Monday, April 1, 2013

Celebrating more birthdays!


Happy 5th birthday to Erin's Smokey and our Little Bit!  Wow, can't believe these two girls are that old already.  Smokey acts older than she is, but Little Bit acts like a kitten still.  Little Bit is zooming up and down the hallway, almost running over Dare on her way around the house!  Smokey sometimes snuggles with the other cats, and sometimes plays, but most of the time she acts like a grumpy old lady, proving that you can never tell personalities only by heredity.

Remembering their sister, Baby Chiba, who went to the Bridge as a kitten.  These girls had a tough first year, being neglected by their original family.  Smokey was abandoned along with her cousin-cat Starla, whom we adopted.  Little Bit got pregnant when she had just turned 1, and had four little boy-kits.  We fostered them all and found homes for three of them.  One ended up dying of genetic complications.

Even though we love these girls, please remember it's important to spay and neuter your pets!  It's also important to spay and neuter feral cats.  Little Bit's dad was a pet cat, Smokey's dad was probably a feral, and their mom was feral-born.

From left to right on the porch:  Starla, Little Bit, Smokey.  From left to right in the back:  Outdoor Fluffy Buddy, Boo-Boo Kitty.


Smokey as a kitten

Little Bit as a kitten

Baby Chiba and Starla as kittens

4 comments:

Fuzzy Tales said...

Happy birthday to them both!

My goodness, there are a LOT of birthdays (and gotcha days) around the CB today! April 1 was a popular day. LOL.

The Island Cats said...

Happy Birthday, Smokey and Little Bit! We hope you have a great day!

Sparkle said...

Happy birthday to Smokey and Little Bit - and for the reminder about spaying and neutering!

meowmeowmans said...

Happy birthday to Smokey and Little Bit! We sure hope they had a day as special as they both are. :)