This is Muffy, or Muffers as I call her most times. She appears to be the biggest kitten out of the bunch, but she isn't. She was the first one to start sucking on the bottle, first one to start purring, first one to poop all over the vet tech the other day and she by far as the loudest mouth. She is a very stubborn baby, who knows what she wants and if you don't give it to her, she will meow a little louder with each mew, just to get her point across. She is my favorite one to feed b/c she is so eager and the cuddles afterwards from her are awesome. She gets right under your neck and nuzzles right in.
This is our only little boy. Arthur is a big eater, very loud burper and the one who will stink you out of a room when doing his business. He has the loudest purr and as much as he likes the snuggles, he really is just more nosier about whats going on around him. his eyes have closed up again and I have been working to get them open again. It may be he just needs more time, or it may be the sunlight is just to much for his wee eyes, so he chooses to keep them closed. And really, he is being fed by a human, being toileted by a dog, it could be he just possibly doesn't want to see who is doing what so he refuses to open them up and see lol.
This is baby Kate, she is seemingly the smallest baby out of the bunch, I expect she will get bigger then the rest in time. Look at her feet? they are HUGE compared to her brother and sister. She doesn't eat as much, and he main goal in life to date is to find a nice warm lap to curl up in, if you feed her even better. She is more patient in waiting for her turn to eat comes than the other 2, so much so that she is often the last one to get fed. She likes to suck on fingers, sibling feet, human noses, human fingers etc et. She will be the one I think that will be hardest to wean given her strong need to suck. She loves to be kinda folded up and wrapped in a blanket after a feed, she is also a belcher, she is not a quiet, polite female when it comes to showing appreciation for her last meal.
This was our baby DW, we lost her at 8.5 days old, less than 12 hrs after this picture was taken. She was smaller then the rest, not sure if you can tell them from the pics or not, but she wasn't an abnormally small bub. She was a bub that had I guess what we humans might equate to failure to thrive. Her loss was a hard one. This was my first rescue mission and to lose one was heartbreaking. There is something special about the first...first mission, first loss, forst success etc etc. She won't ever be forgotten.
They make me laugh, when eating, they look so relaxed like this is all normal kitten ways. Being fed by a fur less animal, being licked by a barking cat with a smooth tongue...just another day in the life. I love how they stretch out and eat. Makes my heart melt everytime.
Some random pics of my brood..notice how they went from rescue kittens to MY babies?? that wasn't supposed to happen, I was supposed to be an adult and keep my distance, if I have learned anything over the past 11 days, it's that, it is impossible not to fall in love with these babies, no matter who they belong to. I tried to keep myself from bonding, I tried and I failed....lol...thats me though.
4 kitty babies resting with nicely full, plump bellies.
Muffy at the beginnings of her eyes opening.
Muffy, strecthed out getting down to the business of growing
I like this pic of Arthur, it's a terribly focussed pic and he more resembles a baby chimp than a cat lol.
If you look you can see the tiny kitty scratches on my wrist from the babies, kate is usually the one who leaves these marks when nursing. Sometimes after our snuggles you can see the red welts on my neck from their teeny tiny nails....I think I may be allergic to cats, my hands and feet itch like crazy. I have started taking allergy meds which makes it more tolerable, and in all honesty, It's just an itch and not worth trying to cure it, these faces, these warm snuggly bodies make every itch, every welt, every sleepless night all worth it :)
Weights for the crew
Muffy - 207G up about 14G
Kate - 211G up 18G, big gains for her
Arthur - 226G a small gain of 5G for him.
Precious:)
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