Flashback Friday - the kittens have come a long way

Originally posted 5/10/14

finally we have kittens! The shelter thinks they are three weeks old, I age them a wee bit older, coming up on four.. they are a little hissy, a little independent, and a little hidey..

Boy, girl, boy in DH's arms

being so young, they haven't yet been tested for Felv. They will be tested at the end of the month. No names at this point.. heck I still don't even have a good indicator of their personalities.. The girl just wanted out of there.. the lynx point kitten was pretty sedate and the most hissy.. the seal point (with wee stripes in there too) is going to be the first to realize humans are awesome.  He was also the first one to eat..

Girl and lynx point boy

"Seal Point w/lynx" boy

I am OUT OF HERE! - girl

at this point he has blue eyes.. will he keep them?

More blue eyes.. I hope he keeps them.. 

we like hiding 

Eating wasn't their strong suit at this age.. they figured anything in front of them that smelled good was food, so they started chewing on the bowl - which often young motherless kittens do.. when I transferred it to a plate, it worked a bit better for them, although there was still some chewing of the plate..

Chewing on the bowl

nom nom nom!

Allie the little "I'm not a trouble maker!"

Allie thought her brother Maxwell could use a hug..

Then she thought her other brother Faraday could use one..

She can't help it if they do not want one..

Wordless Wednesday - Faraday needs a "lickin"

What?

*slurp*

What happens when you ignore kittens

Hum.. look at her try to ignore me.. 

well we can't have that.. 

Looked at only long enough to get the picture

I do not trust that lady to continue to ignore me, so I shall sit here for a while.. 

um.. you are looking at me.. 

How about we sit BEHIND you so you can't look at us!

I see you thinking of looking at us.. stop it! 

Because I really want to try out this leg/lap thing.. 

Monkey see Monkey do.. 

At one point I had all three of them on my lap, although the camera freaked Allie out a bit so she left.

Sparkle commented that maybe Allie would come around with out her brothers around, and yes, that is a possibility.. she might want to seek comfort and with out them to give it to her she might turn to me.  But then again she might just determine I ate them and be even more fearful of me. There have been times in the past when I have had to return a mother cat to the shelter to get her kits to bond to people, and they often turn very quickly once you do. We'll just have to play this one by ear.. She might just stay at the shelter after she is neutered and bond with another kitten up for adoption, I just don't know.

Monday Morning Kitteny Goodness

I thought you would like to see the kittens this morning.. They are doing very well. The boys are both at weight and their sister is just a few ounces behind, hopefully she will hit it soon, so I am going to put an email in to the shelter and see if they want to schedule them for their surgeries at the end of the week.

All three of them are progressing, but they still have issues with hands and with people moving too quickly. I have to walk into the room very slowly to keep them from bolting under the couch. Sometimes I can do it, sometimes they bolt anyway. Maxwell will come over to me on his own and enjoys it when I pat him. Faraday will give me stinkeye constantly, but if I am able to pick him up I can cuddle him and he will relax into me and purr, but as soon as he leaves I get the stinkeye again. I actually got him to nuzzle and lick my ear last week, I was completely smitten. I love his attitude, I love his stinkeye.. I even love when he growls at his food.. I know I shouldn't, but I do. Allie still has a ways to go. She does not like it when I cuddle her and she will not sit still on me when I force the issue. I have been able to pat her and she purrs. Allie and Faraday are both mimics, and will do things that Maxwell does, which is why I'm able to cuddle them, and I'm really quite curious what she will do once her brothers have moved on to their new home.

All I have to say is there better be more kittens when I turn these in..