Old Friends

Joy and I went to visit Joy's sister today. We also got to visit Yoshi and Spats. We persuaded her to adopt those two from our last litter. They are still adorable. We took over a kitty condo that my neighbor gave us. She got it for her two cats, and they would have nothing to do with it. We already have a huge one for our cats, and the itty bitties have one in their room, so we took it over to Maria. They loved it!

The photos today are of the itty bitties playing outside the kitty room. They are getting so big, it just seems cruel to keep them in there all day without getting out to run! Here, Reuben takes a peek out the front window.



Bentley takes a drink while Reuben watches Sully try to steal a little piece of doggie kibble.



Reuben sees what Bentley is doing outside.















Natalie surveys all from her perch on the countertop.









Hopefully, all 3 of these guys will stay healthy, and can get back to the shelter, be adopted and go to a great forever home!
And soon...they are getting so big...

Out and about

The itty bitties got to come and "visit" today. We had friends over, and they got to come out and play. They are all three into something at all times, and it's hard to keep up sometimes. My friend Deb got some great shots of Reuben hiding in a crock. They got about 45 minutes of running time, and I put them back in their room. After about 5 minutes, they were romping around up there, and everyone in the room understood why this blog is called elephantsupstairs.

So, we have two pictures of Reuben, being all cute, a picture of Joy holding all 3 of the itty bitties, and what's that last photo? No, it's not a cat. We had a family of 5 racoons in our side yard tonight. The little buggers have been after my fish in my fish pond, so I have put netting over it to keep them out. Now they come and eat the food we put out for the feral cats! I guess we just adopted them, too.

running of the ...bulls?

The itty bitties are not so itty bitty any more. Sully is huge, at over 3 and a half lbs. Reuben is a little thin, and Natalie is tiny compared to them, but still all have made weight for spay/neuter. I am going to go ahead and get them going on a last round of Panacur. Can't hurt. Maybe Reuben will gain a little more weight.

They do love to get out of the kitty room and run up and down the hall. They all 3 seem to really like hanging out in the tub. I am impressed that they can get in so easily. Of course, if they are watching the resident kitties here, they probably learned it from them.

quiet on the home front

Sometimes I think our own cats think they don't get enough attention, and have to do something to get it. Like keeping you from washing your hands. Or keeping you from showering in the morning...

I hate to say anything about the itty bitties...scared to jinx myself. Everyone seems to be fine for the time being. I found something strange in the litter box yesterday though. A NORMAL STOOL! Yes, hard to believe, but I saw a normal stool. Then, I saw Sully produce another one. They other two still have loose stool, but they are gaining weight, and all seem full of energy. I will be happy to get them all adopted. (Just in time for another batch I suspect) I will take a couple of days to get the room cleaned up again, and spray it down with trifectant, just in case. We won't be going on vacation until the last few days of September, so we will be able to take some more before then. Hopefully, they will all be, and stay healthy!

lazy days

Things are quiet here. Sullivan's eye cleared up with one treatment. Natalie is gaining weight, Reuben has settled down nicely.

Natalie is really turning into a love bug. She rubs up on anything close by when you talk to her. She is much smaller than the boys, but twice as active. She has more energy than something that small should have! Both boys are big enough to go back to the shelter, but Natalie is about 5 oz too small. They can't be put on view until they are spayed/neutered, and they can't have the surgery until they are 2lbs, 8 oz. So, I am thinking next week Natalie may be ready. Hopefully I can get the stools firmed up by then, and they can all go back to be adopted. They are all very sweet, and cute, so they should find homes fast.

More fun

My friend Michele came over Friday with her 14 month old son, Brennan. He was overwhelmed with all the animals, but his favorite was Buck. He liked Bentley and he got to hold Reuben, but he really wanted to pick up and hold Buck. (Buck weighs about 15lbs, so that wasn't gonna happen). He had fun at the house of animals though.
I was hoping for a non exciting, low level next couple of weeks with the 3 itty bitties, but I guess not. Sullivan has a goobery eye, and all 3 still have pretty loose stools. I treated the eye, and hope it will be better soon with out 10 days of antibiotics, just the eye ointment. I will get more kaopectate in them than I have been dosing. Although they are hitting the box, they still step in it and leave little poop footprints all over the kitty room, which is always fun. They all seem to be as crazy as any normal kittens are at this age. I am not happy that Natalie isn't gaining as fast as I want her to, but she is so high energy, maybe she is burning it off. I hope so.

Resident kitties

These two little characters are Ripley, and Bishop. They live here full time, and they sure don't look like this anymore. I don't think I remember Ripley ever being that small, cute and sweet! Bishop is still sweet. Ripley has her moments!
Bishop was Molly's (the Dane) buddy. Bishop is still fearless, even though he never hisses or swats at anyone. He will just walk by any animal like he owns the world.

Ripley came to me by someone that said, " I know you do fostering...I found this cat..."
Well, the rest is history. We got Bishop from the shelter a few weeks later to keep Ripley company. It worked out great. We got Buck the next year, and Bentley after that. Those two are a whole other chapter!

Bishop got some weird ailment a year or so ago. The vet couldn't figure it out. We tried all sorts of things to "fix" him. He was limping, and one front leg actually started to become deformed. We were about to spend a small fortune with a bunch of tests...and my friend Shara who is a chiropractor gave him an adjustment. Within 2 days, he was back to normal! I know, it's crazy, but it worked! 1 adjustment. We think maybe Buck hurt him when they were playing or something. (Buck is much bigger than Bishop.) But now he is fine.