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New changes to the site: the links are blue now, to see them more easily. And there’s a “jump to sidebar” link at the top and bottom of each entry, on the same line as the “jump to comments” links. If you generally read this site on a desktop or large tablet where the sidebar shows up to the side of the post, then you don’t really need that link. If you’re on a mobile device where the sidebar gets shuffled to the bottom of the page, clicking on that link will take you straight to the sidebar so there’ll be no annoying scrolling. I’m still poking around in the design, but I am not really good at this sort of stuff, so except for a tweak here or there, this is likely the way it’ll stay (and I’ll hopefully get the sidebar finished and more banners added this weekend.)
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Line ’em up! From left: Janeway, Troi, Kes and Spock.
Kirk has a food-stache.
Janeway has a think.
And a snuggle with Kes.
Kes has a sleepy.
Kes checks out the black cat toy (from CatLadyBox, no longer available – or at least I can’t find it on their site.)
Kes under the bed, thinking Mama doesn’t know she’s there. Oh, Mama KNOWS.
Kirk discovered the hammock and finds it comfy.
As mentioned, the kittens prefer Uhura’s litter boxes to their own. The fact that I had little “steps” leading to the lower litter boxes and they’re climbing into the big ones with no problem at all cracks me up.
I got out the Croc bed for the kittens, and they thought it was cool.
Spock gave it the once-over and then wandered away while Troi got more serious about her inspecting.
I swear to you, I thought to myself “Wow, I’ve had that thing for 10 or 11 years through tons of kittens, and none have ever stuck their head through those holes at the bottom. They seem like they’d be big enough for a kitten head to fit through, but I guess not.”
LITERALLY 30 SECONDS LATER, TROI:
Yes, she was stuck. And what’s even better is that I was making a video when she did it, and the video ended VERY ABRUPTLY so I could see if she was stuck (YEP). I tried to get her head BACK through the hole with no luck, so yelled down to Fred that we had an emergency. He tried to get her head back through with no luck, and I ended up cutting her out of it.
SERIOUSLY, just when you think your foster room is kitten-proof, here comes a kitten to prove you WRONG. Bye-bye Croc bed. It was nice while it lasted!
(The video will be posting on social media today at some point, so will be here in the blog tomorrow.)
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Alice is all “Trying to watch the hummingbirds, lady. You go ‘way.”
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr) yesterday.
Like mother, like son. Uhura and Spock check out the mirrors.
It’s a Kirk-and-Mr.-Rattie pie! My favorite!
YouTube link
The kittens hang out under that bed sometimes, and Uhura doesn’t like it. She wants to be able to see them! I love her lecturing them (in the sweetest possible voice) “You kids come out from under there! Mama wants to keep an eye on you!”
Janeway takes a post-lunch bath.
YouTube link
Three minutes of the kittens playing. If you ever wondered, right around the 6 week age mark is when they turn into complete lunatics.
FINALLY Spock gave the canned food a try (he seemed to like it!)
Good night innernets. (From left: Kirk, Janeway, Spock, Kes & Troi.)
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Previously
2022: “Excuse you, lady, this milk bar is in business right now.”
2021: No entry.
2020: No entry.
2019: Beauregard has a sleepy.
2018: LEAPing Eliot.
2017: ::thlurrrp:: goes Hubble.
2016: “HALLO INNERNETS I SEE YOU,” says Juniper.
2015: “OhmyGAWD innernets, tell that weird lady to GIVE THAT PHONE TO ME. I gots a call to make!”
2014: And speaking of Corbie, check out these blinkity-blink Eyes of Lurve.
2013: Don’t you just want to squoosh ’em?
2012: So we leave the closet door open all the time (of COURSE), and now there’s always at least one kitten in the hamper.
2011: Bobby Brady update.
2010: No entry.
2009: With Lafayette getting his new eyelips, we now have more kittens with eyelips than without!
2008: Yoga kitteh is surprised that you’d interrupt her during such a crucial exercise.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
Thanks for the sidebar link! I have a large tablet (10″) so am baffled why I don’t get the sidebar on the side of the window.
Always good to have a coder in the house to tweak things like that. It could rub off on you. 😉
HA – any time I even think about trying to understand coding, my brain goes to white noise and any information that goes in goes right back out again.
Hahaha, well you thought about a kitten putting their head in the Croc’s holes, and Troi, the Betazoid empath, obviously felt that you needed her to do that!!
Bye bye Croc shoe – it was fun but better safe than sorry!!
Thank you for all your hard work and taking great pics of the kitties (after working hard to foster them)! The blue links are helpful thank you. I’ll get used to the date as I understand not wanting to mess with the 4,000 previous entries. Regarding the “jump to comments” link though, when I click on it, it first takes me to Monday’s comments when I am on the Tuesday page. Am I doing something wrong or is this how it is?
Oops, nope – I wasn’t paying attention and put the wrong date in the comments link. It should be fixed now!
Hi! I have a question about neutering timing. I know your kittens get neutered before they go their homes and do great. My friend has a 4 month kitten and the vets don’t want to spay until she’s 6 months old. That seems awfully late. Do you know why some vets want to wait? Thanks! Also, love the new layout!
That’s a good question, and I’m not sure why some vets will spay/neuter at 2 pounds and others want to wait until 6 months. I’m sure they have their reasons, I just don’t know what they are. Kittens can go into heat as early as 4 months (I actually had a kitten go into heat at 11 weeks old, which just blows me away), so I feel like waiting until 6 months old is playing with fire.
Mine was At almost 5 months. Then she was spayed right away. I got her almost 2 months old and she was not spayed prior.
I would’ve been freaking out over the Croc incident. So glad you stayed calm and handled it.
Sorry about the catastrophic Croc calamity. Maybe next time pull them through? They might just slip through without those collar bones.
FYI- thanks for restoring the “edit comments” with the new theme. Invariably I see some grammatical or punctuation error only *after* I press the post comment button.
OMGoodness, that video of the kittens playing, was hilarious. Wrestle Mania came to mind. Thanks so much for posting all the pics and videos. These babies are so adorable.