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candlemaven · Mar 18, 2007

Cuteness on that level should be outlawed!

pekoe & nigel · Mar 18, 2007

I am so jealous of your daughter. Now THAT is a kitten pile. They're all too precious for words though. I was trying to pick out my favourite to comment on specifically but it's just impossible. They're all too sweet.

Your house is must be insane. I hope you have lots of help. Have any of them been picked out for adoption yet? (Or are they all staying at your place forever?

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lisasha3 · Mar 20, 2007

Originally Posted by Pekoe & Nigel

I am so jealous of your daughter. Now THAT is a kitten pile. They're all too precious for words though. I was trying to pick out my favourite to comment on specifically but it's just impossible. They're all too sweet.

Your house is must be insane. I hope you have lots of help. Have any of them been picked out for adoption yet? (Or are they all staying at your place forever?

)

NONE of them are staying!!!

The shelter has gotten tons of applications for the kittens, but she's had to turn down a lot of them.

I have a poster board made up of kittens we have for adoption that I bring to the adoption clinic every week, so folks have been filling out applications there for specific ones, but on Petfinder they are just listed as a group so folks are filling out applications for just any kitten.
The little buggers are driving me nuts! Everytime I step into the room it's chorus of little meows. And they're quick now! Gotta be careful leaving rooms, they bolt for the doors.

They're into hopping, and running like little maniacs across the room. It's so damn cute cause they put their little ears flat back, pull a "halloween" cat stance, then take off at 100mph. It's so funny! They get me laughing so hard I've got tears. I'll tell you what - it's a great "pick-me-up" when I've had a bad day!

gingersmom · Mar 20, 2007

Originally Posted by lisasha3

The little buggers are driving me nuts! Everytime I step into the room it's chorus of little meows. And they're quick now! Gotta be careful leaving rooms, they bolt for the doors.

They're into hopping, and running like little maniacs across the room. It's so damn cute cause they put their little ears flat back, pull a "halloween" cat stance, then take off at 100mph. It's so funny! They get me laughing so hard I've got tears. I'll tell you what - it's a great "pick-me-up" when I've had a bad day!

I'll tell you what - this post of yours has me thinking, hmmm, someday I might decide to foster, just to be able to enjoy that kind of laughter, to enjoy fluffy cuteness, to know that I'm helping the little ones off to a good start in life.

I'm SO not where I could do that at this point in my life yet, but...hmmm....

babywukong · Mar 20, 2007

They're SO sweet!! I wish I could have one

I'd love to be able to do fostering some day too, but I'm not sure I could cope with the heartache of fostering the kits out when someone right comes along. Kittens just grow on you don't they?

lnbandcats · Mar 20, 2007

I can't stand it! The pictures are absolutely wonderful - and your descriptions of the kittens' antics are just laugh out loud funny! I want one - or two - or - oh, oh, here I go again! You should have posted a "cuteness alert". I may have to Google "home of the black squirrel" and hope that it is no where near me!

lisasha3 · Mar 20, 2007

Originally Posted by lnbandcats

I can't stand it! The pictures are absolutely wonderful - and your descriptions of the kittens' antics are just laugh out loud funny! I want one - or two - or - oh, oh, here I go again! You should have posted a "cuteness alert". I may have to Google "home of the black squirrel" and hope that it is no where near me!

Only a couple hours from NH - how many do you want?

Since you're going to "Google" my home town - why don't you take "Google" too.

I can hear them upstairs flying back and forth as we speak. Except every now and then I hear a thump.

That's probably not a good thing is it?

ugaimes · Mar 20, 2007

Originally Posted by lisasha3

Oh wow, your babies are SO cute, but I especially love little Proxy- she looks just like my Cosette did as a baby!

Gotta love baby tuxies!!

renny · Mar 20, 2007

Ok...i'm in love with Proxy..something about that cute little black nose. OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH so cute. Now I miss fostering!!

afraser1 · Mar 20, 2007

they are all so cute and well done you for looking after them all i would be exhausted.

angela

lnbandcats · Mar 20, 2007

Oh no! I was relieved when I Googled and it said Kansas was the Home of the Black Squirrel - but for some reason, I thought I remembered a prior post that indicated you lived in Maine? Well, we will have to talk - seriously!

lisasha3 · Mar 20, 2007

Originally Posted by lnbandcats

Oh no! I was relieved when I Googled and it said Kansas was the Home of the Black Squirrel - but for some reason, I thought I remembered a prior post that indicated you lived in Maine? Well, we will have to talk - seriously!

Home of the black squirrel (the "actual LIVE" black squirrel as opposed to businesses, establishments, etc) is in western Massachusetts. Many years ago black squirrels were brought to our local park as part of the zoo's animal display. One night the cage broke and they all escaped. They've been breeding throughout our town ever since and can now be seen occasionally in the surrounding towns. We've got a mix of black and gray squirrels - pretty much 50/50 now.
So - Kansas lies!!

Unless they were talking about a business or something.

lnbandcats · Mar 20, 2007

Originally Posted by lisasha3

Home of the black squirrel (the "actual LIVE" black squirrel as opposed to businesses, establishments, etc) is in western Massachusetts. Many years ago black squirrels were brought to our local park as part of the zoo's animal display. One night the cage broke and they all escaped. They've been breeding throughout our town ever since and can now be seen occasionally in the surrounding towns. We've got a mix of black and gray squirrels - pretty much 50/50 now.
So - Kansas lies!!

Unless they were talking about a business or something.

Marysville, Kansas, bills itself as Home of the Black Squirrel, but their mascot has only been in the state since the 1920s, when several black squirrels escaped from a traveling circus.

Maybe the circus whas from western MA?

As for kittens - I am seriously thinking that two would be nice - the problem would be which two? Like everyone else, I want them all. I guess you will get a PM from me. But only after I go throuh 24 hours without looking at your kitten pics - there is a method to your madness, right?

ashleynicole · Mar 20, 2007

Pictures like these make me look forward to retirement already!! (I'm only 21 and currently interviewing for my "real" job). Me and Patrick have already agreed that when we retire later in life, we are going to foster kitties and possibly some puppies from local shelters. I can't wait!!

lisasha3 · Mar 21, 2007

Originally Posted by lnbandcats

Marysville, Kansas, bills itself as Home of the Black Squirrel, but their mascot has only been in the state since the 1920s, when several black squirrels escaped from a traveling circus.

Maybe the circus whas from western MA?

As for kittens - I am seriously thinking that two would be nice - the problem would be which two? Like everyone else, I want them all. I guess you will get a PM from me. But only after I go throuh 24 hours without looking at your kitten pics - there is a method to your madness, right?

Maybe we aren't the ONLY home of the black squirrel. We are a fairly small town in western mass, so there's a good possibility that our seclusion and "hicksville" attitude went to our heads thinkin we were the only one

. I mean they had to come from somewhere right? They were brought here to display at our zoo.
But - since "I" also have that Hicksville attitude - I will continue to proudly say we ARE the home of the black squirrel.

and we've got a town store that sells t-shirts to prove it.

momof3rugratz · Mar 21, 2007

They are so darn cute but I love your candy clan(dah wonder why lol) I love the names Skittles and Taffy...

I might have to come take a few

Just to add to my basket of treats LOL.

snuzy · Mar 21, 2007

Originally Posted by lisasha3

Maybe we aren't the ONLY home of the black squirrel. We are a fairly small town in western mass, so there's a good possibility that our seclusion and "hicksville" attitude went to our heads thinkin we were the only one

. I mean they had to come from somewhere right? They were brought here to display at our zoo.
But - since "I" also have that Hicksville attitude - I will continue to proudly say we ARE the home of the black squirrel.

and we've got a town store that sells t-shirts to prove it.

Hey, we have black squirrels too! I just thought it was a mutation, since we only see them occasionally like the occasional albino.

How do you foster three families all at once? ARe they all in the same room? Do the moms get along? I've only done one batch at a time. Right now I've got a sweet mom Rosie with 3- 6 week old babies-Molly, Bridget, and Paddy (the St. Patrick Day's bunch). I love how you name them in groups. I try to do that too. My first batch were the Peanuts gang--Lucy, Linus, Sally, and Patty.

Don't you love when the kittens love to cuddle on people like that! We had a couple of groups that were petrified of people. Just not as much fun when they're shivering in your arms.

lisasha3 · Mar 22, 2007

Originally Posted by Snuzy

Hey, we have black squirrels too! I just thought it was a mutation, since we only see them occasionally like the occasional albino.

How do you foster three families all at once? ARe they all in the same room? Do the moms get along? I've only done one batch at a time. Right now I've got a sweet mom Rosie with 3- 6 week old babies-Molly, Bridget, and Paddy (the St. Patrick Day's bunch). I love how you name them in groups. I try to do that too. My first batch were the Peanuts gang--Lucy, Linus, Sally, and Patty.

Actually I only have two moms for the three litters. One of the moms took on some babies who's mom refused to feed them. I've got one mom upstairs with her 7 babies and the other mom downstairs in my daughters room with her 4 babies. The mom downstairs mingles with my whole crew just fine. She only gets a little bent out of shape when one of my cats goes in the room where her babies are, but we quickly got that rule established and my clan abides by it.

The mom upstairs was mingling with my foster boy when he was up there too just fine, but he's since been adopted so it's just her. I haven't tried to mingle the mom's together at all, but I have mingled all the babies. I block off an area of my hallway and bathroom and put all 11 in there and just let them go nuts. Good thing is they are all using the litter box now all the time so they have free reign of their respective rooms. I did have babies upstairs in a 6x9 bathroom and blocked the door with some old paneling so mom could still get out. Now I've let them all out. The ones downstairs I have a huge cage for and my father built a wooden enclosure that comes off the door of the cage so they don't have to stay in the cage and mom can get in and out. Problem is they've learned to scale the enclosure now so I've removed it and they all have free reign of the bedroom. So far so good as far as the litter box goes.

(By the way - your black squirrels came from our town!! That's the distance they've begun to populate. It happened years and years ago (way before my time), so they are being seen in a lot more areas now. Occasionally I've even seen one in Connecticut.)

alleygirl · Mar 22, 2007

OMG they are SOOOOOOOOOOO cute! I'm in love with little skittles!

Are you anywhere near Virginia?? lol

tiffanyl · Mar 22, 2007

What sweet kitties. I just love the twins, Taffy & Pez!

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