Photo by Deborah Wilson of Deborah Wilson Photography
Here's a break from all the sad blog posts! I have started fostering kittens for the Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry OSPCA and also Operation Spay & Neuter in Hawkesbury, Ontario. I am only able to do this because I have some great friends and volunteers who help with the kittens, especially my amazing, cat-whisperer friend Sharron who was here almost daily for this lot...
Yes, for two weeks I fostered these EIGHT kittens from one litter! And it was so much fun. I got them when they were six weeks old. I sent them back to the shelter last week and they have ALL been adopted!
I'm pretty sure they were the most well-socialized kittens ever!
They met men, women, little kids, big kids, teenagers, and even saw my dogs.
There were seven fluffy ones and one short hair. Six tabbies, and one grey and one black. Four girls an four boys. :)
It was so much fun, I am doing it again... right now I have a mama cat and her three week-old babies, and I also just took in a mama and her six 3-1/2-month old babies! But more on that later.... you can only take so many adorable kitten photos in one day. :)
Certainly these little cuties are all helping bring a smile to our faces after losing Penny, and while we deal with terminally-ill Millicent (who, touch wood, is quite stable at the moment, but that could change at any time.)
Hope you are all having a nice Labo(u)r Day weekend!
Certainly these little cuties are all helping bring a smile to our faces after losing Penny, and while we deal with terminally-ill Millicent (who, touch wood, is quite stable at the moment, but that could change at any time.)
Hope you are all having a nice Labo(u)r Day weekend!
I can't believe you had them for two weeks, it went by so fast.
ReplyDeleteThose are going to be some very handsome adult kitties!
ReplyDeleteHow do you keep track of eight kittens at once? I think the short hair the handsomest.
ReplyDeleteOmigosh! So much adorableness in one place!
ReplyDeleteOh my, I can't imagine anything cuter than kittens! These are adorable. I can see how easily they would have been adopted. This is a great thing to do... fostering kittens for a few weeks to get them healthy and sociable. We used to do this with the outside feral kittens; take them in at a few weeks, feed them, and play with them, then take them to the adoption room at the local shelter.
ReplyDeleteAwesome that they all found homes.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! With one kitten in the house, it can be a bit crazy around. I can't imagine having eight at one time. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteMy sympathies on the loss of Penny. It's certainly been a tough summer for you.
Oh! I have two orphan kittens that are only 4 days old. I don't know what to do with them. I wish we were closer, so I could get some help to have them adopted, or raised by a mama cat.
ReplyDeleteWhen life's problems have been bearing down -('really bearing down lately)- I often think of how you & Gordon go through the sorrows and the joys of your lives together, e.g., the sorrow of losing dear, sweet Penny; yet the joy of nurturing #8 rambunctious little kittens for their new homes. It means so much to me to see how Hope & Happiness can genuinely ~p.r.e.v.a.i.l.~ even through times of great sadness.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, Deborah Wilson's photograph of you, (1st, at top), just totally *rocks* ............ i.e., you're so beautiful --[no kidding, Natalie!]-- and you simply radiate TONS of kindness!!
That is wonderful news. That must have been hard to keep track of 8 little munchkins running around.
ReplyDeleteBless your kind heart
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the brighter note. There is always this.
ReplyDeleteThey are adorable! I'm so glad they all found homes!
ReplyDeleteOMC IT'S A KITTY FESTIVAL!!!!!!! ADORABLE!!! xoxoxo catchatwithcarenandcody
ReplyDeleteOh, the kittens are adorable! I don't know how you find the time to do all that you do. I know it is a labour of love for you!
ReplyDeleteHave a good day!
Robin
Can we keep the short haired Tabby, pleeeeese!?
ReplyDeleteLove these little guys...I'm sure I couldn't let them go and I would definitely be the crazy cat lady! Thanks for the smile, XOXO
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