We are so happy to announce that our two pairs of kitties have been adopted! Pallas and MK Fisher went together, which is wonderful for the best buds they are. Apple Pie and Sundae, brother and sister, also were adopted together. It always makes my heart sing when bonded kitties can go to the same home. Cats are so much more social than most people think, and their social bonds are so important. Thank you to adopters June (Pallas and MK) and Scott (Mr. Pie and Sundae)!
Category: Pallas and kittens
Gallery August 2023
Our current foster kitties are all available for adoption! We have four kittens almost 4 months old and ready to bring joy to your house, one boy and three girls. We also have two adult females: Pallas (their mom), and her buddy MK Fisher. Both adults are quite young, likely between 2 and 4 years.
These kitties all have strong social bonds and should be adopted in pairs or more. Mix and match! Two kittens could be adopted, two adults, or an adult and a kitten. All get along well. They’re also open to new friends, so one could go solo if you have a young cat who could be a new friend.
Update: MK Fisher
MK Fisher has a new foster life with Pallas and her kittens. She lived in a big popup in their room for several weeks, got to know them, and really wanted to join the kittens! It was hard for her to be so close to them but not be able to take care of them. But Pallas and kittens were struggling with giardia, and we didn’t want MK to be exposed to that. As soon as they were over their health issues, though, she got her wish to live with the kittens! MK Fisher loves the kittens. She grooms them, snuggles with them, and plays with them.
MK Fisher and Pallas share the food dish, but Pallas is 100% the boss.
She is the best auntie, and yet at times she seems to get a bit rough – bite too hard. I never worried too much, though, because Pallas is always on the job. Her protective instincts are never “off,” and she is 100% the boss in that room. And over several weeks, MK and Pallas have been forming a great friendship.
Pallas and her kittens: first month
Pallas was rescued from a farm, and was pregnant when she came here on April 13. On April 30 she gave birth to four little tabbies.
She was a sweet and snuggly kitty when she came. Even though she hadn’t had much experience with people, she loved to cuddle and to be brushed. But, interestingly, as she got closer to her birthing date, she got more and more defensive and suspicious of us. She was clearly conflicted, as hormones argued with her own nature. She would want you to pet her, and then start to glare at you. We’ve had protective moms before, but Pallas is in a class by herself. It got quite scary! You could see her instincts prompting her to not trust, and yet she really wanted to bask in the attention. It was a confusing time for her, and for us! The instincts started winning, and she did actually jump at George a couple of times. We felt like lion tamers when we went in to feed her! She’s shown here in the friendly phase.
She had her kittens in the corner, the “Jiro Palace,” and we shut the gates and left her alone. Feeding her was a challenge, and I’m afraid she didn’t get her litter box cleaned very often. She was more suspicious of George than me, so I put food and water in for her. With new kittens she was always hungry (although she always had dry food), so that helped – she would focus on the food instead of attacking me. A couple of times I stepped over the gate and peeked at the kittens, but she raised them without my help for the first three weeks.
I’ve never experienced anything quite like it. Challenging for us – but so hard for her too! She was so conflicted and didn’t know what to believe. Eventually, after a couple of weeks, I could pet her head again – but only if she was eating.
Her kittens here are three days old. I had to distract her with one hand long enough to take the photo with my other hand.
Updates, May 2023
And suddenly it’s almost half-way through 2023. Wow. So much has happened since my last post, with, among other things, 20 foster cats here in a “temporary” situation that became something of a nightmare and went on far too long.
Here’s a quick synopsis, the highlights, just to bring us to today.
Leo and Snow were adopted, and – last I heard – they were reveling in their new person and their new home and new lives. So happy for them!
We’re now down to 8 foster cats. Still too many, but it’s manageable. We have:
- Lovie and Jester
- Pallas and her four kittens
- MK Fisher
I’ll be featuring each of them in coming posts!