In My Garden

I spent the other evening hanging in my garden. It was nice to relax, and feel the grass between my paw pads.

And we can't forget playing, which is the super most fun thing ever! Mum likes this picture, even though you can't really see it clearly.

But the whole time I thought there was something a little amiss. I'm not sure what it was.

I don't suppose you have any ideas of what it could be?

P.S. We have great news! Freja and Athena were both adopted on the weekend! Hooray!

Sunday Snoozin'

It's Sunday.

Time for sleeping


For sprawling


For dreaming

For snuggling

For cuddlingFor relaxing...

For...
Guys?
Hey. guys!

That's better.

Athena and Freja are going back for their ladygardenectomies, and leave tomorrow. It's going to be a big week for them, and we wish them lots of luck!

Have a great week, everyone:)

Look At Me!!!! :)

Hi! These videos are not too good, but we got our foster mum to show how well Polly is going. With her perfect timing, she got the camera out when Polly had just eaten and was ready for a nap, so she wasn't very active. However, you can see how alert she is, and how she is focusing really well with her beautiful golden eyes. When she was unwell, she was completely apathetic to anything going on around her, and didn't look or focus. You can also see how lovely her coat is looking. It has started getting really soft in the last couple of days. She has nearly caught up to Penny's weight, too.

Of course, we couldn't let Polly be the sole focus, and did our best to get some camera time, too. We were feeling happy in these videos, because our foster mum told us some really happy news. Loki and Apollo were both adopted in recent days! Hooray!!!!!!! Our foster mum found out today, and she is very happy for both beautiful boys. Athena and Freja are scheduled for their ladygardenectomies on Tuesday.

Our foster mum also wanted to share something with the other beans. Today she went and donated blood. It was much easier than she imagined, and while it stung a bit as the needle went in, after that it only felt like a bit of pressure. One donation is 500mLs, and it took about 10 minutes (minus the paperwork). The 500mLs in each donation could be used for up to 3 people, for people who've been in accidents, people who need blood stocks on standby during surgeries, and people who need blood products to live a healthier life. Our foster mum recommends looking into the donation process where you live, to see if it's something you might like to try. The donation has left her with a good feeling in her heart.

Happy almost Friday!
From the Bradys and the Smitten Kittens.

Weighty Wednesday

Bet you thought this would be a Fui post, right? Hahahaha!

It's not though. It's me, Freja!

and it's me, Athena, too! We found something today that shocked us a LOT.

Can you believe how little we used to be?!

I guess that's what eating your dinner will do :) Remember how we were christened the Little Litter? Compared to our little sisters now, we should be called the Big Strong Litter.

Our foster mum forgot to give some great news! Remember this cool guy, Thor?

He was adopted on Valentines Day! He is a Valentines Day baby! Hooray!:)

Love from Athena and Freja Brady.

Funny Face Friday

After we have dinner, we like to play a game where we pull funny faces!

Penny got things off to a silly start. She couldn't decide whether or not to poke out her tongue!

Polly is still at a basic level. But we wont hold that against her- we're just happy she's eating!

Freja went for a more demure face pulling on this occasion.

Sally refused to play. She thinks she is the sensible one.
For this game, I crowned myself as the winner!

Hahaha!

From Athena Brady

Freedom!

Hi Peeps! Guess what! After lots of observation, we are being allowed downstairs to play with the big cats! It's enough to make a kitty jump for joy, even if it does make a picture come out blurry (especially when our foster mum is the wriggly one taking photos! MOL!).Freja put her prettiest face on for the occasion, with lasers:activated.

There are outside things inside! Isn't that weird? It's for the same reason we have the windows in our room taped up and covered, incase the bad wind comes. It gets a bit scary, and we hide in our hidey spots when it gets loud. Silly storms. But enough of that, back to the fun stuff! The Smitten-Kittens have never seen plants before. The two remaining Bradys have, but that was when they were too small to really appreciate it. Cat grass is a pretty good introduction to flora!

And a spot of watering can wrestling can never be discounted for it's fun value.

Neither, of course, can hanging out with the Moimoi cat! He was sitting in his corner. It's the spot he likes to chill in when it's really hot, because he gets a good breeze and the cold tiles.
We hope you have had a happy start to your week:)

From Freja & Athena Brady, and Penny & Sally Smitten-Kitten.

Hello there!

Right, that's it. It's high time we got some blog time around here! So I am taking it upon myself to tell you a little bit about us.We were brought in to the shelter with our mumcat when we were still in her tummy. Our mumcat is very sweet, so the shelter made the decision that she should be allowed to have the kittens, and then go through to adoption when we were ready to be seperated from her. As it was the busiest time of the year for the shelter, we were very lucky that our mum was such a lovebug, or it would have been a different story.

We stayed in a special area with our mumcat for several weeks after we were born. Then, on the day our foster-mum-to-be brought Odin and Thor in to be desexed, the shelter decided it was time to seperate us from our mumcat. We were driving her loopy, and had learned how to clean ourselves and use the litter box.

So we came home to meet our foster brother Fui and sister Suey (through the door, foster-mum is obsessively cautious after the Blossoms), and our new sisters Athena and Freja, and brothers Loki and Apollo. After a hiccup with super ear mites, we are settling in nicely.

This is my sister Sally. She is the biggest of our litter, but is also the biggest scaredy cat. When we first came to our foster home, she spent a lot of time hissing at shadows and growling at gusts of wind, but is getting better. She is getting better though, and even comes over to say hi to our foster mum when she comes into our room to visit. She likes playing rough and tumble with Apollo.

This is my sister Penny. She is the friendliest of the three of us, and loves to climb into laps. She has a monster purr, too! Her ears are pretty froot batty, don't you think?

We are getting along well with our two new sisters. This is me and Penny with Athena, who also loves to play games. We have learned that Freja is good for cuddles. Loki was the best big brother ever, he took such great care of us. He would even clean our faces after dinner!

It is great having brothers around, as we are a litter of just girls. We have fun with them. And since we're not related, I can say they are both pretty spunkalicious!

Loki and Thor will probably have his hoohaectomy at the same time as our mumcat, tomorrow. We are purring for them all to have speedy recoveries and find fabulous families.

I hope you are having a lovely week:)

From Polly Smitten-Kitten.

I Can See You:)

Hello Everykitty!
Thankyou for your helpful advice yesterday. We were particularly appreciative to see that mum should not try to comfort us too much, or we would think something was wrong. We didn't know that. So she will do her best to try and keep things normal. Whicky, you are a very clever kitty:)



My friend Goldie asked how my eye is, and this is mum's report:
"Great! He is not blinking or squinting, and it all seems to have cleared up on it's own! The vet is mystified as to what went on, as are we. Looks like Fui is even weirder than we first thou-".

That's quite enough from you, thanks mum!
This morning mum and dad took Odin and Thor back for their hoohaectomies. They bought three little girl kittens home with them! They had horrible ears, so mum took them right back. They had one of the worst cases of ear mites the shelter people had seen, and spent aaaaaages getting all cleaned out. Hopefully they are more comfortable now, and can get forward with the business of being a kitten.

Without further ado, I would like to introduce:
Miss Polly Smitten-Kitten, a cute little floofball.
Miss Sally Smitten-Kitten, a lovely little tabby (like me, except I'm not little).

and Miss Penny Smitten-Kitten, a little tabby and white cutie pie.

The girls are about the same size as Freja, Apollo and Athena. Loki has taken on the role of kitten sitter, and seems to be really enjoying it.

Apollo is coming along in leaps and bounds. When they first came home, mum was a bit worried about him, as he was very lethargic, and not too interested in food. With some TLC, and some special attention from Loki (he is such a good kitten sibling!), he is now thriving. He is very funny, too. When the Smitten-Kittens first got here, they were pretty nervous and hissy. One of them was lying on the floor by Apollo, and she hissed at mum. Then Apollo looked at mum and gave a little half hearted hiss. Mum told him he was a silly billy, and reached forward to give him head rubs. At that point, he started purring his head off. He's a funny kitten head:)

I'm staying up tonight to watch the Inauguration with mum. We have to stay up till 3am before it starts! After seeing what I looked like in my Obamicon picture yesterday, I have Presidential aspirations.

(Fui, Australia doesn't have a President. We have a Prime Minister).

Yes but mum, I didn't want to leak my desire to be World Overlord too soon! So shush! Anyway, we hope everyone is having a happy week so far:)

We Have Another Correction!

Hey there! Guess what! As is the tradition, not all of us had our genders correctly identified. I am a GIRL! And I am now known as Athena. This has meant a name change for my brother, too. We are no longer Cosmo and Kramer, we are now Apollo and Athena. Our cool tuxie friend formerly known as Willy Wagtail has jumped on the mythylogical name bandwagon, and now goes by Loki.

So, in our Little Litter, we are now Athena, Apollo and Freja. The Big Litter now go by Odin, Thor and Loki.

Goodness, all this confuzlement!

My foster mum reports that Fui was a very good boy at the vet. They put anaesthetic eye drops in and had a good look in under his third eyelid. There was no sign of any foreign object or trauma, and he has no clinical signs of anything viral. There is no discolouration to the eyeball, no discharge, and he allowed the vet to firmly palpate around the socket. So we are a bit stumped. The eye specialist will be up here in 6 weeks- the joy of living out of the way, I guess. For now, the humans are pretty stumped. There is a little bit or redness, and a little bit of swelling. The vet called his symptoms 'blephoraspasms', which is the squinting and excessive blinking from one eye.

I asked about whether it could be anything to do with his brain or nerves, and the vet said this was extremely unlikely, especially given he is not presenting with any other symptoms.

For now, we are taking a wait and see approach. Our vet believed it was likely there will be improvement naturally, without any intervention. If there is any worsening, we will have him back at the vet immediately. If the symptoms continue as is, there is really nothing we can do until the specialist comes up from Brisbane. For us to take him there would be a 2 hour flight (and he would have to travel cargo), otherwise it is approximately 20 hours in the car. Given that he sooks on the 10 minute trip to the vet, this would be good to avoid unless it is really necessary.

The vet recommended giving Fui a break from the eye ointment for the next 24 hours, incase that is causing additional irritation. So hopefully, that is the case and this time tomorrow he will be looking at us bright eyed and happy!

We Have Names!

I am Cosmo!
I am Kramer! (can you tell what my foster parent's have been watching a bit of lately?!).
I am Willy Wagtail!

I am Odin!

I am Thor!

And I am pretty Freja!

It is nice to have names now:)

Fui is off back to the vet tomorrow. He is still squinty, and is quite puffy around his face. Mum is worried that they are going to have to put him under, so if you don't mind, we would really appreciate some purrs. It breaks Mum's heart to know that he is hurty.