to ivan's dismay...

i brought home a litter of 4 foster kitties today.
ivan's pissed, but what can you do...... i'm trying to get back on his good side with some catnip. we'll see what happens.
meanwhile, look at my beauties!



this is the hisser. he/she doesn't have a real name yet, nor have any of them been sexed as of yet. they are fresh off the boat and needed bathing and feeding and calming, in hisser's case. once i get to know hisser a bit better i'll assign an appropriate name. the rest are all taken care of. hisser was just added to this litter today. the other 3 had been together for a while and he seems to be a bit older. so he's very traumatized and hissing and snapping, biting, etc. i manage to get him calmed down a bit at a time, but as soon as my attention isn't constant he reverts right back. but since he will calm down a bit i have hope he'll pull through and become a model foster kitty.





next is "scamp." i wanted to name this one scavenger, because (s)he is crazy nutso about getting to the food. even toppling over a bag of dried food 10X his size and almost getting crushed beneath it. and forget stepping on his siblings' heads... he just shoves 'em outta his way.
and he meows loud and constant in a campaign for more.
here i was sitting on the floor and he's climbing up the front of my shirt cause he thinks the camera is a spoonful of food.... i understand why--he's tiny!
anyway, scavenger became too many syllables right off the bat, so my natural inclination toward the abbreviation "scamp" seems perfect.




okay, this little guy i named before we even left the shelter. he's "rasputin." yeah, you know who i mean. and it's because he has an extra dose of fuzz on his face that makes him look like he's got a fuzzy grey beard. (he's also got a nice round kitty belly.) unfortunately, he's a bit camera shy, and after 5 tries, this was the best shot i could get of him. he thinks he'll have his soul stolen if he looks directly into the lens...
i guess it'll become "raspy" for short...





last but not least we have "patch," shortened from patchwork, cause of his coat. you can't see too much in this picture, but he's got the crazy amount of different colors mixed into his coat. absolutely adorable and sweet too. he would probably be my favorite except i adore them all. even though i've been bitten thru to blood 3 times already and scratched all to heck. my legs (bare of course) became instant trees to climb when i stood up.


anyway, here's the babies! i'll keep y'all posted on progress. if anyone wants to adopt in a few weeks let me know! probably about 3-5 weeks they'll be ready to go. meanwhile i am EXhausted. 4 babies and one fat, pouty adult is a lot of cat tending for one girl!