Ocean's Sailing Kit

Ocean was transported to Kitten Academy from Habersham County, Georgia, on June 1st 2022. She settled down in the KA annex, and went to the vet on the 3rd for a checkup and to confirm she was pregnant, which she was! DJ gave her the name Ocean the next day. Ocean was very friendly right away, and loved to be petted. She had signs of tapeworms, but got treatment and they cleared up quickly. Meanwhile, she continued to hang out in both of the annexes for the next couple weeks, with the cat door connecting them. On June 19th, she seemed to be showing signs of pre-labor just as guests from KA-Con came to visit! However she did not actually give birth until the next day.

Birth order for the Sailing Kit was Spyglass, Compass, Caliper, and Astrolabe. All were male, and very large kittens at birth, but especially Spyglass, who weighed 5.4 oz! This did not seem to be Ocean's first litter of kittens. They nursed and grew in the annex, and began to start opening their eyes and ears. in early July, the group moved from Annex 1 to Annex 2, to create another spare bedroom in preparation fro Mr A's family visit. Around the same time, Compass started being more lethargic than the others, and not keeping weight. He was taken to the emergency vet on July 3rd, where after ruling out blood type mismatch with Ocean, they suspected he might have a cognitional defect. Unfortunately, Compass passed away later that same day.

The other kittens continued to thrive, and began to walk around and started playing with each other. Later in July, they had their first night in the "spa" (the master bedroom) and eventually also got to meet some of the faculty. Ocean's Kit went to the vet on July 31st and got their first vaccines. In early August Ocean and her kittens met Crouton and her kittens, and after getting to know each other they got along very well. Later that month, Ocean and the Sailing Kit were allowed to roam downstairs with them.

After a few tries, on August 13th, Kitten Academy got a new "momcat" who was transported from Athens humane society, Georgia. She was named Trinket by DJ! On the 16th Trinket went to the vet to check for pregnancy, and as Mr A suspected, she was not pregnant. However she was a very friendly cat, and after introducing her to Ocean's Kit, she got along well with them! However, Maggie did not like her and they needed to be kept separated. She loved to play with the kittens, especially Spyglass and Astro. Mr A even started calling her their "older sister". Ocean began to have a taste for people food, and on one incident on August 18th, she stole an entire chicken bao bun sandwich from a box Mr A left in the kitchen.

The whole group went to the vet on August 22nd, for the kitten's second vaccines, and pre-spay check for the adult cats. Both Ocean and Trinket got their spay on the 24th, and recovered for a little while in the Spa. Ocean received a Secret Agent suitcal suit to prevent her kittens from nursing, and messing with her stitches. On September 7th, Trinket went back to the vet to get her ear checked and cleaned. The Kit got their neuters all on September 14th. during this time the kittens continued to play, and have more free space to run around the house.

On October 11th, adopters were finally selected for Ocean's Kit, however Trinket did not have an adopter quite yet. Spyglass was the first to go to his new home, with someone who had adopted from KA twice already, on October 15th. Astro went home the next weekend, October 22nd, and Caliper the weekend after that, October 30th. By the end of the month Trinket finally did get an adopter, and went home on November 4th. Ocean got a "mystery adopter" right away, however the adopter needed some time to fix up their house, and so Ocean will stay at Kitten Academy until December 4th.