ELLAS Animals INC

03/20/2025

Spoiler alert: he was fine.

Funny story:

I picked up 5 bottle babies from the shelter yesterday and brought them home to foster. I got the foster room set up for their first feeding then opened the crate to take out the first kitten. The pink collar kitten was limp, belly up, melted on the heating rock, with his tongue hanging out. “Oh no!” I thought. “One kitten died before I even got him home!” I gently lifted him out and he was completely limp and floppy. At which point he lifted his head and started screaming and my heart started beating again. He sucked down a full syringe of kitten formula and was obviously fine. He gave me a jolt, though. I guess he was just super relaxed.

09/11/2024

The Social Media Darlings litter - Rizz (black and white boy), Big Yikes (black boy), and Delulu (black girl) - have been returned to the shelter. They’re 7 weeks old and they’ve been with us for 5 weeks. They started out being bottle fed and stimulated to potty, went through the gruel stage, and now all 3 are weaned and letterbox trained. We said we’d return them fat and sassy and we achieved that. They are all social, snuggly, playful, purry kittens and some lucky families are going to get some delightful kittens.

Visit ellasanimals.org/foster-kittens for information on how to adopt them.

08/15/2024

Some cute tussling from fierce 3 week old kittens, featuring Delulu (solid black girl) and Rizz (black and white boy) from the Social Media Darkings litter.

Visit ellasanimals.org/foster-kittens to learn more about this litter and when they will be available for adoption.

08/15/2024

The Social Media Darlings litter is three weeks old now so they get an expanded habitat. They’ve got their same crate bed with their heating pad and stuffed toy but now it’s inside a playpen and open so they can explore a bit. Since we had the poopy accident, they’ve got a little litter box in there, too, to start getting familiar with.

When we’re in the foster room with them, we open the side of the playpen so they can wander out. Rizz (black and white boy) does come out on his own but he’s a little more cautious than the solid black twins (Big Yikes, boy, and Delulu, girl).

Visit ellasanimals.org to learn more about this litter and when they’ll be available for adoption.

08/13/2024

Some soothing videos of the Social Media Darlings litter enjoying their bottle feedings this morning.

First Big Yikes, solid black boy, sucks down his first 10 ml in 15 seconds flat. Second, Rizz (black and white boy) takes a bit longer but makes a lot more noise. Third, Delulu (solid black girl) prefers a flat down, stretched out position. Her mouth is often open a bit but she is still suckling. You can tell when they are suckling because they pull the milk through without any help from me and it goes a lot faster than when I’m just keeping some light, steady pressure on the plunger.

Everybody gets a burp and a snuggle before being offered another 10 ml, which sometimes they take and sometimes they don’t. They generally knead and suckle at my shirt during these cuddle breaks between bottles. They find that comforting and always purr, even though that’s not where they get their kitten formula.

These kittens are being fostered and will be available for adoption mid to late September. Visit ellasanimals.org/foster-kittens for more information.

08/10/2024

The Social Media Darlings litter hears me (or smells me?) in their sleep when I enter the foster room to feed them. They waste no time trying to get out of their warming crate and over to their bottles. Side note: Rizz might me a little melodramatic.

08/09/2024

08/09/2024

The Social Media Darlings litter: Rizz (black and white boy), Big Yikes (solid black boy), and Delulu (solid black girl).

They’re settling in well as we approach 48 hours. Everyone is eating (and latching/suckling sometimes), and pottying and pooping. After the chores are done, they get their snuggles.

08/08/2024

Meet the new foster kittens! (In addition to teaching people with disabilities how to train their own service dogs, we foster kittens for the local shelter.)

The Social Media Darlings litter: Big Yikes, Rizz, and Delulu. Rizz is the black and white kitten. Delulu is the only girl. Big Yikes, contrary to his name, is the smallest of the trio. I told him he has some catching up to do or he might be called Little Yikes.

These bottle babies are about two weeks old so they’re being fed every four hours around the clock. We’ve got a lot of hands on deck during summer vacation to lighten the load.

Follow our page to see all the updates as they grow!

02/02/2024