Hipster Weebops

Bebop arrived to Kitten Academy on May 19th, 2020, transported from the Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Control Shelter in West Virginia. She took a couple days to settle down in the Annex. Bebop was a fairly picky eater when she arrived, so she went to the vet and got a checkup and x-ray on the 23rd, and the vet estimated she had 6-7 kittens! Besides that, no other issues, so her picky eating was attributed to just being very pregnant. She continued to get comfortable in the annex, and comfortable with Mr. A.

Finally, on June 10th, Bebop gave birth to all 7 of her orange kittens! Because both the male and female kittens turned out to be orange, it can be assumed the dadcat was orange too! Most of the kittens were born breech, and the last kitten (Retro) did need some breathing stimulation after she was born, but all kittens were healthy and nursing! The whole birth took about 12 hours. With such a large litter, Mr A kept a close eye on kitten weights, and fed some of the kittens himself if they were not gaining weight properly.

The kittens continued to grow, and learn to walk, and play with each other. At a couple weeks old, Bebop decided it was time to move, and started moving her kittens out of the box! and while Mr A tried to appease her by moving the box to the location she moved her kittens, however eventually the box was taken out and a short "wall" was placed around the kittens instead. Retro started to make a name for herself by being the the most adventurous, the first to open her eyes, the first to start eating solid food, and also the first to run out the room! Vinyl also stood out, being the first over the barrier and closely followed Retro when escaping from the room!

Once the kittens were starting to get good at walking around, at a few weeks old, it was noticed that Bespoke (Bessie) had more trouble keeping her balance than the others. Mr. A kept an eye on her and her siblings, and noticed that Artisanal (Artie) also has a little bit of balance issues, although at a lesser extent than Bessie. It was determined that the two of them have cerebellar hypoplasia, or "wobbly cat syndrome", a birth defect where the cerebellum is smaller than usual and they have a difficult time keeping balance. While Artie has a very mild case of this, Bessie's case was more moderate. Although they wobbled a bit, the two were still able to do and learn everything a kitten is able to do, like eating, playing, running and climbing, so no special treatments were needed for them.

All the kittens went to the vet on July 27th for their first vaccines, and got collars at the same time. The kittens moved to the main room to make room for May B., and continued to grow and play, getting lots of exploration time in the living room. Bebop did not get along very well with the faculty, so faculty interactions with the weebops were mostly limited to when Mr A and DJ took them to their bedroom for a night, just a couple at a time. In the beginning of August, the power went out at KA for about a week, however the kittens hardly noticed and continued to play as usual. Later that

Bebop got various checkups for an upset stomach, which was presumed to be IBD, and got a "secret agent suit" to prevent the kittens from nursing while she got treatment for that. Later in August, Ironic also got a vet visit after she took a tumble off a decorative fake tree in the living room and was limping a bit, however it was determined to be just a sprain and she healed up quickly with a few days spent in isolation in the bedroom. All of the Weebop's adopters were also announced at the end of August! On September 4th-6th, the Weebops were also featured at the virtual Crunchyroll expo, where Kitten Academy hosted "Yuzu's cat cafe"!

On September 10th, Ironic, Indie, Retro and Artie got their graduation surgery, and Bebop, Bessie, Vinnie and Vinyl had their surgery on the 14th. Indie and Retro were adopted together, and so were Vinnie and Ironic (renamed Axel and Twizzle) and the four of them went to their homes on the 20th. Vinyl was adopted on the 25th by a former adopter of Kazoo from Song's Quintet, and also Gingko from The Cat Trees, making this the first time an adopter has adopted kittens from three separate classes! Bebop and Bessie were also adopted together, and went home on the 26th. Artie's adoption was postponed because his bloodwork during his surgery showed an issue with his kidneys, and he got an ultrasound which revealed that one of his kidneys was a bit smaller than usual. This didn't require treatment, so Artie finally went to his forever home with former KA momcat Tailor, from the Bespoke Tinypants, on the 27th!