Graduation Photos!

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Ivy's League and the Weathercats will all be at PetSmart, hoping to be adopted, beginning on "Black Friday," November 25th, from 10am-1pm.  Animal Outreach Society has asked us to provide some biographies and photographs for their adoption flyers.  This post is mainly here as an easy way for us to provide the requested information to them.

We'll miss them all when they go -- but on the other hand, they've stayed with us longer than any other Kitten Academy class, and they're really starting to feel a little crowded in the main Kitten Academy classroom!

These kittens are all amazing, loving kittens.  If you are interested in adopting one (or more!) please apply through Animal Outreach Society as soon as possible!

Welcome to "The Sprigs!"

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Yesterday, five new kittens arrived at the Kitten Academy, from Animal Outreach Society.  We're referring to their group as "The Sprigs."  They came from a feral mother in a feral cat colony, but have been living indoors for at least a week or two.  Most of them like people and will purr, so they're already better off than our last group of feral kids -- the Spice kittens from earlier this year.  

DJ Made this cheat-sheet out of photos we took at the vet's office.

Ivy's League and the Weathercats in the main room were due for adoption this weekend, but Dusty has come down with a serious upper respiratory infection, and possibly Yale has it already, too.  So Animal Outreach Society has decided they will stay with us an extra two weeks while they get over their colds.  They will be eligible for adoption, and go to the PetSmart in McHenry, on November 26th, instead.

Until then, the new kittens will be staying in the Kitten Academy annex.  We need to keep them separate until we know both groups are very healthy, and given their big difference in size, probably they will need to be separate even if they are healthy.

Here's some intro photos from after their baths:

Parsley - Female

Basil - Male - Blue Collar

Chamomile - Female

Tarragon - Female

Cilantro - Female

As with all the kittens, the Sprigs now have their own pages on the Kitten Weight Spreadsheet, one for the weights, and one for a graph.

Here's all the rest of the photos from yesterday!

 

 

 

100,000!

 

As of about 5:00am November 5th, one hundred thousand of you have subscribed to Kitten Academy on YouTube!  This is amazing!  When we started Kitten Academy in April, we would never have guessed that so many of you would enjoy it so much.  

I've talked a little bit on the stream about having something that we were going to announce when we hit 100,000 subscribers.  So here we are!  Let me start by saying there's nothing we could do that would adequately express how wonderful this milestone is, nor repay you all for your support.  I'd like to have more time to create new things for you, and hopefully in the next few weeks, we'll be able to make some neat new videos as thanks.

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What we have for you today, though, is Kitten Academy swag!  We've put up a Zazzle store, with products featuring our logos and designs.  We're really just getting started on it -- we don't yet have a good idea what products to offer or what designs to put on them.  We also have plans to add some fun new designs, beyond what we're offering today.

So, take a moment, think about what Kitten Academy things you'd really like.  Is it a shirt, a pet food bowl, a framed picture?  Zazzle offers a lot of items!  What logo or design, or photograph would go on it?  What words?  How would they be arranged?  If you have an idea that you really think you'd like, email us, tweet us, or even just comment below and we'll make sure it is an option in our Zazzle store.  

If you can't wait, and want to go right ahead and make that thing for yourself, we also are offering the option of downloading our designs and applying them to things anywhere on the internet - or in your house.  If you do make something on your own, please let us know!  We'd love to see photos!  Also, if you want to duplicate the rug that's been seen on the live stream, this is the way to do it.  There's a link to the appropriate vendor on the DIY designs page.

 

Thanks again for all of your support.  We hope we can make this month the best yet!  Don't forget, we're expecting new kittens this week, on or before November 9th!  Also, Ivy is still at the PetSmart in McHenry, IL - and there's an adoption event every weekend, Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to 2pm.  People from Animal Outreach Society will be there, ready to help you adopt the perfect cat!