Till's Petty Cash

Till was first fostered in West Virginia, however when her original foster found out she was pregnant, they knew they were not the best prepared to assist with her birth and raising kittens. So, on July 15th, the shelter they worked with transported Till up to Connecticut, and Kitten Academy. Her first fosters also sent her favorite food, toys, a cute collar with a flower charm, and a sweet note with her! Till settled into the KA Annex. About a week later, she even accepted visitors from KA-Con!

In the early morning of July 26th, Till gave birth to 4 kittens, in this order: Ledger, Farthing, Quid and Doubloons. The kittens began to grow, and when they were a couple weeks old Till helped encourage them to explore outside the box by moving them! The kittens started to develop more personality; while the girls Farthing and Doubloons were very friendly and came running when Mr A came in, Ledger and Quid were more relaxed and Ledger especially just liked to stay in his box. Till had some issues keeping poop in the box, and The Petty Cash all went to the vet for their first vaccines and check-up on September 6th.

On September 13th, a single arrived at Aristokatz vet clinic, and Dr Katz took care of him through the night, but knew he would benefit from being fostered with other kitten around his age. They estimated he was a couple weeks younger then the Petty Cash, but still close enough in age to join the group, so the kitten came to Kitten Academy the next day and was named Bill! He was very small for his age, but had a big belly likely with worms, so all the kittens got dewormer treatment.

All the kittens had a bout of bad poops and got treatment, and Bill and Quid needed some supplemental feeding and subq fluids, and spent extra time in the KA spa. Till was also being gradually introduced to Bill, and began to accept him around her kittens. They all got collars, and were allowed some exploration time outside the annex, and met some of the faculty and older kittens around this time too! Till got her spay on September 26th, and stayed in a separate room while she recovered, and Mr A spent time with her in his office. With some creative litterbox solutions from Mr A, she also started peeing and pooping in the box more!

On October 4th, the whole group went to the vet. Quid continued to have bad poops and Bill was underweight, so they both got a more in-depth examination, while the other kittens got their second vaccines. They also got a check-up and more treatment on the 10th. with continued extra attention, including subq fluids, probiotics, and other treatments. Quid's poops and overall health seemed to be improving, however Bill's poop got worse. Bill went in for another vet check on the 16th, where they discussed plans to perform a fecal transplant procedure to help improve Bill's poops. Mr A kept a close eye on Bill, slept in the same room as him and took Bill with him everywhere, which is how Bill ended up peeing on Mr A's keyboard, wrecking it. Early in the morning of October 18th, Bill took a sudden decline and passed away on the way to the emergency vet.

Quid fully recovered, and spent more time with the rest of his siblings. The Petty Cash's "home base" was moved to the downstairs main room, with the remaining April Meowers with them! The group also usually have the adjacent fireplace room also open for them, however still spent lots of supervised time free roaming around the house. At the beginning of November, adopters were announced for Quid and Raindrop together, and Doubloons and Farthing together! The Petty Cash kittens had their graduation surgery scheduled for November 2nd, and had a pre-op bloodwork and final vaccines scheduled for the 1st. However the kittens were too wiggly to get their pre-op bloodwork done, so they had to come back the next week to get the bloodwork done. Quid and Farthing had their graduation spay and neuter surgery on November 14th, and Doubloons and Ledger had their surgery on the 15th.

Ledger's adopter, a long-time KA community member and KA-Con volunteer, was announced on the 17th, and he was picked up just a few days later on the 21st! Raindrop and Quid were picked up on the 24th, also by an active community member! Doubloons and Farthing's adoption is scheduled for December 9th. Till is still waiting for her purrfect adopter!