Crazy Cat Lady starter kit

As you know, I've been volunteering for Best Friends for 2 seasons now.  Not only do I do data entry and office work at the adoption center, but I spend a minimum of 2 hours a week at the Kitten Nursery.  Well I suppose you could say that just wasn't enough.  So I signed up for orientation to be a foster Mom.  It seems pretty straight forward so I went ahead and signed up for a litter of kittens.  I asked for "short term" kittens meaning they were close to being ready to adopt.  I was thinking of "2 week" kittens.  Wednesday I went to get my litter.  (Hang on....more on the litter in a second.)

One thing about kittens raised in the nursery is they have grown in a kennel.  It is a steel kennel that is okay size but not enough to run, jump, or play much.  The nursery is considered a medical facility so we suit up in surgical gowns and gloves and that means kittens never get skin to skin contact.  This helpsavoid spread any potential disease but imagine a kitten that has never snuggled, been kissed, or touched with human hands.  So as a foster family, your main goal is to teach the kittens social skills. Let them get used to house noises and different people.  And for petes sake, touch, hold, and snuggle them!  They suggest you have a place that has a hard floor (no carpet) because they might have potty accidents and you need to commit to spend 2 hours each day with them minimum...and you sign a contract you will bring them back.  I weigh them daily too.

Well much to my pleasant surprise, I got a litter of 3 kittens.  They are the "Batman" group from the nursery.  This is way fun because I've worked with them in the nursery and knew they were a good litter.  Pleasant, good eaters, and snugglers.  So let me introduce you to the Batman litter.  We have Bruce, Alfred, and Joker (we call him Gordon because he is too cute to be Joker).

This is them waiting in the carrier at the adoption center (PAC)

Meet Alfred.  He is so damn cute.  He has lots of spunk
 and plays non-stop.  He likes to chew and bite - we are working
on fixing that.

Kitty Pile.  Each time I pick them up, they start purring.
 They pile on each other and fall asleep while I hold them.

This is Bruce and Gordon.  They eat wet
 food like pigs.  They fight to clear the plate
each time I put them down.

Alfred is not a fan of wet food but he loves crunchies. He lays
in the bowl until it tips and eats off the
top...dumping them all over the floor.  Silly kitty.

Bruce loves to sit on a shoulder.  Unfortunately, the day after I got
 him, he started having signs of a respiratory infection.  The next day was
even worse.  He went to see the vet and now have antibiotics
and eye drops for a week.  He is already doing so much better.

This is Gordon.  Such a pretty boy.  Rarely sits still though.

Gordon waiting for me to shower.  They loved laying in my clothes. 

Alfred - doing his Alfred thing.  Play....play....play

They are all waiting to get big enough to get neutered.  Bruce was supposed to go next Monday but now that he is on antibiotics, he needs to wait a week so they will all go 7/18.  After neutering, they leave me and go out for adoption.  They are a darling litter and will go fast at the PAC.