October 30, 2021 Day 114 Mitsy’s spaying has gone well and she is now recuperating at home in the cat room. She is resting quietly most of the time, but when she is awake, the cone is really in her way. That was to be expected. She is also quite restless, especially when we are … Read moreIt is done…
October 27, 2021 Day 111 Tomorrow is the day we say goodbye to the 2 remaining kittens, our adorable ‘twins’ Sipke and Stipke. We also bring Mitsy in for her spaying. So the future for all three cats will be very different after that change. Even at the best of times, I am not very … Read moreGoodbyes hurt… but I am still grateful!
October 23, 2021 This past week I have opened up the house to the feline family bit by bit. Mitsy stays in her cat room most of the time and when she does come out, she seems to have her eyes mostly on the kittens. She talks to them continuously and sometimes it turns into a meow; … Read moreThe inmates are running the asylum…
October 22, 2021 Our twins are up for adoption. At the latest they will leave our home next Thursday. Mom is getting spayed on that day and the twins will go with her to the vet to get their vaccinations updated and then they will be off to the Brant Hills Adoption Centre at the … Read moreAdoption flyers for the twins
October 18, 2021 After 2 weeks of business travels, ‘Daddy’ Wim is back in town. And this morning he observed the kitten’s father walk by on the sidewalk as well. So in fact, both Daddy’s are back. We were a bit apprehensive about the feline reactions to his absence. We have read in several books … Read more‘Daddy’ is back in town!
October 15, 2021 After the adventurous day yesterday, Stipke was not doing so well today. Mitsy has been weaning the twins for two weeks now and the last few days things got serious. She would allow the twins maybe a minute of nursing (if that), but then she either got up and left or chased … Read moreStipke goes to the vet…
October 13, 2021 Today William Shatner ‘Captain James Kirk’ was not the only one who went boldly where nobody has gone before… Stipke did the same thing and though it only happened on our landing, and not in Texas in a space rocket, to her it was like visiting a new world as well! So what … Read moreTo boldly go… Stipke outshines ‘Captain Kirk’…
October 12, 2021 I take most of the pictures on this website with my iPhone, which has the uncanny ability to do well in low light conditions. But sometimes the mood is right to use my real camera and that is what I did earlier this week. Here are some of my favourite visual ‘cat-stories’…. … Read moreKitten photoshoot!
October 12, 2021 I just heard that our second pair of kittens has been adopted right before the weekend, via the Oakville Place Adoption Centre, coordinated by Ninth Life Cat Rescue Ontario. What great news and how appropriate to hear about it on Canadian Thanksgiving! I am so grateful to all the volunteers who work … Read moreHappy Thanksgiving news!
October 10, 2021 Stipke, the smallest (female) kitten of the kindle (I have recently heard that this is actually the proper term for a group of kittens in a litter), has trouble being weaned. There are lots of books and information sheets out there about this phenomenon. Most will tell you not to worry about … Read moreWeaning and weighing