Brillo & Prince

These are the two unluckiest (luckiest if you consider that they were saved) of the kittens from the rescue a couple of weeks ago:

The first pic shows "Prince" as he is being called by his foster family. Actually, they named her "Alice" at first...and then learned he's not a she. ;o) So, they went with Prince.

Prince was probably thrown out of a car, along with his sibling; his sibling was hit & killed by a car. The foster mom saw Prince near the dead kitten and made the connection that they were probably siblings. Prince had a limp that the vet thought was consistent with being thrown from a vehicle. So, Prince was FILTHY. Renee, the foster mommy, was shocked with how white he became with washing! He's gorgeous and appears healthy, though he's slow to warm up to other animals. Very sweet to people though.

This little bugger is Brillo. His fur is very, very coarse...so he is named after a Brillo Pad. This was the kitten that was being kicked by a group of kids when he was about 4 weeks old. He had the most horrible eye infection- both eyes- that we couldn't even take his picture! He looked awful. These are the first time I've actually seen his eyes. Anyhoo, it was rough going at first, the vet thought Brillo may lose one or both eyes, but he seems to be on an uphill swing now. He is about 7 weeks old, which means he was born right around Michelle's birthday. That right there should give me enough leverage to talk Mike into adopting him...but I'm trying to be reasonable so am not thinking of keeping him at this point.

But, come on! Michelle's birthday? A kitty saved from abuse when it weighed a whopping ONE POUND? Sheesh.

These two have become good buddies. It would be great if they were adopted together!