What exactly is the "Kitten Shuffle", you ask? It is the manner of walking that we adopt once the kittens start exploring. As they have not quite understood that we are bigger and it hurts to be stepped on, they haven't starting avoiding our huge feet. In order to ensure that we don't accidentally injure a kitten, we adopt the Kitten Shuffle: whenever we are near the kittens, we shuffle our feet around the floor to avoid stepping on them. I'm sure our neighbours downstairs wonder where we learned to walk. :)
The kittens are 3 weeks old today and they spend a large part of their waking day away from the nest. Seven is not too impressed with this and she keeps an eye on them whenever they're out. If they stray too far by her opinion, she will corral them back into the nest.
The kittens eyes are now a brilliant blue, and will stay this way for 1-2 weeks before changing to their final colour. They weigh on average 345 grams (a little over 3/4 lb) except for our plump buff tabby, who is on the cusp of a pound (439 grams).
We have put aside a pie pan that will act as the kitten's first litte box. We will likely introduce it sometime this week. Funny pictures to follow. :)
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