A LITTLE HELP PLEASE

VOKRA has a large network of volunteers that take care of their kittens/cats through until adoption. Once in a while a volunteer will ask the network for advice or help ... the latter of which applies to this sweet face you are looking at right now. A volunteer asked for help giving this 6-week old kitten and her litter mates their 1st deworming pill and I was more than happy to oblige. How could I miss the chance to meet this cuteness in person!?!

Aranea

Look at her unusual coloring!

While I was showing their foster dad how to give these kittens their deworming pills, I noticed how incredibly sharp their nails were. So, being the busy-body I am, I quickly clipped their nails after giving them their pills. As I did not know this litter's temperament, I thought it prudent to just purrito them to get the job(s) done!

All wrapped up!

A very rare moment when a kitten looks directly into the camera

Templeton, the ultimate lap kitten

Wilbur and his boom box

Aranea and her sister, Nellie

Sleeping torbico kittens (Aranea, Joy and Nellie)

As you can see, there are three (what I would call) tortoiseshell kittens. But there are sub-categories of this coloring of kittens that I am just discovering. Here is a color breakdown and their associated names:

(A) Torties:  solid BLACK, mixed w/ORANGE tabby
   - Calicos:  same as Tortie, with white spotting

(B) Torbies:  BLACK/BROWN tabby, mixed w/ORANGE tabby
  - Torbicos:  same as Torbies, with white spotting

Then there is what they call "Dilute" colorings:

(A) Dilute Torbies
(B) Dilute Torbicos
(C) Dilute Calicos

Kittens with 'dilute' colorings have the dilute gene and white spotting genes that dilute their coloring.

Okay, clear as mud? I thought so too. I'll probably never remember all that, but at least I have it here for reference sake.

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association

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Adoption application:

http://www.orphankittenrescue.com/adoption_application/