Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Litter 3, post 6!!

I took so long to make my next post that we've had a TON happen! So, first of all, Valencia is not a girl. Apparently it's really easy to misidentify a kitten's gender when they're young, and becomes easier to tell when they're about 2 months old. Valencia was renamed Valente by the rescue to reflect his actual gender! It makes sense, though, since he's a ginger kitty, and they're usually male.

We've also gained 2 more kittens, though one has already left us! Chili was fixed, and adopted immediately. She was one of the only fluffy kittens I've seen so far at the rescue, so that wasn't surprising. I'm glad such a sweet kitty got her home so quickly! We got a boy, named Krinkles, who just needed a home for a week til he could be fixed. He was a black and white kitten with tons of energy. Despite all his energy, he also loved to snuggle and be a lap kitten. He was also very photogenic, so I have several pictures of him from his week with us! He went to get fixed and back to the rescue last week so that he can be adopted out, and I think he shouldn't take too long due to how super sweet he is!

Right now, we have four kittens: Valente (formerly Valencia), Vienna, Vanity, and a some-what newcomer, Lovey. We got her as she really needed socializing with other kitties. We've had her a little more than a week, I think, and we first only had her a day before she needed to go back to the rescue for a day or so to recuperate from stress-induced tummy issues. When she came back, though, she was much better and has since grown to be very good friends with the V-kittens! She had several days of losing weight, which was very troubling, but has finally in the last three or so days begun eating properly and gaining again. Phew. She looks similar to Vanity, in that she's sort of tabby-ish, but has this really cool black tint to her fur from a second layer of fur that comes through a bit longer than the tabby coat that's all black. It's really neat looking! It doesn't show super well in pictures, but it's gorgeous in person. Hopefully you can see it a bit in the pictures anyway!

Okay, since this post is super late, I have a huge backlog of pictures to share. I'm sorry for the overwhelming number of pictures, but hopefully you'll love to look at the kittens as much as I do!!! As always, click for larger images (: PS: Bonus Christmas card!

Our Christmas card this year (:

Krinkles in the car after I picked him up.

Krinkles looking over his new playroom.

Valente hanging out by their big, crinkly Christmas hat toy. 

Valente posing with the tiny Santa hat we bought.

Vienna wondering what is going on to the side. Binx to the right!

Binx watching over as we put the hat on Vienna. 

More Santa hat poses.

Trying to get the best possible picture for the Christmas card!

Vienna looking dapper with her hat.

Cute Vanity!

Vanity tolerating the hat temporarily.

Vienna on her post!

Cute Krinkles!!! So photogenic.

New toys we got for the kittens. The popcorn-looking one has a little ball that makes nose, as well as crinkly paper wrapping.

Vienna loved the key lime pie slice!

Again!

Krinkles snuggling with James.

Krinkles with the big hat.

All the kittens surrounding James!

Lap cat Krinkles.

Vanity playing with the new toys!

More Krinkles snuggles.

Again!

Krinkles jumping for some string, while Chili looks on and Vanity sniffs at Chili.

Chili and Krinkles playing together.

Binx loves the kittens! 

Binx & Valente

Pass out Krinkles.

Lovey joins the bunch!

Vanity trying to meet Lovey.

Me and Krinkles snuggling! Kitten selfie!!

Our cat, Chii, looking over the new kitten, Lovey.

Lovey and one of the new toys. You can see her layer of black fur in this one!

Vanity on my shoulder, Lovey behind us.

Binx saying hi to Lovey, with Vanity still on my shoulder. 

Vanity, Vienna, and Krinkles.

Lovey being lovey.

Krinkles loved the crinkly hat toy!

More Krinkles playing.

Lovey and a mouse!

Krinkles and Lovey playing together. 

More Lovey & Krinkles play!

Kittens surrounding James again.

Lovey on the sofa.

Vanity being a "kitten loaf."

More Vanity-loaf.

Sleepy Vanity!

Vanity and Lovey.

Vanity and Vienna.

Vanity and Vienna again.

Cute sisters!!

Lovey playing with Valente.

Vanity selfie!

Vanity and Vienna playing together.

Vanity chewing on my pajama string.

Vanity escaped the "kitten zone" and hid in our Christmas tree!

Pretty kitten (: 

Vanity and Valente snuggling.