3 kittens in a back yard in Brooklyn made their way into Big City Little Kitty's foster home. I had gone to do recon, but they were not well, and at the age they really needed socialization, fast, so I took them home.
I treated them, worked with them, and when they were well, had them vaccinated and tested. They are all negative for FIV and FELV, so we just had to work on getting to know each other better.
If you're familiar with Big City Little Kitty, you understand one of the stages of socialization/growing up for kittens is isolation, and here that takes place in the bathroom. This means a lot of play time in the "half-pipe" (the bath tub). The kittens were named after human halfpipe champs, who also happen to be vegan!
Teter, friendly from the start (in the pipe below), was named after Hannah Teter, an amazing snow boarder. Oki, the tortie, was named after legendary skateboarder, Peggy Oki. Drei was named after skateboarder Andrei "Dr. Drei" Buckareff (the "Dr." is for his Ph.D;)
Here, Oki and Drei are preparing to drop into the halfpipe.
This was their favorite thing to do, and tossing the ball to them and having them chase it around as it bounced up and around the sides helped me get close to them.
They played 'til they dropped!
Drei and Oki were, and still are, pretty skittish...
but once they learned I was handing out free massages, they started voluntarily coming closer.
After a proper isolation period, it was time to start slowly introducing them to the locals. Raptor introduced herself.
She met her (cross your paws) possible future sister, Oki!
They took it slow, but Raptor was curious and the kittens were very good to her.
Then this happened.
And then this happened. A woman is interested in adopting Raptor and Oki together, it seems they will do very well together. Cross your paws that when she meets them, it's a love connection.
Considering Raptor's past fear of felines, she was doing incredibly well! She was like their big sis! My smile went ear to ear and my heart melted.
Oki is still skittish, but a total sweetie when she comes for snuggles. She climbs in bed with me at night and purrs on my chest.
Drei is also still a little skittish, but a MUSH once you get the first pet in! He falls over, purring, and soaking up the love. He's doing great.
And this one, Teter. She was handled by the people who lived in the house, so she was already socialized and has had absolutely no problem transitioning to a home.
Drei was a little too curious for the photo shoot I had intended to do for adoption pics...
and he was totally into the heat from the light!
Teter did OK, but it's hard to get kittens to sit still.
So it was off to the playroom, I mean my bedroom. Teter caught the string...
repeatedly.
Drei just kept running around like a 3 month old kitten and curiously charging the camera.
Oki may have her home all lined up, but Drei and Teter are looking for a home. They said their new human can fit right there in the middle of them! They're ready for you!
Drei and Teter will be at North Brooklyn Cats' adoption events on Sundays, from 2 to 6 pm, at Muddy Paws in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Come meet them and fall in love. If you have a little room in your home and in your heart, these two can fill it will fun, love and purrs.
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Thank you!
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