Turkey Leftovers and a Surprise!

I haven't managed to post for a while due to a nasty cold which zapped all my energy (but I'm better now), and then Thanksgiving preparations kept me busy.

We had a wonderful day with most of the family here.

I hope all our American friends had a blessed Thanksgiving Day too.

This is 'Riley' gnawing on the turkey carcass after the meat had been taken off and stored in the refridgerator for those lovely leftovers. (Don't you love turkey and stuffing sandwiches with mayo!?) The carcass did eventually make it to the barn for the rest of the kitties to share, but 'Riley' had first dibs. I'm not sure where Jasmine was while this was taking place!!

Yes, this kitty has become a house cat, and there's an amusing story to tell about that :)

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Our oldest daughter, Kylie and husband, Ko have moved to NY City, and they decided their kitty, Ilsa needed a companion to keep her company now that she's living in a 14th floor highrise apartment.

Riley became the chosen cat, being the bigger twin, and a bit more robust than his brother, Max.

we agreed to have him neutered, vaccinated, defleaed, etc. and get him used to being in the house. With this intention we took him to our local vet on the Monday before Thanksgiving. During the pre-op check the vet checked the...er...gender, paused a moment, then looking up with a small smile on her face, she announced, "This is a little girl!"

Oh dear!

The kids had wanted a male....

Well, not to worry, there was still Max at home, and we could bring him back the same day they said.

So....we had "Ms." Riley medicated and vaccinated, since she was there, and made plans to check Max's gender as soon as we arrived home.

You can probably guess what's coming, right?....

Yep, Max turned out to be a girl too!

They had a good chuckle at the vet's when I called to tell them :)

But now I had to break the news to Kylie......

She laughed uproariously when I told her the story and assured me that Riley being a girl would be just fine with them. Whew!

She'll have her 'op' in a couple of weeks and we'll take her to them at Christmas time.

They're still trying to decide on a name, and meanwhile we call her Ginger...or Miss Kitty, or Little One, or whatever comes to mind :)

I'm happy to report that Jasmine seems very happy to have a playmate.

After she's finished roughing 'her kitten' up.....

She gives her a wash......

And then they take a nap.

Jazzy even shares 'her' chair with Ginger (not so much her food!). She'll miss her when she's gone and so will we!

We may have to bring "Maxine" into the house!

You can imagine how much the little grandsons enjoyed having another kitty to play with. Here she was batting the ball back and forth with 'K', whilst being rough-housed by Jazz. She's a very patient girl :)

I hope you're all having a great week!

We have a very cold wind and snow here tonight!!

Time to hibernate....