I trust you remember Kohle? Here’s a refresher:
He’s the boy with the beautiful eyes, who had been at Petsmart even longer than the ‘Maters boys, so Lisa asked if I’d consider bringing him home with them, to give him a break from the cage as well. I figured there wouldn’t be a problem – there wasn’t – and so he was here with us for a month. Then he went back to Petsmart and got adopted super quickly (love it when that happens!)
Well, I heard from Selena, who adopted him! She said:
I adopted Kohle back in December. I am single and live alone so he has been great company. I lost my sweet boy Indy a few weeks before I got Kohle after an extended illness. I have already fallen head over heels for my new baby. We are doing great but I have a rather silly question. I have looked all over for those straw toys and can’t seem to find them. He loves that one that you sent in the paper bag of toys with his adoption papers and it is almost chewed to pieces! I want to stock up but I am afraid I am looking in the wrong place for them. He also loves the Mylar ball but I did find a few of those. Thank you so much for sending those toys and for writing the letter to tell me about your blog. I enjoy reading it. I would have a house full of kitties if my apartment was big enough! I am also going to try to attach some pictures if I can figure out how to on my phone!
©Selena W; shared with her permission.
©Selena W; shared with her permission.
Is that a sweet, happy face, or what? I so love hearing about my former fosters in their forever home!
(The straws she was asking about are the Kitty Boinks, which I’ve bought at Nip and Bones, and which you can also find at Amazon, or at the Boinks page (last time I bought some, I bought them in bulk, because they’re pretty much a hit with all the cats).
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A shot of all three Beans – Baby Beans on the left, Bitsy on the right, and Barney next to her.
“LADY YOU GOTTA SIT DOWN. I NEED SOME LAP TIME.”
If you look closely, you’ll see a big ol’ drop of water hanging off Barney’s chin. He walks around like that ALL the time. I guess he’s afraid he might get thirsty and be too far from a source of water. He’s no dummy!
Baby Beans would like me to stop pointing that camera at him, please and thank you.
Annnd one more shot of all three!
Baby Beans, contemplative.
Bitsy.
“WHAT.”
I have nicknamed Barney “Barnacle” and Bitsy “Velcro” because I have never in my life met kittens who were SO friendly. Okay, that’s probably not true (I’m sure there have been plenty of kittens who were as friendly as those two), but suffice it to say that they’re SUPER friendly. I don’t know where they were before they were dumped on the side of the road, but I think it’s safe to say that they’ve been around humans their entire young lives.
Baby Beans on the other hand – well, he’s friendlyish. He’ll sit next to me and lay his head on my knee, and he likes to be petted for a little while. He does NOT want to be picked up, and he does NOT want to be held, and when I had Fred hold him last week so I could clean his (Baby Beans’, not Fred’s) ears, the shrieking and thrashing was pretty amazing. (It went a little better when I had Fred hold him in place on the ground.)
I’ve started referring to him as “Drama Beans.”
The kittens have a mostly cordial relationship with each other. Baby Beans is a bit rougher than the other two would like, and he’s not FRIENDS with Barney and Bitsy, but at least they’re not hissing and growling at each other. Baby Beans and Barney will play with each other, but Bitsy will run off if Baby Beans tries to mess with her. I think it’s safe to say that Baby Beans is pretty sure he’s the alpha male of the trio (not that Barney or Bitsy agree with that), and he might have a touch of Little Man Syndrome going on.
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Sungold, snoozing up high where he can keep an eye on the other cats.
“What?”
Stripey and the look o’ lurve.
Sungold comes in to see what I’m doing (and to sharpen his claws on the cat tree.)
Smilin’ Stripey.
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Today’s Game Cam video is the Pickles & Weeds playing, part 3! They are such silly kittens, I just love watching this stuff and remembering when they were here with us.
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Today’s permanent resident (and the last of the clearing-out-the-folder pictures) : Corbie!
What you might not know about Corbie: He. Is. GORGEOUS.
Keeping an eye on something from the safety of the bottom shelf of the bookcase.
Hanging out in the back yard.
I love it when he curls up in this basket.
Just. So. GORRRRRRGEOUS.
Silly boy.
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Previously
2012: Also, so you don’t have to go without your kitteh fix, here I am getting my very first kitten for my (I think) sixth birthday, so it was mumblety-mumble years ago.
2011: No entry.
2010: No entry.
2009: She’s all ::sniffsniffsniff:: “HI TOMMY!” and he’s all “Yeah, whatever, runt.”
2008: No entry.
2007: Naturally, Mister Boogers heard us talking to them, and came up to be a jerk.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.