Introducing Port Oranges! — Kitten Academy

Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

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.