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.