My Kitten Garden - Growing fosters for Families

10/10/2025

10/10/2025

Food puzzles - should be fun not frustrating. I have never used them for cats. Anyone have experience and opinions about these?

Do you offer food puzzles to your cat? If so, or if you're considering doing it, make sure the food-dispensing toy isn't too difficult. Food puzzles should be challenging but they should also be fun where your cat always ends up getting the reward.

10/10/2025

10/09/2025

Grooming sessions often end as spirited wrestling matches, all offered with affection and acceptance between the kittens, whether siblings or just acquaintance. Grooming each other and practicing skills with each other are integral and critical developmental activities. And lots of fun to watch and video! 😻🫶🤣 Brothers Prince and Noble know each other’s secrets and are well matched.
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10/09/2025

Reminder that ❄️ Winter ❄️ will be here before we know it! Now is the time to get prepared with your shelters for the outdoor kitties for the winter‼️
If you don’t have a shelter, now is the time to find one before it gets really cold!
If you do have shelters, be sure to throw away all of the old straw and replace it with fresh new straw before winter.

🚨 STRAW ONLY!! NEVER USE BLANKETS OR HAY!! 🚨
“Hay is for a horses, straw is for strays!”
“Hay is for eats, straw is for sleeps!”

Blankets, towels, etc., hold moisture and can literally cause cats to freeze to death when it gets cold.

Be sure to not use decorative straw from a craft store as that is often treated with chemicals and not a good option for them to snuggle up in. 

🐈 Overstuff the house with straw. Just don't fill too much so kitty can't burrow in.

🐈 Put in an area out of direct wind.

🐈 Do not put food or water inside.....cats don't like to eat where they sleep.

🐈 Put tote off the ground if possible, on boards or even a pallet.

🐈 Check the straw periodically to make sure it doesn’t get wet. If moisture does get in, change with fresh straw.

10/09/2025

Thistle will be available for adoption very soon. He and his buddies would love to be adopted with friends, as they have all become close friends.

10/09/2025

Tina has serious s***k. She doesn’t try to compete with those bigger boys, and usually prefers to watch the rambunctious races and wrestling matches that the five big boys enjoy, but she holds her own when she wants to participate. Tina’s preference is to wedge herself in your chair next to your hip for naps, and to monitor the dining table for possible food to steal. Yes, she loves to taste people food, but her purrs and snuggles are worth the creative ways she tries to help you reduce your calorie intake. Seriously, she’s an independent lovebug, who looks forward to burrowing under your blankets and sleeping in your arms. .com 269-360-2825

10/09/2025

Yes, I have used paper plates instead of cones. They work great for kittens especially! And the pictures…❣️