New Year's Baby (and lots of them!)

Our friend Fin and her mum are sharing a birthday today, and are hosting a New Years Baby day.

We have had a few babies visit us in the last year. The first newborns came with supermum Stella. She was the sweetest little cat, with such a wonderful soul. This photo shows her with her foster baby Calvin Bunny, a very weak little kitten that she saved with her motherly love. She came to our home with five babies. Unfortunately, one passed away at one day old. We named him Elijah. Our dear friends Siena and Chilli sent us this beautiful photo of a violet in their garden to remember him by.

This photo shows the other four babies; two boys and two girls. We can't tell who is who here, but it shows Ellie, Angus, Pablo and Daisy when they were a day old.This is little Pabs at four weeks, shortly before he passed away. He had such lovely markings, and was a sweet little boy.This is Daisy at four weeks, just before she passed away. She was a tiny girl right from the start, but we tried our best for her and her brother.This is the beautiful Miss Ellie at approximately 8 weeks old. She and Angus went on a big adventure!

This is Angus at 8 weeks.When he and Ellie were ready to find their Forever Home, there were a lot of kittens looking for homes in Townsville. Due to the tropical weather, there doesn't tend to be a kitten season so much as a permanent influx. Meanwhile in Adelaide where they have proper seasons, they had more people wanting kittens than there were kittens to be wanted. So Ellie and Angus formed part of a contingent that flew cross country to find their new homes! Both are now in their Forever Homes.The Hogwarts Kittens were our first Sydney fosters. Harry arrived first, then Hermione the next morning and Ron the next afternoon. Hermione is now in her Forever Home, and is known as Lella. She was named after a kitty that her parents met while holidaying in Bali. Lella and her brother Gomez are learning to get along, and her new mum said she is doing very well.

Harry is looking for his home.Ronny Licious became a permanent member of the household. Fred and Georgie came along nine weeks after the Hogwarts kittens.

Luna was not a newly born kitten when she came to us, but she just had to be included here with the kittens who are almost certainly her siblings. She was approximately four weeks old when she got here.
This is Freddie at five weeks.Georgie still has a pink spot on her head that we put on to tell her apart from Freddie!Luna has been growing really well since we got her flea free and full bellied inside.

We have already received enquiries about Luna and Georgie through our PetRescue listings, which is exciting.

We hope you liked re-visiting some of our baby pictures:)

Daisy

The decision was made this morning to euthanise Daisy. She was beginning to deteriorate, and the vet didn't feel there was much we could do. I didn't want her to wind up in the same situation as Pablo, and chose to end her suffering.

Ellie and Angus both passed their exams, and the vet doesn't believe they should have any problems. Stella also passed her health check, and tested negative to the things they can test for. Have fun at the Bridge, Daisy darling. You and your brother are loved, and will be for the rest of time.

Thankyou for your kind words about little Pablo, and your purrs for Daisy.

Daisy the Curly Cat and Pablo from Tasmania, I'm really sorry it ended up like this.

Sad

Earlier tonight, Pablo was helped to the Bridge. He suddenly went down hill very quickly, and the vet gave him a tiny chance of surviving the night. I couldn't prolong his pain.

Be good at the Bridge, little boy. We are sure the Blossoms, Seamus, Dancer and your brother Elijah will be there to welcome you, and show you all of the wonderful places they have found. Daisy and Stella have an appointment in the morning. At the moment, Daisy is ok. However, her body condition is the same as Pablo's, and the vet believed he was very underdeveloped. I am not looking forward to the appointment. If you could spare any purrs, I'd be very appreciative.

I'm so sorry I couldn't help you, Pablo.

Life is Grand

Hi! It's Stella! My sweet friend Nigel, Cory's brother, gave me this wonderful award!The rules for accepting this award are simple:
1. You hafta give 5 reasons why you think life is grand.
2. You hafta pass the award on to 5 more blogs.

1. Having such good friends makes life grand! Thankyou, Nigel!:)
2. My babies got to come to a home environment almost as soon as they were born. They aren't having to grow up in a shelter. By the time they are ready to go up for adoption, kitten season should be over here, meaning their chances for a great home improve exponentially.
3. The four of them are growing into strong little kittens. Their eyes and ears are open and clear, their teeth are coming through, their claws are starting to retract, and they are getting more and more co-ordinated all the time. 4. Fancy Feast in my bowl each night- need I say more?:)

5. I have time and space to raise my babies, and get strong myself. I also have time to relax, and get lots of chin skritches and cuddles.

I would like to pass this onto the following four kitties and a special woofie:

Siena and Chilli
and
Tama-Chan, Tommy their new sister Sei-Chan

My Daddycat and Introductions

My Daddy was excited to meet Stella and her babies. I must admit, they are very cute. When Dad was home, he and Mum got to work on naming the babies. They decided to name the babies after some of our friends in the Blogosphere. We hope that this will inspire the babies to grow strong, healthy and happy.

Without further ado, we would like to present:
Pablo, named after our friend Pabs, a strong brave mancat from West Hobart in Tasmania.Ellie, named after the lovely mum of Cory, a ladycat who is caring and kind.

Daisy, the littlest baby, named for the clever and beautiful Daisy the Curly Cat.

And Angus, named after Angus Mhor, all around gentleman and possessor of super paws.

We hope the babies will wear their names well, and try to develop like the wonderful examples of cathood that their namesakes are.

When my dad was home, we also spent time doing mancatly things.

We spent one night gecko huntin' in the carport. Usually, I sit and meow nicely, asking the geckos to come down and play.

But when dad is home, they don't get much of a choice. Here, gecko gecko!
I love you dad. See you again soon.