The "M" Kittens

As I mentioned in my previous post, we have been working with a rescue group that saves (or "pulls" as we call it) cats from the kill list.  About a month ago, one little 5-week-old tortie kitten was on the list.  I'm a sucker for torties.  As I read through her information, I found out she had 3 sisters who were also in the shelter, though not on the list (yet).  The ACC has a policy against adopting out kittens who are under 8 weeks old, only rescues can take them.  We decided to pull all 4 kittens.  They were eating on their own, which was our only real requirement, we didn't want bottle babies; that's another story!  All 4 girls had URIs (upper respiratory infection, basically a cold) and so were on antibiotics and eye ointment.  They recovered in about a week. 

This is Minnie.  She was the one who was actually on the kill list.  Hard to imagine anyone wanting to put her to sleep just for being too young for a home and having a cold.  Minnie's story is interesting.  The way the "kill list" works is that every night, a list of animals to be euthanized the next morning comes out on Facebook, and then people scramble to contact rescues or the shelter to foster or adopt them before they can be put to sleep.  A woman was in contact with my rescue group to adopt Minnie that night, but the process takes a little bit of time (checking references, etc).  So I had pulled all 4 kittens just to foster; a few days later, this woman got an email saying she was approved to adopt Minnie, and she was so confused because she thought someone took all 4.  Anyway, she was thrilled and finished up her adoption requirements, and patiently waited 3 whole weeks before I could deliver Minnie to her, which was last weekend.  She now lives with two older female kitties.

 

From left to right/bottom: Mellow, Mikki, and Mallory.  All three went to their new homes this past Saturday.  Mallory is SUCH a sweet kitten.  She loves people and she would just crawl right up to me and curl up.  She loves to be held and she's going to be an amazing companion.  She went home to a family with 2 young girls and 2 other female cats.  Mikki and Mellow went to a home together.  They are complete opposites, which is what makes them a good pair.  Mellow is exactly like her namesake - she is very calm and just goes with the flow.  Mikki is a typical kitten - full of energy, absolutely no fear, and TROUBLE!  The couple that took them hadn't owned cats for a very very long time, but I think having these two will be a good start for them.  Gotta start somewhere!

So now our total is down to 17 cats.  With 6 7-week-old kittens just about ready to be adopted, hopefully that number will keep going down!