Proximity Alarm (Day 22)

The kittens seem to now be outfitted with a proximity alarm. The farther away from the nest they go, the louder their meows get! We were awoken this morning at 6am by a wayward kitten calling for mom to come get it. It suffices to say that at 6am, we were ALL rooting for Seven to hurry up and get that kitten back to the nest!



This evening the kittens came out of our room for the first time. They follow us around like a gaggle of geese, chasing our feet. Seven lets this go on for a few minutes and they proceeds to pick the kittens up and carry them back to the nest. A few minutes later.... here come the kittens again! This went on three or four times before the kittens got tuckered out and fell asleep.



Pretty soon when we open our bedroom door after coming home from work, Seven won't be the only one waiting to get out! Titan seems to be curious about the kittens, but once he has had the chance to smell them for a few minutes, he will hiss and walk away. He is learning a very hard lesson: do NOT get between Seven and her kittens! She has attacked him more than once for being too close to her kittens (by her estimation, of course). Poor Titan - he's a really gentle monster and is just curious as to the little balls of fur wandering around our house.



The other two girls have spent the better part of the last four weeks on top of our fridge. "Misery loves company" seems to be their motto. The only bonus that they can see to this entire debacle is that they have a front-seat view of what's in our fridge. :)