Mittens, The OOPS & My Little Munchkin

Mittens has barely given two hoots that she has the whole floor of the study (aka kitten room) to hoon around on. She spends her days chasing toys or sleeping in the study chair.

It's taken her siblings to leave for this little girl to decide to get up with the times and pass or stay past the 900 Gram mark. Her being this high in weight makes me believe the worst of her URI is over. Sure she has sneezing fits but she eats independently and watching her play you'd never think she was unhealthy.

Her new room mates may have been mentioned in a previous blog.

I mentioned there were a few other mother cats around with babies but I ended up choosing Cotton and Percy since they were orphans...

Well...

Sakura is a gorgeous mother cat. She's Calico, or here called Tortoiseshell with White or something (Don't ask me why they don't just call them Calico...). She has her own little baby boy called Fatso (I do hope to possibly change his name during his duration here, but he is named that for a reason).

Ever patient Mumma Sakura

This is Fatso. Doesn't look fat but scales say he is

Sakura also has an adopted baby. Called Baby (oh so original and NO I didn't name them)

This is Baby

Sakura was the mother that was out in sales and gave birth to one singular kitten. No one knew she was even pregnant until her baby was born. She's doted on that little kitten so much so that he's technically younger than Baby but weighs a whopping 500+ grams.

Sakura is extremely protective of him. She does allow him to be handled (he doesn't like being handled) but she watches him like a hawk.

Crazy little kitteh

Baby however is a bit worrysome.

His mother was a gorgeous grown up Mishka lookalike. She had a litter of kittens that I think she already had when she was admitted but they were barely a few days old. Baby's mother then got some form of mastitis or something and lost her milk. Baby was the only survivor.

So far its obvious his real mother has failed to give him the best start. He's a measly 340 grams and he's supposed to be older than Fatso.

Since his mother once again dried up they put him on Sakura since she was doing such a great job with her one kitten. Sakura does mother Baby but to me it seems she still prefers her own kitten. Thankfully Baby knows how to eat on his own but I'm helping him as well (much to his disgust).

He has gained weight but he's still skin and bones. It also appears he has some form of URI or something as well. Since he's not vaccinated I'm worried that his frail body wont tollerate the illness. I have everything crossed that he'll bounce back.

Little Fluffball

I believe he's a fighter and time will tell.

So it appears Mittens shall return to the shelter on Friday where she will hopefully pass vet check with no issues. I'll be taking Sakura and her bubs in to be checked as well and then I'll be just down to three with not many other prospects waiting in the wings.

(Very Very sad face)

I mean no kittens is a good thing. No kittens is a bad thing for anyone that fosters kittens though....