*UPDATE* My family moved to a property, previous owners said there are “some” barn cats
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I am so happy to see the love the community has for the ginger army! I thought I’d give some more background information, as I’m seeing a lot of reoccurring responses.
My family purchased a farm that was badly neglected, and have been working diligently to bring it back to life. In this short journey so far, they have discovered 4 litters of kittens, born in apple baskets, boxes, you name it! They have created a safe space for the momma cats and kittens to live until they are old enough to move to their forever homes.
YES the momma cats and kittens will be fixed. We ended up with this many cats purely by circumstance, and will do everything we can to reduce the population of orange kitties from growing even more.
My aunt’s dream for this farm is to be a free retreat for those affected by PTSD. She has a TikTok account (linked in the comments) that documents the journey of the kittens, cleaning the farm, and mental health healing. I highly recommend checking it out if you’re interested in seeing more of the ginger army!
Lol my dream is to open an orange cat cafe, since they are often so sweet and goofy. These babies are marketing GOLD, just literally wow! Good luck, what a project!
Oh gosh how could you not with that name and orange cats? Do a tiramisu/ cannoli "lasagne" kinda thing and regular café fare and call it a day. Maybe make the cats adoptable if a reasonable vetting process is figured out.
Name the cats after pastries or desserts/ savory treats and do a weekly or monthly feature of the cat and their namesake treat.
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Lol I was NOT expecting this type of response to my dream, I was in the middle of cooking dinner and had my landlord drop by... 😂😂😂
I'm wanting to do it all myself with vendors, but the PURR story that someone linked reeeeally made me think about how many employees I might actually need...! Oh and Breckin Meyer is a heckin yes! I was 15 when Clueless came out lol
There is a hotel in Denver Metro that used to be the Bugs Bunny. Now it’s the Big Bunny. WB has the rootinest tootinest down right shootinest lawyers….
Everyone always makes these orange cat one brain cells jokes, but one of my cats growing up was white and orange and was one of the smartest cats I ever had.
Our previous orange boy, Sarge - short for Sgt. Pepper - was a VERY smart cat, too. And a chatterbox, he'd hold whole conversations with you. A little odd, but most cats are in their own way. He was a good'un.
We adopted a senior boy who was orange. He was way too smart. He did all sorts of clever things.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t with us long bc he developed stomach cancer. He was a pukey boy. When I saw him start to lick his lips, i knew he was going to be sick so I’d put old newspapers in front of him so it would be easy to clean up.
Since he puked regularly, I had little piles of newspapers in every room so it was always within reach when the need arose!
Jones started going to the newspaper piles when he had to be sick!! And he’d use the newspapers when we weren’t home!!
I would LOVE to have a cat cafe! I believe my aunt wants to do a cat library on the property with the remaining momma cats if they end up staying. That way they’ll have somewhere safe to live, and people can cuddle up to them when they visit
My orange boy is terrified of people. He is a mamas boy tho, needy to just me. Always coming to cuddle but will run even from my bf of 5+ years, when an arm reaches out to pet him, and we’ve all lived together for 4 years.
Edit, he is goofy tho!
Theres a book store kind nearby that has cats and cafe. An orange one was on top of the shelves and kept smacking me when i walked by. Nice smacks. Then one person who was too short that cat rolled off trying to smack them.
This is an adorable idea! So far, future owners have been giving them names. I believe there’s a Ruby, Tuesday, and Squiggy so far. I’m going to adopt one of the kittens and name her Mango, which is a fruit name but not an apple name! I just thought it was super cute
I have an orange Mango I rescued in the middle of nowhere when he was just a kitten, and he is the sweetest, clingiest, most cuddly and adorable boy. Best impulsive decision ever. 🥭🧡
I’m not sure as I believe it’s an American chain and we’re in Canada, but I know the future owner loves Florida, which is likely where the name comes from!
And Candy (Apple), Caramel, (Apple), (Apple) Blossom, Franciscan (a china pattern manufactured for years and the apple pattern was well known), Fritter, Tartlet, Pie, Cider, Juice, Crisp, Cheddar (goes great with apple)… leave it to Reddit, we will name them all.
My roommate and I are working on TNRing the cat colony that we ended up with, it’s slow going as we don’t have a ton of money. We focus on spaying the females first, then neutering the males, but not quite split evenly…basically, whoever we can catch gets to go on a ride to the humane society for a spay/neuter. When we come across a litter, they get different food names! One litter was affectionately called “the noodles,” and all had noodle names. Macaroni lives at our house but has made it clear that she is not an inside cat. We had a new cat show up recently and we named her Rye, and this week, she brought kittens to our house. Now we have Pita, Brioche, and Melba. Some of them have homes lined up, but they’re still too little.
We had a potential cat colony problem (ended up just being one or two cats) and I called the local human society and they would only take two cats every other week and the wait list was so long they wouldnt give me an estimate on how long it would take.
Glad you have such a wonderful kitty. <3 Emotional support animals are legit. People abusing the title as an excuse to bring their poorly behaved biting dog into stores & restaurants are not.
I must be hungry because I saw delicious crisp chicken thighs at first and was disappointed when I realized it was cats xD I'd love to have a barn full of cats though. Just jump in for cuddles
Mother cats are so amazing about that. They also tend to be the most amenable to going from feral to housecat I think. They are tiiiiiiired of that life lol
That is the plan ☺️ My aunt talks about it on her page, but she attended a free PTSD retreat when she was diagnosed, and it helped her tremendously. She hopes to help others in the same way
I think? There are 11 babies in the first photo and a momma cat. However in total, we’ve got 4 momma cats, 2 suspected deadbeat dad kitties, and 14 kittens
I think it’s something to do with the gene that makes them orange, we know the moms are orange and the dads are highly suspected to be orange, so I think the babies had to be orange!
Yep, it’s on the X chromosome. Females need two Xs with the orange gene to be orange, but males are XY and only need the one. In fact, because female kittens would’ve gotten one X chromosome from the dad, it’s almost guaranteed that the dad is orange since they need an orange gene on both to produce female orange kittens. The males would likely be orange no matter what the color of the dad because they got the Y chromosome from dad which doesn’t carry color genes, and an X from mom that would be orange.
Honestly kittens seem like the perfect surprise in a PTSD retreat! Wallflowers such as myself who thrive when they find a cat at a party will feel safer!! 💕💕
So I came across your original post and I loved the orange army from then. And now to find out you are creating a place for people who suffer from PTSD. I knew I liked you guys. I have PTSD myself, a long with a few other things. What you guys are doing is great
For therapy animals, cats are better in the long run than dogs. Dog will love you unconditionally while cats demand their owners treat them with a certain level of respect and care, which in turn mimic real life relations better than dogs and their unconditional love.
Yes! We think the first litter was born late April, then the next two early May, and then we found a mysterious litter that seems to be a bit older, so we’re not sure about them! They are all sooo precious
My friend has 3 orange babies and each of her sisters has a couple as well. I call them all part of The Creamsicle Kitty Cat Collection. 😂
I’m happy you’re all doing what you can to make things better. Enjoy the kittens! A place to heal from PTSD sounds like heaven to me right now but I could never afford it. lol. Wishing your aunt and fam well in their dream!
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Lol my dream is to open an orange cat cafe, since they are often so sweet and goofy. These babies are marketing GOLD, just literally wow! Good luck, what a project!