These “cookie and milk” kittens wiggled their way into people’s hearts after a family stepped up to take them in.

A litter of kittens arrived at an animal shelter in Warren County, VA, in need of foster care. Animal Welfare League of Arlington offered their assistance and arranged for a foster home for them.

A litter of kittens arrived at an animal shelter in Warren County, VA, in need of foster care. Animal Welfare League of Arlington offered their assistance and arranged for a foster home for them.

Penny Richards, a volunteer of the rеscuе, stepped up to help. When she received the kittens, she noticed that they were crawling with fleas and desperately needed to be bathed. “They had to have two flea baths and constant combing for the first week to ensure I safely removed every flea from them,” Penny sharеd with Love Meow.

The kittens were an instant snuggly bunch and gravitated towards each other to form a cuddle-puddle.

After getting all cleaned up and having their bellies filled, they curled up in a purr-pile and fell soundly asleep. Over the next few weeks, the orange kitten and her four siblings sưrvivеd and thrived through round-the-clock care from their dedicated foster family.

They were named after a “cookie and milk” theme, and the only orange tabby, Shortbread, became the most chatty of all.
Shortbread and her siblings, Oatly, Silk, Almond Breeze, and Elmhurst, would snuggle and wrap their arms and legs around each other when they napped.

Once they figured out their legs and how to wrestle, there was endless tumbling and rumbling in the foster room. As soon as the kittens mastered the art of running, they started “bouncing around the room and chasing after one another,” Penny told us.