Oranges! Photos! Updates!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

We’ve got updated photos of the Oranges for you below, but first, some news:

Port is scheduled for her spay on the 1st and will be eligible to go home with an adopter about two weeks later. All of the boys are scheduled for their neuters on the 22nd and will be eligible to go home pretty much the next day!

Relatedly, applications for the Oranges are now open! You can apply by clicking the application link in our menu above. The Danbury Animal Welfare Society manages processing of the applications and selection of applicants. They have informed us that prior applicants who weren’t able to get kittens in previous classes have accounted for several of the Oranges already having adopters, but Port and some of the kittens (we don’t know which) are still available. As always our suggestion is to go ahead and apply! If you don’t get the kitten you were hoping for, you’ll at least be in a good position for when the next right kitten comes along!

The big news, of course, is that Loom, our newest momcat, gave birth to five beautiful kittens yesterday. We had suspected there was a sixth pending, but we’ve since changed our opinion - seems like 5 is it! The kittens all seem quite healthy and Loom seems quite healthy and happy and they are all making the right motions, so it’s a bit of a mystery so far why the kittens don’t seem to be getting much milk from Loom. Until we’re able to solve the mystery, we’ll be tube-feeding the kittens on a rigorous schedule and we’re communicating with Dr. Katz. We’ll be able to discuss this in more depth in an upcoming post with their newborn photos!

Finally, quick update on Millet, who is doing wonderfully! We don’t yet know how effective the treatment has been but we should get our first update on that after his next visit to Dr. Lansdowne at the Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine in Guilford. That will be on Wednesday the 2nd.

Here’s individual photos of the oranges and then a bunch of everything all together!

Halifax - Male - White Collar

Bombay - Male - Black Collar

Puget - Male - Purple Collar

Rotterdam - Male - Checkered Collar

Antwerp - Male - Pink Collar

Sydney - Male - Blue Collar

Rio - Male - Red Collar

Port - Mom

Group Photos!

…and here’s the rest!

Bready Bunch Sunflower Shoot!

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Today we have a single giant blog post with two complete photo galleries. First, a set of the Bready Bunch chasing a feather toy around the living room and learning to fly, along with a couple bonus photos of the faculty. Second, a gallery of arranged photos in the “studio” with a sunflower theme for the sons of Flour. I hope you enjoy! Don’t forget if you click the photos and scroll through you have to do each set separately.

We’re still working on arranging the adoptions for Flour, Corn, Rye, and Potato and the surgery for Millet so we don’t have exact dates yet but we can tell you that Flour and Corn are being adopted together, and Rye and Potato are being adopted together. The three boys are going for their neuters on the 19th and Flour will be in for a recheck that same day to see when we can take a second go at her spay. Millet will be staying around the Academy for a few months while we arrange the correction of his pectus excavatum and then make sure he’s got a good adopter to take care of him!

[Edit: Millet is scheduled for his surgery with the amazing Dr. Taylor on Thursday, May 6th, but he’ll be going in on the 5th and returning on the 7th.]

Don’t forget - it’s not too late to participate in the April Art uh, thingy — not exactly a ‘challenge’ — on Twitter!


Flying Toast Shoot!

Sunflower Studio Shoot!

For this shoot, the kittens and Flour had special collars provided by Bizzicat. Potato is in the yellow collar and the others are wearing their usual colors; Rye is red, Millet is green, and Corn is blue.

Introducing Port Oranges!

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DJ’s Cheat Sheet - Names by Marking Location

Port’s eight little kittens arrived without much fanfare a week and a half ago, on March 14th. The delivery was swift and professional; she’s surely done this before! Defying the odds, all eight are male orange tabbies with varying amounts of white, which makes them extremely difficult to tell apart at a glance.

We have used food coloring pens in the past, but they get cleaned off far too easily and quickly, so we tried shaving a spot on each kitten so we could tell them apart, and while it worked, it looked very odd. Now we’re marking each one with a dot of food coloring gel, which seems to work well enough. Each kitten has their dot in a different place, so you can tell them apart that way. This will continue until they are big enough to get collars - usually around 4-5 weeks.

Because they are so difficult to tell apart, we’ll post each one’s photos individually for future reference. The white backgrounds are from the 16th and the purple backgrounds are from the 24th.

Halifax - Mark on head

Dover - Mark on back

Bombay - Mark near tail

Puget - Mark on right shoulder

Rotterdam - Mark on left shoulder

Antwerp - Mark on right haunch

Sydney - Mark on left haunch

Rio - Mark on chest/belly

Port - Mom

Here’s some miscellaneous extra photos!

Bready Bunch, Faculty, Myth, and Rumor!

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Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

Myth, Rumor, and Macadamia Nut are all scheduled to be picked up by their adopters this weekend, on Saturday the 6th. We’ll miss them! There’s photos of all three in the last gallery on this post, so keep scrolling!

But first… here’s new photos of the Bready Bunch looking sharp in their new collars!

Potato - Checkered Collar

Corn - Blue Collar

Millet - Green Collar

Rye - Red Collar

Flour

And here’s a whole bunch of photos of Myth, Rumor, Macadamia Nut, and the Faculty!



















Bready Bunch Updated Photos!

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Here’s updated photos of the Bready Bunch! We know they are ridiculously difficult to tell apart but it won’t be too much longer until we can put collars on them to help make it easier.

Adoption Updates: Champagne went home today, Saturday the 13th. Truffle, Caviar, and Macadamia Nut are currently all scheduled to go home on the 20th - although Mac may be delayed if he doesn’t get over his URI. Saffron’s pick-up date is still being scheduled.

We’re still looking for an adopter for Myth, but we think DAWS may have found an adopter for Rumor. More on that later - they both still are at least a few weeks from being ready to go home (so there’s still time to get in an app for Myth)!

Millet is doing just great! He does have a ribcage that is malformed - whether you’d call it “Flat-Chested Kitten Syndrome” or “Pectus Excavatum” (which we’re surprised to learn isn’t the spell Harry Potter uses to demold a gelatin). These are similar conditions where the ribcage is flatter than usual. The good news is that after three weeks — and he’ll be four weeks tomorrow — kittens are usually “in the clear” and we expect him to be just fine. With the supplemental feedings we’ve been giving him, he’s gaining weight better than his brothers, even. There’s a chance that the best course for him may involve some type of surgical correction in the coming months, and we’re working closely with Dr. Katz to make that determination. We’ll be sure to keep you informed!

Flour didn’t really turn up for the photoshoot but we’ll make up for that in the next one!

Potato

Corn

Millet

Rye


Everybody!


Myth, Rumor, and More!

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We promised more photos of Myth and Rumor and well - we tried! If you’d like to know more about applying to adopt either of these fantastic non-moms, check our previous blog post - and there’s more photos there too!

We’re not completely sure when Rumor and Myth will be eligible to go home, but we’d expect it to be in about a month. We’ll be sure to let you know as soon as everything is set!

Don’t miss the bonus photos of some of the faculty and Feasters who stopped by during the photoshoot, at the end of this post!

Rumor

Myth

Everyone Else

Alpine Photoshoot, Myth and Rumor

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We’re sure you’ve heard by now, the Fancy Feasters all have approved adopters and will be eligible to go home soon, but there’s a bit of a URI going around the Academy at the moment that is complicating the schedules. We currently have the boys set for their neuters with Dr. Katz on Wednesday, and if they are able to keep that appointment, then they will be ready to go home as soon as this weekend! Truffle and Saffron will have their sutures out on Friday and also be ready this weekend. We’re hoping the URI is well-resolved by then!

In other very important news, we have Myth and Rumor, the two non-momcats, staying with us until we’re able to get them spayed and adopted. We’ve had to bump their appointments to reschedule the Feaster boys, so we’re not yet sure when they will be ready to go home, but it’s likely to be in about a month.

Myth would rather stay home than visit the Alps.

Myth is an older dilute calico who startles easily, and would like to have her own private quiet place to spend most of her time, and also is crazy for snuggles and vigorous petting. She will purr and roll over for endless belly rubs; it’s not a trap! She can also be quite playful, usually in the quiet hours of the night. She can peacefully co-exist with other cats, but doesn’t want them too close. She doesn’t ask for a lot of attention, but she will reward a patient adopter — someone who can approach her quietly and deliberately — with a lot of love.

Rumor is patient and playful.

Rumor is a very young tabby — still practically a kitten herself. She enjoys chasing and wrestling with other cats, and is very respectful when they ask her to calm down or back off. She has a natural talent for getting along with other cats and kittens. She also loves her people and always wants to be close enough to know where they are and what they’re doing. It’s difficult to imagine an environment that Rumor wouldn’t thrive, though she does need a little extra care when making big changes and new introductions. She didn’t want to be left alone for a minute the first few days that she was here. After settling in she’s been a little more independent.

We’ll be getting more photos and talking about Myth and Rumor more in the near future - meanwhile, you can apply to adopt either of them!

Here’s the last photoshoot we did - just after Myth and Rumor arrived and just before the URI broke out. Rumor was so passive during the photoshoot that we couldn’t resist having her try on some hats! Myth wasn’t interested in visiting a new room with a bunch of strange stuff so she just got her photos in her own room - it was tricky getting her to pose instead of rolling over for more belly rubs!

Welcome to The Bready Bunch!

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Cheatsheet by MadamAmyLotta on our Discord!

Flour arrived on a transport at DAWS on Saturday the 16th, and didn’t waste any time delivering four healthy kittens on Sunday the 17th. Since then she’s been a wonderfully attentive momcat and has hardly left her kittens alone for a minute.

Because all four kittens are male tabbies — three mackerel tabbies and one classic tabby — we know it can be difficult to tell who is who on the live stream. For now, we can tell them apart in person and that’s good enough to make sure we know who is healthy. When they get old enough for collars in a few weeks, they’ll be easier for you to tell apart on the stream.

As you know, we have two (presumably) not-pregnant “mom” cats currently at the Academy as well, named “Myth” and “Rumor” - we’ll talk more about them soon in our next Mews blog posts!

Here’s some photos, separated out by kitten:

Potato:

Corn:

Millet:

Rye:

And of course, Momcat Flour (Who didn’t want to leave her kittens for proper photos):

Here’s a selection of group photos and in-situ shots - most of the ones with all three mackerel tabbies are in order, Potato, Corn, Millet. See if you can figure out the rest!

Tilly's Stable Graduation!

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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!

Fancy Feasters Updated Photos!

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Truffle’s Fancy Feasters are growing up fast! They’re just over five weeks old now, and will be going for their first vet visit on the 16th, when they reach an even six weeks. They all seem super healthy and have learned to eat solid food! And although they’re not yet entirely learned in the ways of the litter box, we’re sure it won’t be long.

Here’s an updated cheat-sheet and then a whole bunch of photos beginning back at two weeks old when their eyes had just opened! We’ll be posting the graduation photos of Tilly’s class next week.

Saffron - Female

Macadamia Nut - Male - Macnut

Champagne - Male - Champ

Caviar - Male

Truffle - Momcat