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Nell is doing fantastic!  We love her, and anyone else that comes to our home.  She has adjusted very well, no issues with only having one eye.  One of her favorite activity is hunting flies is our garage, she cries and cries to go out there every night, and now that it’s cold out (and no flies), she still wants to “hunt” them.  Another favorite activity is fetching with her mouse (she’ll drop it right at your feet and wait for you to throw it again), we play every day.  She has been a great addition to our family.

Bogey (Griffen) is doing just great. He loves life out on our acreage; plays with the two kittens we adopted; and follows my husband wherever he goes. He is a bit of a prankster - steals whatever he can - shoes, gloves, tools, you name it. But we love him to bits. He's so full of fun and energy. My daughter brings her 3 dogs to visit frequently and Bogey runs them ragged! He's so good-natured that he gets along with everyone. Bogey loves his toys and chasing balls, but he especially likes his blanket; he packs it wherever he goes. He's already on his second blanket as you can imagine they get pretty tattered being drug all over the place. Some times he runs with it; and it gets in his way; then he steps on it causing him to do a complete summersault. It cracks us up!

Hi Ashley,

Jack and Nora are doing so well! They are best friends. Unfortunately Pickles doesn't care for either one, so we just keep them separate. As I am typing this Jack and Nora are flying up and down the hallway! I know Jack's foster mom wanted an update, so I thought I'd send you this and you could pass it on. Nora acts like his little mother and she loves cleaning him, although he doesn't care for it. He puts up with it for a little while and then gets annoyed and either swats her (gently) or just gets up and moves away from her (he's a boy and boys like to be dirty). Her reaction to this is either she just moves closer to him and continues or she pins him down and forces him to stay there while she finishes (sometimes biting him in the process - she's got to do what she's got to do). They sleep side by side in matching beds which we call their donuts. Jack has his moments where he is still pretty skittish, but nothing like when I first brought him home. He hid under my bed and got up inside the box spring. But now he's so good, he is vocal and has this squeaky little voice, guess he hasn't hit puberty yet. Sometimes he'll lay on my chest and fall asleep (although usually not voluntarily at first). He doesn't mind our dogs, he's never hissed or swatted at them (unlike Nora and Pickles), but they are very unsure of him. They are so used to the cats trying to attack them that they don't trust him completely. We put him with them often and although he stays put, they are usually the ones to get up and go, "I'm out of here". Jack likes to visit us at 5 o'clock in the morning and purr and rub up against us hoping to get petted. We took him to the vet for his check-up and the vet said his eye looks good. She was also quite surprised at his under-bite, she said it's quite rare for cats to have under-bites. I've also noticed that he doesn't just have an under-bite, but that his lower jaw is crooked. I think it just makes him all the more cuter!! She said that we should just keep an eye on it and make sure that he doesn't have any problems eating as he grows and his adult teeth come in. So far so good!

Thanks again to you Ashley, for all the work you do with NASAP. And a big thanks to Jack's foster mom! She did such a great job with him. He's the best kitten I've ever met (and I'm not just saying that because he's mine). He's truly the sweetest little guy.

I'm attaching some pictures, I hope they go through alright. I hope you can notice how he's a little bit of a walking hypocrite at no fault of his own, sporting a Harley-Davidson collar (from us) and a Prince tag (courtesy of his Auntie Sarah).

Trina