Category: Posts: Minnie and kittens

Aw, it’s always a happy and also a sad time when a kitten is adopted. It always makes me feel good to know how much joy this little kitten is going to bring to his or her new family. Callisto is definitely one of the sweet ones. At the same time, I’m going to miss her! So will George – whenever she found him lying on the bed, she’d snuggle up under his chin for a nap!

We have had good reports from her new home, where she seems to be settling in quite well. She will meet her new older “sister” and also the family dog after they’ve had some time to get used to the idea.

I’m so happy she has a loving furever home! She is such a sweetheart!

Update: September 5. Callisto has now met the whole family, and is already playing with the other cat. She even met the dog and they seem to like each other!

Feathers are a great inspiration to kittens – and cats! These are Mamba’s family playing with their new feather toy, and filmed in slow motion. They are quite enthusiastic! These siblings play quite well together. There is no hissing or growling, and they don’t mind someone else playing too.

We got a few new toys at MadCat today and are introducing them a couple at a time. Today’s introduction is googly balls! I’m calling them that because they are little super balls with google eyes painted on them, and a couple of feathers stuck into them. They seemed to me to have potential – and I wasn’t wrong.

We gave two to Mamba’s group, and they became instantly fascinated. They quite enjoyed batting them around and chasing after them. Quintus would pick one up by the feathers and carry it off to release it in a new location. Mostly two or three kittens would group around one and bat it somewhere and zoom after it.

This morning crazies are always fun to watch, and watching two or more kittens together is especially entertaining. It’s one of several reasons why 9 Lives Rescue recommends adopting two kittens together. They are happier – and they’re so much more fun than just one!

These are Mamba’s kittens, now 16 weeks old! They are so adorable, they would have been adopted long ago, but we couldn’t even list them until they fought off sickness that came with them from the farm. They are strong and playful now – and reaching peak cuteness!

Sweet kittens

Black Mamba’s kittens are so sweet. The whole family is very sweet-natured. Their favorite things are playing and snuggling and world-class purring!

It’s so nice when your offspring reciprocate your caring. This is Mamba (sometimes known as Queen Blep) and her son Snippet enjoying the comforts of giving each other a thorough bath.

Every so often, a plain grocery bag is a great new toy for the kittens – not to mention adult cats! Because the handles pose a risk (if a cat gets their head through they can freak out and injure themselves), I either take them off or take off one end so it’s no longer a loop.

Blaze is a menace with the water! As far as I could see, the light was such that he was casting a shadow into the bowl, and it seemed to him like something moving under the water. He tried really hard to get it! We have the water bowl on a shallow tray, but it was not enough – he splashed water two feet away! We’ll be putting the water in a bigger tray. We started putting the water in this big, heavy bowl because someone kept tipping the previous one over. I think I might know who!

Black Mamba is a beautiful, solid black kitty, mother of our five youngest kittens. She arrived here on June 6, when her kittens were a month old. She came from the same farm as Hazel, and I suspect there was not quality nutrition available. Mamba is a small cat and her kittens are small for their age.

She’s a suspicious kitty – and of course she’s a mom – but she would like to trust people. We hope to give her enough reason to trust that she will become adoptable.

There’s nothing like a peacock feather to get everyone’s attention! Black Mamba’s group have never seen one before, and swarm George to play with it.

Mamba’s kittens are discovering the joys of the ball tower.