would find him. I couldn't imagine leaving it on the road knowing some careless people would purposefully drive over it. He (I didn't check but I'm calling it a He) sadly used up all his lives but no animal deserves to have their remains disrespected in that manner.

Rest in Peace black kitty.

KitKat got put on some eye ointment as she had he worst case of the eye problems.

Kit Kat with her poor inflamed eyes

She still has time to clean her toes though

Sugar's babies are having a few hiccups in fully transitioning or are possibly stressing a little now that their mother isn't with them all the time.

When it rains, it tends to pour. Especially in issues with foster kittens.

My friend Emma (since I have more than one friend called Emma I tend to call her Boyer) came over and helped me bath some kittens. It was around then I noticed Splenda not being her usual self. She out of the blue came down with vomiting and diarrhea.

Splenda isolated with a stuffed toy as company.

At vet check Splenda got put on Betamox (same antibiotic solution as Tiny), was given a 1kg worming tablet (a 4kg one split). The vet advised to fast her to give her tummy time to settle. So she was only allowed her meds, nutrigel (a sugar syrup form of calories and energy) and water. It was touch and go as to whether she'd pull through her illness or the big dose of wormer could have made her worse.

Bouncing back slowly but surely. Noisy little girl.

When Sugar's babies were on the road to recovery I got issues with Graces' babies. Totally cant win.
*Sigh*

Honey ~ We'd like to know where our mum and sister went?

Loki interacting with the Condiment Kittens

Loki .:Whap:.

Can so see the size difference in them (not sure if that's Salt or Pepper)

Loki Leaves The Legends

20th December 2014
After much longer than initially planned my time with my dream-coloured kitty Loki came to an end.

Was so little when he moved on to his forever home

Michelle came to finally pick up her new baby and he was more than ready to go.

People often ask how I give foster kittens up and usually when there is a litter of three or more and they all hit the eight week mark or older at the same time its exactly like it sounds. One troublesome kitten multiplied by however many equals that much more mischief.

Wants to grow up a Sk8ter Boi

Its never easy, in fact its much harder when I have to say goodbye to kittens that I've struggled to nurse back to health several times over. All the worry, the stress, the long hours put in to get the healthy again all become worth it when the ideal family comes along and falls in love.

Lights out with "Dad"

I find comfort when I place kittens in homes immediately from foster care and thoroughly enjoy being kept updated, seeing them grow into adult kitties. Knowing I helped in the early stages of their lives is very rewarding.

Synchronised napping

Loki wasn't a hard case but he was one of those unique colors that I really don't see that often and I had numerous people interested in him (could have sold him several times over). I was eternally glad that it worked out that one of my best friends Michelle had been in the market at the time he came into my care.

Was once so little

Love seeing his color developing

They already have Nelson a gorgeous big black and white kitty they adopted roughly a year ago as an adult cat and they weren't entirely sure how he'd take to inheriting a new brother. Nelson is only two or three years old so fingers crossed all goes well.

New Kitten? No Problem

Nelson chilling

As a precaution Michelle wanted to wait until both herself and her partner (Roy) were settled and able to take some time off so they could be there when the introductions took place and make sure no ones nose got out of joint in jealousy.

Adorable family picture

I heard word all along her long drive home when she took breaks. Loki would cry but when she stuck her fingers in his carrier he would suckle on them. (Silly cat).

She was also pulled over a few times by police and everyone that saw him wanted Loki. One police said he'd have to arrest him for cuteness.

In a drive by coffee run Loki put the poor server in tears from how cute he was.

Best of all news is that introductions have gone relatively smoothly. Nelson appears pretty laid back at the moment about his new house guest. Loki has embraced the fact that Michelle is his new mother and has taken to nursing on her. She thinks its cute at the moment but I'm willing to bet it'll get not so cute as time goes on.

Cute

Getting not so cute

No bare skin is free from Loki

I think it reached not so cute here

So only got The Condiment Kittens and Grace with her Goodies. I'm sure they'll keep me busy and in the meantime I've got constant updates on how Loki is settling in. Win Win.

Here is a brief picture story of Loki in his new home...

Loki keeping his distance from Nelson

Christmas Day miracle

Tired little Baby

Loki hanging with 'Dad'

Having a "gargoyle off"

Sharing Food

Holding Paws

An outing on Harness

Wedding preparations

Got the silly face down pat 

Never ending episode of Dear Kitten...

Getting a bit big to sit on Mum's chest now

New bed for a spoiled baby

Still has those amazing eyes

Settled in his forever home