Names and Introductions

Remember the little girl kitten from the tree? This is her. Isn't she a cutie. She has a lot of attitude, too! The lady who got mum the job in the vet (hi Greta!) named her Rani, which we think is a pretty name for her.

As for our little fluffy fluffballs, they have names now too. We did what several of our friends suggested, and went with Fred and George. They are Ron's brothers, after all:) Mum had to paint a pink spot with food colouring on George's head, because they are so similar looking. It's now much easier for her when she is keeping her records!

We all sat down together last night and watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Being a geek, mum wanted to see a Harry Potter movie with the Hogwarts kittens. The original three Hogwartians are still with us. One of them should be going with a colleague and friend of our dad's soon. They are just waiting on approval from their real estate agent. It's going to be a very bittersweet moment when they go.

My Advice

It's the weekend! My advice is this: Play!

Play!!

PLAY!!!!PLAY!!!!!! PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially if it means beating up on a Moimoi cat.

Hermione is Pretty

Hey yo! My foster mum said this is a very beautiful photo, and that I simply must share it. Not being one to withhold joy from the world, I present
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Myself! Don't my lovely white whiskers stand out against my grey furs. The little brothers are fighting against all the odds, and continue to eat, sleep and poop well. They don't have names yet. Nothing has really fit them so far. But we will no doubt come up with something. Another kitten was brought into the clinic today. She is about 12 weeks old, and looks to have been well looked after. She is black with little bits of brown shining through, except for a little white patch on her throat, and my foster mum says she is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute. A lady found her wrapped in a towel, inside a reusable shopping bag, hung up high in a tree. She is not chipped and had no id. The clinic is keeping her incase someone calls about a lost kitten, and after a suitable amount of time has passed, will try to re-home her. People get really really stupid in kitten season.

Our photos are up at the vet in attempts to get some more interest. That little rattie Ronnylicious has several people after him! There's no accounting for taste, I guess...

Love Hermione.

Words from Ron on Wednesday

Hello everybody. I have some news. Remember the little baby my foster mum brought home on Monday? Late on Tuesday afternoon, a couple came into the vet to say they saw a kitten on the street. They wanted to know what they should do. They then went back and got the kitten, bringing it back to the clinic. It was the first little babies brother. He had survived out there for at least 36 hours, as he was probably dumped on Monday morning. Monday was a very hot day here. On Monday afternoon there was a thunderstorm. When the kitten came in on Tuesday evening, he was absolutely covered in fleas.

Somehow, this little perfect baby survived. He is a bit snuffly and smaller than his brother, but as of Wednesday night is still alive. Wherever this wonderful mumcat is, she is making incredibly tough babies. The fight in us is HUGE!

Also, we are really really cute:)

Love Ron.

The Newbie

This little one was discovered in bushes around the corner from where Harry was found exactly 9 weeks earlier. The colouring is exactly the same as the two Hogwarts boys. Coincidence? Perhaps. But probably not. I wish the mama cat could know that her little ones are being looked after. We don't know yet if this little one is a he or a she. It's a bit hard to tell!

It looks like we have confirmed homes for two kittens. They may be leaving us as soon as this weekend. Exciting times:)

Monday Mystery

Hello little one.

Who are you?? It's nice to meet you. Smooches.

Weekend Weirdness

It is very strange having feathers in the house. He is going back to work with mum tomorrow, and hopefully the wildlife rescue people will be able to pick him up. It is late spring, and they are very busy with lots of young native wildlife getting lost or injured. The adults are also more active at the moment, so they are at more risk of being hurt, too. In the last week, five birds, a possum and a bat have come into the vet!The bird is living in the bath at the moment. He is very messy. To get his beak clean, he flicks his head and the food shoots off! He also flicks poop all over the place. I have been sitting outside of the bathroom all weekend begging mum to let me have a look at the bird. She finally relented this afternoon. He was not bothered by me one little bit!

As odd as it is having the bird in the bathtub, that isn't the weirdest thing that arrived this weekend. This is! We are going to learn to use the toilet! Ever since Suey was sick with cystitis several months ago, she has had trouble with the litterbox. She changed the way she positioned her body to use it. Mum got the biggest one she could find- a big high one from Rubbermaid- but Suey still doesn't manage to keep the wee in the box. After months of scrubbing wee out of the grouting, we're trying this. We are on stage one now, with the seat and red lid on the floor. Suey has used it a couple of times, and all the wee has gone in the middle of the red lid! Now mum wonders if the big boxes were confusing her. It will be interesting to see how this progresses!