Wordless Wednesday - Henry

Happy Endings

Do you remember a while back when Apple, Pumpkin and Cherry went to the shelter and I took a photo of some kittens and one had lost its eyes?

Well they healed up well and were named Killian and Conner.  The local news outlet did a bit on them, it's really cute.  Sadly I can't embed it here, but you can view it over on their website

From their website:
Seeing Eye Cat Helps Blind Brother

Seeing eye dogs are a big help to people who have lost their eye sight. Now one kitty in West Kennebunk is helping his brother get around after losing both of his eyes because of an infection.

Killian and Connor play just like normal brothers.

Megan Arsenault, Animal Care Technician, "It's amazing how well adjusted."

It's surprising because even though four month old Killian pushes Connor out of the way to eat, Killian is blind.

Dr. Stephen Askin, a veterinarian at the Spay/Neuter Clinic at the Animal Welfare Society in West Kennebunk, says, "Over my career I've seen four or five where I've had to take both eyes."

Dr. Askin removed Killian's eyes at the end of May shortly after he and his littermates were surrendered by owners who couldn't care for them.

Dr. Askin says, "Up close he wasn't responding to any of the exam so I think he was pretty close to being totally bind anyway."

Dr. Askin thinks Killian had a herpes virus that attacked the eyes.  But he's bounced back and it may be partly because of his seeing eye cat, his brother,  Connor.

Arsenault says, "I think he does just fine on his own but does super well with his litter mates helping him out."

As they hang out together, you can tell while Connor is watching with his eyes, Killian is reaching out with his other senses trying to figure out what's going on around him.

Arsenault says, "I think he uses his whiskers and his sense of hearing and his other senses...unless you look closely you really wouldn't know he is missing two eyes and gets around just fine and is a normal, healthy cat."

And his brother treats him like one having no problem stealing his toy.

Killian and Connor have found a wonderful home together.  A volunteer at the animal society adopted them both so they will be able to grow up together.  All their littermates have now been adopted but there are still many cats at the Animal Welfare Society looking for a great family to take them home.Seeing Eye Cat Helps Blind Brother

Simon Says...

Hi Interwebs!  Simon here..

Hold on, just need to get this toy..

Sorry about that, it was so crafty I just had to teach it a lesson!!  I has to tell you that having siblings isn't what it used to be.  I uses to has just one.  He was kinda cool.  I could take him easy peasy and I won all the time..

I'm gonna get you little mousie..

Yea, he's a little.. special.  but anywayz I now has three MORE siblings, and while they are small and I wins easily when we wrassle, there are now FOUR of them all together and that's a LOT of wrasslin

Wanna wrassle?

wrassle wrassle wrassle

I winz!

 But I haz got to tell ya that my new sister?? She is RE LENT LESS!!  (at least those are the three words the mommabean uses)  I say she just never stops.  Even when she loses she doesn't have the good sense to go away, she just keeps commin!!

I playin you can't have

I said no

now stay down!

But does she stay down??? NO!!  She just keeps after what she wants, and I don't nose what to do!  How can I put her in her place if she won't stay there??

Intergration

Well I took them to the shelter this weekend and got them tested.  they only tested them for FeLV, so there is still some risk to integrating them.  But since they seem to be in relatively good health (save for the random two day limping/bad day thing we have going on and the lungworm which they are being treated for) I thought it would be best for them (and me) to get them all together.

So when I brought them home I got a plate of raw food (my "please forgive me" for the rough morning) and put that down and opened up the doors.  The video yesterday shows their first few moments together.

I think Dorian really liked the raw food.  He who has most of his body on or covering wins..

They ran around quite a bit.  I don't think the younger ones knew that the older ones haven't always been with them.  Schuster really seemed to love having other kittens not so much bigger then he is to play with.

I put their two small litter boxes along with one great big one in the litter box box and changed the cage around so the bottom had a lot of nice bedding and some boxes to sleep in and they did just fine through the night.

although I am not quite sure that Simon is quite as enamored with his new younger sister as he thought he would be.

Happy Father's Day.

Remember back at the end of May when I asked you guys what you thought about three different ties?  Well I ended up buying one and I saved it for Kit to give to her Daddy on Father's Day.

Think they approve?