Mom Verse's Kittens!

August 30, 2018 by Mr. Academy

Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

You probably know all about Verse and her kittens already, but we haven't talked about it here on the blog yet. One of our fellow fosters who works with On Angels' Wings and other groups in the area captured a pregnant momcat -- and in a first for us -- also managed to find and rescue her previous litter of three kittens, who are roughly 3-4 months old now.

We tried to find another foster who could take the older kittens, but there was no one available, so we ended up with the entire family! But we aren't able to keep the older kittens with their mom, due to extra caution about their recent vaccinations around the developing kittens, and also because we're told that momcat Verse was pretty much done with them anyhow. So Verse gets to live in the annex, while her three older kittens have been enjoying life in our master bedroom suite.

Verse seems like she probably lived with people for at least part of her life, as she was immediately snuggly. Her older kittens probably have not, because they are quite shy. They are certainly not feral - just extra cautious and shy.

We've taken them all to the vet already and they're quite healthy. Last week, the vet performed an ultrasound on Verse and thinks there may be as many as ten kittens! Verse has her follow-up vet appointment tomorrow morning, and we're hoping that the X-ray will give us a definitive count. At the same time, we'll be discussing options for the rest of her pregnancy and the delivery; we want to make sure they get the best opportunities here at the Academy!

Meanwhile, the three kittens from her previous litter are finally starting to come around. They are sweet and playful - they snuggle and purr and wrestle. We think their adopters should expect kittens that are somewhat more shy to begin, but we feel certain they will have a lot of love to give to the right person -- they remind us quite a bit of the Trees class who came in very shy of people, in very similar circunstances, and all ended up super loving.

The three kittens will be going for their graduation surgeries on Tuesday the 4th - so now is a wonderful time to apply to adopt!

Here's the rest of today's photos!

Fable's Tails Photo Updates!

August 14, 2018 by Mr. Academy

Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

Fable's bables got moved into the main kitten room this week, because on Friday, we're due to have a new pregnant momcat arrive, who will go into the annex. She is also bringing her previous litter of three three-month-old kittens, but they probably won't be allowed to stay with her in the annex. Because we're full up, they're likely to get the run of the house, and hopefully we can get them adopted quickly - they should be ready to go as soon as they arrive!

But more on that later this week - meanwhile, we've got some great new photos of Fable's kids. It's still very difficult for us to tell Ink from Quill, so to give us all the best chance, we're going to post the photos in four separate 'albums' below.

INK

QUILL

PARCHMENT

FABLE

Breakfast Club Graduation!

August 06, 2018 by Mr. Academy

Hello, Kitten Academicians!

Not much news to report on this post - just an awesome graduation photo shoot. The breakfast kitten adopters are all scheduled to come pick up their kittens this weekend, around 1pm on Saturday the 11th!

EDIT: Since folks are asking, here's how the adoptions are paired up - all the kittens in this class are adopted in pairs, and each pair is male/female! How cool is that?

Egg and Toast
Chai and Donut
Waffles and Muffin
Tiffiny and Bearclaw

Additionally, it's worth mentioning that all four adopters are on our Discord for Patreon supporters, and have promised to share lots of photos and updates there!

As usual - here's all the rest of the photoshoot. This one was a lot of fun!

Fable's Tails Arrive!

August 01, 2018 by Mr. Academy

Greetings, Kitten Academicians!

Once again, we really have put "the late" in "the latest news." The past week or so has been a whirlwind of Academy-related stuff! Firstly, we had our second annual Kitten Academy Convention and it was completely amazing. We've got so much we'd like to say about it - but that's not even what this post is about. It's about Fable's three new kittens!

On July 20th, Fable went into labor, and it seemed like it was a little more difficult than most. So we packed her up and on the way to the emergency vet, she delivered two wonderful kittens; Ink and Quill. At the vet, they checked her out and said everything was just fine and we should go home for the third kitten - who was delivered on the way home. So all three of this class were born in the car! Of course Fable's kittens would have to start life with a good story to tell.

Because it's been over a week since they were born, their eyes are already starting to open! Surprisingly, the smallest kitten, Parchment, seems to be well ahead of her sisters!

Here's a cheat-sheet to help get you started!

As usual, here's the rest of the photos from this session - and we'll be back soon with graduation photos of the Breakfast kittens, who are all getting adooted on the 11th!