Sleeping Kitten

My sweet sweet boy.  7 months old

Growing kitten

This growing kitten has 2 speeds.  Frantically running through the house and sleep. 

 

The news is a big snore today.

Studying is exhausting.

Blankets, a crochet project and a comfy knee.

Losing Teeth

Missing tooth on one side

Did you know that kittens have baby teeth that they lose and are replace right away?  So don't panic.  Right about 5 months old you can expect this to happen.  Sometimes the tooth is swallowed, other times you may find it about your house, or you may even hear the sound of something hard getting sucked into your vacuum cleaner.  It doesn't seem to have any affect on their eating or behavior, so the whole process can happen and you won't even notice. 
Here's a photo supplied by Rosemary's new family, now named Pepper.  Thank you Breanna McCabe Focus on Bre Blog

Link

For those of you following, Link found his new forever home on Jan. 19.  We miss him, but know he has a wonderful new home.  

Kitten Bath

Zelda found her forever home on Saturday.  We are so happy for her and our home is much more peaceful.  She is just a ball of energy.

Link has done very well by himself.  His opportunity for adoption was cut short this weekend when suddenly he was having digestive problems.  I think this kitten cannot eat canned kitten food.  Now that he is only having dry food and a treat of baby food, he is back to normal.

Tarragon is a big help when it comes to entertaining the kittens.  He also helps with bath time.  He has been such a wonderful addition to our family.

To see the video click here Kitten Bath

Speeding up and calming down

Zelda, 10 weeks old

Zelda, who started off with hissing, growling and even a spit now and then, has finally come to a place where she thinks people are OK.  She settled down on a lap earlier this week and we were all in shock.  Perhaps just a one time thing, we thought.  It's nothing to expect right at first.  There is eating and running, wrestling and climbing.  Once all the energy is spent, then getting close and giving plenty of purrs is in order.

Link, 10 Weeks old

Link, who still is the most calm kitten I have ever known, is starting to get more active.  He plays and teases and wrestles with his sister.  For him, cuddle time comes first.  Then some play and then more cuddles.  Expect to do everything one handed first thing in the morning, because if you put him down he'll circle your feet and give the most pitiful meow until you pick him up, again.

Tomorrow should be their first day to meet the public.  I say "should" because I forgot to reserve a cage earlier this week.  Usually something works out.

What about Link - Adoptable Jan 12, 2013

Link the shoulder kitty.  9 weeks old

Not sure if you want a parrot or a cat?  This little fellow likes to sit on your shoulder and give kissing on your chin and cheek.  He stayed there while I drank an entire cup of coffee.  While the other kittens are zooming around, chasing and wrestling, Link is very content to stick close, preferable right there or under my chin. 

Tomorrow is surgery day.  Then later, vaccines and a microchip.  He could be ready for adoption as soon as this Saturday, Jan 5, but more likely he'll need one more week of recovery.

To fill out an adoption application form and learn more about Friends for Life, click here Friends for Life

Christmas with Kittens

Zelda climbing the Christmas Tree

 There was a rustling of branches and swinging ornaments.  Who should it be, but Zelda, the adventurous kitten climbing the Christmas Tree.  Quickly fetching her from the tangle of lights as she clung to the plastic pine needles, she was no sooner retrieved and brother, Link, was right behind her.   Look... what fun! 
Tarragon, the good kitty, watched them climb, knowing this was forbidden, having been ever so compliant to this point, but the temptation was too great.  Now 3 kittens in the tree.  There was no averting this mischievousness, so as much as I was enjoying my tree and hoping to leave it up until New Years, down it came, 2 days after Christmas. 

Tarragon, our unofficial Christmas package on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve Tarragon was no where to be found.  We searched the house high and low, calling his name.  We had even checked for rustling branches on the Christmas tree several times.  Silence, no bounding kitten. We were in a hurry, now running late for Christmas Eve Service and not wanting to leave him to his own devises while we were gone.  Finally spotted, among the gifts, perhaps making himself one of our gifts, our little boy, sound asleep.  We have not completed the paperwork, but before the New Year we hope to make his adoption official. 

Zelda and Tarragon

Look, something new.  Is it safe?  Can we play with it?  These two are like big brother and little sister.  Tarragon loves to make her squeal, then runs off and she chases him down looking for more rough and tumble play.  We keep a close eye on them with the size difference of more than 3 lbs.  He could do some damage to the little girl, but is so gentle, mostly pinning her down and licking her.

Zelda and Trash Tummy

Little Zelda almost 7 weeks old

Zelda, my plastic bag pooping kitten, made a trip to the Vet.  It was becoming clear that she was more than just a feisty girl, but was experiencing pain.  As anticipated, the x-rays could not confirm a blockage, but it did show lots and lots of gas in her intestines, which can result from a blockage.  An enema was ruled out and considered a non-useful treatment, and from here we will work with natural foods and methods to help her pass the rest of the trash in her system, as well as calm down her sore insides.

Diet for weening or troubled tummies.

All hard kitten food is being taken away and only wet foods will be feed 4 to 5 times a day.  Each feeding will consist of Approximately....a teaspoon of pumpkin, a teaspoon of whole milk live pro-biotic yogurt, a Tablespoon of cooked Cream of Rice and a Tablespoon of Beech-nut Baby Food Chicken.  Plus a few drops of fish oil will be added to one of the meals and the rest of the oil will be shared amongst other cats and kittens that day.  This diet should help calm her stomach and help move out the trash.  I will also give her some massages to ease out the gas.

Eventually I will need to add in some canned kitten food.  We have been through a few brands and will try yet another in one of the feedings to ensure she is getting all her nutrients.  Most cat food has only caused her further irritation and diarrhea.

This same diet combination is also very good for weening kittens.  Against popular belief, whole milk works for kittens and it can be used instead of water with the cereal.  Zelda's situation is different and I'm not using  milk with her at this time.

She's playful and eating, so her condition is not critical, but certainly warrants watching.