What’s not to like about these boys?
This pair of five month old kittens came to us on the eve of our big winter storm of the year. Some friends of ours had taken them in as kittens (found them on the street) and done a masterful job of socializing them, only to be told, several months in, that the cats could not stay.
They were being kicked out literally a day before the frigid weather was to hit.
We couldn’t let that happen, so we made some calls, arranged to get them onto the Memorial Fund for care (thank you, Ruth!), and set them up in our living room.
Bo never met a human he didn’t like. He’s friendly and outgoing with a personality much larger than his little feline body.
Tater Tot is more reserved. More unsure. Pensive, even.
He’s content to let his gregarious brother make introductions, and then, when he feels safer and more comfortable, will amble over for pets and belly rubs.
Tater hissed at me the first day we met, but that was fear. We were New People. There were strange cat smells in our house, and he wasn’t sure why everything was changing.
It took him a few days to warm up to me, but now, when I come into the room for morning feeding and evening feeding and snuggles, he’s first in line for cuddles. They’re AWESOME cats and someone is going to be super lucky to have them. If we weren’t already bursting at the seams they would be foster fails, absolutely, and we’re going to do all we can to keep them together because Tater would be lost without his brave brother Bo. Love those guys.
OH! And fun little detail…they use their tails to hug each other and me. Check this photo out and note what everybody’s tail is going. That’s their thing and it’s beyond cute!
Bo and Tater are currently being treated for a bacteriological sinus infection, are FIV negative, and will soon be making their freedom ride!
OUTCOME
We wound up keeping Bo and Tater for a month longer than anticipated because their sinus infections turned out to be a bit more than that. Both had a polyp (one polyp per kitty) inside their nasal cavity! These had to be surgically removed and…we kept them. They’re in a jar in my office in preservative fluid.
The process of removing them caused the third eyelid in each cat to partially cover their eyes but that faded in ~3 weeks or so. Once fully recovered, both made their freedom ride with our recommendation that they be adopted together. Good luck, Mr. Bo and Mr. Tater! Great cats!