Cat of the week: Mickey

Mickey got shot with a 9mm but he's fine now. He still needs a lot of socializing but making some progress. He's not scared of me really, he just doesn't want me near him lol.

Other updates: Kittens still have ringworm, but I got to let them play with me through the screen door a little which was cute as hell. Tam Tam was evicted by Mickey but they're getting a little less scared as well, got a couple sniffs of curiousity and no hisses. Similar with Mazy, started off with a few hisses but eventually got her comfortable enough to roll around and be upside down even with my hand in the condo with her.

Cat of the week: Tam Tam

Tam Tam is the cutest fucking cat to ever live, she's sooooo pretty 😭 she's definitely making a lot of progress socializing, I got Very close to petting her today. Soon I will get her.

Other updates: New cat! Holly. I showed up and she was there chillin in a condo (our better-connotated word for cage), but she didn't seem too interested in me and kinda seemed out of sorts so I left her alone. I figure she just came from the vet and is high as hell or whatever. Then when the manager comes in like 2 hours later, she asks me if I met Holly and it turns out she's BLIND so my dumb ass holding out my hand for her to sniff earlier obviously had zero success. But she's really sweet, loves pets and purrs. 15 years old, obviously was taken care of bc she is like fully fully blind. Forgot to grab a pic. Next week.

Worked more with Mickey. Mickey is scary because he has almost no Tells for when he's gonna go after ur ass. He's not afraid, he doesn't airplane ear, he doesn't hiss, he's just ready to fuckin go at a moments notice. He will very very slightly prepare to pounce and that's all the warning you get. If I know a cat is scared, I know eventually they'll get less scared, but with him it's like, he's pretty comfy and that's just how he's gonna be I guess. I probably won't ever pet him but at least working with him makes it safer to be near him at all lol. He didn't hiss at all today and I stood near him while he ate some wet food about a foot away with my hands in view (he hates hands). Only goal is to not have to fear for my hands when giving him food.

I did get to pet Mazy! and no hisses from her today either. She's such a cutie, very young, her kittens got aborted and she got spayed right before we got her. She'll make a great cat once she adjusts.

and I got to go in with the kittenssssssss. The four girls are out at the vet for their spays tomorrow, so it was the three boys being boys. Very wily, very kitten, very cute, very sharp teeth and claws that come out for no reason lol. Such rascals.

Bonus Cleopatra! Such a queen.

Cat of the week: Reggie

Reggie is a teensy tiny all black kitty, he's my current favorite bc he's a secret lovebug and is just a cutie. Reminds me of me fr.

Other updates: No Holly pic this week bc the med rooms are now under quarantine 😭 Ringworm spread to another cat in there, so they're limiting access to try to prevent it from spreading even further. Apparently ringworm is also athlete's foot and jock itch both. The more you know... It's difficult mentally to readjust to changes in the status quo, but I spent more time with gen pop today. Kitty Girl (terrible name but I didn't choose it) sat on my lap for a good 30 minutes while I journaled some. Now that's therapeutic. She's pretty new, a cute soft calico. Nice to see her be so social.

I sneakily touched Tam Tam and she hissed at me but didn't Freak out and was still fine the rest of the day, so I still think I'll get her to come around soon. Mickey was a little bit testy, some hisses but no swipe attempts at least. As long as he's hungrier than he is angry, I'm safe lol (they can free feed dry food but have to come down from their hiding spots to do so, so giving them wet food is usually effective). Santi, one of our trouble kitties, nicked me in the finger trying to reach past her for a water jug. Rude. I caught myself being a hypocrite when I snidely asked her if she's gonna hate everybody for the rest of her life. I wish I could lash out and still be taken care of for the rest of forever, no questions asked. Must be nice to be a cat.

Other pics of the week are some of the other tinies. Little Boo is the grey, Runi is the brown. She's little Boo because we have a Baby Boo that is much bigger than her, and a Boo Boo Kitty (who names these cats???) who is bigger still.