better day

Cleo is better today. The vet visit was uneventful. Cleo might disagree, after the sneak attack from behind, for a temp check. Anyway, she did have a fever, which I knew, but was not dehydrated, and seemed to be in pretty good shape otherwise. She got a antibiotic shot, which was nice, no doses of clavamox twice daily.


Cleo and her foster sister Beulah check out the scale bowl


She's not 100%, but playing, and even engaging her foster sibs. She had lost some weight, from 2.2lbs, down to 1.14lbs. As of this morning, she is back up to 2.0.


Cleo plans her attack on Detroit


The other to crazies seem to have calmed down a tad, and now all 3 love attention. Cleo got a lot of attention while she was sick, so she really likes it now, an Detroit and Beulah both stand on the kitty condo and kneed it while waiting for a little attention.


Beulah dares Detroit to pounce


Unfortunately, we found out this morning that the shelter had a cat test positive for Panleukopenia, so the cat room is now quarantined for at least 2 weeks, so I have these guys for at least that much longer. That's fine for them, and me, but I hate that there will be no adoptions for that long, and we will all keep our fingers crossed that no other cats get it. Here's a link for more information on panleukopenia. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=1+1352&aid=222

issues...

Well, didn't take long for one to have issues. Cleo is sick. She pretty much kept to her "basket" all day Friday. Her eyes are still bright, but no playing, and worse, no eating. At least none that actually witnesses. I have an appointment to see the vet this morning.



The good news this morning is she ate some breakfast. And not just a little bite or 2, she ate a pretty good meal, and had a little drink too. Then she climbed back into her basket. I feel a bit better about her, but she still has no interest in play.

That being said, she sat in the middle of the room for a while watching the 2 crazies that are her foster siblings. These guys are too much. We watched Detroit for 20 minutes play with a toy mouse. He chased it, rolled on the floor with it, pounced on it, and carry it around in his mouth, growling. I can't believe how much energy he has.



Then, Beulah decided she had seen enough, and she decided to spent the next 15 minutes attacking Detroit. Yes indeed, Detroit is a tough guy, until his sister jumps him, then he screams like a little girl! Non-Stop action. These are not your cuddly kittens, but if you want a high energy kitten, I have a couple for you!



Beulah and Detroit display some mid-air acrobatics



Detroit gets Beulah in a head lock




Detroit cries like a little girl when he is pinned

big giant elephants!

The 3 itty bitties sound like a stampede of elephants upstairs! They sound a lot louder than the last batch, and there were 5 of them.


Peeking out of the kitty condo

Last night, they were so wild, and were playing so hard, I was a little concerned. They were nuts, and if you picked them up in the middle of play time, they would growl! When I went in later, and gave them their panacur, they were quiet, purring, and wanting to get some love. I gave them some, just before I gave them the panacur. They didn't like that so much. I cleaned the white spots off the floor before I left the room.


sleepy...just before the panacur

This afternoon when I went in, they were so sweet. Sleeping, and cuddly and cute. I had to leave and get my camera they were so cute. I took some pictures, and set the camera in the hammock while I gave them some attention. Then, I was so taken with them, I forgot my camera.

Well, when I went back in a few hours later, I saw it siting there. I picked it up, and had to wipe quite a few kitty nose prints off of it. Seems they were quite interested in it. Kitty snot is harder to remove than I would have thought.

We will see how they deal with their panacur tonight. I suspect I will be wiping up the splatter yet again.


Are these guys cute or what?


Beulah gives a yawn

tough cases

Picked up 3 itty bitties today. They are not so small, and need some socialization, but at least they don't hiss.

2 girls and 1 boy.



Beulah



Detroit




Cleo

Detroit and Beulah are related, Cleo is not. She is from MD, the other 2 are from WV. They all look like family to me. A family that got in a paint ball match. Yes. This is the paint ball crew, for sure.



Kung foo fighting!

They are rompin' and stompin' all over that kitty room! And evil? You should see how rough Cleo and Detroit play! Growling and carrying on like they are trying to kill each other! I looked in on them earlier, and they were all asleep in the towel basket. Now they want to rip each other's heads off. The sounds of elephants upstairs!

all gone...for now

I took the last 2 itty bitties to the shelter today. They are healthy, and happy and will be spayed tomorrow, and up for adoption on Wednesday. We have already had a friend of a friend come and play with them, with her 2 kids, and they will be waiting when the shelter opens on Wednesday to apply for them. They will have a great new home!





While we were there, we checked on Ebony and Niles. Still as sweet as pie. I was happy when I saw Norton was gone...but now they tell me he wasn't adopted! He is in isolation, with possible ringworm! I was so upset! Poor little guy. I hope it turns out to be a mistake. He was 100% healthy when he left here, but I guess with the number of cats and dogs that go to the spay/neuter clinic, they can pick up stuff. Keep your fingers crossed that he gets better quick, and gets adopted!

I also see that Mama Gia is still there. She is very shy, so I need to send more traffic her way. She loves other cats, and even found a rub for Bentley when he came in to visit. She is a sweet girl, loves attention, but is just shy. I wish I knew someone with an older cat or dog that might want another low key cat. She is very calm and quiet, and although she doesn't like to be picked up, she does like to be stroked, and loves her ears scratched.

funny stuff

There is a great website, where you can spend hours if you are not careful, looking at funny pictures like this:


more animals

The site is called www.icanhascheezburger.com, and you can add your own captions to photos, or even upload your own. (Yes, you can find some of the itty bitties on there, if you look hard enough!)

Enjoy!

2 quiet elephants

Mighty quiet here today. Only two little elephants left. Great news though. Nadine is at 2lbs, 3oz! A huge leap in weight. At this rate, we will definitely make weight by Monday.

The girls got to play in my office a bit this evening. Of course, the paperball is the best toy ever, and Jet really enjoys it, carrying it around to where she wants to play.

Nadine stole it a few times, but she is still happier to climb on my lap to sit.