Tanners Grand Introduction

I know you're thinking how many more introductions could there be?! Just a few more - I promise! We've gotten through most of my purrfect dozen crew. That being said - today is Tanner's grand entrance.

He is a brother to Peaches, Bear, Ash, and Hazel - all from the same litter. You may have noticed that I always say these kittens are less welcoming (they love attention, but hate fast movements and any noise!). Tanner is still pretty skittish, even around me - I simply move too fast for him and make way too much noise. When I manage to move slowly, he does come for pets and belly rubs. He has a mustache on his face, has a little more white on his belly, and is almost triple the size of Peaches and just slightly bigger than Roughy, who is 5+ years older. Otherwise, they look very similar!

Tanner sometimes gets a case of the zoomies when I'm not home and can run around like a horse. He must save all his zoomie energy for when Gene is the sole person at home. As shy and hidden as Tanner likes to be, he does warm up to guests. Recently he became buddy-buddy with Carlo - must have been a mutual liking, as Carlo has a soft spot for orange cats.

We are fortunate (maybe?) to have 3 orange cats. These orange cats could be a breed all on their own. I believe it. They have strong personalities. Since we have 3 of them, I noticed Tanner has the softest fur! His orange siblings - Roughy & Peaches - both have more coarse hair. I hope his stays so soft forever!

Til our tails cross again,

Mel

Peaches

Peaches is another one from the litter we took in from Mama Cat (the stray who roams our street). Peaches is an adorable orange and white cat - mostly orange with a little bit of white. He was the runt of this litter, who had a few extra vet appointments when I noticed he wasn't gaining weight or growing the same as his siblings. Everything checked out at the Vet so we just gave him some high calorie food to make sure he was getting enough Kcals. (Yep - thats the right word for cat calories!) He is still smaller than his boy siblings, but that's ok!

Peaches was one of the first cats to be named - he might be a little gender confused as he has a girls name, but truly is a boy. Good thing cats are pretty indifferent to what we call them. He hangs a lot with his brother Tanner (who seems to be like 3 times his size!) Peaches is full of love and very needy for attention, but can be reluctant to warm up to new people, or people that move fast and make to much noise. Peaches hangs a bunch with Gene - which is alright. He's more connected to this bunch of cats cause he's been home more since COVID. As you can see in the last picture, he can sleep soundly no matter how uncomfortable of a position he may be in! All that matters is he's feeling safe with his humans and cat siblings!

Introducing Ash!

She is a very skittish kitty, afraid of the smallest thing, and has a knack for finding the best hiding spaces (closets, basement, behind/under furniture and who knows where else!) We have finally Ash proofed the house so can't open the closets now (she figured out how to pull the sliders out and squeeze in through the small opening!) If you move extremely slow and are at her level she might let you pet her. When she deems you safe, she will cuddle up, but it takes a long time for that to happen.

She has learned from her sister Hazel that if I'm crocheting she can play with the yarn as I pull it. I don't want them doing that, but if it gets Ash out and feeling comfortable I'll let it go! She has been out and about more since we have put eyehook locks on the closet doors and keep the basement completely shut (her top hiding spot in the rafters in the basement). My cats think they are geniuses for figuring out how to push the sliding doors open.

Since she's so timid it's hard to say who she is best buds with at this time, but generally she can be found in close proximity to her sister Hazel. Her current human best bud is Gene, he's home all the time, generally only hangs out in one place and is a very slow mover. If he watches TV downstairs she will get on the couch and hang with him for a bit.

We are anxious to see her come out of her timid shell and really enjoy the spoiled life in our house with her feline siblings!