kitten graduation day (~)
Gearing up to take the kittens to our neighbor's place. Mixed feelings, as you can imagine, but god is this easier than shipping them halfway across the city to be with a total stranger.
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Went well. Neighbor sure seems like he couldn't be nicer, and he had Opinions about whether they should be indoor or outdoor cats which shows a very promising concern. He is definitely an experienced cat owner, was already ready with a litterbox and cat tree and whatnot, and was fine with arranging visits and such. I feel real good about this.
Still kinda feel like I betrayed Sugarfoot. At least she tagged along to observe the handoff, so she probably has some idea what happened. She's gonna be weird for a few days, I am sure.
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@Austin_Dern Thank you! Yeah, I'm proud and honored that Bast chose us to help the little guys get a good start in life. Sugarfoot's been a pretty good mama and done so much of the work for us, though!
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It's good that she wandered along with you.
And, yes... she will likely be weird for a few days, but at least she knows where their smells went to.
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@JulieSqveakaroo I'm still really glad she got the closure, but so far any feline existential crisis has been postponed for nap and scritch. :) Yeah, I think she was good and ready.
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@JulieSqveakaroo And I suspect the kittens should handle it pretty well, too. Kim (our neighbor) seemed very confident that he knew how to deal with kitten habits and was prepped for it. We also dropped them off with favorite toys, familiar food, and a few things that smell like them and mama both.
I hope it's OK that we gave away the cat bed you sent -- Liv and Snow adore it and I couldn't imagine not letting them keep it. It was the #1 comfort I could think of for them, full of warm memories of snuggling mom. Thank you so much for it, it really gave them a lot of comfort in their last weeks here and will hopefully do so down the street for many more years to come. <3
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Perfectly fine! I'm glad they had time to scent mark it!
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@JulieSqveakaroo They spent a LOT of their naptimes with all three curled up in there, especially on the nights when it was a bit tough to heat the house. It was a big relief that they had that to snuggle up in and yeah, I think it's been pretty well claimed as theirs. I think it made their last couple weeks here *dramatically* cozier. :)
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@zebratron2084 You've done a lot of good things for creatures who need good things. Kind of you.