Happy Birthday(s)/Adoption Day

Anya Gray is two-years old today and it is the first anniversary of our adoption of Ambrose Gallifrey.  Officially we call this his birthday too, which makes him approximately six I believe.  These are the happy anniversaries this week, May 20th is the anniversary of Vincent's death last year of unknown causes. He either died of a blood clot or heartworm. I spent a lot of time this week crying because I miss him so much.  I know it is hard for some to believe because we have so many kitties, but the lose of each one cuts like a knife, especially when it is so sudden and unexpected.  

The kittens turned 11-weeks-old on May 22nd. Dewey is almost half the size of his mother and still knocks her over to nurse and she still allows it! Peggy and Tika will take advantage if she's already willing but aren't as pushy as their brother.  Tika is scheduled to be spayed on May 26th. 

Happy Birthday Sullivan Boo

Sully the monster kitten is 1-year-old today. The Prozac has helped
immensely and he's so much easier to live with. He has always loved
Will, but now he's even sweet to me. I'm very happy with him.

The kittens are 10-weeks-old today too.

Dinner and Dagmar

Dinner and Dagmar were adopted on Saturday. I made it through the whole
adoption process and saying good-bye and then completely lost it in the
pharmacy for about 20 minutes. I don't know how people foster animals
all the time. I can't do this again.

Foster

It is possible that we will be changing Foster's name at some point since "Foster" was really chosen to indicate that we were, well, fostering her and her kittens.  If we keep her we aren't fostering her are we? 

I know I know... She's just such an amazing cat. I'm completely in love. 

Kittens

Kittens being kittens.

Foster grooming.

The kittens are 8 weeks old today. I can't believe how fast time flies! So far Dewey, Dinner and Dagmar have been neutered and spayed and given their first distemper vaccines, and today Chloe, Inky and Peggy are being spayed. Tika also got her first distemper vaccine but she's still
too tiny to be spayed. And Foster needs to stop nursing the kittens and dry up before she can be spayed. In the mean time she's getting her rabies vaccine today. It is all very confusing and exciting.

As for the established kitties; Anya has gotten very demanding and vocal, probably because we do whatever she asks. Sully hasn't mauled me recently, which is obviously a good thing, although he is chewing on my shoe at this moment. I'm wearing the shoe. Ambrose has fallen in love with the pop-up playhouse, sleep-tent we got him from Walmart and is absolutely hysterical in it. Stella chews on my hair. Penelope demands lap time every morning and night. Persephone and Calliope are thinking maybe we aren't the scariest people in the world. And Luna is just trucking along like the elder lady she is.

We are also pet-sitting my grandmother's cat O.C. So there are 17 cats in this house right now. A little crazy, but fun.

I love my cat filled life.