Cuteness Alert! Pictures of the 10 foster kittens - very photo heavy!

[Freedom]

Hailey has lovely green eyes! What a great group.

HOW did you place NINE kittens in 2 days? Do you require that they keep the cat indoors? That they not declaw the cat? Where do you find all these people? My goodness, you barely got them named and sorted out (there are a few who look quite similar) and they were off to their new homes!

Yup, didn't realize how big Maxie was getting until seeing him in these photos.

Where is Cheddar? Or did I miss something?

You (and your finace) are special people to be doing this. Wonderful!

[LuckyNumber7]

sirrahbed, I'm glad you liked them, thanks! Our dogs like basically any animal that we bring through the door, it's nice, they're pretty neutral about everything, we trained them to be gentle, and they really are.

Freedom, I really like Hailey's eyes too I was really amazed at how fast the kitties were placed as well. I had pictures of them before they got up here, so I emailed people who I had previously adopted dogs to, and asked them to spread the word. Then, I listed them on craigslist, and screened potential adopters thoroughly - made sure people who owned their homes actually DID own them, and made sure renters had permission for cats. I did vet checks, reference checks, and they really did all go to awesome homes! They either went in pairs, or to a home that had other animals for them to play with (cats, or dog friendly cats). I checked with the vet references they provided to make sure their animals were never declawed, were spayed/neutered, and up to date on vaccines and such. And, I made everyone sign a contract saying the cat would be an indoor pet, be spayed/neutered when age appropriate, and would bring them back to ME if for some reason a placement did not work out.

Cheddar got sick the DAY before the transport, and couldn't come He had diarrhea, but is now feeling much better. There is supposed to be a transport leaving Tennessee on Wednesday and getting here on Friday, which he will be on if it actually happens. God, I hope so. I want him here already!

Isn't it crazy how similar some of them looked Gavin and Max especially. Gavin had more of a white chest than Max, but it was hard to tell them apart unless held up next to each other. Rambo and Jake looked a lot alike too, but Rambo was darker gray. Romeo and Sophie were the same color, but Romeo was much bigger (and a total bully - he knew he was the biggest!)

We had so much fun doing this. Every cat we take from my friend and place in a home is another kitten that she can take in and help and bottle feed. So, on the next transport, we're getting 12 more (including Cheddar). I figure this went so well, why not right? I charged a modest adoption fee to cover most of what we spent on the kittens vaccines, physical exams, deworming and health certificates, as well as their transport fees - I felt like this weeded out a lot of people who weren't serious pet owners.

My friend just got 7 more 4 week old babies yesterday, and a few days ago she got 7 6 day old babies - so again, she has her hands full. There are 3 with her right now who are almost 5 weeks old, and starting to eat hard food, but still get bottles 4 times per day. Bless her heart for doing this - I would go insane!!