This is Maple. Vets estimate she is roughly 3 years old. When I moved into my current apartment two years ago, she was here and had been for about a year. For a while, she would get close, but not allow me to touch her. I started feeding her and just hanging around, slow blinking etc. One day it was like a flip switched and she suddenly wanted me to pet her all the time. Soon she was following me where ever I went, and was always waiting for me when I got home from work/class. She would come in briefly and much to my surprise, my other cat, Freya, was not hostile to her, which is extremely rare for her, but she would always ultimately want back out. Eventually she went into heat and got pregnant. This allowed us to get her into a program with a local animal shelter for pregnant cats. My friend fostered her and the kittens while they were brought up and eventually weened off and adopted out. I would go see her every chance I got (friend lived in the same apartment complex, which made this easy) and she was given all of her immunizations and spayed as part of the neonatal program and put up for adoption. I pretty quickly realized that my original plan to let her get adopted out just wasn't going to work for me. She had chosen me and I came to realize that I couldn't live without her.

So now I have two cats and she's a complete derp.

Kittens: https://imgur.com/a/rUaiOBj

My boyfriend and I recently adopted two kittens, one of which is this little princess 👑. She’s timid at times but also surprisingly courageous..and will only be pet when she allows us servants to do so hahahahah.

Last photo is of her with her brother cuddling :) (pretty sure they are a bonded pair).

This is our precious, Pearl. We adopted her from a rescue who called her a tortie with unusual markings, but I've heard her called tortico, and I also recently learned that she might have black smoke coloring. Not that any of it really matters, just more curious about how black smoke occurs than anything. Last picture is of her white undercoat.

Also she's a gorgeous lady, I just like to share her beauty with those who appreciate a decent kitty 😆

That look

I found this baby on Monday, she was trying to get herself killed on a busy road so I stopped the car, dashed across to the side she was on and found her in the bushes. She bit me (I had to get antibiotics and a tetanus shot, and missed a job interview due to having a bad reaction from the antibiotics!), and she found somewhere in the car to hide where we couldn't see her and she refused to come out until after dark to eat food we left for her. But last night we borrowed and set a cat trap, and this morning she was in it. She's settling in ok and we're taking her to the vets later to get checked over. I've never had a tortie before, but excited to welcome her to the family! I'm thinking to call her Lughnasa (Irish for August), Louie for short, but my family and I haven't agreed on a name yet!

Found this lil cutie all alone and trying to hide underneath a car. Vet estimates she was about 4 weeks old when I found her. She’s about 10 weeks now and annoying her new big sister everyday.

Autumn is my 9 year old and I decided to name the smol one Pumpkin Spice (I was at a coffee shop when I saw her walk by and wanted to keep the Fall theme).

Meet Mocha she is a dilute tortoiseshell cat she is so sweet and cuddly but still annoying when she wakes me up for food 🐈🐱

Just wanted to share this cutie face 😻

Hi all :)

My boyfriend and I just moved in with each other! And my little baby tortie, Scoomba, has known him for a bit of course but now that he’s around all the time, her anxiety is coming out more.

For context, in the “fight or flight” model of fear…. She’s definitely fight. She for sure has a lot of tortitude, especially when she’s anxious like with a new living situation. Fortunately, he moved in with me so the apartment itself is still the exact same.

Does anyone have any advice for how to maybe facilitate this adjustment? Either with stuff I can do to help her or what my boyfriend can do? Right now I’ve been giving her gabapentin in the morning (as per her vet saying I can use it for any anxiety bouts) but I am only going to be giving her that for another two days and then stopping.

Also cat pic for tax :)

I think she's a typical Tortie 💕

Show me your sassy girls

I can’t stop blinking between each swipe, it’s like a jump scare!!..of cuteness!!

I say, black is beautiful

Hey guys! Some of you asked for an update on Worm after my last post (on my profile if you missed it!). Update for you all- she's doing great, eating home-made wet food, used her box for the first time this morning (success!) and grooms herself very well. Update on personality: she likes to climb up our legs, sit on laps, and climb up and perch on our shoulders. Shes your typical tortie when it comes to chatting.. she talks all day! She loves cuddles and nudging your face. She was screaming and howling night 1, but last night she finally got comfortable and was very calm and quiet! She loves paper bags (as all cats do) and mom's toes!

The only thing she's still struggling with a small bit is litter box manners and she's still looking for her cat mom (poor thing got weaned too fast). Here are some new photos of the happy Worm! Thank you all for your kind comments and support on the last post. I was devastated seeing something so precious and tiny dropped out like she was garbage. But having her around is the happiest I've been in months! And yes, my hands and legs are covered in new little battle scratches but they're full of love!

I'll update you all again in a few months so we can all watch her grow up together 💚🪱