Another year already. Like so many years, it brings change both good and bad.
Let's take a journey through our year:
January was up and down. We took in the car kittens and mom had an adventure. But we also lost our Ivy girl. She is still missed.
February brought us some older orange kittens for a couple of weeks. And Boba worked harder to figure out the food puzzle.
March had a couple of birthdays. Boba turned 1 years old and Chanel turned 7 years old.
April came and mom tried to convince Boba to wear a harness and be an adventure cat. Fail - total fail. haha No kittens yet but the weather was finally getting nice and we got to enjoy some open window time.
May brought us kittens. They needed a little socialization but weren't with us very long. Buckeye, Phantom and Gillig were very nice kittens.
June started with the kittens from May being adopted. Then we had more kittens - the Cinderella group: Cinderella, Bibbidi, Bobbidi and Boo.
July came and we were invaded by a pair of CH (cerebellar hypoplasia) kittens. Pumpkin came first from a lady seeking help on Facebook. Buttons came a couple of weeks later from a vet office. We also fostered a trio of older gray kittens from the shelter for a couple of weeks. The Cinderella kittens were all adopted pretty quickly. (Pumpkin and Buttons were both private fosters that mom and a friend took on)
August was when Buttons actually arrived here. The girls got along really well.
September was uneventful thankfully. The CH girls continued to grow and get stronger. The weather cooled off some so we got a few days of open windows.
October came and brought us....Pumpkin 2.0 from the shelter. He wasn't here very long and was adopted from the shelter. Pumpkin 1.0 was stuck in the foster room due to the floors but Buttons got a little more freedom once mom blocked off the stairs.
November and there was a road trip to get Pumpkin to her forever home. Her new mom has another CH cat and we get updates that they are doing great. Pumpkin did really well on the road trip and it was totally worth it. Mom also took a vacation to spend time with friends and found out about a new water fountain. Our luck isn't great but 2 months later Chanel hasn't killed it.
December and we got our last kittens of the year. Just here a couple of weeks to get over a kitten cold then back to the shelter where they were adopted within a couple of days. We got a new gate for the stairs. Because....mom decided to adopt Buttons. The girls (Daiquiri, Chanel, Goldfish and Buttons) all got their annual vet visits and were pronounced healthy. Daiquiri could stand to lose a couple of pounds but we ran her first senior blood panel and everything looked great.
Some final numbers: 23 fosters this year, 11 boys and 12 girls. We are just fostering with the shelter now so we see less numbers each year. And that is really OK - there are difference and mom finds this to be a more positive interaction.
Total foster numbers: we started in 8/06. 473 fosters total: 23 momma cats, 240 females, 233 males.
We wish you a very merry, safe and happy new year. We can't promise to make mom post more often but we will do what we can. HAHA Love you all and thank you for your support over the years.
