Favourite Foster Foto Friday

Seamus O'Kittenhead (ginger), Jimmy Blossom (silver tabby), Poppy Blossom (tortie and white). and Fuifui Moimoi.

Tonight, my namesake is playing in a really important game for the Parramatta Eels. It is the second week of the finals, and Parra must win against the Gold Coast Titans to progress.
Go Fui!!!!! That handsome photo of me was taken while I was watching Fui play against the St. George-Illawarra Dragons!
(photo from Getty Images via smh.com.au)

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue to do well. They love their Snugglesafe, and spend lots of time keeping toasty right ontop of it.All three still have tightly closed eyes, but their ears are starting to unfold a little. Harry is putting on some great weight. We just love the little gray splotches on his head. His umbilical cord came off yesterday.
Hermione is also getting bigger with every hour. You can see here that their claws are not yet retractable. We found a great feature on www.purrinlot.com where we were able to put in the estimated date of birth (we said Monday the 14th), and it gives you a personalised calendar for when different developmental milestones should be occuring. Over the next five days, their eyes should start opening, and this weekend their ear canals should begin to open.
Aren't Ron's ears gorgeous?! They are little pixie ears at the moment. He went for a check up yesterday afternoon, and the vet is happy with his colour and hydration levels. He still doesn't eat a lot, but is still gaining weight, albeit not at the rate of his siblings.

P.S. When mum used Google images to get a photo of Fui, on page two there was a photo of me from last years Halloween contest, dressed as a Flower Fairy! How embarassing!!!!

Favourite Foster Foto Friday

We take a million billion photos of fosters when we have them. These are some of our favourites of the Blossom babies- Jimmy the silver tabby, Poppy the tortie and white and Holly the tortie.

Upside Down Kitties

We love the blog that our Twitter friend Sparkle the Designer Cat has. It is called
Upside Down Kitties. Jimmy and Seamus made their debut this week, following in Fui's footsteps.

Sparkle is always looking for some more tummy shots, so head on over and show her what you've got!:)

Milestones

Generally, we have the fosters until they are over a kilo, which is the weight at which the shelter will desex them. Sometimes the ones who need a bit more socialising will stay a bit longer.

This last weekend, Jimmy Blossom reached a kilo. The girls weighed in at 900grams. We wait until the lightest of the litter is over a kilo, then send the litter back together. At the rate they are gaining weight, we think they'll be ready next week.

Baby Seamus reached 500grams! His cold is clearing up. He is still a bit sneezy, but his eyes are looking really good now. He is such a brave little boy, and is getting along really well with Jimmy. When they were crated on Sunday while their room was cleaned, the two boys spent the whole time cuddling. It was very sweet.

Our wonderful friends at Sumac Stories were kind enough to give us this lovely award.

It came with a guide for passing it on:

This lovely award is created by Crystal @ Memoirs of a Mommy in honor of Noah and the donor of his sweet little heart who ENCOURAGES us to SHARE THE LOVE! The rules for this award are to pass it along to some people whose blogs you love. They make you laugh, smile, leave encouraging comments on your blog. You would like to share some love with them because they have uplifted, inspired, encouraged or prayed for you. Please include this paragraph with the link to Memoirs of a Mommy so that everyone knows where this award originated from.

We would like to pass this on to
LukeMeows,
Loki and
Grrreta and Ambrose.

Moki, you and your family are an inspiration to us. The love and the faith that you have shown is amazing. We are purring and praying for you. Stay strong!
and

Let's Play!

Mum and Dad have gone to a special end of year party tonight. In the absence of supervision, we think it's time to play!

Happy almost Finally Friday, everybody!:)

A Partial Absolution!

Hello to you on this fine day! Do you know why it's fine?


Because I have been absolved of this!!

It was this little baby kitten here! He will try to trick you with his cuteness, but don't believe it. He is a peeing machine.

And guess what else!!!! Guess who else has been caught in the act!!

This little ladycat here, who goes by the name of Holly Blossom!

And to think I've been copping the blame all this time. That makes me the scapecat. Shocking.

From a very outraged

I'm New!

My name is Seamus. I am very small, probably about 4 weeks old.

You can see how much bigger the Blossoms are than me. They look like giants in comparison! I am still a wobbly walker, and need to be fed milk still. My foster mum says I am light as a feather. I still have my blue eyes, too.

A lady found me and my siblings in some bushes. She thought we would be a good way to make some money, and took us to sell at the markets. I was the only one who wasn't sold, so that same day she took me to the shelter. Talk about some changes in the life of a baby mancat! I have been in foster with a lady who is a vet nurse for the last week, and today they decided I should be in a home with other kittens.

My foster mum is sad to think of my siblings. I needed a bit of extra care this last week, and will likely need bottle feeds twice a day for about another week. I'm still learning how to get around properly on my wobbly legs. She hopes that they made it.

We would like to say that we hope everyone takes a moment to remind their friends and family that it is important to be careful when aquiring a new feline (or any other animal or bird or fishie, for that matter). People don't always have the best interests of the animals at heart, and will not be looking out for the customer, either. This woman didn't care that we weren't ready to be adopted out into homes yet, especially ones that weren't aware or prepared for baby kittens. Whether someone is looking for a purebred kitty, or looking for a moggy in pet shops, newspapers and adoption centres, they need to be careful about who they chose to give money to. This woman got money for us. She benefitted, even if we didn't. And there is nothing to stop her doing it again, unless people refuse to buy from her.

On a happier note, I think Jimmy and I are going to be friends:)

Foster mum says I am a saga. Is that good?

Hello there! Guess what!

I have paper pellet litter. I have crystal litter. I have shredded paper litter. And I have pine pellet litter. Four litters.

But I still like to pee on the blankets best.

On the plus side, my foster parents say I am really starting to come out of my shell. My sisters are doing well too. Poppy is still pretty shy, but she is getting much more comfortable around people.

Have a beautiful happy weekend!:)

Sshhhhh...

Hello. My name is Jimmy, and I have a secret. It is an embarassing secret, so you have to keep it secret too. Do you want to hear it?

I like to pee outside of my box.

I am not peeing in this photo, but it is what I look like when I do. So far I have only gone on the plastic sheeting in my room, so foster mum is not too annoyed. But she is getting there quickly!

My sisters use the boxes perfectly. Foster mum cleans the messes up as soon as she can, washes all the blankets (did I mention I love covering my wee with blankets?) twice in enzymatic cleaner, and then goes crazy with the Nature's Miracle. If she finds me in the act, she transfers me quickly to one of the boxes. She is not sure what else to do.

I was very young when I was seperated from my catmum, and foster mum thinks this probably has a lot to do with it. I may well not have had the chance to work the litter box out well before I came to a new home.

My foster mum was going to take Halloween photos of me and my sisters. This is the best one she got. MOL! That pumpkin thing couldn't be trusted!

Time For A Proper Introduction

Hello!

My name is Holly, and I am the bravest Blossom. As such, I have appointed myself as spokeskitten of the group. Poppy and Jimmy are far too sooky to communicate properly, so it really is a necessity!

We were born in a foster home, and are part of a litter of five. Our catmum wasn't in great shape, so the decision was made to seperate us a bit earlier, to try and give her the chance to get strong and healthy again. Because it would be tough work getting five kittens socialised well and caught up on their cat manners, the decision was made to split us into a group of three and a pair.

The good news is that the foster home we were born in is going to be our catmum's forever home, which we think is very cool. The unwed mothers can have a hard time getting adopted at the shelter when there are so many fluffy kittens running around.

We were weaned onto crunchies and stinky goodness prior to being seperated from our catmum. Poppy and I are also good with our litterbox, but Jimmy likes to have a wee on the blankets. He is a bit of a silly boy sometimes!

We love playing with toys, and have so much fun wrestling and fighting with them. Our felt mice are particular favourites. I have a new love for toilet paper rolls, too.

Poppy and Jimmy also have fun playing with each other. Our foster mum suggested including these for your viewing pleasure.

I guess they are kind of cute together.

Hold on...

Hahaha you tell her, Jimmy!

And they wonder why I've taken on the job of keeping them in line... silly kittens!

Love from