Snoozing and washing... nothing new!

Toby and Belle in the basket

Dewey joined them to wash, aww :) Belle quickly rolled over to grab his head or some, haha

Dewey washing Toby, Belle washing Dewey, Toby slacking as usual :D

So sweet when kittens return the favor! There's not that many that wash Dewey :)

Belle was sleeping on a soft window sill cushion, but that thing is a little wider than the sill, and it happens that kittens fall down with it. This time Belle fell down, looked up with a sleepy head, and thought 'whatever', lol! She just rolled up and continued her snoozes :O

I asked her what she was doing there :D

Snoozing on my lap together :)

Belle back in the window sill, partially on that cushion

Rolling over, looking charming, haha

Tent, food & cuddles!

Saturday morning I took Sue to the vet, looks like she's allergic to something :/ So it's a little messy right now, because she can't eat anything else besides the standard food (mobility diet, we don't want to stop that if it's not needed) and the kittens have their own kittenfood of course. But Sue also has painkillers and she tends to puke if she doesn't get them with food, so the vet gave a raw food that she most likely wouldn't react to, just to see if she would maybe eat that instead. But I've tried raw food before, and as I expected, she didn't even look at it, heh. So much for that idea! But the kittens? It took a little sniffing, then Toby went for it. Belle wasn't sure at first, but Toby was eating, so it had to be good and she didn't want to miss out!

Then Toby noticed something weird about their playtent...

In case you're wondering, there's a red/pink-ish curtain near my front door, which gives that pink glow :)

That white thing in the tent is way too big to be a kitten... :D

And those paws that poked Toby weren't exactly tiny either!

Toby quickly lost interest when I got near, cutie :)

Sleeping on the couch

And this was what I described in my last post, it felt like Toby fully realized here that it was me! He just kept purring around my head like this ♥

Toby toes!

Belle enjoys 1 of the activity boards, probably the easiest I have, and she straight away understood it

Toby on the other hand, discovered the cord of my sweater!

The last pics from T&B's previous stay

As I explained in my previous post, Toby and Belle have returned, and they're cute as always! :) When they came home, Belle walked out of the cage with her tail up, and went to play with the Catit playrails within minutes. Toby was a little more hesitant, but it didn't take too long before he joined Belle. Dewey couldn't resist that closed door with something behind it, so he quickly joined us to greet the 2, and it didn't take long before he and Belle gave each other's heads a few licks, aww!
When I went down for a bit and came back upstairs again, I called for them as always, and found them waiting at the door, just like it used to be. But Toby stayed a little shy, and later on, he got a little worse. He went in a basket on top of the closet, and kinda zoned out :( And then I spooked them by just entering the room without calling for them first (which wasn't a problem before), so it was clear they needed a little time to adjust. But luckily, later in the evening I could already clearly tell a difference, and the next morning they were fine!
That day Toby joined me on the couch, and it was like the last little click in his head was made; 'I really do know you!! :L'. And he just got SO cuddly and sweet, and he kept rubbing against my head while purring really loud, haha! And by now they're acting like nothing has changed, they're playful, cuddly, meowing and purring, and join me wherever I go :)

And! They'll get visitors tomorrow already! I hope it's a match, but I noticed yesterday when my mom visited, that they did take a bit of a hit to their trust in humans. Especially Toby was a little too impressed at first, not like him at all, poor boy. But luckily his curiosity won pretty fast, and they were playing like nothing was wrong. I hope that'll be the case tomorrow as well, so their visitors can see how cute and funny they really are :) Fingers crossed once again!

Here are the last photos of their previous stay, from the last days before they moved :)
Cuddly in my arms

Dewey joined them to wash them <3

Cuddly Belle

And sleepy Toby :)

I got a little 3 step stairs for Sue, to help her getting higher on things. It's near my bed now, and she loves it! She'll even walk around to use it when it's not on her route, instead of going for the shortest route. Needless to say, I getting more stairs for her! Toby found it pretty entertaining as well :)

The story continues...

I planned on posting a few last pics of Toby and Belle, and an update that they're doing great in their new home, but unfortunately, things are a little different. Their owners have sent me a lot of updates, which showed that Toby and Belle quickly turned into their lovely little selves after they got used to the new situation, and were indeed doing great. But one of their owners is allergic and sadly things got too serious with that, leaving them with not much choice. So in short, I then had to decide if I'd take them back or not.

That was a very hard decision, it would be best for them to return here and of course I'd want to take them back! But would that be the wise choice, considering they're a little older (which isn't great for my cats, especially Sue who's doing a little less good at the moment) and that Dewey needed a break (which he only had for a week now)? I'm also going through a busy and rougher period now, so that got added to the thoughts as well, although my main concerns were about the kittens and my cats. It took a lot of going back and forth in my mind, and talks with one of the shelter's staffmembers, but we've decided to go for it. If it doesn't work out with my cats, we can always go for another option. Sooo... Toby and Belle will return here today!

When I heard that they were returning to the shelter, I wrote a new text for them, added more recent photos and quickly made a little vid, all to show them off as good as I can. That was the least I could do, regardless of where they'd move next. So they've already been placed online yesterday, and hopefully they'll find a new home soon!

If you're interested, or know someone that might be interested, you can find them online here (Dutch website):
http://ikzoekbaas.dierenbescherming.nl/asiel-dieren/kat/96698/--oss

And here's the vid I made: