..I gave them a nice new, clean stuffie to snuggle up with today, a nice fluffy bunny. I cleaned their beds and put it in all 3 migrated to it, all 3 tried to snuggle with it. One of them was pushing the other 2 away, one of them was hissing at the other 2 when they got to close to the bunny....wanna guess who it was? Alright I will just tell you!
It seems ROSS has become quite possesive over this bunny. It isn't even a cute bunny, well it used to but the litters from last year have sucked, chewed and stained it, so it looks kinda ratted b/c of that and teh washing machine beats up stuffed animals something terrible. I put in another and the other 2 are ok, but they watch and when Ross walks away bunny is fair game for anyone else. It;s quite shocking that such cute and tiny animals can actually hiss and make "scary faces" lol. I love watching them try to act like big cats lol. Full of attitudes these guys are.
Their weights were good, I was worried b/c everyone had pooped so much yesterday but here they are:
Ross - Gained 7G and is now 333G
Joey - gained 9G and is now 330G
Phoebe _ gained the most with a 10G increase and is now 270G, now that she is eating well, I expect she will catch up to the rest in no time at all.
that's it, nothing much else to write. Tomorrow they will have their first real 'soaking" bath as the are some pretty stinky kitties right now. Providing the weather is nice anyway, if its to cold outside I will wait b/c the house gets chilled to fast even though they are bathed in the kitchen sink in my house.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
phoebe blows me away.
yesterday Phoebe was really struggling to figure out how to suck from a bottle, try as I might she just didn't understand that chewing the nipple is really no benefit. She had to be fed by syringe a few times but she finally gets it and is now an eating machine. I was ready to try to find her a momma cat to try and help is out, but that would mean taking her away from her brothers and I hate to separate siblings. Now that she has things figured out this isn't going to happen. They guzzled back 6 oz in a 24hr period between the 3 of them so that is great news. Now that they are ALL sucking well the should do just fine and grow up to be happy kittens. In a few days I will start them on some canned kitten food, as they will be about 4 weeks old. I have them estimated to be somewhere between 26-30 days old now.
Their weights although not great are acceptable, considering their bowels are now working full strength which they hadn't been until today. I found this out this morning when a nice wet, stinky puddle was left on my lap by Joey. It wasn't a pretty site but it was a welcome one.
Ross is up to 326G which isn't a great gain at all but its much better than a loss.
Phoebe gained 10G and is now at 260G
Joey lost a gram and is now 321 BUT as I said he is a pooping machine today, if he is still lower tomorrow I will have to maybe thicken up his feeds so its a bit richer
Their weights although not great are acceptable, considering their bowels are now working full strength which they hadn't been until today. I found this out this morning when a nice wet, stinky puddle was left on my lap by Joey. It wasn't a pretty site but it was a welcome one.
Ross is up to 326G which isn't a great gain at all but its much better than a loss.
Phoebe gained 10G and is now at 260G
Joey lost a gram and is now 321 BUT as I said he is a pooping machine today, if he is still lower tomorrow I will have to maybe thicken up his feeds so its a bit richer
Thursday, March 29, 2012
a group of friends
so I got a call Tuesday night about 4 kittens left in a cardboard box at the end of someone's driveway. Most people have no clue what to do with an abandoned animal much less an animal that is so young. She called her nearest animal shelter who then contacted TCR who then contacted me and asked me if I was ready to start the season off with 4 little babies about 2 weeks old. Of course I was ready, nobody has to ask if I am, I am always ready, willing and so far very able.
the couple dropped me off 3 kittens last night, it seems 1 kitten went missing from their drive shed and they couldn't find it. I think momma is lurking about but since nobody can be sure exactly where the 4th kitten went i decided to keep the other 3.
They seem healthy are very noisy and their bellies were full (another fact that makes me think that mom was around at some point in the day). They each weighed over 300G, their eyes and ears are open and they can walk, though very unsteadily they can walk. It's my best guess that these babes are late 3 weeks - early 4 weeks old in age.
Nobody was willing to try the formula without some persuasion, so I tucked them in their bed and tried again later on. 1 kitten took a small amount but the other 2 were not impressed with the whole fake nipple and fake milk idea. I left them alone, prepared to get up in the night with them.
This morning, 2 out 3 ate pretty good, though not great, 1 still is disgusted with the formula. I hope by the end of the day they are all a little more accepting of the KMR and latex nipples. They are pretty friendly and not afraid of people, which tells me that these babies have been around humans. I suspect the humans threw mom and her babies out knowing or hoping that some kind soul would find them and take them in,.....SPAY your pets, to avoid this. A cat pregnancy like a human one is 100% avoidable....
I will update more later on with weights, and names. The only thing I know for certain is that this group will be named after the "friends" tv show. Last year we had, The "Arthur" group, "Raising hope" group, the "nemo" group (and a bunch of singletons that didn't have a group) so this year I decided to follow the same trend.
7:52pm
we have names and even know a bit of personalities so here is a bit about this group of friends:
ROSS - is the Tabby male, last night he weighed in at 314G today he is at 321G, once he caught on to a fake nipple and man made milk he was smooth sailing, he is the most quiet of the 3 quite content to just watch the world go by quietly at his own pace. He is probably my favorite of the 3, he lays on his belly and kicks out his back legs, his head swaying side to side b/c his little head is just so darn big and heavy. He is adorable.
PHOEBE - is the least receptive to the bottle, she finally DID take a small amount to night for me without any issue. Last night her weight wasn't written down, but today she weighs 250G. She is a peanut and like every other black kitten I have done, she resembles a baby chimpanzee, not sure why all black kittens look like that, I guess the colouring, their big heads and small ears maybe. She is pretty calm as well, she likes to snuggle and she can latch onto my nose better than anything.
JOEY - is a crybaby for sure, like Joey on the show he is a bit slow, not quite with it but doesn't seem to know it lol. He came in at 302G and today was 322G so he is doing very well also. He is a howler, and he isn't afraid to make sure that the entire toen knows when he is unhappy.
because nobody can resist such cuteness, here are our first pics of this group and the first rescues that I have had for 2012:
Ross bright eyed and looking around at his new world
And Joey hissing at me when i snapped his pic, I guess he is a little camera shy.
the couple dropped me off 3 kittens last night, it seems 1 kitten went missing from their drive shed and they couldn't find it. I think momma is lurking about but since nobody can be sure exactly where the 4th kitten went i decided to keep the other 3.
They seem healthy are very noisy and their bellies were full (another fact that makes me think that mom was around at some point in the day). They each weighed over 300G, their eyes and ears are open and they can walk, though very unsteadily they can walk. It's my best guess that these babes are late 3 weeks - early 4 weeks old in age.
Nobody was willing to try the formula without some persuasion, so I tucked them in their bed and tried again later on. 1 kitten took a small amount but the other 2 were not impressed with the whole fake nipple and fake milk idea. I left them alone, prepared to get up in the night with them.
This morning, 2 out 3 ate pretty good, though not great, 1 still is disgusted with the formula. I hope by the end of the day they are all a little more accepting of the KMR and latex nipples. They are pretty friendly and not afraid of people, which tells me that these babies have been around humans. I suspect the humans threw mom and her babies out knowing or hoping that some kind soul would find them and take them in,.....SPAY your pets, to avoid this. A cat pregnancy like a human one is 100% avoidable....
I will update more later on with weights, and names. The only thing I know for certain is that this group will be named after the "friends" tv show. Last year we had, The "Arthur" group, "Raising hope" group, the "nemo" group (and a bunch of singletons that didn't have a group) so this year I decided to follow the same trend.
7:52pm
we have names and even know a bit of personalities so here is a bit about this group of friends:
ROSS - is the Tabby male, last night he weighed in at 314G today he is at 321G, once he caught on to a fake nipple and man made milk he was smooth sailing, he is the most quiet of the 3 quite content to just watch the world go by quietly at his own pace. He is probably my favorite of the 3, he lays on his belly and kicks out his back legs, his head swaying side to side b/c his little head is just so darn big and heavy. He is adorable.
PHOEBE - is the least receptive to the bottle, she finally DID take a small amount to night for me without any issue. Last night her weight wasn't written down, but today she weighs 250G. She is a peanut and like every other black kitten I have done, she resembles a baby chimpanzee, not sure why all black kittens look like that, I guess the colouring, their big heads and small ears maybe. She is pretty calm as well, she likes to snuggle and she can latch onto my nose better than anything.
JOEY - is a crybaby for sure, like Joey on the show he is a bit slow, not quite with it but doesn't seem to know it lol. He came in at 302G and today was 322G so he is doing very well also. He is a howler, and he isn't afraid to make sure that the entire toen knows when he is unhappy.
because nobody can resist such cuteness, here are our first pics of this group and the first rescues that I have had for 2012:
Ross bright eyed and looking around at his new world
And Joey hissing at me when i snapped his pic, I guess he is a little camera shy.
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