Meg and Laurie

It's mid-March, and the snow is thawing in Minnesota. Who knows if we have seen the last of Winter (we doubt it) but the coming of Spring means one thing to cat rescuers. Kittens. And lovely as kittens are, that's not such a good thing when they are born outside, or in homes where they were neither planned for nor wanted.

We have a number of older kittens, no, adolescent cats, currently in foster homes who would love to find a lovely, real, long-term home before kitten season starts in earnest and foster homes are urgently needed. Meg and Laurie are two. That would be Meg, short for Meg March, and Laurie, short for Theodore Lawrence. They are the last two sibs of the "Little Women" kittens, rescued from outdoors at the Red Lake Indian Reservation with their Mom last July, at age 2 days.



This is Laurie, the most perfect example of a house panther you will find, long, sleek, and shiny. He obviously has some Siamese blood in there somewhere, with a wedge-shaped head, long, skinny tail, and a tendency to vocalize, but usually with a very pretty trill. He is quite the gregarious chap, loves people and other cats, and really, really just wants to play. All the time. Curiosity is his middle name.



Meg, on the other hand, is a medium-haired, fluffy gray tabby with delicate white gloves and chin. She wants nothing more than to be hugged, and won't take no for an answer. Watch out you don't step on her tail while she's underfoot. Her favorite spot is sprawled across the desk top while her foster Mom types at the computer.

We thought you would enjoy a video clip of foster kitties in action. The other kitten is Pi, a very largy fluffy white 8-month old (the same age as Meg and Laurie) who was recently diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Feline Rescue is hanging onto him until we are sure his medical condition is stable - we'll tell you more about Pi some other time.



Do you think you might have room for a playful house panther or a fluffy princess?