Cassie, Russell, Tegan and Dinah have all left our nest. Wylla is shuffling around the living room right now chasing a sparkle ball -- you can tell she's a little bored and missing her little playmates. Bean is sitting in the middle of sun patch, that same space the kittens are playing in in the photos below, and is watching Wylla run.  She misses the kittens too, but I also think she's glad to have a quieter house once again.  Normally, when she needs a break from the babies, she slips upstairs and finds a quiet spot. But when it's too hot to hang out upstairs, which it has been the past couple of weeks, she has no choice but to share the coolest spots in the house with them.  She enjoys the kittens, but Bean needs to take her uninterrupted naps. Bean needs her alone time. As I mentioned before, our little Dinichis found some great families. On Monday I will start sharing all of their adoption tales with you.  We've got some sweet stories to tell, and I think you'll enjoy them!

I'm going to be heading to Iowa to visit my family next week, so we won't be getting a new batch of kittens immediately, but as soon as I return we'll pick up a new set! They're still flooding into the shelter, so shouldn't have any sort of wait. Because I'll be gone, I'm going to be putting the IBKC Shop in vacation mode starting Monday, August 29th.  To say "I'm sorry for this inconvenience," I've decided to have a little sale this weekend and we're offering  20% off of  EVERYTHING in the shop.  To take advantage of the discount, just enter "CATLOVER" in the appropriate field upon checkout. The sale ends Sunday at 11:59 PM (pacific time). To visit our shop, click HERE. Have a great weekend everyone!  We'll see you Monday! Our dear friend Julie, of Kitty Wigs fame, sent us a copy of her latest creation “Kitty Wigs Presents Marie Catoinette: A Cautionary Tale of Excess. An Historically Imaginative Adult Coloring Book”. We're so excited for her, and wanted to show our support by sharing it with you today!

Introducing Marie Catoinette, an historically imaginative adult coloring book from the eccentric minds that brought you Kitty Wigs—the cat wig meme that swept the globe with the best-selling book Glamourpuss: The Enchanting World of Kitty Wigs. Imagine a cache of long-lost portraits of felines in fantastical wigs from the time of Marie Antoinette being discovered in the basement at Versailles. Diy Slipcover For Glider ChairWe always believed that we were not the first to put wigs on cats. Jim Taxi Sells Vacuum CleanersHere’s proof in 29 astounding portraits and feline accoutrement ready for you to color and bring to life!Dachshund Puppies For Sale In Baldwin County We know it's for "adults" but wee Russell was excited to pick up a pencil and do a little coloring.  

He loves showing off those thumbs of his!The coloring book is delightful, imaginative, and the illustrations are so charming!   It's sure to be a huge hit with lovers of cats and/or coloring! If you would like to pick up a copy for yourself or your polydactyl kitten, please pay a visit to the Kitty Wigs website, or order one on Amazon! The Dinichi's have been trickling out the door over the past few days and it won't be too much longer before they'll all be gone. It seems we all fell pretty hard for this set, so I know we'll be missing them dearly.   We've found some stellar homes for them, so don't worry,  their futures are bright.  I've already gotten reports that the ones that have left our nest are doing really great.  They are all so social and well-adjusted, of course they transitioned easily! Before we started saying your goodbyes, I  did get manage to wrangle everyone and get a couple of family portraits in.   Thank you for sitting still, kittens, and giving us all a chance to look at you big, healthy babies all together for one last time.

You four are amazing. I hope you know how much joy you brought us all during stay at the IBKC.  You will be missed by many! (don't worry, his peeper is fine -- no damage done) I wanted to say thanks to everyone who purchased a set of our Kitten Magazine postcards. They flew out the door -- we've never had a set sell out so fast!  I'm trying to decide if I'll do a second printing or not. I do have other cards in the queue, so I may wait until after I release those, and maybe reprint the Kitten Magazine cards for the holidays.  I'll keep you posted on that -- I haven't quite decided what I'm going to do yet. I appreciate the support!  It does help off-set the expenses of fostering. As you can imagine, we go through a LOT of kitty litter around here!I hope you're sitting down -- have I got some news for you!  Don't worry, it's not bad news, it's just kind of shocking. SO, the kittens all went in for surgery.  Everyone did great,  came through with flying colors, and were fully awake and snacking when I came to pick them up at the shelter.

Sarah, foster program coordinator, had a funny look on her face when I arrived  and explained that though I dropped off two boys and two girls, I would be leaving with three girls and one boy.Upon intake, when they checked the sex of Nicholas, they thought he was boy, but boy did they get that wrong! He, indeed, is a she! It happens every now and again -- especially when the tots are so tiny. You may recall it happened to us once before with Myron/Myra and Ramona/Ramon Clover!  And when I shared their story, you all shared many similar stories in the comment section As soon as I got home I contacted  his adopter, who thankfully did not care one bit, and actually a  good laugh over the whole debacle.  She would be just as happy with a "her"  and she would be with a "him". Next, I sent a message to Marianne, who was the high-bidder in the naming rights auction, and the person responsible for giving him the name "Nicholas Cassidy".   Since she named him, she should decide what to rename him her.

Here's what Marianne had to say:Cassie always got her way with me and the other kitties, but who knew she could change a boy kitty into a girl from beyond the grave. I guess she wasn't satisfied with just being remembered as a middle name. This is definitely a sign that Nicholas Cassidy should be called Cassie Nicole Dinichi. Best of luck to her new family since any cat named after Cassie will carry at least some of her curiosity and strong-will, but also her sweetness So, there you have it!  Nicholas Cassidy is now Cassie Nicole! And curious, strong-willed and sweet is exactly what she is, so it couldn't be more fitting! I'm so grateful all involved parties were understanding and found humor in the situation!  Thank you so much for just rolling with it! Just in case you missed the post Friday, it went up kind of late in the afternoon, I wanted to share again that there are some new kitty cards in the shop!  Visit the shop to get a closer look and learn a little bit more about them,  or just scroll down and look at the previous post!