Happy Birthday!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to two of the brightest lights in the world, Fuifui Moimoi and Suey Sunshine-Sausage. They are the ones responsible for this whole fostering thing that we do, because they were foster kittens themselves. It started out as helping another kitten get to their Forever home, and four years later has become the purpose of my life.

They bring light and magic into every aspect of our home life. They have been so very kind to a growing number of kitties that have stayed with us, and have been marvellous teachers. They welcomed a little brother to our family who needed some extra loving, and they made sure he got it. Happy Birthday my darlings. You are loved beyond all comprehension.

xoxoxoxo

Saturday Socks

I have taken a leaf out of my Gingerkins' sister Cory's book and developed a liking for socks.I haven't been heard to sing to them, but by golly do I chew them.The stinkier the better!
Well, not too stinky...

Friends on Friday

Hey everybuddy. It's Suey here. I told the kittens they could use my living room to play in if they let me be their trackball coach. I like training kittens, and these two, Venus and Orion, needed all the help they could get. Even though I haven't trackball coached since November when Dahlia's babies were staying with us, I wasn't rusty at all. While I was putting them through their paces, their mum Galaxy stayed snuggled up watching from behind the blanket on the couch. I'm sure I should be getting fees from her for training her babies. The 'Saussy you were such a good girl not menacing the kittens' treats I get from my mum just don't cover the extra workload.I'll have to raise this issue at the next Suey's Trackball Training School meeting. A torties work is never done. I'm off to see if I can get these kittens doing some conditioning work. They're old enough for chin ups on the cat tree, right?

Thursday Treasure Hunt

We've lost our kittenhead.We've looked everywhere! Lishy! Were are you, buddy?
Sssshhhhhh ;)

Wonderful Wednesday

It's been quite a while since we featured our foster family on the blog. There is a reason for that. We had a couple of rounds of illness, and the kittens were making very little progress in terms of socialisation, so we were all feeling a bit disheartened.
Today, Luna makes her return to the blog with some great news. She has found her Forever Family! After lots of eye ointment, the expulsion of more worms than should be physically possible (of two kinds! You should have heard the shrieks coming from our house that night!) and many many hours of socialisation work, Luna was ready to meet a lovely couple who expressed interest in her. You can see in the photo below that her left eye is smaller than her right eye. That was the eye she had problems with, and we aren't sure if they will even up again.

Regardless, she is outrageously cute, and we are very proud of the progress she has made, over the last fortnight especially. She has gone from a kitten who would hide from mum to one who will give the occassional nose kiss and enjoys short patting sessions. The first time she purred was prettier than the prettiest music, ever.She is also happy to play out in the open while people are in the room. We've been using toys to help bring her out of her shell, and her new parents have committed to working with her in becoming more confident at her own pace.

This week, Luna will have her ladygardenectomy and microchip implanted. When she is healed up, she will move in with her new parents. We are very excited for her :)

One of the struggles we had with the kittens being sick is that there was a strict quarantine in our house to keep the resident cats safe. This drove Lishy bananas, and gave mum a lovely skin reaction from the constant spraying of F10 disinfectant. Now that everyone is healthy, the foster family is allowed out of their room for supervised play with the resident cats. They are getting along famously, and it will be so good for the continued socialisation of the little ones. We are already seeing more confidence. It's an exciting time here for us :)

Paw it Forward!

Hi everybuddy! We were lucky enough to take part in Paw it Forward with our great friends from Cory Cat Blog.

The smells in the box were AMAZING, but what else would you expect from a home with 9 kitties and a woofie?The package contained so many fun toys. We have barely stopped to rest since it arrived. There were soccer balls, sparkle balls and jingle balls.TWO kinds of mice! A very special cat show wand toy that had us very interested.

Super fun springs, and an awesome wand toy called a Cat Catcher.

This blankie was a very special addition to the box. 100% of the proceeds go to support Purrfect Pals. The fabric is donated, and a volunteer stitches them together. How cool is that?!

The kitties and Grete were sweet enough to include these very cool earrings for our mum. She feels very spoiled. After all that playing, I was happy to crash on the super cosy blanket and have sweet dreams of my Gingerkins. I am calling this blankie the Ginger blankie! Now it is our turn to Paw it Forward. We’re looking for one cat or dog blogger that comment here saying you wanna participate in Paw It Forward. We’ll send you something fun, inspiring or uplifting. In turn, you’ll post about this on your blog, link to us, and then send something to up to three cat or dog bloggers that sign up to play along with you. There’re no cost restraints, BUT don’t go crazy! The little something you send can be something you made, bought, were given or found. Maybe something unique from where you live? And, remember that kindness doesn’t have to involve money; there’re a lot of ways to help others every single day, everywhere you go.

Thankyou so much Ginger, Cory, Ellie, Madison, Cecilia, Jonesie, Figaro, Nigel, Bennette and Grete, and to your mum too :)

Super Sunday

My friend Cory sent me this box. But this isn't all! Check back tomorrow for Paw It Forward! :)

Winter is Coming

We are now into winter here in the southern hemisphere, and this pair of tropical North Queensland cats are starting to feel the chill in Melbourne.We've been snuggling up in our beds and enjoying the blankets very much! Lishy on the other hand doesn't seem bothered at all. Our laptop has finally given up on us, so we won't be around to comment much over the next week or so. We have scheduled some posts, including the arrival of our incredibly awesome Paw it Forward package from our great friends at Cory Cat Blog.

Have a happy weekend everybuddy :)

Fun on Friday

I'll help you work out mum!

What do you mean I'm in the way?

I don't think I'm crazybones at all! :)

Terrific Tuesday

Some of you may remember that I came to my forever family as a day old foster kitten. When I was still very small, my vet said I was a very sick little boy and I wouldn't have a very long life. I was given 4-6 months. They said I wasn't strong enough to have a vaccination, a microchip or be desexed.I kept on being as strong and brave as could be, and kept growing. Over time, under the guidance of another vet, I started having the usual vet treatments that any cat would have. I had my microchip first, and was then vaccinated. When looking at mum's calendar this morning, we realised it has been over a year since I had my doodads snipped. It feels like a bit of a milestone! I blow raspberries at the idea of me not thriving! :)

It also seems like a very appropriate post to write on my very special friend Greta's birthday. She was the one who saved me and my siblings from the green needle when we were first brought in, and got us into foster care. Happy Birthday Greta! I love you!
Love Lishy.