More kittens

These guys were taken in last Sunday -- they are about 6 weeks old.  They came from someone We agreed to take them in several weeks ago with the caveat that mama be spayed and we were sponsoring the spay last week but instead mama had to be euthanized because of cancer.   There are two short (well not quite short, but not quite medium either) haired kittens (one gray and one black) and two long-haired kittens (one gray and one black).  They are simply adorable - although they did not all want to pose for pictures.

Finally some pictures of new kittens

Mama and her babies.  Ok, well mama and her three babies and some surrogates.  She's a good mama cat.  Her three are the dark gray/black tabbies.  The calico (hidden) came from one of the trailerparks we're TNRing at and was so very little, she's now thriving.  And mama took on two new charges last night - more about them in another post.  I think all of these kittens are around 2.5 weeks old.

2 of our newest kittens

Litter 2 from last week - yet to be named.  They have settled into their foster home.  These guys were born into a feral colony, as are most of the kittens we take in. 

We'll have pictures of litters 1, 3, and 4 (that would be 1, 3, and 4 from last week alone) up soon. 

• Litter 1 is a group of four bottle feeders (including one manx) currently at a new foster home.  New to us that is, the foster parents have many years experience fostering and bottle feeding kittens.  We could get a picture but right now they just look like a blob of gray cuddled up together. 
• Litter 3 is a group of five (only four have been trapped/caught so far, working on getting the last one) kittens about 6 weeks old.  Very scared of humans but we'll have them purring and asking for attention in no time.  They are a little too scared to get pictures of right now
• Litter 4 consists of two gray kittens and two black kittens -- one medium haired and one long haired of each.  Two of each are super friendly and the other two are friendly but a little shy.  Pictures to come very soon.

Apex Peak Fest

We had a good time at Apex Peak Fest.  Ok, so I didn't get to participate except in preparing things for it the night before and helping set up because we had two other events (adoption events) that day, but Princess Marie, Karen, and Jennifer got to enjoy a beautiful day.   We sold quite a few catnip toys and purr pad cat mats and collected donations, but more importantly, we raised awareness for Alley Cats and Angels and our programs.  We handed out our new rack cards with info about our rescue, information on local low-cost spay/neuter programs, fostering and volunteering, and TNR/feral colony management information. 

We have several foster homes that live near downtown Apex, so we did have a few kittens in a cage (rotated kittens throughout the day so they didn't get hot or tired) so children get exposed to cats and pet the cats (we were not doing adoptions).  In one of the pictures below, there's a young boy kneeling on the table in front of the kitten cage interacting with the kittens.

Adoptions

The Second Chance for Love National Adoption Event weekend was a success.  Lord Byron and Orion were adopted this weekend.  Lord Byron is extremely outgoing and it was hard to immediately fall in love with him once you met him.

But score one for the shy cats as Orion was very shy and didn't necessarily make the best first impression.  He would hiss as you approached him but would settle down and purr if you petted or brushed him.  Taken in from a feral colony when he was almost 12-weeks old, he was very scared of humans when rescued but made great strides in his foster home over the past few months. 

But of course we've managed to take in more than we adopted out again.  We'll get pictures of them up soon.