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!

Bear's Introduction

We have just a few more introductions (5 more!). Bear is one of the newest, he comes from a litter of 6. His brother Cuddles is the only one that got adopted out. Bear got his name because he is almost identical to Jasper whose nickname is Bear. At a glance they can easily be mistaken as the same cat. The only difference, Jasper is older and bigger. Bear is catching up in size and in no time will be a perfect size match.

Bear is a bit on the shy side - not a fan of quick movements of any kind. I tend to scare him off by always being in a rush and moving to fast/making to much noise. He is used to a quiet house during the day when it's just Gene at home. Apparently - I am a bit noisier than Gene is. Once Bear decides all is well he comes out for his share of attention and love.

He is still in the kitten phase of life so there's plenty of running around all hours of the day and night. He does like to be held on his back and get belly rubs - but naturally this is only after he feels safe with you. His favorite way to show his love to the other cats - walking up to them and slamming his body into them as close to their face as possible. His favorite cat to do this to: Rollie. She tolerates it for a while, but after a few times hisses and raises a paw to him. Not that it stops him from doing it one last time!

My girlfriend Rachael fell in love with Bear and now we joke she's getting ready to take him home. He chose her as his human early on and will take time to hang with her on the couch whenever she visits. She even pets him and gets on his level to give attention! (little does she know, he's a package deal and comes with at least one other cat!)

It's kinda sad, but he came in after Gene started to work from home permanently due to COVID. It's only sad, because Gene has the connection to the kittens that I usually have with the cats from being home all the time. But now, Gene spends more time at home and I spend less time at home.

Till our Tails cross again,

Mel