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I have always been a dog person - and I have always fostered and sometimes kept mill puppies. Recently I was approached with a request to foster a " failure to thrive" kitten ...he came to us with 16 weeks and ... only 2 lb so he could recover from his neutering. We are not sure why he was so thin or didn't eat in his previous foster home- he was surrendered at only 3 weeks of age... but with us ... he ate like a champ with no issues whatsoever and we fell in love. He stayed and ... I guess he turned us into ... cat people. We decided at some point that he would need company - and cat socialization so we volunteered to take in another kitten waiting to be big enough to be spayed. When we picked her up we realized that she was surrendered way too young - 6-7 weeks maybe so we took her with her sister. Introductions went better than we ever thought they would and all three kittens became fast friends. The girls got spayed this week and we realized that we simply can't pick one to be adopted - all three seem bonded and things are problem free and the dynamic works perfectly: One can nap while two play, nobody gets bothered or singled out, any play tension is immediately diffused by the third cat - all eat and sleep and groom each other. So we went from being a dog household to a dog household with 3 cats ( pew!) - I am still somewhat overwhelmed but ... we are greatly enjoying the kittens purrs and love. We ended up with three great siamese mix kittens, now 6 months ( male) and 11 weeks ( female lynx points) - easy going, the least picky eaters in my family, playful, cuddly and good with everyone, they are doing well with the litter box and have yet to scratch on anything that is not meant to be scratched... We joined the ranks of foster failures ( again) and are now happy dog and cat people ...
I have always been a dog person - and I have always fostered and sometimes kept mill puppies. Recently I was approached with a request to foster a " failure to thrive" kitten ...he came to us with 16 weeks and ... only 2 lb so he could recover from his neutering. We are not sure why he was so thin or didn't eat in his previous foster home- he was surrendered at only 3 weeks of age... but with us ... he ate like a champ with no issues whatsoever and we fell in love. He stayed and ... I guess he turned us into ... cat people. We decided at some point that he would need company - and cat socialization so we volunteered to take in another kitten waiting to be big enough to be spayed. When we picked her up we realized that she was surrendered way too young - 6-7 weeks maybe so we took her with her sister. Introductions went better than we ever thought they would and all three kittens became fast friends. The girls got spayed this week and we realized that we simply can't pick one to be adopted - all three seem bonded and things are problem free and the dynamic works perfectly: One can nap while two play, nobody gets bothered or singled out, any play tension is immediately diffused by the third cat - all eat and sleep and groom each other. So we went from being a dog household to a dog household with 3 cats ( pew!) - I am still somewhat overwhelmed but ... we are greatly enjoying the kittens purrs and love. We ended up with three great siamese mix kittens, now 6 months ( male) and 11 weeks ( female lynx points) - easy going, the least picky eaters in my family, playful, cuddly and good with everyone, they are doing well with the litter box and have yet to scratch on anything that is not meant to be scratched... We joined the ranks of foster failures ( again) and are now happy dog and cat people ...