Little bits of Orange Fluff

Meet Hayes and Ryjet. Aren't they adorable? 

Just a reminder that our cats/kittens live with our foster volunteers, in loving homes with lots of attention. Clearly they love their foster momma. We raise our kittens right!

Squee!

We've got an official account on the Cheezburger family of websites, and if you also do, you can friend us to make sure you never miss a kitten picture or one of our adorable cats starring in a volunteer made LOL. You can even make your own LOLs out of our pictures

http://profile.cheezburger.com/AlleyCatsandAngelsofNC/

Here's our very own teeny tiny Tortellini with her first jingly ball toy.

Ooh, here's an idea! Why don't you go vote for the adorableness so maybe our super cute kitties will get on the Daily Squee homepage to be shared with millions of people?

Johnny when he's not shy

Johnny is a super sweet Tuxedo kitty with a unique widow's peak. He's a little reserved until he gets to know you and then he's all snuggly, chatty, and playful

Meet Bunny

Bunny goes in for spay soon and is expected to be available for adoption shortly after. Here she is, defending the bed from the blanket monster.

She's also a fan of her empty bowl

Arthur Videos

You can't get Arthur down. He just loves to play.

Arthur, playing and then at emergency vet

Here's sweet, teeny tiny Arthur playing with a catnip knot. Catnip knots aren't very big and he's barely bigger than the toy!  

Less than an hour after the video, Arthur decided to jump off his kitty play condo (which isn't very high) and do a face plant onto the floor.  He started gushing blood and his lip looks torn.  He's is currently at the Veterinary Specialty Hospital in Raleigh (http://www.vshcarolinas.com/).  He'll be staying over night so he can be closely monitored.  His lip tore more and the wire that was through the skin and soft tissue into the bone looks displaced.  He'll get a surgical consult in the morning.  Arthur is already so underweight that any impairment to his ability to eat could be devastating. Yes, that does mean more medical expenses.  

Key Lime Pie kitten at play

Have you seen the adorable Key Lime Pie?

Meet Coco

Coco wondered into someone's house through a pet door the wee hours of Tuesday night / Wednesday morning. She's only about seven weeks old and saved herself -- so we think that she has a high kitty IQ.

She looks black in the picture but she has some burgandy/auburn on her head and ears - almost a tortie. We'll be watching closely to see if the colors fade or if they stay.

Coca is shy and still somewhat wary of us big ol' humans (wouldn't you be - it's like a 6-month old baby looking up at Godzilla). She hisses and spits as you reach in to get her but gently burrito her in a towel to love her and she slowly relaxes.

We gave her a bath Wednesday evening because she was a stinky little girl and she smelled all nice and fresh. But when she gets a little scared, she hides in her itty bitty litter box (after all, she's an itty bitty girl), so it's only been two days and she doesn't smell quite so fresh anymore. But who can resist a baby, even one that's a little stinky?;-)

She didn't think much of the bath, the dewormer medicine or her first vaccine. But she likes having a food dish full of nutritious food. She's eating Science Diet Kitten mixed with some L-Lysine to boost her immune system. We tried telling her it's crunchy milk but she doesn't believe us. At first I thought the food might be too big for her but it was too late that night to get something smaller for her so I was going to crush it some, but she eats it just fine. Giving her a little bit of canned food also, but only a little because this baby girl is a little gas-bag. So not too much canned food because we don't want to upset her tum-tum, but do want to put a little bit of weight on her. She was wormy so that's probably why she's gassy, plus she's getting used to a new food. It should get better in a few days.

She'll adapt nicely and will probably be quite a lovebug by the time she's old enough for adoption, I'm sure. She's sitting very loosely wrapped in a towel on my lap right now with that motor going. She has nice loud purr for such a little girl.

Little Miss Coco did not want to sit still for pictures.

501c3 status

We received our official letter of determination from the IRS today stating that we have obtained 501c3 status. This means all donations made to Alley Cats and Angels are tax deductible.

Persephone finally goes to her new home

Sweet and rambunctious Persephone finally went to her new home Friday. She is such a little pill, so full of lots and lots of energy. I wish I could bottle some of that energy and store it for a rainy day because I sure could use some of her excess energy.