Lily who has been totally bottle fed for the past week or so, woke up this morning and decided that she was done. Started eating really well and now refuses the bottle. I wasn't expecting it, but given her age it's about time anyway. She started to refuse it yesterday but could be coaxed into taking something. She took about 10 mls this morning but refused for the rest of the day. So I guess he has decided that she is a big girl now.
Flowers is following suit and having no eating issues whatsoever. I decided tonight to give them kibble sogged up with hot water and both are busy filling their faces as I type. Both are content to be in their kennel, which is quite large for 2 small kittens but not big enough to allow freedom, so as I had been doing with each litter I have had is put them in the kitchen for playtime, and when they prove to me that they can use the litterbox even when not locked in with it, they graduate to the "yard" which is my living room.
Anyway, the night we brought Flower's home, I had her in my lap and was trying to get some food into her. She decided that she wasn't going to have any of it and just laid in my lap for a bit. Keep in mind that I usually have kittens very young who grew up with Ruby so they have no fear of her, Also remember that Ruby loves the kittens and treats them as her babies. So when she went walking up to the kitten I was unprepared for what would happen next, I knew it was going to happen but it happened to fast for my tried brain to process it. Ruby was walking up to sniff, I could see the kitten reach her neck out to investigate but at the same time she was very nervous....well did she not swat Ruby on her nose...poor Ruby had a bit of a bleed but I didn't notice until the next day when she woke up with a big lump on her nose. Didn't know what it was until I wiped it off. You would think that would have been enough to deter Ruby and consider the fact that this kitten was not interested in getting her love from a "lower life form", but no she got up yesterday morning still wanting to mother this kitten. As soon as Ruby would approach Flowers would start hissing and spitting and if I listened really quietly I could almost hear her claws coming out of their retraction lol....poor Ruby, as cute as she is she just sin't that bright lol.
Tonight I had them in they kitchen and Flowers I guess had a change of heart b/c there on the floor was Ruby with Flowers rubbing her head against Roo's neck. I swear Ruby was smiling and thinking "I knew I would win her over eventually" it didn't take long either.
Lily weighed in at 330G which isn't a huge gain but now that she has decided to be a big girl, her weight is expected to slow . They also might lose a little while weaning but as long as it isn't more than 5-10% its all good.
Flowers isn't as big as I had thought weighing in at only 1lb 2oz. But she is still a big girl and she isn't a dainty wee girl either. She is quite stocky and well built. I will have to work on getting some new Lily pics and some admission pics of Flowers. Both girls get along very well together which is an improvement from the first night when Flowers wanted to no part of Lily either. But they do play, eat and snuggle up together.
Lily I expect will be ready to go to her next foster home sometime next week, but not until later in the week probably. And Flowers will be ready about the same time.
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