Well that second kitten had probably gone to a new home already, because
I never heard back from his slave. But now I found a way to find my
dream kitten and help poor homeless kittens at the same time.

On that same web board where I found the other kittens, there's a woman
who periodically announces that she has some kittens from Tallinn in
Estonia. I wrote to her and asked about them, and she just wrote back
and told me about this woman who rescues strays and ferals in Tallinn.
She houses pregnant cats she finds in the street and rears the mother
and the kittens until they are 12 weeks old. Then they are shipped to
Helsinki to this woman who handles their adoption over here. They are
treated for parasites, vaccinated and microchipped in Tallinn, and get a
pet passport to come over to Finland.

This woman said she used to work with homeless cats in Finland, but the
situation is so much worse on the other side of the bay (Tallinn is a
couple of hours by boat from Helsinki) she decided to start working for
these cats who have much more need of help than the ones here.

Anywhose, I told her I would prefer a tabby short-haired boycat, and she
promised to keep an eye out for one at the end of July. Of course, if I
go and visit her to meet the kittens, you never know what I'll come home
with.