Escape!

Finally my devious plan has been brought to fruition. Quietly I lay in wait at the door, and just as my foster daddy opened it... I bolted. My initial two attempts failed, but as they say: third time is a charm! I made it all the way into the master bedroom and tried to hide under the bed. Much to my surprise there was a gigantic orange kitty under the bed. She hissed at me and started growling, but I don't really know why.

Unfortunately I was distracted long enough by this "Dido" for someone to grab me by my scruff and put me back into my kitten room.

Note to self: Next time go down the stairs, the bedroom is a trap!

Also I have figured out which button shuts off my foster mommy's computer. This is very important knowledge. She should be paying attention to me, not the computer. This way I can just shut it off when I want to get petted.

I am planning another escape attempt. I don't want to give you any details right now as I'm not entirely sure this is a secure line....


- Athena "The Unjustly Confined Cat" Kitten

A little background.

Here is a picture from the couple who are feeding the cat colony where the kittens were born. The top two cats (gray tabbies) are the two possible mothers of the kittens. The white cat is their grandmother and the bottom cat is a possible father (brother of the two mothers). All are now spayed/neutered and happily living outdoors.

And as a special treat a picture of SUPER BABY APOLLO



Special thanks to Anne who sent the pictures and whose email basically wrote the blog.

Becca:2 Nick:1

Last night I got the first double kitten lap sit. Apollo and Athena could not resist the cuddliness of the blue crocheted blanket as I watched the Red Sox game. So that's another point for me!

Apollo is developing into quite the ladies man. Yesterday as I was trying to leave the room he jumped up on the bed and gave me love eyes until I came back and started petting him. Then just this morning he spotted me on the bed and gave me several tiny meows to tell me he was coming to join me.

Apollo and Athena have both been very brave while meeting Coco. This morning they even gave her a couple of licks and Apollo had the gall to play with her tail. Coco has been very calm so far almost as if she doesn't care they are there.



-Becca

They have discovered the keyboard.

I'm using a laptop to broadcast on the webcam and I had been leaving the cover open. So far the kittens had not jumped up on the chair or the desk that is in the room. UNTIL TODAY

Becca and I came in to check on them, lo and behold Apollo was on the computer blogging. I double checked and yes, indeed, all of the cats know how to type altho Athena seems to be blogging at a higher grade level. I guess I will have to leave the laptop open so that the little munchkins can continue to give you updates.

I will have some more picture posts with their progress. I've taken a lot of pictures and I'm using the best for the blog, but on the left there is a new widget which will cycle thru every picture I've taken (bad or good) via the Flickr connection.

-Nick

Chew Chew Chew

AYE LUV MAH CHEW TOY




ITZ GREEN

ME HAZ FIFTEAN PINK TOEZ AND ONE BLAK TOEZ

-APOLLO TEH SUN GAWD O KITTEHNZ

Introducing Coco Tonight

The kittens seem to be very comfortable in their environment already. They used to be in a foster home with 15+ other cats before we took custody and didn't seem to be bothered by it. We will be seeing how coco reacts at 4pm today. You can check it out on the webcam : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ss-kitten-cam

As always, anyone interested in adopting these wonderful babies please go to http://www.animalrescue.net/adoptionform

Dear Apollo, thank you!

I do suppose than I might join you in this wonderful bed.



These siblings of mine... who do they think they are LOLCATS?
All of this incorrect grammar and unnecessary capitalization is driving me crazy. As the big sister I suppose it is my job to teach them proper English. Hopefully they will let me proofread their next couple of posts.

-Athena

P.S. I'm super friendly. I love cuddling with my foster parents. Maybe you would like to adopt me??? http://www.animalrescue.net/C-09-222

Webcam Online!

Live streaming video by Ustream

SUPAR SEKRIT TECH

I FUND A SAWFT WERM SLEEPIES PLACE




SHHH DONT TELL MAH SISTARZ

-APOLLO SUN GAWD OV KITTEHS

Becca-1 Nick-1

So I got the first jump-into-lap-and-get-petted thanks to little Athena who I have been calling thena-tina (which becca hates). Becca got the first i-scoop-you-up-and-you-lay-down-on-my-chest-in-bed-and-start-looking-for-nipples from Apollo.

We're tied at one apiece with Hera to break the tie soon. She is still a little afraid of her new surroundings. Also we are convinced that she was a different litter because she seems much more kitten-like.

Athena definitely gives me googly-eyes now that she knows who I am. She has an instant motor-boat purr the second either of us starts petting her.

-Nick

I CAN HAZ MAED DISKOVEREE

MOAR UPDATEZ WHEN I FINDZ MAH WHEY INN


-APOLLO TEH SUN GAWD OF KITTIES

Imma so hungries!

Iz teh littlest kitty so i needz most food to grew biggar!

NOM NOM NOM

Iz furst finden teh wet food!

Iz furst finden teh dry food!

Iz eatin it all!

Meh brudder halpin meh!

NOM NOM NOM

Can't post ne moar need to eat!

-HERA

The kittens have arrived.

So the first thing they did of course is hide under the bed.




We were eventually able to coax them out with some wet food.




Then they played in the kitten cubes for a while.




They eventually found the litterbox...




... dry food and the water.



Hera and Apollo have something to post so I'm going to let them on the computer for a few minutes now that they are done sleeping.

-Nick

Welcome to our Kitten Corner

Hello everybody, my name is Nick. My wife, Becca, and I are fostering kittens on behalf of the Independent Animal Rescue (IAR) http://www.animalrescue.net and the purpose of this blog is to document our lives and our new kittens' lives. My hope is that the additional information and pictures which we will provide might spur some of you to consider adopting one of these little babies.

First order of business, a little introduction:

We have two adult cats that are ours.

Dido (Female DSH Orange Tabby)



Dido is a Diva. She loves us, but other people frighten her quite a bit. Sometimes she likes to be carried around and cuddled and other times not. She doesn't like sitting on laps, her favorite sleeping place is a windowsill in the sun. Dido is funny, she is very friendly but only on her terms. Pick her up and sit on the couch, and she will jump away. Sit on the couch with a blanket next to you and ignore her for a second she will jump up and be very affectionate.

Dido is the cat we worry about during the foster introductions. She has never been aggressive towards other cats, only afraid of them. Our guess is that dido will hide under the bed until she gets acclimated to having cats other than her biological sister around


2. Coco (Female DSH Tortoiseshell)





Coco is a lover, not a fighter. (so to speak) She loves everybody and everything. She has met other cats and just wants to play and cuddle. We think she doesn't quite understand what a hiss means because other cats have hissed at her and she just gets this look like "what does that mean?" and seems confused that everything isn't as loving as she is.

We're not worried about her and the new fosters.

We have painstakingly setup a new "kitten room" in our extra bedroom.






There are about 50 cat toys on the small house. There are two kitten beds and the tree. You can see in the tub we've placed blankets in it and viola instant gigantic kitten bed.

The kittens we are fostering we've named after greek deities.

Apollo: http://www.animalrescue.net/C-09-218



Athena: http://www.animalrescue.net/C-09-222



Hera: http://www.animalrescue.net/C-09-221




They will be arriving in an hour and a half or so from the time of this post.