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Say hello to the new fosters! They are about 3 1/2 months old, there’s no mama with them – and we’re not entirely sure who’s related to who, but they are definitely NOT all related to each other.
Please note: they’re in somewhat rough shape, their eyes are goopy and they’re a bit timid (but have only been here since late yesterday morning, so are still settling in.)
Cheeze-It. Medium hair orange tabby boy.
Ritz. Medium hair orange tabby girl.
Colby. Short hair brown tabby boy.
Triscuit. Short hair brown tabby girl.
Gouda. Short hair white and orange boy.
Parmesan. Short hair white girl with heterochromia (one blue eye, one gold eye).
Brie. Medium hair brown tabby and white girl. (If you can’t tell from this picture, she’s the most scared of the bunch and has been in hiding since I got her home.)
Collectively they’ll be known as the Snackies. (Not really a charcuterie board since we’re missing a Pickle, Olive and Salami!)
We are very early in fostering this litter, so I can’t tell you much about their personalities except to say that there’s been a lot of hiding interspersed with crazypantsing when I’m not in the room. Gouda LOVES a feather teaser, Parmesan has been seen working on her parkour skills, and Ritz is going for the supermodel title. Colby’s eyes look really rough, but they look miles better than they did when Laurie (the foster mom who had them temporarily ’til I was back from vacation and could take them) got them. Except for Brie, they’re all a bit snuffly and on meds.
They were rescued from an apartment building somewhere here in the Athens (Alabama) area. I don’t know for certain who’s related to who, but if we go by looks, I’d guess that siblings are: Ritz and Cheeze-It, Colby and Triscuit, Gouda and Parmesan, and Brie’s a lonely only. Their weights are all over the place – Ritz is tiny at 3.75 pounds/1.70 KG, Gouda is the largest by far at 7.31 pounds/3.32 KG, and the others are at points in between. (I’ll get a weight chart up at some point. I’ll also put together a cheat sheet for y’all once I get better pictures of them.)
Parmesan checks out the lay of the land.
Ritz in the llama.
Parmesan on the little cat tree, Gouda coming out of the tunnel, and Colby and Triscuit at either end of the tunnel.
Parmesan atop the donut and Triscuit inside it.
Colby’s havin’ a think.
They’ve all been spayed/neutered, but aren’t ready for adoption yet due to the upper respiratory and eye stuff going on. Maybe another couple of weeks? We’ll see. I’ll let y’all know.
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A Pete in a box with a spiral tunnel… with Smitty watching.
Pete in the sunshine. That boy GLOWS.
Pete and Smitty snuggled up and waiting for it to be Churu time.
Office Assistant Smitty is pretty sure he needs a raise.
Pete and Smitty are pretty uninterested in the foster room so far. They are a little curious to know why we keep going in and coming out, but they’re not trying to get in there. Will that change? Possibly! I guess we’ll see.
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Khal says “Whattaya MEAN we have new fosters? I thought we were done with that nonsense!”
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/ Bluesky/Threads) yesterday.
These goobers. Though I couldn’t get them to pose properly for a good picture, I assure you that Pete and Smitty are very happy to have me home. Smitty, especially, has been asking for a lot of love and attention, which I’m more than happy to provide!
Happy Toesday from Pete and his perfectly pink beans.
🎉 Former fosters Stardust (left) and Phoenix (2017) are all “Look how good we are, mom! We can touch without it turning into a fight!” 🙂 (In the background, Amber (or possibly Truman) is all “Leave me outta this.”) (Thanks, Deb!)
District Manager Charlie showed up, fired everyone, and said “I’ll run this ding dang taco truck myself!”
Good night innernets. (Pete and Smitty)
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Previously
2025: Um, Tidy Cat I think we have your next spokesmodel.
2024: I think these guys might like Churu. Ya think?
2023: No entry.
2022: 4 kittens, 2 yawns.
2021: Charlie’s like “Sigh. Why do I keep coming in here?”
2020: “That’s not how that goes, Mister. You’re doing it WRONG.”
2019: Gabrielle giving Beauregard the ol’ chomperoo.
2018: “You was late to nap time, lady. We had to start without you!”
2017: No entry.
2016: “Lady, we gots to talk. Has anyone ever told you that you’re weird?”
2015: Dust bath for Maxi.
2014: Tuesday Toeses and Noses.
2013: “Wahhhhhh! I’m da BAYbee!”
2012: No entry.
2011: “Am sleepin, lady. You go ‘way.”
2010: Snoozin’ brudders.
2009: A lap full o’ Wonkas.
2008: I’ve been thinking that Delmar looks a lot like a little fox.
2007: “What the -?”
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
Talk about jumping right back in feet first!
What a cute group! But we may need to see collars along with that cheat sheet! (Have you put collars on older fosters before?) Hopefully the snuffles and goopy eyes will resolve fast. And they are the perfect age for Fred! We know he likes to interact with older kittens more than the bitty babies.