Back this week with more adoption followup stories! Which is your favorite? Let us know below in the comments.
Brienne
We changed Brienne’s name to “Iskierka” which in Polish means “little spark” and boy, is she a spitfire!
During the day she zooms around the house playing tag and wrestling with her stuffed puppy; in the evening she wedges herself in the crack between her humans and the couch. She sleeps in bed with us every night. 🥰
We are also harness training her to go on little outdoor adventures! She hasn’t completely won over our older cat, Bruce, but persistence is one of her strongest qualities and sometimes he will wrestle or bathe her and let her cuddle.
You can follow their antics on our Instagram page @Catahans!
Brienne’s Family
Thunder & Lightning
They are growing quickly and we love them so much! Lightning especially likes our cat, Fatboy. They are very loved and my other two cats accepted them. Thunder’s favorite place to be is on everyone’s neck😊
We have a “catio.” I love this picture of Thunder on it.
Thunder & Lightning’s Family
Blossom
We are so incredibly in love with her! We’ve expanded her name to Peach Blossom and she is the sweetest, happiest most lovable kitty I’ve ever met and I feel so lucky to have found her!!
Every morning I’m greeted with a purring shoulder massage 😂😂😂 it’s so freakin adorable!!
Thank you again so much for checking in! I appreciate all the love and care you guys have for these sweet babies 😻😻😻”
Blossom’s Family
Sangria
Sangria is doing great! She adjusted very quickly and is still the same love bug we first met. Here are some pictures.
Sangria’s Family
Marley & Miley
They are doing very well! They are no longer Marley and Miley, but are Klaus and Bernadette (Bernie for short).
Here are some pics. They are wonderful kitties and we are so lucky to have found them.
They have made themselves quite comfortable haha and we love having them. Now if they could just learn to clean their own litter box, we’d be set 🙂 💕💕
Even as I write this, I’m mentally running a checklist on all of my friends who have cats and the text messages they send me about their cats.
My mom texts me pictures and updates of her cat Inky like she’s reporting live on location – where she is sleeping now, where she slept last night, what she is sitting on now (seriously, it’s hysterical).
I’m sooo equally guilty of this! Let me break down my own idiosyncrasies for you.
For the purpose of our current discussion, I’ll focus on Miss Letty, our almost 3 year old Tortoiseshell House Queen.
Prior to this, I could delve into decades of obsessive behavior over my Rugby and Guinness back when they were still alive – but that gets super “crazy cat lady” so I’ll save those stories for another day…
Letty weighs all of 8 pounds and is only slightly larger than a regulation size NFL football if it had legs. She’s super vocal – as most tortoiseshell gals are – and has a full range of beeps and squeaks that communicate her current desires, mood, and concerns. Full meows are reserved specifically for “DO NOT LIKE” situations (such as car rides to the vet).
Here’s a day in the life of my relationship with Letty.
She wakes me up in the morning by landing on my chest like she literally dropped out of the sky (spook jumps). I then stare at her and tell her how beautiful she is. She’s generally feisty AF in the morning and has zero receptivity of my praise and so we head downstairs for breakfast.
Will she eat? Maybe… depends on her mood so I end up following her around the house with her food bowl (she has two different food bowls) until she decides where she would like to eat. She eventually will lead me back up stairs where she will announce that she would like running water from the tub faucet, to which I immediately oblige.
Now it’s time for me to get to work, but, of course, as soon as I’m seated in my office she’s in my lap purring. If I’m trying to type on my keyboard she will quickly transition to either walking on said keyboard or seating herself between my face and my computer screen. If I’m on a skype call she will walk in front of the camera – because whoever I’m talking to must surely be made aware of her presence, right?
Eventually Andrew will come upstairs to get dressed for whatever he’s up to, so Miss Letty must then transition to jumping up onto his shoulders like a little spider monkey. Once she decides she’s in the mood for a nap, each of us is released to go about doing the things that are required to keep her kingdom in order.
In the evenings there are more requirements to provide her running faucet water on demand, lap space during dinner, and at lights-out she burrows herself under the covers and punches her tiny little paw pads into whatever portion of my body is most convenient to her and she stays like this ALL NIGHT. It’s my responsibility to wake up and move myself AROUND HER.
I recently purchased her a set of crystals. Yep… I bought my cat crystals (she loves them, for real). How many hours have I spent staring at her and talking to her? I’d seriously be terrified to count them.
So the point I’m trying to get at here is more than just telling you I’ve lost my marbles. Rather, how great is it that we can love another creature so much that we willingly sacrifice our wants/needs to make it happy? That we can have such a connection with a cat (or cats, or cats and dogs, or birds, whatever) that we brag about him/her like a child, confide our secrets to, and seek out first when we’ve had a not-so-great day.
We never anticipated adopting Letty. We had three cats at the time – more than enough as most people would say. But the day she appeared in our lives, she immediately locked eyes with me in such a way that told me she knew something that I didn’t. And such is exactly what we strive to make possible at Cat & Craft simply by holding space and encouraging connections.
Got your own crazy cat lady story to share? Send them on over, your stories are welcome here!
Coming back at ya with some fresh adoption success stories from fosters adopted from the Cat & Craft Cat Lounge.
Hopefully you’ll recognize a face or two from a previous visit!
MR. OLIVER TUNA TANK
He’s doing great and still losing weight! My girls love him, he’s a good boy, and he’s very sweet. Please let everyone know he’s well loved and taken care of.
Oliver’s Family
PRISCILLA
She’s doing fantastic! She pretty much got here and has not blinked twice at the craziness of all the animals in this house. We all love her! Here she is right now. 🙂💞
Priscilla’s Family
DUSTY AND ALEJANDRA
Dusty and Cookie (Alejandra) are doing great!
They are so precious and adorable. Initially, although very friendly, they did not like to be held. Now Cookie never leaves my lap and Dusty reaches up to me to be held.
I have so many pictures, I annoy my family with daily Snapchat’s of their shenanigans.
I swore I would never have those large cat towers in my house, but now I have two, LOL!
Dusty and Alejandra’s Family
BUBBLES
Bubbles is doing amazingly well. 🙂 We love her so much. She’s so affectionate and talkative and makes us laugh. She loves chasing her springs and other toys, and takes turns sleeping on the kids’ beds.
Bubbles’ Family
GAZPACHO
We named him Haru and he loves his big brother Kinji so much, lol! Haru is a big part of our lives, thank you so much for letting us adopt him! 😭♥️ We knew he was perfect for us the moment we saw him. Thanks again!
Gazpacho’s Family
ANYA
All is going well. Cashel absolutely loves Anya (Ocha- Japanese for Tea since we got her at the Cafe :))
She really is the perfect cat for Cashel and us and we’re loving having her. Thanks for checking in!
If you follow us on social media you saw we decided to join the viral meme fun this week called the #dollypartonchallenge (see below).
So in the spirit of fun memes – the best of which are cat-centric obviously – I’ve rounded up a few of our all time favorites below for your enjoyment!!
Back again with even more updates on how Cat & Craft foster cats are doing in their new homes.
We’re so grateful for the the support of our community and the adopters who have given these furriends a forever loving home.
SUNNY
We adopted Sunny at Sunny, at just over 11 pounds, has no trouble holding his own with our 17- and 18-pound Ragdolls. He has so much energy that he literally bounces off the walls sometimes! He loved the spring toy he played with at Cat & Craft so much, we got him a dozen more, and he can play for hours with them! He’ll even play fetch with us, taking turns bringing the spring back to one of us, then the other, and so on.
He loves to eat, will try anything once, and has tried to eat all kinds of human food, including Sriracha, lettuce, shredded wheat cereal, almond milk, fresh basil, root beer, you name it!
He’s a lap cat, and will even sleep on us at night. He makes little chirping sounds all day long, slightly different depending on what he’s doing. We know when he’s curious, hungry, excited, or has to use the litter box just based on how he chirps.
Sunny’s Family
BB
She is amazing and everything I wanted for my cat Max. He loves her and she is the perfect companion.
I love my panthers! She definitely runs the house and made herself right at home! Thank you! Have a happy new year! ❤
BB’s Family
Tom Collins
Bo Diddley, formerly the cat known as Tom Collins is doing great! He’s a great cat with tons of personality and affection 😊
Tom Collins’ Family
Thumbelina
Happy Holidays!! She is a wonderful addition to our family. She settled in quickly and we absolutely love her. She’s the sweetest! Thank you and LYFF for giving us the opportunity to adopt her.
Thumbelina’s Family
Vanna
She is doing great! Feel free to share our stories and photos from Instagram, their IG is @svenandrobbie. Her and Sven are like besties now!
She’s so spoiled! Thank you!
Vanna’s Family
Rey
She is doing great, she is settling in with our resident cat and they are starting to play together and are always close by. Please feel free to share these pics and let everyone know she is doing well. Still a cuddle bug, she loves sleeping with us on the bed.
She also loves being high up on the cat trees.
We are so happy to have her as part of our family!
Rey’s Family
Grasshopper & Guinness
Grasshopper and Guinness are doing very well and fit right in with the family.
I’ll try to get a photo opp with our Saint Bernard. Guinness has decided they’ll be friends whether the dog has interest or not, lol. They’re very sweet cats.
Grasshopper and Guinness’ Family
NOVA
We LOVE our Nova girl. She is full member of the family now 🙂
Nova’s Family
Deedee
Deedee is feelin’ right at home in her new furrever home with family after only a few days!
