Yay for Jessie to be your forever cat! And Celia is quite the little model. I hope she gets her forever home soon.
So happy for Woody and Buzz and I’m glad that you’re keeping Jessie. 
I like the brown spot on her head. Nice pics of pretty Celia.
I’m wondering if Uncle Milo is secretly pleased about one of them staying behind. 
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I think he will warm up to it. Right now he is pretty jealous. In his mind, playing with the kittens in the living room does not equate to him being ok with her trying to sleep with him in the upstairs bedroom. He is certainly enjoying sneaking bites of her yummy kitten food (trust me, he needs not the extra calories!)
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He’s a beauty and so lucky to have found you.
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ready for some fun? The foster kittens had a costume party! Mike loved getting dressed up the most. As he ages, he is turning from wild boy to snuggle puss. Celia found her new forever home last Saturday. I am so happy that she got adopted! Now we are just down to 3.
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Oh my heavens … the amount of cute in those pictures is off the charts!!! Bravo 
my favorite is the bat pic!!!
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its the role she was born to play! our nickname for her was “little fruit bat” haha
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Love them! If I tried this on my cats I’d be in the ER immediately! 
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PS @BatCoach. Chester says hi! And he loves your little kitties!
How’s your adopted kitten doing? And your colony? Have you seen the 2 Mama cats around ?
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I have no words for those costumes… but when I need a belly laff I’ll come back and peek again.
too, too much!!
HI Chester! looking good as an indoor boy!
I see the mama cats (and at least one daddy cat!) daily. Its a little blurry, but here is a pic of mama Daisy canoddleing with a tom with the exact color and coat pattern as the tabby sisters (bo peep and jessie) He is totally their papa.
Jessie, The kitten we adopted is a superstar. We decided to name her Gemma since it suits her better. She’s just the sweetest, most loving sassy-pants and we adore her. She is slowly but surely making the older kitties love her. She just ignores their hisses and dirty looks and insists on cuddling. 
She sleeps in our bed, plays fetch at a championship level and generally is adorable. I really wish we could keep Bo as well, but hubby insists that we have a 4 cat max. - I keep hoping for an exception
On a harder note, we had a household discussion Sept 1st and decided that Oct 2nd would be the end of our fostering journey. If it were up to me, I would keep the babies until they found new homes, (hell if it were up to me we would basically be a 24/7 cat hostel) but the other 2 members of my household are done.
Bearing in mind that we started this as just trying to TnR the parking lot colony in April, then were told we only had to house the 2 pregnant cats & their litters for 6 weeks, then got the fostering contract when the kittens were 6 weeks old since no one else in the rescue could take them. Its now September and the guys feel like they have been pretty patient for a cat-housing situation that they were told would only last 6 weeks.
The foster contract does have a clause that states that if you can’t foster anymore the rescue will take back the kitties w/ 2 weeks notice. Its also very clear that the kittens are property of the rescue and they are 100% responsible for finding kittens home and controlling the adoption process. In earlier posts I mentioned how insanely selective I feel this process is, and I know that at least 1 of the remaining kittens would be adopted, but the rescue rejected the application on grounds I didn’t agree with
Its frustrating since I feel like if I give the kittens back I am letting them down, but at the same time I need to respect the opinions of the other 2 people that I own the house with since the kittens effect their lives too.
I’ve done everything I can to advertise these kitties, making accounts on nextdoor, CL, reddit, FB to bring attention to their petfinder adoption pages. I’ve given up every Saturday to go to adoption events. I’m honestly surprised that these 3 kittens haven’t been adopted yet (I might be biased) but my husband and BiL have made it clear that we can’t keep them forever, and their line in the sand is Oct 2. I’m not looking forward to this conversation w/ the rescue, but I got us into this, so its my job to end it. Give me strength COTH friends! You have been on this journey with me from the start - and I really want it to have a positive ending.
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Ohhhh @BatCoach you are such a kind soul. You have gone over and above what a mere mortal would do. Following your journey with this colony has been epic. You should be profoundly proud of your work. You HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your efforts. You did amazing things. Be proud of that.
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Great pics that put a smile on my face. Who is the little one in the frog outfit? That little face - I want to smooosh him!
If I tried to put my cats in any of those they would act like they were being killed. And I’m sure I would be severely punished later. lol
Aww that is sully. He’s the sensitive boy of the group. I luv his classic grey tabby. And you are spot-on, he is incredibly smooshable and loves forehead kisses.
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@batcoach, How do you get them to pose??? I tried once to do a meme with mine. She was supposed to wear a sign that said “I peed in the dog’s food dish – twice!” but I couldn’t get her to wear it or sit still for the photo.
Your abilities amaze me.
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my tips are:
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wait until they are a little tired - particularly with littles, the need to get their wiggles out
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have a crinkly or noisy toy to get their attention
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remove other distractions (other pets)
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take tons of shots. For every good shot, there are like 20 bad, blurry ones. Thank god for digital pics on phones!
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Bribe with treats
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it only takes half a second to get a shot. even if they are wiggling around or trying to remove the costume, keep snapping shots. Some of my best ones are just a milisecond before they got the hat off or jumped off the pedestal.
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I remember years ago trying to take a picture of my kitty Clive with the tie outfit that Mike has on. He would have won an Academy Award for the drama. He locked eyes with me and ever so slll-ooww-llly toppled over on his side. It was like watching a balloon deflate in slow motion. He refused to walk or even sit up. The other two boys - Jack and Duncan - sat there with their faces screwed up and eyes squinched shut like they were being tortured. Useless - the lot of them. So no pics. I admire anyone who can get good cat pics. Yours are adorable. And if those don’t sell them then I don’t know what would.
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How are you doing @BatCoach? I think of you, your kitties, and your efforts often. Hope all is well.
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Mike got adopted last Saturday! A friend of a friend saw one of my instagram posts and I brought all 3 kittens up to her house (1 hour 30 min drive away - but worth it!). They had recently lost their kitty of 19 years, and her little girl was heart broken. When I brought the kitties in their house, the little girl started to cry, she was so happy she could pick out ‘her’ cat.
All 3 babies were superstars, but this spunky little red-headed 2nd grader fell for the plain brown tabby with attitude for days. Mike is bold and fearless and loves adventure, he didn’t bat an eye at meeting their huge black lab and playing with the little girl endlessly in her room - chasing toys and chewing on her model horse’s tails LOL. She promptly proclaimed that his new name will be George and they are already best pals. I’m so happy Mike found his person, the only thing that would be better is if they could have taken Sully as well, but her Dad was very firm in saying “One or None.”
So now I am down to 2. Sweet Sully and Bo Peep. Sully certainly missed his brother that first day, but he will adjust. He definitely is a beta kitty, so I hope his next home is with a good older kitty (or that he and Bo get adopted together!)
We have an adoption event this weekend at a local Petco. If they don’t get adopted there, they get rabies shots on Monday, and will go to the PetSmart in Alhambra in their adoption habitat and will live in that store until they are adopted 
At this point I really wish I could just keep them, but 6 cats in a 3 bedroom house is a bit much. My fostering journey is winding down, so now I can step-up the TnRing as there are 2 cats slinking around the colony and I have to get them fixed. The summer of kittens is over - I will miss the chaos, but it will be nice to go ‘back to normal’.
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