First Adoption Today

Happy Holidays! We're in full holiday mode here, which is one of the reasons I'm so remiss on my blog entries (more on that in a minute). Readers have been clamoring for news. The big news is that adorable petite Sierra (also known as Sweet Pea) went over to my friend Wendy's today, on a trial basis (kind of like "a lease with an option to buy"). Wendy wants to make sure that she bonds well with her older cat, Figaro, who is a big black bundle of shaggy fur (with white paws). He was curious, they touched noses a few times, and very well behaved (no hissing and posturing the way many cats do on first introduction). Sierra of course was timid (and demure) and went under the bed when I let her leave my lap. Then she found a hiding place that took us a while to figure out -- behind two picture frames that were placed on the floor. It's an adventure -- those two look like a black and white matched pair. I told Wendy I feel like CAT-MATCH.com.

One of the holiday projects I've been working on is my holiday card to 150 friends and family. This year it features photos of four of the kittens with a message on the back describing our Kitten Rescue operation and asking them to participate by passing on the news to any loving homes in the market for an adorable, playful kitten or two (I'd really like to adopt Charlie and Oscar out together, you can see how attached they are by the photo below).

Tomorrow I have an appointment to take five other kittens (who are just 7 weeks old) to PetMania in Burbank (they couldn't take the 6-month-old kittens I'm fostering, because they were already too big and they only take teeny tiny kittens). Next week I'm taking the kittens' mom in to Dr. Moon to be spayed.

Just read a new cat survey that says they spend a surprising amount of time looking out the window. I could have told them that -- there is lots of wildlife in my backyard (squirrels, doves, sparrows, and scrubjays) that I feed a few times a day, so the big and little felines in my house get quite a show. Here is a new photo of the little ones pressed up against the glass.