Erica Layton

@snarica

I love the Mariners and the Kraken. Cat mom x3, prolific pet sitter, reader of all the books, animal shelter volunteer, and kitten foster parent. Current foster count: 5 Former foster count: 20

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Erica Layton@snarica· 19d

Boops from Sharky! #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Color photograph, very close up face of a small gray kitten. Her green eyes look hopeful and there may be some wet food in her nose fur. She has tiny little whiskers.

Erica Layton@snarica· 19d

Clean those beans! 😻🫘 #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Color photograph of Kit, a small, gray tabby kitten licking her back paw. She has her toes stretched out and is holding her ears far back out of her way. She looks a little silly, but she is taking her task very seriously.

Erica Layton@snarica· 20d

When the Littles have late night zoomies and Uncle Tig is terrified of kitties smaller than himself, but this window has the best outside air access in the house right now. #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Color photograph of a brown tabby tuxedo cat sitting on a window ledge, looking down at the floor below him. He looks somewhat startled and or disturbed.

Color photograph of a tiny gray tabby kitten, looking somewhat manic in her short pause from her zoomies.

Erica Layton@snarica· 21d

Late night kitten picture! Stormy (AKA City Storm) has just taken a tiny rest from midnight zoomies with her sisters. I gave her a quick pep talk about how she will rule the world someday. She approved. #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Color photograph of a small solid grey kitten sitting on top of a gray headboard. In the background is blue and white wallpaper. The kitten, Stormy, has a determined look on her face. Don’t let her dangling leg fool you, she is ready to spring into action at a moment’s notice.

Erica Layton@snarica· 27d

Lightning strikes in our area. The kittens are not fans. Polly is starting a local chapter of #KittensAgainstSkyBooms #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

A somewhat blurry, color photograph of a small gray tabby kitten looking very surprised. Nature’s sky booms have startled her and she is displeased.

Erica Layton@snarica· 28d

Opal has been pausing her play every couple minutes to charge her catteries on my shoulder while getting a butt pat or three. This picture is from about her fourth time doing it in the last 10ish minutes. #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Colors photographs of a small, gray tabby kitten, looking surprised. She is perched on the shoulder of a person, me, wearing a blue T-shirt. My nose and one of my eyes can be seen in the background.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jul 11

Polly has decided that she is no longer a kitten, she is a parrot. 😻🦜 #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Color photograph of a tiny, dark gray tabby kitten perched on the shoulder of a person wearing a light blue T-shirt.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jul 10

Good morning from a sleepy Polly, who has learned about blankets bundled up into a cozy bed and is very much in favor. No, she won’t be leaving her little nest anytime soon. And yes, she thinks everyone should join her. #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Color photograph of a tiny gray tabby kitten bundled into a light gray, fuzzy blanket. The blanket is wrapped in a circle to make a cozy little nest. The kitten looks pleasantly surprised.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jul 3

It’s probably a little late now, but I use pop-up playpens for my foster kittens when they are first getting settled. My last group (the BTVS four) were the only ones that actually came back to me after spay/neuter, but it kept them contained safely.

Color photograph of a black pop-up playpen made of canvas and supported by small PVC type pipes. There are multiple zippered openings and small pockets on the outside for storing things.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jul 3

We caught mama!

Color photograph of a seal point cat and her five seal point kittens in a whelping box.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jul 1

I met one of those the other day. This one is “fractious” 🙄 Description: Medium hair brown tabby cat rolls around on their back in a kennel, looking very baby. Occasionally bap baps my hand, but with claws in. They almost fall off their perch at least once because of all the baby.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jul 1

These bellies are also courtesy of Mother & BabyCat! My gray girls sent some Sesame Seed’s way! ❤️

Color photograph of five tiny gray kittens. Three are tabbies and two are solid. The one in the middle is lying on her back with her front legs stretched above her head and her little speckled tummy showing. The photograph caught her mid yawn, so her little pink tongue is sticking out.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 30

At the game tonight! Let’s go boys! #Mariners

Color photograph, view of a baseball field from high above. T-mobile park in Seattle. Decent crowd.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 29

My girls have been named! As they are all shades of gray, I chose gray paint color names. Clockwise from bottom left: Sleepy Kitten (aka Kit) Metropolis (aka Polly) Gray Opal (aka Opal) Sharkfin (aka Sharky) City Storm (aka Stormy) #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 29

My last foster of 2025, Lady Bianca, had to wear a sock onesie for a bit. However, her new mom made it look like a sweater that was tailor made for her. Luckily, she hadn’t actually opened her spay scar, just managed to unstick the surgical glue that held together the skin around her spay tattoo.

Two color photographs are stacked on top of each other. They are both of the same kitten on the same blanket, but from two different angles. The kitten is a two month old, at the time, dilute tortie tabby kitten. She is wearing a Wonder Woman sock that has been cut to look like a sweater on her. She’s extremely adorable.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 29

You may remember my foster Ferb, now Mango. He’s 4 months old & doing great. His people reached out, looking to get him a playful friend. Turns out one of my friends has a foster who fits the bill perfectly! Mango’s new brother Wrangler will join him on Wednesday! #FosterKittens #PhineasAndFerb

Color photograph of a teenage kitten. He has medium hair and is white and buff. He is standing on a navy blue couch and walking purposefully towards the camera. His tail is up in a trademark question mark shape to indicate interest and curiosity.

Color photograph of a black-and-white tuxedo kitten sitting on a glass table top. He is three months old and an absolute cutie patootie. This is Diamond, soon to be Wrangler. Also, soon to be Mango’s partner in kitty crimes.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 29

The sisters who swear they’d never shove their tiny sister out of the way so they could get her food.

Color photograph of five tiny gray kittens sitting on a gray cat bed and looking up at the camera. In the background is a food battlefield with particles of food everywhere. Upon the tiny noses of said tiny kittens are very wet faces from where they were previously shoved into dishes of food. They have been wrestling each other for positions at their food bar, despite everyone having their own spot and the same type and amount of food. The smallest among them, Polly, is 40 grams more than their tiniest sister, the largest, Sharky, is 107 grams more than their little sister Kit.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 29

Your morning moment of zen: Sleepy Kitten, aka Kit, munching on wet food from a tiny little dish. She’s the smallest of her litter at 0.94 lbs, but she’s making great gains. She eats separately from her sisters so that I know she gets enough food in her tiny tummy. #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 22

The art and the artist 😂 #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Color photograph of a bowl of kitten wet food with several paw prints and what looks suspiciously like a kitten face print.

Color photograph of a tiny gray tabby kitten whose face is suspiciously covered in wet food.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 19

Post breakfast snoozle! Chonking is such hard work! 😻💤 #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls

Color photograph of five tiny, sleepy, gray kittens. You cannot see all five in the picture because some are at the bottom of the cuddle puddle. All five are shades of gray, so they all blend together when they’re in a puddle.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 18

Good morning from this hungry hungry kitten! #FosterKittens #FiveGrayGirls Description: Tiny gray kitten chows down on her wet food from a metal bowl. A pink spoon rests in the bowl and is ready to assist as she learns to eat from the bowl.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 17

New foster kittens are here! Names, details, pictures coming soon! Ok, ok, I will give you a sneak peak now. #FosterKittens

Color photograph of 5 tiny gray kittens sleeping in a blue kitten tent on blankets and a heat disc.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 13

Same flowerpot new kittens! We went to return the flowerpot mom and another colony mom had used the same flowerpot for her kittens. Took about 30 minutes to trap this mom. Can’t wait to meet these babies again after their time in foster! #TNR #Kittens

Color photograph of three small kittens in a cuddle puddle, lying on plastic sheeting in a flower pot. These kittens appear to be about three weeks old. The two at the top are classic, black-and-white tuxedo kittens, the one at the bottom of the photo is a solid gray, though you can see some tabby pattern in the light.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 13

These flowerpot kittens are all grown up! They were spayed/neutered and went to their forever homes yesterday! #Kittens #AdoptDontShop Description: Five small, black and tuxedo kittens, now 2-months-old, frolic around on a gray towel. Some are behind a blue curtain. They play with a jingle ball.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 10

These four go in for their spay and neuter surgeries today. They are gearing up for an adoption event this weekend. I’m hoping they’ll find their forever homes then. Clockwise from the top left: Buffy, Xander, Giles, and Willow #FosterKittens #AdoptDontShop

A compilation of four color photographs arrange in a 2 x 2 grid. The top left photo shows a white and gray kitten standing on a cat tree peering interestedly at the camera. She is Buffy and has big main character energy, so she’s never met a camera she did not like. In the top right hand corner is a tiny medium hair, black tuxedo kitten named Xander sitting in a furry cat bed. In the bottom, left-hand corner, is Willow, a grey tuxedo kitten with a large white chest bib and four white paws on display. She is standing on a cat tree and she looks ready for action. In the bottom, right hand corner, Giles the gray tuxedo kitten lounges in a gray kitty hammock on the underside of the cat tree. His tiny white toes are wrapped around the side of the hammock and his little white chin rests on the edge. He’s a good little watcher.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 5

Does this count? I took this picture of shelter kitty Stanley today. He’s just so darn handsome! 😻 #Cats #AdoptDontShop

Color photograph of a black cat lying in a kennel. He has his tongue sticking out, and you can see his teeth below his tongue. He looks a little surprised to have been caught in the midst of sticking his tongue out. He is a well-behaved gentleman and thinks this picture might be less than flattering.

Erica Layton@snarica· Jun 3

Xander’s job is biscuit! #FosterKitten Description: Filmed through the bars of a carrier, a tiny, medium hair, tuxedo kitten makes tiny biscuits on a dark gray, fuzzy blanket.

Erica Layton@snarica· May 30

Look at this baby I met at the shelter! 😻 She’s a bit sassy to start, but underneath she’s a floofy little cuddle bug who is still trying to figure the world out. I named her Mitten the Smitten Kitten (she’s polydactyl) and she has an adoption hold! #Kitten #AdoptDontShop

Color photograph of a tiny, medium hair, black, and white tuxedo kitten with an extremely pink nose staring at the camera. If you look very closely, you can tell that her little white socks have some!

Erica Layton@snarica· May 27

Xander is showing off for his first #WhiskerWednesday He may only be 6 weeks old, but his whiskers seem much older. #FosterKittens

Color photograph of a tiny, medium hair, black, and white tuxedo kitten wrapped in a gray blanket. He is looking at the camera with interest and his whisker game is on point! He has glorious, long white whiskers and eyebrows.

Erica Layton@snarica· May 26

Just realized I forgot to introduce my new group now that they are named. Grey & White - Buffy Black Tux - Xander Grey Tux girl - Willow Grey Tux boy - Giles Buffy is a singleton who was with me for 2 days before getting friends. The others are Manx and have tiny tails. #FosterKittens