The next cats we fostered did not actually come into us straight away. They went to another foster home first. The story behind these guys is that we got a report of two kittens in a pick-up truck near Red Lobster in Raleigh. So, some of us went out there to try and trap them. However, it turned out that there were a lot more than two, there was infact eleven. We succesfully traped them and they went to two foster homes. Six to one and five to the other. This was the week of October 12th 2004. Some very cold evenings were spent getting these guys.

In January 2005 the foster home where the five where was not making any progress and they were still in some cases still semi-wild and still very, very shy. So, Jenn and I decided to take them and work with them. Four have gotten adopted and only one is still with us.

Comet (right) was the first to go the week of March 1st 2005. He was a black and white tuxedo male, who although was very shy allowed us to pick him up and pet him. He went to a young couple who saw him and fell in love with him.

Sunny (left with Comet in the background) also went the week of March 1st 2005. He was an orange buy, who was very sweet and very playful. His disposition and nature certainly matched his name.

The next to go was a very sweet, but she Calico kitten with the name of Syke (right). She found her home the week of March 15th 2005.

It took a long time after that before the 4th member of this group found a home. Star (below, with Nimbus in the background), actually moved to another foster home in September 2006. He was always the shyest of the group and although he had progressed very well he still did not like to be picked. Pauline, the girl who adopted Stella from us, and with whom we had kept in touch wanted to start as a small foster home for Snowflake, so we decided to try Star with her. He immediatly won her heart and settled in very quickly to her home. Although, still shy he is very happy. Infact so happy that Pauline adopted him in February of this year.

The cat that is left is Nimbus. He was the wildest of the bunch and for a while it looked like we would not be able to tame him. The photo to the left was taken if him the evening that we caught him. However, he has turned out to be one of the most loving and attention seeking cats. For us to actually adopt him out it would take a fantastic home and will still be very difficult as we have spent so much time and emotion into working with him to where he will trust us, let us pick him up and just lay around on our lap. When other people come to visit he still gets very scared and hides. Nimbus getting to where he is now (right) is definately one of my proudest achievments in working with Snowflake.

There are still four others from the group of eleven, know affectionatly as the Lobsters, that we trapped that week, looking for the their homes. They are: Monkey, Bunny, Foxy and Bobcat.

-Richard