Well, all three kittens were spayed and neutered on Friday, and invited to the adoption center on Sunday. Three young teen volunteers helped me unload them from their carrier and put them in a spacious cage. The word "cage" hardly does it justice; the new adoption center facilities at PetSmart are excellent, with plexiglas fronts for optimum viewing, and climbing structures with hiding nooks to help frightened cats feel safer. It was lined with soft towels and beds and full of awesome toys. The kittens made themselves right at home, exploring the nooks and crannies and sampling the toys. The volunteers were impressed with how relaxed and friendly they were.
Sometimes it takes weeks or even months to adopt out a foster, but within 3 hours, I got a call from the adoption site manager to tell me Biggie was being adopted. Liz picked the kittens up after their 4 hour stay at the center, and when she came home I said, "One down, two to go!" and she replied "Uhh, actually, it's two down and one to go." Poor Piglet was all alone in the carrier. When Liz arrived to pick them up, Bitsy was being adopted. They had considered Piglet, but with a young child, they were concerned about his biting. They probably made the right choice. Until he gets past this bitey phase, he's a bad fit for a home with children.
Shortly after he came home, I took this picture of Piglet looking wistfully out the front door, for all the world as if he was looking for his missing foster sisters. We miss them, too, but we're so happy they found forever homes.
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