Meet Millie and Her Adorable Babies!

Hi everyone, I am Millie. I’d like to tell you about myself, my babies, and how we ended up at the Forget Me Not Cat Sanctuary.

Last spring someone found me as a stray, and on April 30th I was dropped off at a rural pound. I was pregnant and the very next day I gave birth to six beautiful babies. As the pound had no resources to cope with a momma cat and my newborns, and an adoptive home was not available to take us in, we were all slated to be euthanized within the next couple of days. Lucky for us, the folks at the Forget Me Not Cat Sanctuary were happy to save us, and on May 1st, we began our new life at the Sanctuary.

I was about 8 to 10 months old at the time so just a youngster myself. I was very emaciated when I gave birth and did not have enough milk for my tiny kittens, so the kind people at the Sanctuary provided bottle feeding to them. My babies were born with compromised immune systems. On top of that, my kittens and I all have gastro-intestinal problems (a type of colitis) which means we are constantly plagued with intermittent diarrhea and we all have to be on special medication from time to time. Because of this, we will remain permanent residents at the Sanctuary so that we can be given this type of special care for the rest of our lives.

When I first came to the Sanctuary they decided to call me “Violet”. After about 10 days the people realized that I didn’t seem to respond to that name, and it didn’t really suit me. As my personality started to shine through they could see I was very outgoing and not a “Shrinking Violet!”. So my name was changed to Millie and I loved it instantly!

I am a sweet and gentle girl, and I love spending time with my babies and interacting with the humans. I am always happy to receive pets and snuggles. One of the human helpers at Forget Me Not thinks I am one of the most striking looking cats because of my sparkling eyes and beautifully marked coat. I have an unusual look for sure!

My litter consisted of two boys and four girls. The kids are now eight and a half months old. The boys are all white with creamy tones and they are called Frosty and Snowdrop. There is a saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul, and you can see their great spirit in their sparkling blue eyes. They are typical young boys, active and playful, and they like to jump around the many pieces of furniture in our wonderful “family suite” at the Sanctuary. They love spending time looking out the windows from the sun drenched perches we have to enjoy, or snoozing on the cozy furniture after an exhausting day of play.

My four girls are the dark ones. They are Gingersnap, Nibbles, Timbit and Panda. They are sweet, loving and very inquisitive. Gingersnap looks a lot like me, she’s the one with the copper mark on her face. Nibbles is the long haired darling with the white mark arching over her eyes and nose. Panda is the long-haired beauty with white markings. And Timbit is the short-haired black and white girl. The girls are really sweet and affectionate and love to groom each other. I can't imagine my life without these adorable babies! The humans are pretty crazy about all of us too!

My children are all great friends who enjoy each other’s company and I am so happy to be able to live out my life with my children at my side. If not for the folks at Forget Me Not, we would not even be alive today, so we will always be grateful to them for saving us all.

Thank you Forget Me Not for rescuing us and giving us a wonderful Forever Home!

Purrs and meows,


Millie

Update on Baby Mocha

Hello everyone, Creamsicle here. First let me thank everyone for their prayers and good wishes for my little friend Mocha. All of us kitties at the Sanctuary as well as the humans here really appreciate your kindness and caring about baby Mocha, and it really meant a lot to us to read the wonderful comments you left following the post about her illness.

As promised, I wanted to update you on how she’s doing. Following my last post, Mocha continued to eat. She ate a lot those first couple of days, maybe too much....because she did end up throwing up most of her food that first night. But she’s been gaining weight and is on target, or even slightly better, than what the vet indicates she should be gaining. Her weight stayed at 575 grams the first couple days, then from Monday to Wednesday she was gaining about 20 grams per day. As of now, her weight is 635 grams. So she has been progressing in the right direction.

She’s eating a bit less now though and is not too interested in drinking water, so the humans are giving her little drinks every few hours with a syringe. She is also getting a little extra fluid, as the humans are giving her some of the gravy from her kitten food as well.

Although she is still a very sick little kitty, her spirits are great and she purrs practically non-stop! The only day she seemed rather lethargic was the day she threw up, but her physical activity level has improved since then. She loves company and human contact and is very content when she is cuddled. Her favorite place to curl up is in the bend of a human’s elbow. Now this may not seem the most comfortable place, but if you try and move her to a comfier location, she’ll climb right back up onto the elbow. Being that she is in isolation, the humans spend as much time with her as they possibly can. She also has been receiving extra attention from two twin teenaged girls (Meagan and Nicole) who love cats and have been dropping by to see her as much as they can, spending time with her and cuddling her, which they all enjoy.

So while she’s doing OK she’s not out of the woods yet. It’s very important that she continue to eat and keep gaining weight. The coming days and weeks will be critical to Mocha’s survival. The folks here at Forget Me Not are doing all they can for her – by ensuring she is getting the best medical care possible, and the tenderness and kindness she deserves. We hope and pray this will help her find her way to a full recovery.

So we would very much appreciate if you could continue to keep little Mocha in your thoughts and prayers. Your good wishes have helped her recovery thus far we are sure, and have also warmed the hearts of everyone here at Forget Me Not, to know that there are so many kind people out there behind our little girl.

Thanks so much for your support, and I will continue to keep you updated on baby Mocha’s progress.

Purrs,

Creamsicle