This is Kaboose, Shirleena and Mania.
Kaboose and Shirleena are brother and sister. Kaboose has scars from under his chin to the tip of his right paw from being attacked as a newborn kitten. He gets around ok, but he's crazy. Always running, jumping, chasing Shirleena and Mania through the house.
Shirleena is the timid one. She has a scar across her throat from probably the same critter that attacked her brother. Even though she is shy, she still gets into her fair share of kitty troubles. Shirleena likes to sleep in boxes, or curl up in my daughters bed.
Mania was a 'rescue'. She came to us covered in welts from being shot at with a BB gun. For about a week all she did was cry if you touched her. She had a swollen belly and horrible gas from eating scraps. Right now she is Kabooses constant companion and partner in crime.
Kaboose and Shirleena pretending to be sandwiches.
I save the lids from store bought sandwiches to use for drying painted items. The kittens thought it made a comfy bed.
We think this feral may be Kabooses daddy. We called him Gray&White, and he vanished late this summer.
This handsome fellow was my cat Highball, who was a rescue in 2004. He died in July 2008 from a flea treatment. I carry his tag with me on my keychain.
This is Meow Marie. Meow actually says 'Meow' and so named herself. Meow is a spayed female and she is a young 12 years old. Meow likes to come indoors on cold winter days to sleep on the hot water tank.
This is Sweeney Tard. She is a stray who hangs out here. This is her first batch of babies who died from the cat flu this past spring. We are currently trying to raise funds for her trip to CatNip Acres. Sweeney Tard got her name from Sweeney Todd, she packs a vicious swipe.
This is a feral called Chompie. Chompie hangs out around town, eating from the trash and occasionally shows up at my house to chase the other cats off at mealtime. Chompie is too wild to get close to, and since he has a wide ranging area he covers, its impossible to trap,neuter and return him.
This is my big buddy Mew. Mew was tossed over the fence in my backyard and ended up stuck in the walnut tree. Mew is a great hunter and has helped keep my yard & gardens mouse & mole free.
This is Viktor, he's a huge tom who we think is part Norwegian Forest Cat.He's all muscle and joins his buddy mew in hunting larger game, such as rabbits and squirrel.
This is Loris Diane (the gray cat) and Shiloh Marie (the black cat in the chair). Both are spayed females. Loris is 14 years old and Shiloh is 13 years old. Both enjoy their old lady days lounging in the sun and hanging out at the porch waiting for tidbits while I cook. When my neighbor died they came to live with me again.
This is Timmy the Cat. Timmy was found in the back room of a grocery store, trapped in a mouse glue trap. He was probably four weeks old & they think his mom might have been moving her kittens & left Tim when he got trapped. We took him in and he was very sick with a respiratory infection. Timmy just slept a lot, and ate a lot, but never grew very large. He died in February of 2008 from the respiratory infection he had all his short life. CatNip Acres came and trapped all the ferals that lived behind that store, and the sad story of Timmy the Cat has not been repeated since. TNR is the best and most effective way to deal with ferals.
So cute!
Merry Christmas!
We got early Christmas presents.For the past two weeks, every time I was in the shop I heard loud noises and thought some wild animal had gotten into the shop. Swear it sounded like an elephant jumping around in the attic crawl space. Yesterday I heard something running down the apartment stairs, so I got Mr Kattaztrophe and we headed upstairs and heard a 'mew'. Last night we found a litter of kittens covered in fiberglass insulation. They are healthy, except for a sore eye or two. 3 toms and one girl. The black & white kitten is called Rorsach, and the white kitties with gray marks are called Cheshire, Olive and Snowflake. This winter we have to close off the attic crawl space and find out how someone got up there!
February 14 2010
The kitties are all home from CatNip Acres and doing fine. I'll be taking pictures of them Monday and posting them.
So far, Viktor has really mellowed out and came out of his hiding place to eat in the kitchen with the other cats and even when the humans were out there.