Furballs in the house!

But first, we said goodbye to Mr. Butters yesterday morning. We took him to “Kitty City,” which is a communal cat room that also has large enclosures for each resident, so they can each have their own space if they don’t love other cats.

Mr. B immediately went nose-to-nose with one of the residents without any indication of unhappiness, which is a great sign. They were going to keep him in his enclosure for awhile until he had a chance to acclimate, but it looks like he’ll fit in just fine. KC has lots of volunteers who hang out with the kitties, so he’ll get lots of human companionship too. We hope to drop by today to see how he’s doing.

We had just enough time to clean up the villa before picking up mama and her two newborns in the afternoon, who had come up on a transport from Lexington, Virginia, a couple of hours away.

Mama is a petite brown tabby, who appears to be an experienced parent. She’s very laid back about having us pick up the babies, and she knows exactly how to arrange herself and them in the next so they can find the taps easily.

The babies are also calm and not very squawky.

Even though their eyes aren’t open yet, and one of them still has a bit of umbilicus that hasn’t fallen off yet, they don’t get frantic when mom leaves them in the nest, and they don’t scream hysterically when we pick them up, like some newbies do. We are guessing that they share a birthday with me! (Ed. Note: Mar 8)

Mom has woofed down four small cans of canned food in about 12 hours, licking the platter clean each time. We didn’t want to overfeed her right away, so we’ll figure out what she needs daily. Although small (with tiny little paws), she is not at all skinny. Happily, everybody seems very happy and healthy. Yay!

This was an easy litter theme for 3.14.15 – π! So, we need Pi-related names for mom and her two boys.

The bigger gray tabby has a white bib and feet…

…while his brother looks like a tuxie, but is actually black tabby with white.

Let’s hear your suggestions!

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