The Little Terror Named Keanu

I'm still trying to determine which one of the boys is more of a terror. Some days it's Keanu, some days it's Holmes.

This morning they were both a handful as I was trying to get ready for a groggy Monday morning. They always seem to be underfoot, or on foot, or licking foot, or climbing legs, or beating up the girls, or....I could go on. Today Keanu seemed to have that little extra edge to him -- but, I just had to pick him up, sigh at his cute little monster face, and go about getting ready to go.

They are very sweet when they want to be, but most of the time, they're just being boys.

What a handful!

First Outing

Yesterday evening, when we got home from our chilly round of fall golf, Yoko was fast asleep in the computer room for a few hours, so we decided to let the kittens out of their room to check out the house.

Did they ever have a lot of fun running around and checking everything out. They tore around in every nook & cranny and bounced on all the furniture. It was really adorable to watch. We had to really pay attention to where we were walking, because there was always a kitten underneath ;) And, I have to admit, that I really enjoyed having them fill the house.

We're pretty lazy from the weekend, so I think we're just going to spend the day lounging. I have some more pictures, and more videos, that I'll post of the kittens tomorrow.

A Late Post

Sorry I didn't get a post in earlier, I had a billion errands to do this evening because we're expecting company this weekend.

We've moved the kittens into the ensuite/walk-in-closet (another fairly large space) for the weekend because of this company. But, they still seem very happy in there. They certainly love checking out new areas!

I've got to know these little sweethearts a little better today, so I'll tell you a little bit about them through the (again, not so great - my apologies for a crappy camera) pictures: ....(note: please excuse the really tacky multi-coloured jammies by yours-truly.... it's late and I was cleaning :P)

 

 

 

 

This is Stephanie.

She is the bouncy bounce monster of the bunch. But, today, she suddenly calmed down and became a big sweetheart (don't the girls always do that? :D)

Stephanie's best quality is that she is a polydactyl cat (known for their SIX toes!!).

She's also very floofy, unlike the other three. She's very playful, and probably the shyest of them all (so far).

 

 

This is Whisper.

If it weren't for Yoko, this cat would already be adopted by us.

She is the one that is from the separate litter from the rest.... and unfortunately, she is very sick.

As you can see from the bottom picture, she has crust around her eyes. She is sneezing and coughing constantly, and has a great deal of trouble breathing (poor little squirt).

Her name suits her, because she is very gentle and sweet. She looks into your eyes when you talk to her and gives the softest, loving meow to respond.

She's also a shoulder sitter, just like my Yoks! Oh, and a cuddler, too.

Right now we don't have her on antibiotics because the vet doesn't believe it's necessary right now. So, instead, I've been taking her aside and cleaning out her nose and eyes. I'm also doing some one-on-one time with her and a nebulizer (basically a "steam machine" that helps to decongest her) that seems to help her.

I'm really hoping she gets better soon.

 

 

 

 

The bratty tabby boys, Keanu and Holmes.

Holmes is the one with the blue collar (if you see the pink collar in pics, that's Stephanie), and Keanu has no collar. Why does Keanu have no collar? Because if you see from the fourth picture, where Holmes is trying to get his off, Keanu was doing something similar, so we took it off of him.

I call them bratty because... They are the terrible twosome. Keanu is much more mild mannered than Holmes (I say that Holmes is named very well for his personality because he is the 'detective' of the bunch -- where he's ALWAYS getting into something and ALWAYS wanting to check out new areas).

They are sweet though one-on-one (if you can get Holmes to sit for five seconds).

I just love them all to bits. I hope everything goes well this weekend with the company here.

So far so good with Yoko too. She sensed something was going on tonight when we were moving them. She got into the walk-in closet when I was moving all the stuff into there (the kittens were still in the foster room), and when I tried to move her she made a growling sound. So, I'm guessing she could smell them. But, besides that, everything has been good with her. Again, typing away here, she's fast asleep....... :)

 

I'm off to sleepies. Good night! :)

They're Here!

And they're TABBIES! (Well, three of the four are. We also got one gray kitten from a different litter.)

What a sweet little bunch they are. But holy smokes, they are jumping beans!! I think they're thrilled with all the space they have to run around, because as soon as I opened the cage door they made themselves instantly at home by pouncing All-Over-The-Place!

I tried to get some pictures of them, but they're just too quick for me, as you can see:

Checking out the cage.... "Hmm, how do I reach this food with these BARS in the way?" (I moved him inside to help him figure it out) :P

 One of the three tabbies. Blurry because he could see all the pouncing he was missing out on beside me.

The floofy gray tabby. This is the bounciest kitty of them all. He is on super-speed mode all the time.

I dumped a whack of toys on the floor.... the black blobs are very excited kittens :D

I also got a few videos, because it's much easier to show them that way for now. And I'll get some pictures when they've settled down a bit. :)

A First Look at the Foster Room

We (well, I..) decided on the spare bedroom as the new foster area. Of the three bedrooms in the house, this one is the most neglected. The only time anyone goes in there is if we have guests staying over, which isn't very often. Luckily, this includes Yoko -- Therefore, there should be little, to no, interference with her and them. I hope to keep this section of the house closed off from her, just in case.

We have an unfinished area of the basement that we will be finishing in the near future, and my hope is to have a section of it specifically for the kittens. In the meantime, this will have to do. There is a night warm lighting in there in the evening, and with the window open during the day, there will be a nice amount of natural light for them.

I picked up a "large" dog cage at Petsmart tonight, that I hope will become the kitten -safe- zone. I'm hoping the time they will be in there will be limited (especially if there are many of them)... but it's good spot to have their litter and a warm soft bed to sleep on. I actually wanted a bigger cage than this one, and had my eye on one at Petsmart a few days ago... but, I wasn't sure if I was going to need it right away so I hesitated on buying it (whoops!). Of course, they sold out of the one I wanted. This was the next size down, and the only one left of this size, so, I snatched it up. I figure once we change the 'unfinished' space in the basement, I'll pick up another one of equal or larger size.

So, here's the first look at the room. For some reason, these two pics make the area look quite small. But, there really is a lot of floor space to roam around.

 

 

It's sort of dark-ish in there at the moment, just because it's night time. When I bring the kittens home tomorrow, I'll get some better shots :)

I also wanted to point out that we are currently rearranging the furniture downstairs right now. So, we'll be able to take the kittens out and let them run around in the open space we have on the floor (we'll wait until Yoko is sleeping and close the door the the master bedroom, to be fair).

Hope I can get some sleep tonight. I'm pretty excited about tomorrow! I wonder what kind of personalities they will have? What will they look like? How big will they be? Will they be male or female? Will they have names? What should I name them? Oooo, so many things to find out! :)

Kittens!!!!!!!!

Getting four babies tomorrow! Setting up the foster room tonight so I'm ready for them. More to come tomorrow! Ya-hoo!

New Mug

Found this mug, and I (of course) had to buy it... as it was exactly what I was looking (and quite fitting ;)) for me to enjoy my morning coffee in at work.

 

 

 HOW CUTE!