Ivy's League and Weathercats

Ivy came to Kitten Academy on August 5th, 2016, from Animal Outreach Society (AOS). She was rescued after being abandoned by her former owners after their home foreclosed, however during her time outside had gotten pregnant. One of her sisters was also pregnant, and ended up giving birth at the vet when they were both getting their initial examinations! She was super friendly and stayed in the Kitten Academy annex. Ivy had a very distinct meow, which sounded like "maoob"! After just one day at Kitten Academy, Ivy gave birth to three kittens! Birth order was Cornell, Harvard, and Yale. Cornell was born breech, but all 3 kittens were born healthy and ready to nurse!

The kittens continued to nurse and grow! Ivy occasionally wanted to move them out of the box, and under the bed, so Mr A put up a fence to discourage her from getting under the bed, where they could not reach the kittens. But Ivy was determined, and jumped over the fence with her kittens! Once they found a fence would not stop her, the family was moved to the master bathroom.

The kittens continued to be healthy, and were moved back to the annex on August 23rd. By this time the kittens were just starting to learn to walk and play, but still stayed in the box. That night Ivy made it clear that she was done using the birthing box for her kittens, and moved them under the bed once again! They were moved to the main room on the 28th, after the remaining English Dessert kittens went to be adopted.

In early September, Yale started limping, however her leg seemed physically fine. After the limp did not resolve itself, and she developed a small fever, she was taken to the vet and got an x-ray. It was determined her leg was fine structurally, instead, her limp seemed to be caused by calicivirus. She got painkillers and antibiotics, and some supplemental feedings to keep her weight up. She continued to improve as the month continued, and fully recovered!

All the kittens were now running around and learning to play, and even learning how to eat solid foods! one of their favorite toys was a stuffed rat, named Princeton by the community to continue the Ivy's League theme. towards the end of September Ivy was moved out of the main room, so she would stop nursing her kittens (who had fully transitioned to solid food) and so she could be spayed and adopted soon

When Ivy moved out, Kitten Academy put in a request for more kittens from AOS that were about the same age as Ivy's League. On October 8th, three bottle-raised kittens came to KA! They were named Stormy, Cloudy, and Dusty by their previous foster, and had the class name of "The Weathercats". The Weathercats stayed in the annex for their first couple days, then integrated with Ivy's League in the main room after a quick vet check-up.

Ivy got her spay on October 12th, and began going to PetSmart adoption events on weekends, starting October 29th. All the kittens got their spay/neuter graduation surgery on the 31st. Yale and Dusty had a bit of an URI, so adoption was postponed for all kittens until later in November. Meanwhile, Ivy was adopted at an event on November 12th!

Ivy's League and the Weathercats went to PetSmart for adoption on November 25th and 26th, except for Yale who's adoption was pre-arranged for a "mystery adopter". At the event, Cornell was adopted, Harvard and Stormy adopted together by a longtime fan, and Cloudy also adopted! Dusty and Yale stayed at Kitten Academy one more week, until December 3rd when Dusty found an adopter at another PetSmart event, and Yale was picked up by her "mystery adopter", who turned out to be a longtime fan and former admin of the Kitten Academy YouTube chat.