12 Kitties of Christmas - Day 5

....four piles of barf
...3 ferocious felines
..2am howling
and a not so lively mousey

Caught this one first...
Technically a lady cornered her and I grabbed her...
She bit me..
She has since changed her evil ways.

Mina is the leader - The brave one
She is in charge and lets everyone know it by being a bully..
I guess she kept some of her evil ways...
When she isn't jumping on her siblings heads, or taking a nap.. she likes to play!
There is no favorite toy yet.
Out of the 5 she has the most serious eyes.

Seconds kitty caught.
She has the sweetest round face and kind eyes.
This little one was the first to accept me.
She is a purr bucket.
I believe she taught the others that I was not horrible.
I thank her for that.
She is a little ham.

Tiny little black kitten.
So sweet.
She was initially rather chicken, but she came around.
Once she decided I was useful.. I became her best friend.
She loves to be near me and be petted.
I suspect a lap kitty.

Her nick name is 'nugget' I call the shy ones Chicken Nuggets.

I am not sure of her personality yet..

She seems rather inquisitive.. Stares at me from a distance.

I make her sit with me.. Today when I let her go she took a few steps away then turned back.. Sniffed my hand then left without bolting. Baby steps...

She seems smart and sweet.

Less of a nugget than Haiden, but still shy.

I get her and Salem mixed up.. But after holding the kitty for 3 seconds and it starts to purr - I know it's Salem.

Phantom was the unknown kitty. 

I knew I had seen two black kittens, but nobody else had, 

It wasn't until she was meowing on top of the live trap ( Haiden was in it) that I knew for sure.

I am still learning her personality.

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They are all hilarious to watch.
A kitten has a unique way of making everything look cute. 

Once they are old enough, they will get their first set of shots. 

They will also get their check up at that time. 

First trip to the vet.. always fun.

The really fun time starts when I let them venture out of my room. 

There is a cuteness overload. 

It amazes me how good my cats are with the little ones. 

At first they put on an act... hissing... a swat here and there..

Cubby and Sebby are the main offenders. 

Willow is a surrogate mother to all the foster babies. 

She is a great girl. Never a mother herself... but she gets to use her motherly instincts to help these guys out. 

Sebby will pretend to dislike the kittens at first... but I catch him snuggling with them from time to time...

I wonder who will bond with each cat ?

The needy ones seem to be attracted to Sebby.

The independent ones hang out with Willow, the immature ones with Onyx... The wilder ones with Molly. 

Cubby could care less about other cats. He does not need the headache ... He has his routines and he sticks with them.

I look forward to the next steps..I also look forward to sharing them.

What's in a name?

Human
Gotham
Sebby
Augusta
Willow
Kenya
Saber
Bronson
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You are running out of colours.
I know!
You should add more.
How?
How would I know?
Well I don't know either!

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You guys need a name.

We do have names, Grandma is Kenya, Momma is Augusta, he's Bronson, he's Saber, and I am Gotham. 

I know that, I am the one who named you all. 

Oh, then why are you saying we need a name?

When there is a group of cats, I like to give a group name. It helps us remember where you came from. Also, when you are adopted they may change your name.

They can do that? 
Do we get a say?

Uh, no.. you can't talk.

Rats!

Why, did you have another name in mind for yourself?

Jackie Chan!


I have seen your moves. They need work.

Rude! I'm only a kitten and I have been practicing.
Check out my back flip!

Hey, not bad! you didn't fall on your butt this time.

You just wait, I will be Jackie Chan in no time!


You can do it baby!

Thanks mom.


Okay, group names. Throw out some ideas!


Party of Five!

Who's that?

That would be Sebby, he is on the other side of the door apparently wanting to be part of the conversation. 


That's a stupid name! 


Now who's that?

Willow.

Are they always this nosy?

Yes.

So party of five?

I would prefer not to be named after some cheesy old TV show.

Okay.


Cinco De Gatos!

Wow, that is very clever Augusta!

What does that mean?

Five Cats.

I like it, lets add it to the 'maybe list'



The Hellion Crew!

Hahah, biker kitties?
That makes you all sound mean and evil.

Ya, you can't use that.. it's awesome, but the humans are easily swayed.

Sebby speaks the truth.

I love it though.


Where did we come from?

The lane way behind the houses on Lincoln St.


Anything special about that area?

There use to be. When my Grandmother was young, she worked at this place called Plymouth Cordage. 
That company actually built all of those houses along that lane way for it's employees. 

Really? I betcha they would be pissed at the state some of them are in now!

I would agree. 

What did they make ?

Who?

Plymouth Cordage.

Oh, rope. 

The Plymouth Cordage Company

This is actually rather interesting. 
Plymouth Cordage basically put Welland on the map!

The idea of building housing for it's workers was their idea!

Smart, clever, caring, and industrious !

I think we have a winner!

What?

The Cordage Crew!.

I actually like it. 

Me too. 

I vote yes!.

I think my Grandmother would approve.

'The Cordage Crew'

 

The age in question.

                                                                                                                       

Human                                                                                                                       Diamond

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How old is that cat? 

In our rescue we get asked a lot..

Our answer..

I have no idea. 

We get many cats who have been abandoned or dropped off in some random neighbourhood. So when they were born is a mystery. 

We leave that answer for the Vets to explain. 
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This is Diamond. She refuses to tell us her age. 

A girl never reveals her age!

Not even a hint? 

Okay, between 2 and 9

That is unhelpful. 

Oh, you wanted a helpful hint?

Sorry I can not. 

Why?

I'm a cat. We can't talk, nor do we keep track of our birthdays. That's a human thing. 

Oh. 

I saw the vet lady, what did she say?

Well there is a bit of confusion. You are either 1 and a 1/2, between 3 & 5 or 9. 

Who said between 3&5?

Dr Z.

I like her, she seems very smart. 

Who ever said 9 is just mean.

Okay, so 4? 

Yes, I will accept that. 

Well at least that's figured out. 

Now, where are you from and how many litters have you had? 

The answer to both is ... Cat. 

Huh? 

I'm a cat, we went over this already. 

It was actually a rhetorical question. 

Can we move on now? 

Sure. To what? 

Well I have a few questions. 

Shoot. 

What? No! 

It means go ahead and ask. 

Oh, humans have such a weird way of talking. Anyways...

When am I a senior ? 

7

Do I get a seniors discount ? 

Yes, as soon as you start paying for things. 

Touché. 

When will Echo stop trying to feed off of me? 

When she gets adopted. 

What if we get adopted together? 

That would be awesome.. But ya she may do that for many more months. 

Fabulous.. 

Anything else? 

Yea, why do you keep putting stuff in my eye? 

Does your eye hurt? 

Yeah. 

That's why. 

Oh. 


An update- Diamonds eye is much better
                     She has been adopted and going to her new home in a few days!
                     Echo was adopted with her!

  Wonder how old your feline is? Click here for a bit of guidance. It's best to ask your vet though.. they have skills.

What do cats think?

I have no idea.
I would like to know, but in the meantime I enjoy pretending that I do.
No I do not actually think I can speak 'cat' It's just an amusing thing to reply when people ask a cat a question.
We tend to speak to our pets like they actually have the slightest idea what we are saying.. why we are saying it or what we are saying it for. After all how dare we assume to know what these superior beasts are thinking!..At least that is what I think a cat would think...

My cat Sebastian, if he were to be explained in human terms would be that guy you love to hang out with because he is cool... but don't get on his bad side because he will punch..or in his case bite and scratch you just because he feels like it.

I will probably speak of him a lot. I have other cats, and I am constantly fostering kittens but Sebby is my bad boy.. my sweet little jerk.

Getting back on topic.. If tomorrow there were a machine that translated cats thoughts into words what do I think would be some of their comments?

Cat - "Seriously? that's what you are spending your time on? getting into my head? Dumbass."

         "So you went out eh, what? not enough time to go get me something? maybe a box? a toy? a damn straw!. Do I mean nothing to you???"

         "I saw you out the window. You were speaking with a person. Who is that person, does that person have a box? Maybe a dog? If he has a dog then forget it.. he must be stupid."

         "Thanks for leaving the TV on for me. Next time could you put it on the Aquarium channel? Yesterday I got stuck watching some stupid kardashihoneybooboo bullshit. I have a brain you know. I could call PETA.. it was cruel and unusual punishment."

          "I broke my box. I demand a new one. And a new mousey.. the last one vanished."

          "I know you have seen the state of my food bowl! I saw you go in the kitchen to feed your own face. Feed me, now. Feed me now!!!!"

           "Who is he? I can smell another cat on you! I demand attention right now, no you may not take off your shoes! no you ...STOP MOVING I NEED TO RECLAIM YOU AS MINE! I shall do so by rubbing up against you like this. Don't fight it or I will bite you like this!. I warned you. Never leave me again.. accept now, I am done with you..go in the other room."

          "Human, hey human...HUMAN!!!! ...hi, pet me."

          "OMG omgomgomgomgomg the red dot is back!!!!! its back!! look its back!! im so gonna catch it this time! friggen thing. Who does it think it is running away from me like that..well I guess its scared! I am all mighty and powerful and would destroy him..it...er whateverthefuck it is. Fuck, it's gone. Until we meet again evil red dot..."

          "What are you looking at? stop it. STTOOOPPP IT! asshat."

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I tend to think they would bitch a lot.. seeing as they are a slightly snotty creature. Vulgarity would be rampant in their communications.
Speaking to humans would only be done as a means to get what they want. Sure there are a handful of loving sweet cats who may care what we think. On whole though I think that once a cat is an adult it starts to see the humans as the pets.


Since this is my first post I will apologize for the grammatical errors ...lack of proper punctuation ..and improper use of .....

I will still continue to type this way, I will just no longer apologize for it. :)

Adding pictures,gadgets, links and other blog type stuff...when I figure out how...
Consider this a dilapidated & dysfunctional work in progress.

Until next time...meow.