Yes it is a joy having a bitty around.

My arms have brand new scratches every few days.  I get my head
pounced on every morning.  And I wake up in the middle of the night to
a bitty suckling on parts of me like i'm his mommy.

Sheesh!

Anyway, in terms of the fostering, YES I'M STILL FOSTERING, I talked
to the girl who runs a rescue and we seem to have a slight
disagreement.

She is willing to take him and put him up for adoption, BUT......he
has to be neutered first.

Damn.... didn't think about that.

Problem is, he is about 8 weeks old now, which is the very earliest a
male kitten can get the 'snip', but medicially in my opinion and all
the doctors i work with agree with me, its way too early.

At our clinic we wait until six months of age.  Uh, that's a little
TOO long for me to have a bitty.  Not that I don't mind, but I will be
going out of town for 2 weeks at the end of August and my old roomie
who will be watching my kitties, i don't want to have to burden her
with FOUR.

Sheesh, SIX months of age would mean waiting until OCTOBER to get him
neutered.  LIttle TOO long since i'm just fostering, YES FOSTERING.

I could see waiting until August, which would be 4 months.  In my
personal opinion, 4-6 months is the ideal age.

Sooo.......

I'm going to have to postpone adoption until i can either find someone
who is willing to adopt Nick and take the resposibiility of getting
him 'snipped' or wait until he's old enough to be 'snipped' and then
give him to the rescue people.  Unless I can find a rescue that's
willing to take him 'unsnipped'

I'm STILL FOSTERING!!!!!!!!!

I took in this bitty because i kinda had an inkling that the guy that
brought him is wasn't going to take him and I wasn't about to a) Leave
the bitty in a cage all weekend by himself.  And b) Give him back to
someone who i knew couldn't take him and go on with my life worrying
about what was going to happen to him.

I'm not sure why, but yes I was drawn to this bitty.

And he was sooooooooooooooo scared when i first met him.  And within
days of welcoming him into my home, he started acting less like a
frightend kitten and more and more like a BITTY.

I see myself as not only fostering but TRAINING him.  Had I not
intervened, he would have gone on still being scared and not trusting
humans or even knowing how to interact with other cats.  I'm training
him to interact with humans.

But I can't keep him.  So I'm just fostering.......

STOP THE SNICKERING I CAN HEAR YOU!!!

Kristi