Kittens' Thankful Thursday

Miss Rachel sez she is thankful on this Thankful Thursday for ALL the peeps out there who are putting her pretty face out in the Interwebz for all to see, admire and, hopefully, fall in love with.  She knows there is that special purr-son out there looking for her, and with her beguiling looks and sweet, loving nature, she'll reward that special hooman bean with oodles of love and hours of silly, hilarious play.  (Pic taken August 25, 2013)

Ray Charles, meanwhile, is thankful on this Thankful Thursday that he has, with the love and help of his foster meowmy and a determination and heart bigger than the State of Texas, come from being a "touch me not" kitty to an "Ok I'll let you touch me sometimes, especially if food's involved, and I'll even purr and headbonk you if you're lucky" kitty!  (Pic taken Aug. 17, 2013)

Yes - headbonks.  Seriously!  He stands at the end of my desk when I come into the office (the end of the desk is right next to the door) and I can pet/love on him there, while he pushes his face into my arm, headbonks me all over, rubs himself under my hand if I hold it over him and PURRS the entire time.  (I still have yet to hear him meow, but the purr box definitely works!)

Really, Ray has made such amazing progress since June 15, I can't begin to tell you what a different cat he has become since then.  Now I'm starting to work on getting Ray to let me touch him while we are playing on the floor and, perhaps, pet him for a minute or two.  That is the next "challenge" in his near future but I have no doubt he'll meet it as he's met the many challenges (some not nearly as palatable as being petted and/or loved on) in his short life.

They both are amazing, and they and I are THANKFUL today to the many folks out there supporting them, talking about them, Tweeting them, etc. and hoping they find their forever home.  For sure, the person that finally DOES take them home will nearly have to walk on water for me, but I'm convinced he/she is out there.  We just have to FIND YOU!

And MORE good news on Ray Charles.  Thanks to the calming treats, plus a little sneakiness on MomKatt's part (i.e. crushing 1/3 of the skin condition treats that Dr. Anderson originally sent with him, but which he has not eaten since he arrived at our house, into his wet food in the mornings), she had a good look at his tummy and right side last night and the fur SEEMS to be growing back!  He's still licking (as he demonstrated last night while she was trying to observe/evaluate his fur's conditions in those two areas to date) but she's hoping this is a sign that either he's licking LESS, or the skin treat he is now willingly eating in his morning wet food is doing the trick.

Either way, his tummy appears to look MUCH better than it did one month ago because he was nearly down to basically skin at that point on his tummy and parts of his lower right side. 

Thankful purrs,
MomKatt Laura, Ray Charles & Rachel

PS - Selina says she'll get her blog back SOMEtime or other .... *sigh*