Sneezies Update

Note: edited on Thursday, 6 Aug, to fix some things said in anger that should not have been said.

It's now Saturday. The amount of sneezing and wheezing has dropped quite dramatically -- in over two hours of sitting with them this morning, I only heard two sneezes, and two kittens had brief wheezy moments, and in over an hour tonight, no sneezes at all and only two brief wheezy moments.

Five are boys; only the one with the diamond face is a girl. I've learned that one litter was found as newborns with their mom and another sister, who's been adopted; their mom is a pretty dilute calico who's also up for adoption. The other litter was originally five, but the two girls from it were adopted, no mom with them.

I'd like to implore everyone who visits KHS, or other environments with many cats in close quarters, to be very careful to clean your hands between every cat you touch, and to be very, very careful to put any cat you handle back in the correct place. I've learned that people were putting them back in the wrong cages after handling them, which helped spread the cold much more quickly and thoroughly. The staff put a huge percentage of their time into cleaning to try to control the spread of any kind of infection, but cleaning cages won't help against direct contact. Please help keep the kitties safe!!!

The more love I give the Sneezies, the more they respond and give it right back, and the more they want it. When I spend time with them, I sit on the spare bed, and they more or less bury me in fur and purrs and cuddles.

The little diamond girl, whose name is Stella (although to me she looks more like a Jewel or something, but no point messing with names when they're only likely to be here another week), came up with a clever plan tonight: she ignored the gushifud the boys were wolfing down, so I picked her up and snuggled her, and sat on the bed holding her and petting her, but I didn't see anything wrong, and she was purring. Once the boys started coming up on the bed, she hopped down and went to eat. Smart little girl, getting some of my time without competition!