Sending Christmas purrs that Santa will find a peaceful household  and
leave lots of kitty toys.  MLB

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Purrs for the little one to pass a happy holidays at your house, and
for you to find a permanent home for the little tyke.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

The small, mostly black (has a few white hairs on ears and right front paw)
6 week old kitten is settling in.

After dragging the poor guy around in a cardboard box while I completed a
whole bunch of errands (including gettingthe car checked for
re-registration, and buying kitten food at the supermarket), I finally got
home to show Joel.

Joel opened the box and said "Hello Fergus!" Fergus, otherwise known as
IttyBittyKitty(IBK), meowed a silent meow, and promptly went to into a  deep
kitten sleep on Joel's chest. I'm starting to think that Joel's chest should
be marketted for insomnia. Its the favourite place to sleep for Cary, for
Fluffy, for me and even Shmogg when he could be bothered. And you know how
broad Joel is. It was such a sight to see Joel, but tough scarey guy,
smothered in tattos, holding this wee little kitten, smaller than his hand,
agains this bare chest, while the poor exhausted kitten too a well earned
break. (Yes, I'll get pics of this adorable scene just as soon as I get
batteries for my camera)

I mean, it was an exhausting day for IBKFergus, he spent alot of time in my
office being thoroughly illegal. He bit the hand that fed him; it did, after
all, smell like chicken (thats because i was *offering* him some cooked
chicken - I've forgotten just how sharp little kitten teetch can be) before
climbing into the chicken container and chowing down like it was his last
meal. Poor guy was *covered* in chicken bits by the time he was finished.

Whilst IBK and Joel got to know each other better, I went and got a proper
kitten crate so FergusIBK could be safe from small, grabby, 8-month old
barekitten hands, Shmogg and Fluff. Fluff was outside for most of the
evening, and Shmogg spent most of his evening totally oblivious to the
presence of IBKFergus. But towards the end of the evening, we had to let
Fluff in, and she figured out pretty quickly (for Fluffy) that there was a
new catpuppy inthe house and got terribly overexcited like she did when we
brought Cary home.

IBK was not in the least bothered by Fluffy desperately trying to lick him
to death, and continued to go about his business in the kitty crate - he
knows how to each kitten chow, how to lap kitten milk, and how to use the
litter (thank goodness). Fluffy made alot of whimpery noises towards
FergusIBK and FergusIBK, being a cat, ignored her totally. But then Shmogg
had to find out what Fluff was carrying on about and came to investigate.

Shmogg didn't fluff up and do halloween kitty, but did let out a hiss.
Fluffy jumped to IBKFergus's defence and growled at Shmogg. Shmogg, not
appreciating being told off by a mere dog, did what Shmogg always does when
he thinks Fluff has gotten out of line, and whomped Fluff across the nose.
At that point, both forgot all about IBKFergus and decided to sort out their
sibling rivalry with each other. Naturally, it was me who bore the brunt of
it, I have serious claw and teeth marks in both ankles *sigh*. But at least
they left FergusIBK alone after that.

Once the older critters (including Cary) went to bed, we let IBKFergus out
of his crate, and played with him for a bit, before he fell asleep again on
Joel's chest. Somehow, I think FergusIBK will be spending a great deal of
time there.

Futher updates and pics when they become available.

Yowie