My babies refused their bottles today, 2 refused last night and most of yesterday. Today they all got mad and were not interested...I still offer it but they don't want it. This means my time with my babies has come to an end. They are weaned and doing so well, it's time for me to let them go and finish growing up with another bunch of kittens about their age so they can learn that they are cats and what that involves.
I imagine by weeks end I will have given them their last kisses on their heads before bed, last cuddles when they ask for it, scooped their litter for the last time. with them doing as well as they are and not staying in their weigh buckets there is no need for me to post on this litter anymore. If however anything changes with them I WILL post and let everyone know.
This has been am amazing experience, I didn't intend on loving them this much, but I am glad I did. I feel successful in the fact that they are alive, healthy and normal kittens. The chances of losing a kitten after weaning is very small, so I feel like i can honestly say, I have beaten the stats....I kept 75% of my babies alive, while stats say that only 30% survive.
I thank you all for reading, the wonderful comments in real life and on facebook. I loved people watching these babies grow up right along with me. The condolences when we lost DW at 8 days old.
One final word....PLEASE spay and neuter your pets, not only so they can't reproduce but to keep them healthy. I promise you, they really do live longer if fixed. Too many animals are on death row b/c who thought that fixing your pet wasn't important, too many animals die at the roadside every day b/c they wandered off in search of a mate...too many are left to have litter after litter...to many are suffering with cancers and illness that could have prevented with a quick surgery.
Take care and when/if I get a new litter, I will start posting again if people can stand to "listen" to me. Once again thank you very much for your interest in my blog.
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