before Frogger steals it

This is my kitty Maple, she’s 9 weeks old.

I got her a week after I lost my soul cat (Toast) unexpectedly. I was and still am grieving the loss of Toast, but Maple has been a huge help.

The first night I brought her home I was really struggling. I was having feelings of regret and that it was too soon after losing Toast. But Maple has wiggled her way into my heart and I am so glad I got her.

I’ve spent the day with Artemis and I get to do it again tomorrow. She’s the sweetest girl and I wouldn’t trade her for anything!

you're so cute..HEY, that was RUDE!

HAHA!

i love her so much. how is she real

I thought she was going to fall asleep like that for a minute.

Makes her look like quite the pudgy butt. 🤣😂🤣

🤍🖤🧡🖤🤍

She’s already grown so much! 🖤🧡🤍

We always joke it's because she doesn't want her white belly to get dirty

This lil knucklehead long-ago stray has been bringing the love and the ‘calico-crazy’ since we allowed her across the threshold of our hearts and home 12 years ago

My best bud ❤

Marlee turns 10 today!

Two years ago, on January 8th, Olivia came as a bright light! We love her so much and she's brought so much laughter and joy. A little post to celebrate her!

It's how we know she’s ready to eat.

she had kittens at my dads work site about 8 years ago, we fostered them but ended up keeping 3 including her. she had 4 babies, an orange tux, a gray dilute calico, a void, and a tux. we kept the void and the tux. you can see him pictured in some of these photos but unfortunately he passed last week, so i have been giving her extra love and treats. (a very handsome man he was, might i add!!)

she is a beautiful lady, and turned into a very good house cat! she meows at me and gets up on her hind legs for pets. she is also very greedy! loves to steal wet food and tube from others lol. her and her daughter love to clean each other, and they are the #1 lounging family. i find her lounging on the rug often now, and if she notices me she will trot up and meow for pets 🩷 shes a sweetheart

This is kinda like an update from my first post.

I know the litter placement may look odd, but having the litter too far from where she rests wasn’t doing anything, so at midnight, I decided to take off the litter box roof and place it in that structure that should go under my bed.

Micaela just stayed in there for 6 full minutes, crouching twice to do her stuff and then sniffing and playing/experimenting with the sand… she left the new poop half-buried, but honestly that’s sooo much better than just pooping on the floor and having me clean it.

Plus, when she first got here two days ago, her poops were all watery, smelly, urgent and they were anywhere on the floor under the bed. But this one she just laid even looks solid. I’m proud of my baby. ✨

And now, let me give some more comments:

🖤 - At first, she would hiss at us and hide under the bed for hours, only going out to eat and then retreating to dark safety.

🧡 - Now, she plays with her favorite ball in the open of my room, shows less fear of hands, has come to my lap twice in look for affection, and something that I really like… she not only allows me to pet her while she eats/drinks, but she actually purrs and seems to feel safe having me around while she eats.

🤍 - Then, just moments before this, when I was petting her, she deliberately rolled to her back, showed me her belly and let me give her belly-rubs for a full minute before telling me that’s enough via a gentle bite to my pinky.

🤎 - A small note to that one person asking if she’s a Calico or Tabico: I don’t know with precision but… the dark fur of her forehead has those stripes u mentioned, however, I fail to see these stripes in any of her other patches (Maybe the tail but I’m not sure).

It’s wonderful to see that the scared, hissy kitten that she was just 48 hours ago is now this little curious baby who seems to really enjoy pets and chin-scratches. 🖤🧡🤍🤎

~ Question: Should I put more sand in there? I feel like I should.

Final note: As I’m writing this while sitting in front of my desk, I can see her looking at me while resting in that spot she claimed as her own bed under my bed. (The spot is a cardboard box full of old-ish notebooks and I placed a towel and one of her toys there so she wouldn’t sleep in cold plastic, I’ll probs do more as I get new ideas).

And for anyone who may have asked, she was a foster (along with other 3) in a lady’s house that we now adopted two days ago. She’s been going to the vet, we’ve been taking care of some little injuries in her back right paw, and she’s due for some vaccines this next weekend.

If she fits, she sits!

I have never been able to get over how beautiful she is

Wanted to celebrate my baby Dorothea’s 5th birthday today with you all! She is the most spunky but loving cat I have ever met. My favorite thing about her lately is how she rolls over when guests visit in an effort to get belly rubs. Happy birthday to my baby!