Hello and goodbye to The Cutensils!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

Sorry it’s been a while, but Syl didn’t want to post two art blogs in a row, so we had to do something. Of course we hope to do this more often, but you probably know how busy we’ve been!

If you’re checking in and haven’t been to the Facebook fan page or had time to watch the (infrequent) close-ups, we should mention that all the Cutensils have adopters and will be going home in the next few weeks… except Teaspoon. His adoption is on hold for now. We’re scheduling surgery with the cardiologist in a month or so, and after that we’ll have a better idea when he’ll be ready to be adopted!

Back with more photos soon… or… in due time?

Graduation for Ocean's Kits!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

We’re still slowly working towards getting everything back up to our usual standards, but this journey lately feels like it may be a thousand miles, and so we start with the few steps we can take and build from there.

So, we bring you our latest photoshoot - plus a few odds and ends from the camera roll, in honor of Ocean, her kits, and Trinket all being ready to find their adopters — or vice-versa. You can apply here on our application!

It’s our impression that Ocean is a supremely dedicated mom and might do well to be adopted with one of her kittens — perhaps Caliper. Trinket loves to play with all three boys and otherwise has a hard time making new friends, so we would really love to see her go home with any of them, perhaps Astrolabe or Spyglass who are both extra rambunctious and love to wrestle with her. In the end, though, it’s always up to the adopter how much they are ready to take on; adopting a kitten is making a 20-year commitment.

If you’ve already applied, don’t panic - we’re sure DAWS will have everything processed in due time!

We’ll be back real soon to post baby photos of the next class, Cahoot’s newborns. Meanwhile, please enjoy…

Happy Graduation to the Catterns!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

Loom and Basketweave

Loom’s five wonderful kittens, born on May 27th, are big kids now and ready to go to their new homes with their adopters! It’s been a wild ride, starting with Loom being just a kitten herself and not really sure how to momcat. We helped her provide for the kittens until they were old enough to be weaned. And we, in turn, got a lot of help from a few very special vets including Dr. To at the Animal Medical Center who helped Chevy when he bit off more than he could chew, and our regular vet Dr. Katz at Aristokatz who never seems to take a break — unless it’s Herry’s.

The adoption schedule, as we know it so far, is below. But the most important note is that Basketweave still needs qualified applicants for his adoption! He’s Loom’s clone and certainly the best climber in the group. He’s the only one in the entire family to have mastered climbing over the fence and therefore comes and goes throughout the house whenever he likes! A very clever kitten indeed, who’s certain to bring joyful mischief to his future family. [Ed: Basketweave now has an approved adopter!]

  • Loom and Herringbone - September 12th

  • Argyle and Chevy - September 3rd

  • Paisley - September 19th

  • Basketweave - September 22nd

Our new momcat, Mural, still hasn’t delivered her kittens but it can’t be too much longer now. She’s definitely almost ready to go and we’re hoping that her reportedly extensive experience in momcatting will lead to a nice, relaxing birth followed by a couple months of playing Kitten Academy on easy mode! We got some nice photos of her the same day as the below photoshoot — August 13th — and we’ll just save them until it’s time to make a blog post all about her.

One last note - the URL for the regular Kitten Academy Live Stream has changed. If you ever have trouble finding the stream, you can always check here for the latest link.

 

Paisley

Basketweave

Chevron

Herringbone

Argyle

Loom

Everyone

Tilly's Stable Graduation!

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Greetings Kitten Academicians!

It’s amazing how the time has flown by for this wonderful class of tiny kittens - no longer quite so tiny! They’ve been a real joy these last three months. Here’s what we know about the adoption dates:

  • Shire - Adopted 12/12

  • Brumby - 12/19

  • Clyde and Morgan together on 12/19 around noon.

  • QP - 12/26

  • Tilbury - Pick up in January!

We’re really going to miss having these kids around the house! Thanks to their extremely accommodating mom, Tilbury, they have been out and around the Academy more than any previous class and it’s been wonderful!

Quarter Pony

Clydesdale and Morgan

Brumby

Shire

Tilbury

As usual, here’s all the rest of the photos from the photoshoot and from around the Academy!

Hipster Weebops Graduation!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

It seems like just yesterday that Bebop spent twelve whole hours bringing her seven kittens into the world, but they’re now three months old, and have completed their studies at the Academy! We have the adoptions all scheduled, except for Artie, who’s spending a little extra time here to have his kidneys checked out on Tuesday.

  • Indie and Retro - September 20

  • Ironic and Vintage - September 20

  • Vinyl - September 25

  • Bespoke and Bebop - September 26

  • Artie - ????

Somehow Tilbury’s kittens have reached a week old and we still haven’t published their first photoshoot - so we’ll make that up to all of you with additional photos in due time! Meanwhile…

Here’s our Hipster graduation photos in the classic style!

Vinyl

Artie

Vintage and Ironic

Indie and Retro

Bespoke and Bebop

Here’s the rest of the photos from the graduation shoot!

Gifts of Gab Graduation!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

So much happened this weekend, like Retro and Vinyl both running out of the annex door to explore, the Gifts of Gab getting picked up by their adopters, Custard and DJ visiting home, and something else… oh yeah, KA-Con! But this post is to focus on the Gifts graduation photoshoot, which was joined by a few of the faculty. We’ll be back in due time to share updated photos from the Hipsters and all the Academy news!

Here’s the photos - enjoy!

Whistles Graduation!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

Bell and her Whistles have graduated and gone home at the end of their session, but we’ve finally finished processing the photos from their graduation photoshoot!

In addition to the alumni channel on our Discord server for Patreons, you can find some updates on social media here:

Foggysfloof on Instagram

Belle_of_Brooklyn on Instagram

Soon we’ll have another blog post with updates on the Gifts and our new momcat, Bebop, but today is all about the Whistles, so please enjoy:

Bell

Beep

Klaxon

Foghorn


Tinkerer's Graduation!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

Here’s the adoption schedule as far as we know it - all dates subject to change (except Monkey’s… we’re pretty sure about that one!).

  • Monkey, March 20

  • Tinker & Dabble, March 28th

  • Trifle & Putter, April 1st

  • Brook, April 14th

We’ve got some really exciting announcements to make, but none of them are ready as of this writing so we’ll have to take more photos and post again soon… Meanwhile, the graduation photoshoot:

Graduation for the Babbles!

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Our latest class is just about to head to their homes! We apologize for the lack of a proper graduation photoshoot for the Tinypants. We’re not sure how that got missed! But hopefully the nearly 200 photos of Brook, Pebble, Moss, Fern, Thistle, and Culotte will help make up for that somewhat.

Currently, the adoption plans are for Moss, Fern, and Thistle to be picked up by their adopter - they’re all going together - on Saturday the 18th at about 2pm. There’s a big snowstorm due in the area that might require us to change the timing somewhat.

Culotte and Pebble are scheduled to go home together on Friday 31st! Until then, they will likely be given free run of the house, rather than staying in the main Academy classroom. Pebble’s graduation surgery (final exam?) is scheduled for the 28th.

Raise your hand if you’re beautiful and need an adopter!

Brook, of course, still needs an adopter!

We’ll likely have an unusual number of blog posts here in the next day or three since we have a pending art post to follow-up on the Inktober challenges that Syl set up on Twitter, a new momcat to introduce and a new Januarty challenge ongoing now, too. But we’ll save those for the next posts - for now, just enjoy the photos!

Solemates Graduation!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

The Solemates are all getting near to graduation! Hushpuppy had his graduation ceremony at the vet on Friday the 19th and the rest of the kids will have theirs on the 3rd. Lace is a special case - we’re waiting on some further tests to make sure she’s super healthy before we (re)schedule hers.

Although we haven’t yet scheduled pick-up dates with any of the adopters, all the Solemates — including Lace — now have confirmed adopters! Also, Hubbub and Rumpus of the Tantrums also have confirmed adopters! We’re kind of hoping someone adopts three generations of girls, Teacup, Tempest, and Kerfuffle, all together - but more on that later!

Pennyloafer

Sneaker

Oxford

Wedge

Hushpuppy

Lace


And here’s all the photos from the photoshoot! Apologies that we messed up the focus/aperture on the group photos.