lucky 13!!

GREAT NEWS!!!! in 24Hrs Mouse has managed to gain 13 grams, he is above the weight he was when he arrived at my door last Thursday night. When I saw that on the scale this morning, I was so excited. Literally bouncing from seeing the gain. Not sure if its the new formula or if he is just feeling better, I don't really care which one, I just needed to see that gain. I am excited to weigh him tomorrow morning, I am hoping for another gain of at least 10G. He has pooped a ton today so we'll see if he still gains.

I wish I could update on the weight of the other 3 , but they are that "impossible" stage, it's impossible for them to stay in their weigh bucket, they are so all over the place, climbing out, hanging off the rim etc etc, it's like trying to weigh a monkey.

Jimmy and Sabrina are about 4 weeks old now, and Hope is about the same just a few days younger. The sibs will probably be going very soon to their new foster home soon, as Hope will not leave Jimmy alone and he would be better off in a place where some little girl cat isn't sucking on his little man bits all the time. He doesn't cry when she does it anymore and that concerns me. I think he has become desensitized to it.

Hope will be a tough one to place, simply b/c she is such a sucker, no matter where she goes with other kittens she will want to suck on them, I expect she will be here for at least another 2 weeks. She will be fully weaned probably by the end of this weekend and I am hoping she can be placed for adoption early as a single cat, this would be best for her. She also is quite spirited and must have things her own way, in a multiple cat home, I think this will cause issues that don't need to be. Some cats like people do better alone and she is one of those.

Mouse is doing great, he went back to the vet today and the report wasn't terrible, but could have been better. I think he has surpassed everyone's expectations, I know he has mine. He will be about 3.5 weeks old on Friday. Still a small little guy, but he knows what he likes, he is a quirky boy. I had an appt with my daughter in Guelph today, I knew I wasn't going to be home for much of the day so Mary agreed to "kitty-sit" for me. She picked them up about 8am. When I returned just after 1, i found Mary in her room with the kittens, the 3 bigger ones were being well behaved and staying in their bucket. On the bed with Mary was wee mouse man, soaking up all the love and attention he was given. Mary told me that he really enjoyed the blow dryer blowing on him....I knew he was an odd baby but i would never occur to me that any kitten would enjoy the blow dryer, but he loved it. One day I am certain that someone will send me a pic of a black and white kitten who is huge and studly and then say to me.....that was once your mouse baby....if only people were like cats, living for just the moment, not stressing about tomorrow or an hr from now.

Anyway, as I said the only weights I can give you are mouse's

yesterday he was 127G...this morning he was 140G...WAY TO GROW MOUSE!!!