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Firstly: Pandora is adoption pending! She’ll be joining a home with a young calico. I’m not sure when she’ll be going home, maybe in the next week or so.
Secondly: In case you didn’t see it on social media yesterday…
Zephyr and Zeus have been adopted… and they’re now permanent residents named Smitty (Zeus) and Pete (Zephyr). Surprise!
The quick story is this: when we had Ash, Basil and Nigella (formerly Pierogi, Wonton and Tortellini) with us, they absolutely loved playing and hanging out with Magoo. And he loved it too – he loves his big brothers Charlie and Khal, but they don’t have the energy to GO GO GO the way Ash and Basil did. When they went to Tabatha’s and were adopted, Magoo clearly missed having kittens near his own age to play with.
I think Calliope’s kittens were 3 – 4 weeks old when we started seriously talking about adopting Zephyr/Pete. When we decided we were going to do it, I insisted that we adopt Zeus/Smitty as well. I think they were about 8 weeks old when I told Michelle we were going to adopt them.
Before they were even officially available, there was a TON of interest in Zephyr/Pete – which is why I posted them as adoption pending the instant they were 10 weeks old.
Regarding the names: as always, it’s perfectly fine if you don’t like their new names. We went through a million different names and they were thisclose to being either Marty and Doc or Wyatt and Doc, but Doc never fit Smitty/Zeus (never fit either of them) really, and I don’t remember how Fred came to mention “Smitty” in passing, but I immediately loved it and thought it fit Zeus perfectly. I’d been suggesting Sam or Pete for Zephyr; Fred didn’t like Sam, so Pete it is.
They’ll be hanging out with the fosters for the time being, and once the others head home, we’ll integrate them into the rest of the home. They’ve both spent plenty of time downstairs, playing with Magoo and getting to know Charlie and Khal, and I think my boys will all be the best of friends.
I’ll also refer to them as Pete/Zephyr and Smitty/Zeus for the next week or so. (“Why so many boys, Robyn?” you might be asking, and the answer to that: Charlie. He hates female cats older than about 4 months old; by the time Nigella/Tortellini went to Tabatha, I wasn’t comfortable leaving her around Charlie unsupervised.)
So that’s the news with THAT.
Good news all around!
Lastly: I won’t be getting new fosters for a while. I’m going out of town in early November, and promised Fred I wouldn’t take more fosters until I get back. This’ll give Smitty/Zeus and Pete/Zephyr time to settle in, too. So you won’t be seeing new fosters, but you’ll be seeing more than you usually do of the permanent residents, so hopefully that’ll tide y’all over!
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Sweet boys.
I am hoping that Pete/Zephyr’s tail ends up being as fabulous as Waffle’s!
Smitty/Zeus says “You talkin’ to me?”
Pete/Zephyr is a big fan of hanging out in the bathtub.
Smitty/Zeus’s whiskers are NUTS.
Calliope readies her slappin’ paw.
Daphne has some ham-mick time.
Pandora in the Adirondack chair. I love that they still hang out in the chair and on the bench even when I’m not trying to get them to pose for me.
Daphne says “This chair is surprisingly comfy!”
Calliope, talkin’ to birds.
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Charlie said “Did I NEED little brothers? I don’t think I did. But they seem okay.”
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/ Bluesky/Threads) yesterday.
Pandora says “Mama, jump! I’ll catch you!” (Nice try, Pandora)
All purpose Zephyr & Daphne!
YouTube link
Calliope’s got a toy! I’ve honestly never seen a cat carry one of those plastic balls around in their mouth. She’s a wonder, that girl.
🎉 Hooray, hooray, Zephyr & Zeus have been adopted! Their new names are Smitty (Zeus) and Pete (Zephyr)! They join a family with three older kitty brothers…. named Charlie, Khal, and Magoo. 🙂 (If that’s not clear enough, THEY ARE NOW PERMANENT RESIDENTS!) Welcome to the family, sweet boys. ❤️
Magoo hopes you saw the good news earlier that he has some new little minions – er, BROTHERS – but if not, please say hello to Pete (formerly Zephyr, left) and Smitty (formerly Zeus)! We expect many shenanigans in the future from this trio.
Good night innernets. (Pandora and her cute little shaved belly)
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Previously
2025: “You’re not gonna wake up my babies, are you?” No ma’am!
2024: No entry.
2023: “Shhh… They’ll never know I’m here!”
2022: Nacho on the Fancy Sofa.
2021: Christopher Chutney’s got a little attitude going on.
2020: “You gots to soften ’em up before you fold ’em, lady.”
2019: “Where’ve you been hiding THIS one? He’s a magnificent beast!”
2018: No entry.
2017: Yawning gives Hubble the Crazy Eyes.
2016: “Lady, must I come smack that camera out of your paws?”
2015: Today I have for you pictures of every single foster kitten in this house!
2014: Meet the Grocers!
2013: No entry.
2012: No entry.
2011: “::puff::puff::puff::gasp::pant:: Someone said there were COOKIES over here?!”
2010: The Many Moods of Martin.
2009: (I suspect they didn’t get the memo that there’s nothing cuter and LESS threatening than a hissing kitten.)
2008: My little peanut is sitting in a cage by herself!
2007: No entry.
2006: She’s so cute it hurts, she really is.
2005: Awww, it’s baby Sugarbutt and baby Tommy (and their brother and sister)!
Oh! I’d forgotten about how Zephyr and Zeus were adoption pending before they’d even been announced as adoptable. That struck me as so odd at the time!
Yay!!!! There were so many signs (Ima lookin’ at you, Fred!) but I would never dream of broaching that subject with y’all or any foster parent. But I love it! I look forward to several months of Perm shenanigans posts! Yay!!!!
Well, I didn’t see that coming, but Hooray! Magoo really seems to enjoy playing with kittens so I think adopting a few new companions sounds perfect! Welcome Pete and Smitty!
I must be in another planet half the time
I saw all the clues and never once thought about it!
I somehow didn’t think about you wanting a ginger never mind adding to your gang. Now, you’ve explained it makes perfect sense, Magoo deserves his own little gang.
Lots of games and shananigans to come.
Con-cat-ulations! I fell in love with these two boys almost immediately. I was sad when I heard they were adoption pending. (Like there’s a chance I’m going to adopt them…I pick out a pair in pretty much every litter I’d like to adopt, usually picking out names and everything. If I followed through on that I’d be swimmin’ in cats by now! =^..^=). But, its been a long time since I felt so strongly about two kittens as I do with these two. I’m so glad to hear that they are staying on. I’ll get to watch them grow and become the extremely handsome man cats I know they will be! Bonus: one is a tuxie! My favorite!
Congratulations to the entire Love and Hisses family!!! Such joy!!
I like their new names 🙂
Congratulations, so happy for you that you are adding to the “crew”!
What delightful, if very unexpected, news! You had said Zephyr and Zeus were being adopted locally – but I never imagined quite HOW locally! I’m so pleased for sweet Magoo that he is going to have wild kitteny playmates. Because he was so poorly when he first came to you, it was easy to forget that he was just a young kitty. But now that your loving care has restored him to health, he has the energy to enjoy young cat shenanigans. It’s wonderful how well he has gelled with Khal and Charlie, but a different side of his personality will get to blossom in escapades with Pete and Smitty. And hopefully he will help to keep them from getting into too much trouble with the grumpier Uncles! A wonderful arrangement all round. Congratulations! And it will be lovely having extra pics and videos of the Permies while you have your short break from fostering – personally, I can never have too much Magoo!
I totally missed the social media announcement, but congratulations! As a looooong-time reader, I’m happy to see the Permanent Resident population grow again and I’m happy that Magoo is going to have some playmates. I love Smitty’s little white chin — three of the four tuxies I’ve had had the black face/white chin combination.
Glad you’re taking a break . I’m sure you need it for a reset. Enjoy your trip. We ll miss you but we ll get over it.
Have fun!
Absolutely fantastic news on Pete/Zephyr and Smitty/Zeus!!! How exciting! SO very happy for you and Magoo and these two cuties!
*laughs* I did not see that coming for a second! Welcome home, kitteny boys! You are already so very loved. 😀
Squee, yay, Pandora! Someone’s going to have a houseful of double the calico amazingness shortly.
I did NOT see that coming — despite the bajillion clues, haha — but yay for Pete and Smitty (and yay for Magoo getting younger brothers to play with)!
(I did wonder if Pandora is getting adopted by the people who just got Cassandra — who is, after all, a young calico — but generally I’m oblivious to the hints you drop)
also I went back to the 8/24 post. “a family that has adopted former fosters” indeed!
Pandora is not being adopted by the people who adopted Cassandra – but that does seem like something I’d say if she were! 🙂
Amazing! So happy for you, Fred, Magoo and the whole family! I am looking forward to watching them grow up!
Funnily, (to me) the last thing I read before I saw the news yesterday was a post about Sugarbutt, Tommy and their brother Smitty. 🙂
Is this the first time you’ve adopted kitties you’ve had since birth?
It is the first time! I’ve always said that one day I wanted to adopt a kitten who was born in our house, and “one day” arrived. 🙂
Awwwww! Yay!
It is amazing after all these years and kittens that this is the first time permies are born in your house!! Finally!!!
So happy for Smitty and Pete and Magoo, they will be good ounger bruffers. Good for Khal and Charlie that they don’t have to be the playmates all the time.
YAY!! for the new Crooked Oak Boys’ Club!!!
Congratulations and LOVE the names! I can’t wait to see them grow up to be big boys!!!
Congrats to Pete and Smitty on landing in clover! I look forward to watching Pete’s floof developing!
Glad they get to stay together forever.
That was such a fun announcement on social media! Never saw it coming, I think because so many times well-meaning readers asked if you were going to adopt this or that one, but you weren’t (couldn’t, etc and explained it so very well)…yet! So happy for them and for you. And yes, there were hints but I sure missed them. Love love love this!
And now you have five. What fun.
I’m sure the others will be adopted and gone to their own homes soon.