Conan
1–3 years (adult)
The one who started it all
Coloring
Diluted tortoiseshell
Gender
Female
In Care of
Location
San Diego County, CA
Litter Size
6
Adoption Status
Not Adoptable Yet
How Conan got here
Conan first appeared in our backyard on February 10, 2026. She was visibly pregnant and moved with the kind of quiet self-assurance that told me she’d been navigating the world alone for a while. She wasn’t feral—she made eye contact, she held her ground, she was curious — but she wasn’t ready to trust yet either.
I started leaving food out. She came back. I built a shelter. She used it sometimes, ignored it others. Over the next eighteen days I watched her belly grow and started quietly panicking about what was going to happen next. On the morning of February 28th, she gave birth to six kittens in a nest she had made herself inside the shelter.
She did everything. I mostly stayed out of the way and documented. She nursed them, kept them warm, moved them when she felt it was needed. By the time the kittens were approximately 25 days old, I had connected with Tiny Kitten Coven in San Diego, and the transfer happened. Conan let it happen. She watched them go and went back to her life.
She trusted slowly—food first, then presence, then proximity.
I think about that order a lot.
Who Conan is
Her Personality
Calm & Self-Possessed
Conan does not panic. She assesses, decides, and acts. In six weeks of observation I never once saw her startled into chaos, only into stillness.
Earned, Not Given
She built trust in stages and on her own timeline. Food first. Then consistent presence without pressure. Then proximity. She set the pace every step.
Entirely Capable
She needed nothing from me to raise her litter. She nursed, socialized, and protected all six. My job was to stay out of the way and make sure she had food.
Not Feral. Not a Pet (yet).
Conan was a community cat (now rescued), comfortable around humans, self-sufficient outdoors, belonging to no one in particular. Understanding that distinction changed how I showed up for her.
Her Children
Born February 28, 2026. Now in the care of Tiny Kitten Coven, San Diego.
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Shaolin (Available)
Bold, confident, the largest of the litter. Natural leader energy.
Meet shaolin
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Clyde (Pending Adoption)
Active, playful, bold. Escape attempts began almost immediately.
meet clyde