everyone is .........

Healthy!! yep you read it, 8 little kittens are all healthy. The 3 boys at the beginning of the week were sick, the other 5 started on Wednesday. Mind you I can't say that the other 5 were actually sick, b/c a few hrs after their 1st dose of a/b they were all fine, back to normal etc etc...I think those 5 are just conspiring against me to see which one can do me in first...well I showed them NONE of them did :)

Mouse left us on Thursday. It was heartbreaking at the minimum. I have sent 6 other kittens on their way and didn't even bat an eyelash, but sending mouse off broke my heart. I could actually feel the pain in my heart. Jilly and I were both very upset about it. Got word though that he had settled in quite nicely. As hard as sending him off was, I also know that it was the best thing for him, I could never financially afford to keep him as he will need quite a bit in his lifetime.

The other day I posted mini profiles on the kittens.....well it seems they have all changed their ways. So I am going to post new profiles and I actually have pics of everyone, named and all.

Here goes :

1st up is Crush, he is one of the bigger boys. He is learning that snuggling humans is a nice thing. He loves to eat and is quite playful.


2nd is Dory, she is the smallest of the 2 girls, a quiet personality. The only concerns i have with Dory i sher shyness, she is quite introverted. When I set them all down for food, the others bolt for the dish, she just saunters over and if the dish she wants is busy, she walks away and waits. She will not squeeze herself in there, but will wait until a dish is free. I have resorted to feeding her off on her own to make sure she IS eating and judging by her weight gain, she is doing very well. Because she is so shy and reserved, I worry about her.


3rd up is Squirt, He is the littlest male but he perhaps is the most demanding attention wise, he will climb up pants, sit on knees, do anything he can to get your attention and if that means climbing to the top of he is 3ft box only to fall out, he will do it (trust me on that one lol) He is running up to climb on my knee so the pic isn't the greatest. Shoudl add that when he eats, he puts his paws around his dish in a hug, and if anyone gets to close he growls and swats at them.


4th to bat is Coral, She is the squarest, shortest pudgiest wee kitten I have ever seen, but she is beautiful. After she eats her belly gets HUGE. A short body and huge belly looks like so funny lol. She likes to snuggle but she MUST eat first. In her mind, she can never get enough food. Her most favorite place to run off to after eating is under the fridge, however she no longer fits so now runs to the table and sits under there.


5th is Gill, Gill is pretty hyper and independent, I don't think he is much impressed with people. I suspect a human at some point in his short life has scared him and maybe scarred him as well. We are working on it and it is getting better. he does play very well with the kitten group though, so this is good.


6th up is Marlin, he has to be the most sweetest laid back kitten ever, nothing phases him. He takes everything in stride and nothing seems to bother him. he doesn't demand a lot of anything is quite content to just be.


7 and 8 I had to do in a video simply because I could not get Nigel nor Nemo to do what they were told and stay still for a minute. Nigel is the one at the food dish, he is a pretty active little boy. He loves to play, run and eat.

Nemo who never liked cuddles before is all over them now, he isn't great about cleaning himself up and needs a few more lessons on the cleanliness of a cat. He does use the little box well and thats pretty important, he just doesn't seem to concerned if his bod is dirty. Both these guys had the worst of whatever the illness was that they had, their coats were just awful, the runs, etc etc but they both recovered amazingly well. On one hand Kittens are so fragile, but on the other they are also pretty durable beings.


So there you have it, the "finding Nemo" group. Pretty impressive I would say, I would expect the 8 to leave either sometime this week or early next week. Not all at once though, probably the 3 boys, Nigel. Nemo and Crush at one time, but the other 5 will probably be staggered.