Wouldn’t it be paradise for cats if they had a house like this? This is perhaps the coolest house for cats I have seen. Click play and enjoy the video.

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Eva and Lisa from Brooklyn, New York have rescued another two adorable kittens in their neighborhood. They are only a few weeks old, but full of energy.

If you want to adopt a kitty from Eva or Lisa, you can contact Friends of Animal Rescue (FOAR) and mention Eva101 or Lisacat, and they will direct you to their animal rescue group.

Photos courtesy of ©Eva.

"No more flashy box!"

"All right. One more picture for finding my forever home"

"I am a little shy, but I am a good kitty."

"I wonder who will take me home."

"Hai I am Gizmo."

Written by ©Jean (a rescuer and foster parent) (flickr: wee3beasties).

Gizmo is a gorgeous little calico girl born on 9/22/09 to a devoted rescued adolescent momma. She is amazingly precious and naturally more shy and reserved. That was evident when she would stay back and watch while the other kittens played with visitors. Gizmo, though, loved me. She would come for cuddling and affection.

I felt terrible the day I gave her to a young gal who wanted a kitten to keep her own cat company (I do my best to screen potential adopters). Gizmo rode so peacefully in the car. I admit I held her and let her cuddle away under my chin while my husband drove. She was perfectly content. . . then the shock of being handed to a complete stranger hit. Her expression pierced my heart. . . “I trusted you! You betrayed me!” The sad thing is that the home did not work out for little Gizmo, not due to any fault of this little feline treasure. Thankfully, she happily returned to our home. Another person fell in love with this girl, and now Gizmo is in a wonderful forever home.

Not only is Gizmo well loved, her new owner fostered an older kitten that Gizmo adored, so she opted to keep the foster. . . now Gizmo has a companion she adores! I’m so grateful that ever last one of the ten cats I adopted out ended up in wonderful forever homes, and Gizmo is no exception! She is such a little treasure.

Photos courtesy of ©Jean (flickr: wee3beasties).

"I am a bit shy..."

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Treize is a 3 week-old kitten rescued by Lisa and Eva in Brooklyn, New York. He was found when he was only 1 week old. Lisa became his surrogate mother, bottle feeding the little one around the clock and making sure he is healthy and happy.

If you want to adopt a kitty from Eva or Lisa, you can contact Friends of Animal Rescue (FOAR) and mention Eva101 or Lisacat, and they will direct you to their animal rescue group.

Photos courtesy of ©Eva.

"Nom nom is very good!"

"No more picture plz."

"Nom nom nom....noms"

"Yay! I am full!"

"Hai! I am Cameron!"

Written by ©Jeff Presnail.

Unlike Cameron Diaz, our Cameron is actually a boy. He lives with my girlfriend Anouk and I in Laval, Quebec.

My mom, dad and sister live in St. Albert, Ontario, Canada. It’s a rural area with lots of farms and therefore – lots of barn cats. Our family had trouble discriminating against barn cats, so to us they were just like the cats we had living inside the house, and with time the first two (a mother cat and her son) were brought in to live in the huge, heated garage.

Spring brought more visitors, and the visitors had kittens. My mom ordered a shed from a Mennonite village in the USA and installed it in the backyard. She had an electrician run power to it so we could heat it in winter and light it at night. Inside, my sister helped build a whole labyrinth of carpeted passageways and landings so the cats could each have their own space. The cats can of course come and go as they please, and during the day the shed is normally empty.

Once the house was built my mom started removing the kittens from the mothers and raising them indoors. Several attempts to catch the moms and have them spayed were unsuccessful, so this was the only option for the time being. She began to adopt out the babies as they became “ready”, and any medical attention they required (this applies to the catch-able feral cats as well) was taken care of.

Cameron was a kitten from my mom’s final batch. She ended up catching both females outside and they will not be giving birth anymore. He is quite calm – except when he’s not. I’m afraid he’s in his “twos” right now and is always either sleeping or biting. I have to admit though that I don’t really help when I play with him as though I’m one of his little brothers, egging him on and making him crazier.

My mom still has all his brothers and sisters from the last litter to find homes for.

Photos courtesy of ©Jeff Presnail.

"Comfy....."

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This clip proves that cats have the ability to defy gravity. Mimi is flying and walking on walls, or should I call her the spidercat. Check out the anti-gravity kittehs below .

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"Hai my name is Phoenix."

Written by ©Chris Oh (flickr: biskitsorange).

My wife’s friend Sarah takes her 13 month old daughter to the same park every morning and she noticed a familiar kitten meow’s nearby the bench she was sitting. At first, she thought it was coming from a trash can near the bench so she got up to find out. Upon getting there, she realized the meow’s were coming from a box right next to the trash can. She opened the box and there were four kittens dehydrated and crying for help. With her kind personality, she just could not leave them there. She took them home, gave them a bath and fed them.

My wife and I did not know she had them until we got there to pick up something from her house. She told us what happened and we could not believe that someone could’ve just abandoned them. They were still a little wet from the bath and slowly coming alive from water and food they got. There were two darker ones and two orange ones. Liger was the most energetic one out of the bunch. He was not shaking but walking around us fearlessly. I knew he’d be the one I’d take. Phoenix wasn’t as energetic at the time, but her fluffy face with her big eyes were just so adorable! I’ve not had many cats in my life, but my wife has always had cats so she informed me that cats are social animals and we should get them in pairs.

Our family have been wanting to have another cat since we moved into our new home. We looked around but after finding out that most shelters ask for $150 for an adoption fee, we just could not afford one at the time, so we told our daughter, “maybe for Christmas.” Well, after seeing Phoenix and Liger, we just had to take them home. The first two photos were taken the very same day we brought them home and although they were sweet, they weren’t moving around as much. Next day though, when we combed them for fleas and gave them more food and water (little by little, didn’t want to upset their stomach), they were jumping around and exploring their new house as happy as they could be. Our daughter came up with the names on the third day and they kind of make sense. Liger has stripes on his back, but spots on his belly. Phoenix has that orange stripe on her head.

We were also pleasantly surprised that they knew where to go potty after we put their new litter box on the floor. We are so glad that they found home with us.

Photos courtesy of ©Chris Oh (flickr: biskitsorange).

"Hai I am Liger and I am the very active one ."

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A 97-year-old woman thinks she owes her life to her cat, Tiger, who bravely jumped out of the house to save her from the neighbor’s dogs.

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Jackie and Shadow have been best friends (click here to read their story) ever since they met at the shelter. They are not from the same litter, but they bonded so well that they couldn’t stand being away from each other. They always love to snuggle together when they sleep. One night I was working on my laptop and they were next to me napping. When I turned my head, I was completely sweetened by what I saw. Jackie was cuddling Shadow so tight it was simply too cute for words. I thought to myself that I must capture this precious moment. So I gingerly walked to fetch my camera and came back as quiet as possible. Luckily I didn’t wake them. Jackie even squeezed Shadow tighter while I was taking pictures. Hope you enjoy these photos.

"Me cuddle you to sleep."

"I love my brother Shadow."

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"Hai I am Maizy aka Beepy. I just turned 15 recently."

Written by ©Brook Simpson (flickr: brook ashley)

I’d always lived in a house full of cats, but I was looking for that one special kitty that would be my feline soul mate. I checked our local humane society for a few weeks, and although I found many cats that I wanted to take home with me, my mom convinced me to wait for a kitten. She knew it would be easier to integrate a kitten into the household that currently had two adult cats. So one day, there she was. she was in a litter with two other kittens. As soon as I scooped up that little ball of fur she started purring, and I knew that was it. She had chosen me as much as I had chosen her. She purred the entire time we checked out, and the entire car ride home. There was never any anxiety from her – I think she knew that she was right where she was supposed to be.

So we brought home this tiny, lanky kitten, and she became the ball of sass that united all of the other creatures in the house. The two adult cats that already lived there did not get along, but maizy was friends with everyone. They both taught her all the cat skills she needed, and she reminded them how fun it is to have a kitten around. We got to see their playful sides again and it was a wonderful environment for all of our animals.

I’ve neglected to mention how strongly Beepy and I bonded (we actually call her Beepy, because of the adorable chirping/beeping sound she makes when she talks to us). From the start she was mine and I was hers. She was attached to me, always with me. When I came home from school she’d run up to greet me, and if I was ever away she became quite depressed. Eventually I got married and moved to be with my husband, who was in the Army.

"I adopted Maizy from an animal shelter in my first month of high school. As soon as i picked her up from the tumble of kittens she started purring, and she purred the entire car ride home. She's the fuzzy, purry, volatile, light of my life." - Brook

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