Cardsharks

 

Canasta – date of birth guesstimated July 10, 2019 – came to us on January 10, 2021. She was left at an apartment complex, where she had a litter of kittens back in the fall. She was rescued, her rescuers were told that she’s pregnant, and then she came to me.

Is she pregnant? I think so. Time will tell (at this moment I am predicting she’ll have kittens before February 1st.)

She is a SUPER friendly girl – always pleased to see me (or Fred) come into the room, comes over for love, snoopervises whatever I’m doing, and if I leave the room she’s like “Okay, whatever. ::shrug::” We’ve already brushed her (she’s not sure if she likes it), flea-treated her, and trimmed her claws (she was kneading so vigorously her claws were getting stuck in the blanket she was standing on), and she’s been fine with all of it. It’s hard to get pictures of her, though, because she wants to be all up IN your face getting love. I can handle that.

As mentioned, this will not be her first litter. But it’ll be her last!

Note: Canasta is the name of a card game. Her kittens will be named after card games. The litter will be called The Cardsharks.

On February 26, 2021, a staggering FORTY-SEVEN DAYS after she came to us, Canasta finally had her kittens – 6 of them, 2 boys (Slapjack and Pinochle) and 4 girls (Uno, Whist, Rummy and Fizzbin.) You can read her birth story here.






You can read about Canasta beginning here. There are links at the top and bottom of each entry; click on the one on the right to take you to the next entry.

You can see all the pictures taken of Canasta (and her eventual kittens) here at Flickr, or scroll through them below.

On May 17, 2021, Canasta was ADOPTED! She is going to be a Seattle girl and joins older kitty sister Olivia. They have an Instagram page here.

On May 28, 2021, Fizzbin was ADOPTED! She is here in the local Huntsville, Alabama area and joins a young kitty, Cotton Tail, who already adores her, along with another older kitty, and three human sisters. (She is much loved.)

On June 4, 2021, Pinochle, Whist and Uno were all adopted TOGETHER! They have moved to West Virginia, where they join two human brothers. They have a Facebook page right here!

On June 6, 2021, Slapjack and Rummy were adopted TOGETHER! They have moved to Phoenix, Arizona where they join a home that includes two older kitty brothers. They have a Facebook page here, and an Instagram here!

The Cardsharks

CanastaUnoSlapjackPinochleWhistRummyFizzbin
2021-01-118 lb 2 oz------
2021-01-259 lb 6 oz------
2021-02-2612 lb 10 oz------
2021-02-27 - 1 day old10 lb 11 oz4.1 oz4.8 oz4.4 oz4.3 oz4.1 oz4.8 oz
2021-03-05 - 1 week old9 lb 15 oz7.2 oz8.3 oz7.6 oz7.3 oz6.8 oz8.5 oz
2021-03-12 - 2 weeks old9 lb 7 oz10.3 oz11.9 oz10.6 oz11 oz10.2 oz12.3 oz
2021-03-19 - 3 weeks old9 lb 3 oz13.9 oz15.1 oz14.1 oz14.3 oz13.5 oz1 lb 0.1 oz
2021-03-26 - 4 weeks old8 lb 12 oz1 lb 0.9 oz1 lb 3.1 oz1 lb 1.4 oz1 lb 2.8 oz1 lb 1.5 oz1 lb 3.9 oz
2021-04-02 - 5 weeks old8 lb 5 oz1 lb 4.2 oz1 lb 6.7 oz1 lb 4.5 oz1 lb 6 oz1 lb 4.7 oz1 lb 8.8 oz
2021-04-09 - 6 weeks old8 lb 10 oz1 lb 9 oz1 lb 12.5 oz1 lb 9.5 oz1 lb 10.5 oz1 lb 9 oz1 lb 14 oz
2021-04-16 - 7 weeks old--1 lb 12 oz2 lb 1 oz1 lb 14 oz1 lb 15 oz1 lb 13 oz2 lb 3 oz
2021-04-23 - 8 weeks old7 lb 14 oz1 lb 15 oz2 lb 5 oz2 lb 1 oz2 lb 3 oz2 lb 1 oz2 lb 7 oz
2021-04-30 9 weeks old8 lb 1 oz2 lb 4 oz2 lb 12 oz2 lb 8 oz2 lb 8 oz2 lb 5 oz2 lb 10 oz
2021-05-07 10 weeks old---2 lb 8 oz3 lb 1 oz2 lb 14 oz2 lb 10 oz2 lb 8 oz2 lb 15 oz
2021-05-14 11 weeks old8 lb 6 oz2 lb 13 oz3 lb 6 oz3 lb 3 oz3 lb 1 oz2 lb 14 oz3 lb 4 oz
2021-05-21 12 weeks---3 lb3 lb 10 oz3 lb 6 oz3 lb 2 oz3 lb 1 oz3 lb 7 oz