tele_mark says:
I put the trap out for the first time last night, but nothing this morning. I'm still hoping their mom made it through the winter.

tele_mark says:
Oh no! The second he's spooked, he runs right back into the house. And, since I let him outside, that really tamed him just about all the way. I can walk right up to him now and he enjoys being pet. I can even pick him up for a few seconds. He squirms but doesn't panic.

tele_mark says:
Mikesch is getting comfortable outside again.

tele_mark says:
The Viking Kitten.....

tele_mark says:
What a content face!

tele_mark says:
The rough life of a store cat!

tele_mark says:
Even the colors on the web page match Claire!

tele_mark says:
Those eyes! What a picture!

tele_mark says:
As an experiment, I put the unused memory foam mattress from under the bed where this one is, and moved this one next to it. This morning, they were in this bed.

tele_mark says:
"Get us a bigger bed, K?"

tele_mark says:
That's very accurate. The adults have been perfect with the kittens. They are continuously holding back and let them have the upper hand. I've never seen them swat at the kittens, even when they deserve it!

tele_mark says:
"Stop looking at me, dog!"

tele_mark says:
The irony is, Robocat was that much of a jerk when he was a kitten, LOL!

tele_mark says:
Even I screw up sometimes when sorting their names on here! When I first rescued them, as chipmunk sized kittens, Floppy was the first one I rescued, and I knew I was keeping him forever. Then when I rescued the others, I put him in the pile and almost lost which one he was. I ended up putting a white tie wrap around an arm so I knew which one he was!

tele_mark says:
Well, one of them does!

tele_mark says:
I let him out. I finished the top overhangs on the deck fence, but looks like they're not needed. And this ended up being another breakthrough. Tonite he's acting very tame. He's letting me pet him, and he flipped on his back a few times and played with my fingers like a real kitten!

tele_mark says:
This is as far outside as he got before running back inside. I dumped the chair over just in case he panicked so he couldn't use it to jump off of. I think he MIGHT be able to make the roof if he really wanted to.

tele_mark says:
Storm offers moral support.

tele_mark says:
Afer 2 hours, he finally goes out and takes a quick peek before running back in.

tele_mark says:
After all my anxiety, it ended up for nothing. It took him 2 hours to cross the threshold with the door wide open, and then when something spooked hi, he ran right back into the house. He's spent 7 months of his 9 months (estimated) in the house, so this is definitely his home!