The kittens have been vaccinated – now each of them has their own International Vaccination Certificate! (You can ask your vet to give vaccination to your kittens once they’re 7 week old!)

( And here are the kittens practicing their shinobi skills! )

You are going to be friends with Shinobi Cats now.
But let’s have some introduction.

Here is, allegedly, their father. He’s Craig Austin Tomethy Zylgwyn aka Kunse aka Cemong. He died on December 31st, 2006, due to a respiratory problem. (Here is his obituary.)


Here is their mother, actually a nameless stray cat. But we’ve come to calling her ‘Ibu’ (Mother) or ‘Tsunade’ – the name of the Fifth Hokage in the series Naruto. If you read the series, you might remember that Tsunade (ahem) has big breasts.


And here are the Shinobi Cats – well, presently, Shinobi Kittens! They came to our house three days ago. At first, we heard a kitten meowing outside. When we searched for the kitten, we found him (her? We’re still not sure, the kittens are just a few weeks old now) clinging to one of the palm trees outside. Then we heard the sound of the other kittens – from the garden of our neighbours, who loathe cats. I told my mother that I was going to get the other kittens.

Luckily, the lady of the house nextdoor was hospitalized, and her husband and children were visiting her. There’s only a maid left in the house. Then I asked my other neighbour, Pak Eman, to catch the kittens, because they were high on the roof of the car garage. Pak Eman did that happily, and he was glad because I wanted to take care of the kittens, because he heard from my neighbours’ chauffeur that they wanted to throw them away. (Oh yes, they’re going to do it, they’ve done it once to my previous litter of kittens.)

And so we have four new kittens at our home now!
Here are three of them, from left to right: Gaara, Kiba, and Naruto.


And here’s another one, Orochimaru.


On their first two days at our home, they’re still very afraid of human. And their mother guarded them fiercely. She wouldn’t let us get near her kittens. I could only take pictures from a safe distance. In this picture, Naruto and Kiba, the two most active ones, are having a mock fight. Orochimaru, meanwhile, is the most shy of the kittens.


But today, the third day, after some contacts with us (and helped by some coaxing food), they have become more friendly, and I could photograph them from a close distance.

Here they are, being milked by their mother.


They can eat now, but I think they’re still confused about the meaning of ‘food’ – because they step on theirs! :)