Naming Baby Cat....

Yes, here's the new edition to my house of way too many kitties. She's 5-6 week old with seal point markings.

She's sleeping with her favorite towel. She's living in the pen right now cause my other cats need to get used to her. Also, she's so tiny I'm concerned she'll get into some spot in the house and I'll never find her again.

She has organized out of pen playtimes, so don't think she's in the pen 24/7.

If you have any ideas on names, I'd love to hear them.

Southern California KItty Moms! Come to the Rescue!

See these cute babies and their Moms?! They just took up residence on my back porch. There are 2 black and whites, 3 blacks and 2 siamesey types.

If you live anywhere close to Lancaster, Ca and want a wild little kitten to tame and raise as your own, contact me here or at one of these e-mail addresses.

phuzzyvelour@earthlink.net or fuzzyvelour@yahoo.com

I have 1 siamesey one spoken for already. I'm contacting local rescue groups, but they don't have space for any more kittens at present.

If you are local, want a companion ......you will have to tame a kitten like this down.... it takes me 2-3 weeks to get a feral kitten box trained and comfortable in an indoor setting... contact me.

I'll add more pictures as I can to this ongoing rescue attempt. I'm trying not to scare this family off. I want to try and capture the kittens asap....they are beginning to eat and go potty on their own. Soon capture will be more problematic.

I have a local feral cat spay and neuter group coming for the Moms soon 2-3 weeks and I want to get the babies adopted ASAP!

Let me know if you can help!

Orchid came back

Last summer a young feral cat, who was at least part siamese, came by regularly for food. He or she ran with a wild group of cats in our area. I got to know her better and called her Orchid. She had lovely lavender eyes and a funny tuft of fur on her head that seemed to go the wrong way. She was always sickly and I wanted to tame her down and take her in with the rest of my rescues.

I always looked forward to my morning visits with her. After breakfast on the porch, she'd play with her felt mouse and chatter to me. When I finally felt she was tame enough to be boxed, I made a vet appointment and waited for the next morning to come. Orchid never showed up.

Living here in the Mojave Desert, I know that feral cats are food for many predators, but I had hoped she'd be round 1 more day. I felt so guilty.

About 4 weeks later, I heard a familiar meow out on the porch. Grabbing a food bowl, I rushed out to see Orchid pacing around the porch. I put the food bowl down and reached out to pet her......

And put my hand right through her.

I've seen ghosts since I was a little girl, so seeing Orchid just made me sad. She's visited me periodically since late last summer. The last time I saw her 4 months ago, I asked her to let go and come back to me as a live cat. She cocked her tiny head at me and squeezed her lavender eyes shut. I 've always thought of this as a cat smile.

About 3 months ago a black feral cat gave birth to 5 black kittens and one siamese kitten with lavender eyes and a funny tuft on the top of his head on my back porch. I'm still looking for homes for 4 of the black ones if any one is interested.

But since I promised her, Orchid/ Rorschach or Rory lives with me.