Magical Moggies Canberra Cat Fostering

08/06/2026

My computer, overwhelmed with cat pics & videos, simply refused to post for me this morning, so let's try posting from my phone. These are all super quick portraits taken in the last ten minutes. One each.

06/06/2026

Chaos and Panda.

05/06/2026

OF COURSE Panda and Mayhem charmed everyone at the vet yesterday, including a family in the waiting room. The surgeries went fine and, as expected, the kittens utterly ignored the vet advice to take it easy after surgery and not do major physical exercise. There was wrestling, jumping, and even zoomies.

Panda doesn't have to have gender quarantine anymore, yay!!

Here's everyone except Scallywag; the May and Panda photos are post-operation.

04/06/2026

Aw, Mayhem! I could eat you up I love you so!

I shop at PetStock Belco partly because they have amazing discounts. This giant fluffy (washable!) animal bed was reduced to $40. I do have some buyer's remorse because I've gone over budget already... but it turns out May is absolutely obsessed with it. Within about two minutes she hopped up on the side of the cushion and immediately started making biscuits and purring.

She often does it again mid-fight. I usually find her in the cushion when I come into the room now. And yes, she is open to tummy pats. She is quite likely to grab me in her claws and teeth (with joyous affection), but since that's just as likely when I pat her anywhere else... *shrug*

She also sheds more than the usual short-haired cat. I'll start brushing her soon. But today Mayhem and Panda are both getting desexed, FINALLY.

My vet is going to LOVE seeing them both.

04/06/2026

Another video! This shows everyone except Scallywag (who was hiding... but he purred BECAUSE I was patting him the other day, which is a huge step forward), very much in their usual pairs.

Four of my foster kittens. The two classic tabbies (thick lines) ...

03/06/2026

Photos of Mayhem and Pandemonium together. I'm happy to report that May is cuddlier now she has a best friend (or three) to help her express the everlasting violence of her soul each day.

There MIGHT be a future issue with these two. They are determined to give each other gifts via the contents of their litterbox. It is a mix of friendliness and dominance I think (mixing scents/overwhelming each others' scents via poo grenades) and it may continue their whole lives, or even escalate. I think both have inclinations to dominance, and at the moment they're in balance (although possibly over-eating in order to make sure they have plenty of poo to give.... seriously, this is a thing) but if that changes it could get ugly.

They still need to be adopted together. Either one would go mad* on their own.

*er

03/06/2026

I haven't been taking videos lately, because (a) I'm taking hundreds of photos daily and my phone can't take it (b) the memory on my laptop is very low and I don't want my computer to explode more dramatically than it already does.

But here's a tiny glimpse of Chaos sitting on Ruckus and giving her a wash (sitting on a sibling is a very loving act between kittens):

As you can probably guess, they're sisters! Chaos is the one in the...

02/06/2026

Scallywag continues to get more relaxed, bit by bit. The first photo is of him. This is the first time I've seen his lovely beans.

The rest are my current collection of "Chaos and Ruckus" photos. The ones with Chaos sitting directly on top of Ruckus are actually sweet loving cuddles, not Chaos trying to crush her sister.

01/06/2026

Scallywag continues to be visibly more relaxed. It's terribly exciting.

Here's a collection of photos of Chaos; the smaller and less energetic of the two sisters (although all of them played for a solid two hours the other day, so "less energetic" isn't saying much). At some point I'll catch her in full attack mode, but those pics are a lot harder to get!

31/05/2026

Scallywag emerged from hiding again yesterday!

Here's May looking wildly adorable, and here's Chaos sitting on her favourite cushion near Scallywag in the triangle.

I placed the cushion there are Chaos is the least energetic and I thought her presence would be reassuring to Scallywag (and might lead to them being adopted together... although then Chaos and Ruckus are separated, which is a real shame. Still, options!)