8-3-22 Wednesday

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I got a ton of great suggestions on what to call the entire litter – so many that I couldn’t decide which to use! So I wrote them down, read them to Fred, and he chose (drumroll please)…

LOS GATOS HERMANOS.

Thank you to everyone who made suggestions – at least three people suggested Los Gatos Hermanos, so if you were one of those, please feel free to take your victory lap.


The family. That’s a yawn from Lalo there in the middle.


And a hiss from Saul.


Kim is just the PRETTIEST.


Little slackers.


She always looks so ticked off, but she’s constantly purring and kneading and asking for petting.


Kittens make excellent pillows.


I see eyeballs peeking through. They’re a week old today, they should start plinking at any moment.


Mama hugs.

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Newt’s keeping an eye out for the toad who lives in that flower bed.

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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr) yesterday.


Did you know we have new fosters? The foster room does not like to be empty! Say hello to seal point mama Kim Wexler, all-black girl Francesca, all-black boy Gustavo, tuxie Ignacio, meezer Lalo, and tuxie Saul. The kittens are 6 days old (born 7/27) and the family came from the local animal control. Mama is a little timid, but very friendly. The kittens are little lumps of cute who sleep all the time. We look forward to watching them grow!⁠


Weighing Saul. The kittens range from 7 oz (198.4 g) to 7.4 oz (209.7 g). Saul’s the heaviest, Lalo’s the lightest, and the other three – Ignacio, Francesca & Gustavo – weigh exactly the same (7.2 oz/ 204.1 g). No runts in this litter!


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Settling in, getting to know the sounds of the house. (The first bit is from about an hour after I got home with them. Fred thought we should just leave ’em alone for a couple of hours, but I wanted to get to know mama!)


They sure sleep a lot at this age. How do I always forget that?


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Mama Kim Wexler doesn’t look too worried about those hissing kittens. (The hissers in question are tuxie Saul and black girl Francesca.)⁠

(Yes, they’re hissing. It’s totally normal, it’s because they smell something unfamiliar (that would be me) and they generally stop shortly after their eyes open.)


Good night innernets. (Lalo)

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Previously
2021: Wait! Don’t go yet! You have to say hello to Hannah Hollandaise, the newest Dipper.
2020: I pulled this cave out of the cabinet to see what the kittens thought, and Winter approved completely.
2019: No entry.
2018: Millie’s all “ALWAYS SOMEBODY’S BUTT IN MY FACE!”
2017: Chip’s all “I’VE GOT IT!!!”
2016: Spruce is all “I sees what you’re doin’ there, lady.”
2015: This is what I did during the 2 1/2 weeks while I was gone:
2014: No entry.
2013: Brandon is NOT sharing his toy and you better BACK OFF (you can hear him growling)
2012: “YOU ARE A STRANGER TO ME. I AM CONSIDERING PUTTING ON MY STRANGER DANGER FLOOF.”
2011: But she IS working on her anger management…
2010: Poor long-suffering Moxie.
2009: No entry.
2008: No entry.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.

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