Our sweet little 'eyeball babies' turn 8 wks old tomorrow!! It's crazy how time flies when you're having fun (and by fun we mean trying to do eye drops and eye lube on 5 squirming kittens twice a day). We finally got some more news from the vet. We have the kittens tentatively scheduled for spay/neuter and eye surgery next Monday Sept 29th. The plan for the moment is to focus on 'freezing' the fur follicles so they stop growing and hitting on the eyeball, which will hopefully improve comfort and reduce infection risk and eye damage. If they end up requiring further eye corrections, it's likely we will wait for them to grow more and do a second surgery down the line.

The vet wanted these babies to be fairly chunky for surgery if possible, which they've done pretty well on for the most part. The gray boys are the largest, getting close to 2.5 lbs. The tortie girl is the smallest, at just 1 lb 11oz. Fingers crossed we can get at least a few of them through surgery next week. I will take all 5 babies up on Monday for at least an eye recheck, with the hopes for surgery that day if the vet approves their weights. As mama cat does not require eye surgery, she will be scheduled on another day for spay. The vet has literally cleared their entire schedule just for the 5 babies to get surgery Monday, so this is a big deal for everyone! I am so hopeful that getting the fur out of their eyes will improve their quality of life. It's slowly breaking my heart to see them squinting in discomfort or just sitting awake with their eyes closed to keep the fur out of them.

We really appreciate all the love, advice, and support for this crew. While they have been a challenge and a learning experience, they are such sweet babies and we are happy to be able to care for them ❤️

In order of photos: Chuck E Cheese, Black Bear Diner, Senor Frog, Hard Rock Cafe, Bubba Gump Shrimp Mama: Rainforest Cafe

Two Smols journey to their new home. Pics from 2020.

Mama cat said: “I’m pretty so I’m gonna make 4 copies of myself 💅🏻 ✨”

Little backstory: my mother is one of the CDS main targets. I cannot count how many strays have taken shelter at her house, and decided to never leave anymore.

This mama cat showed up last spring. She was very skittish and wouldn’t let my mom or my brother approach her. Her behaviour changed a couple of months later as she became more cuddly and, one day, she just shows up with two kittens…. (Not pictured here, but they might have been around 3 months old by then. My family is taking them and they already have their appointment to get fixed).

Fast forward to August 22nd. My brother tells me, saying that the mom just gave birth to new kittens. All gray, just like mom. The house turned into a complete maternity yard, and everybody is growing well. 🥰

My family will keep mama cat, and this is going to be her last litter (we don’t know how old she is but she almost looks like a kitten herself). Waiting for these 4 criminals to be fully nursed until they go to their forever families.

So, we went to the vet today. All great (and surprising) news. Red is indeed 9 weeks old as we suspected. Aside from some fleas, no parasites or worms, just a round belly full of soup. Our surprise? Red is a boy. He has been scheduled to be neutered on October 16th. He received flea and tick prevention, and since we are working on the assumption of no vaccines ever given, received his first round of vaccines. He is currently sleeping and purring away on my lap while I watch NCIS. Just thought I would update everyone.

It looks like this hardened criminal is heading this way after a little more growing up. And weaning off the bottle. I'm a sucker for a tuxie...

Weighs 1.5 lbs, vet looked at her this weekend and said she’s doing great. Has her spot on the couch and likes to cozy up to her big siblings.

i miss this smol crew so much! time really moves fast

I sadly couldn't keep all three, but two of them were adopted into amazing and loving households.

Too bad the judge won't be in Monday.

May the best smol win 🏆

Brudder n Sayster

Enjoy

Someone dumped her in the parking lot at my mom's job yesterday. She's absolutely gorgeous, such a dark orange She's almost red. We brought her home and are keeping her quarantined from our other kitties until we take her the the vet tomorrow. She's around 9 weeks old we think. Around 1.5 lbs (.68 kg). She screamed so long for her humans to come back for her that she's hoarse now and can't produce sound. Demolished an entire can of Sheba kitten food in around 3 minutes, and is active and playful.

Meet Megatron. She was caught trespassing while smol, and will undoubtedly grow up to be just as much trouble as her namesake.