The kittens have been having adventures galore!
"The missing piece must be around here somewhere..."
We have been grinding up kitten kibble for them and mixing it with water to give them a nice "paste" that they can eat as they ease themselves from nursing to solid food. We have been doing this several times a day to ensure that they get the nutrition that they need. We can't say we've had much success as they seem to spend more time walking through the food than eating it. Last night, we heard a mysterious crunching noise. Upon peering down, we noticed that the kittens were eating Seven's dry kibble directly from her dish! The silly kittens seem to have completely bypassed the wet-food stage and are eating hard kibble. It is rather rare that they would be eating it this young, but not much we can do about it.
Can't say that we're impressed - they would have saved us a lot of work if they'd just TOLD us that they wanted to move directly to dry kibble!
Chameleon
Seven is now contending with kittens that are active and won't stay still. She now nurses them wherever she can - in the hallway, on the bathroom floor, or on a pile of laundry! We have to be very careful when we pick our piles of laundry to put them in the washer - apparently laundry is a very good place for a kitten to nap.
Napping on our laundry
Seven has become more and more agressive, to the point that we have to keep her in our room as much as possible. She takes any outward sign of agression by our cats as a war call. Often the kittens will approach Titan, who was sleeping, and play around him until his awakens. However, as soon as he hisses or growls, Seven comes out and goes for blood. Poor Titan! After all, the kittens were the ones that disturbed HIS nap!!
The black kitten helping me bake
The kittens spend most of their time out of the nest, and will fall asleep almost anywhere. For example, as I type this, I have a kitten that is curled up next to me. They sleep very soundly and can frighten you because they take a minute to rouse when you pick them up (for a few seconds, it's as if they were dead).
Dead to the world!!
They have yet to master the litter box ... or take any interest in it whatsoever. We purchased litter that is non-toxic so that they don't get sick trying to taste it. Eventually they will figure out that the litter does not belong in their mouthes, but rather serves a purpose for the OTHER END of their little bodies. :)
"Nobody here but us laundry!"